Father and son McFann win Silver Star honors
Lt. Col H Miles McFann and his son Petty Officer 2C Miles T McFann both received Silver Star Medals for heroism in World War II and Vietnam respectively. Col McFann earned his for a B 17 mission over Europe, while the son earned his during a search and destroy operation in Quang Nam Province.
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McFann
H. Miles McFann
Office of Intelligence
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
2.C
Miles T. McFann
Col. McGann
Eighth Air Force
Vietnam
Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade
Quang Nam
Sweinfurt
Germany
England
Paris
Young McFann
Marine Corps
United States Naval Service
Air Force
Navy
Marines
U. S. Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
USAF
Rob Slocum
Hess at 75 still in Spandau keeps to his birds
Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy, marks his 75th birthday in Spandau prison. He refuses visits from wife and son and shows loyalty to the Nazi era, while Western and Soviet guards maintain the long occupancy of the aging detainee. The Allies considered lightening his isolation but kept him jailed.
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Joseph B. Fleming
Berlin
UPI
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hess
Spandau Prison
Luftwaffe
English Channel
Scotland
Britain
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Nuernberg
Spandau
Third Reich
LAFCO extends hearing on Carpinteria tidelands annexation
The Local Agency Formation Commission voted to continue the informal hearing to May 8 on annexing tidelands two miles off Carpinteria. Consent from State Lands Commission and Carpinteria city actions are pending, with revenue considerations prompting urgency from Mayor Allen Coates.
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Carpinteria
State Lands Commission
Santa Barbara
Commission
R. Lockwood Tower
Carpinteria City Council
Allen Coates
LAFCO
Rafferty Seeks Third Term As State School Chief
Sacramento UPI Max Rafferty state superintendent of public instruction says he will run for a third term next year. He tells an exclusive interview he came to do a job and has done most of it, implying continued service in the post.
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Sacramento
UPI
Max Rafferty
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rafferty
U.S
Thomas H. Kuchel
Senate
Alan Cranston
State Department of Education
George Murphy
Cranston
California
Index Associates
Lyn Nofziger
Ronald Reagan
Nof
Mutiny sentences trimmed for presidio inmates in California
The Sixth Army reduced two presidio stockade inmates terms for mutiny from 16 and 14 years to five years each after Lt. Gen. Stanley Larsen reviewed the cases. Others remain under court actions as 27 inmates faced trials with one veteran member fleeing in tears during court action.
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San Francisco
UPI
Sixth Army
Presidio Stockade
Stanley R. Larsen
Louis Osczepinski
Florida
N.Y
Lawrence Reidel
Crescent City
Cal
Laresen
Larsen
Army
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Pvt
Nesrey D
Sood
Oakland
Calif
Judge Advocate’s
Thvey
Fort Ord
Richard Gentile
Hampton
Gentile
Terence Hallinan
Friends In Court
Letterman General Hospital
Letterman
Vietnam
Hallinan
Lawrence Levitin
Air West purchase by Hughes reopened
The Civil Aeronautics Board reopened the hearing on the Air West purchase by Hughes Tool Co on an expedited basis to examine connections with Hughes Aircraft Co a Hughes subsidiary. The board said record reopening is needed to assess relationships within its jurisdiction and to determine suitable approval conditions.
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Air West
Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Hughes Aircraft Co
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
U S Navy task force moves from Sea of Japan after EC121 incident
A U S Navy task force including four aircraft carriers leaves the Sea of Japan heading toward the Yellow Sea after North Korea shot down an EC121 intelligence plane. The Enterprise carrier leads the group as Tokyo notes 20 ships in motion.
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Tokyo
UPS
U.S. Navy
North Korea
Sea of Japan
U.S
Yellow Sea
Korea
Washington
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency
U.S.S. Enterprise
Nixon
Viet troops trap foiled? Frontline base lights kill 213
North Vietnamese troops attacked the U S Frontier City base near the Cambodian border after floodlit defense exposed their assault. U S commanders credited air and ground fire with killing 213 attackers while one American was killed and two dozen wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
Cambodia
U.S
Ellis Williamson
Fayetteville
N.C
U.S. 25Th Infantry
Harry Ray
Dillon, Mont
Williamson
Ray
Ray Pulliam
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Oklo
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Nitro
W. Va
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State Board of Education
Japan Sea
Japanese Defense Agency
Tsushima Island
Eisaku Sato
Japan
United States
United Services Agency
Walnut Plaza Shopping Center
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Smith
Valley Drive-In
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lLowceog Theatre
Sun
Walt Disney
Glenn F Ford S Smith
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Me 198
Devry
Hk Technicolor
Yaron North
Hiwoy
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Boston Strangler
Tony Curtis
Henry Fonda
George Kennedy
Mike Kellin Murray Hamilton
Robert Fryer
Richard Fleischer Beard
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Pomona, California
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