Eisenhower's Rise From Farm Boy to President
A UPI profile traces Dwight D. Eisenhower from Abilene Kansas childhood to West Point and WWII triumphs. It covers his raid to top command, NATO leadership, and a political arc from Columbia University president to U.S. president with two elections, key health scares, and a famed appeal for peace and prosperity.
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YMCA Din ner Meeting Names Officers for Year
The 8th Annual YMCA Din ner Meeting at Lompoc Valley Club unveiled new officers and board members for the year. Bruce McNeil received the Voluntary Service Award for five years of service. 64 attendees heard master of ceremonies Frank Piemme. MONTEVIDEO Uruguay Eight hundred striking medical staff left the Bernar do Etchepare Mental Hospital inmates without care in protest of a three man government commission.
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Minuteman II to be tested at Vandenberg Air Force Base
The SAC Operational Test Program will launch two Minuteman II missiles from random picks. Grand Forks AFB North Dakota and Whiteman AFB Missouri supply the first missiles to be shipped to Vandenberg AFB for operational alert and a 30 to 60 day launch window. The test includes removal of the warhead and full readiness at Vandenberg with a destruct mechanism.
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Psychiatrist says Kennedy murder premeditated by an ill Sirhan
The prosecution's chief psychiatrist says Sirhan B. Sirhan planned Kennedy's assassination though he also states the defendant is mentally ill and should not receive the death penalty. The trial pauses for Eisenhower's mourning. handwriting and hypnosis claims are challenged. Sirhan denies knowing he shot Kennedy.
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