D-Day Memories Return From Lubbock Veterans
A 1969 Looking Back feature recalls D-Day on the 25th anniversary through Lubbock veterans. It quotes former pilots, paratroopers, engineers, and officers from the 82nd Airborne, 96th Bomb Group, and other units, who describe air superiority, beach landings, and lessons for Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
B. H. Snowden
44Th St
96Th
Third Air Division
Normandy
He Nhon
Snowden
J. C. Bean
61St St
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
D-Day
Testimony Concludes in Clovis Muncy Murder Trial
Defendants Dennis and Pearle Carlton testified they entered Elbert Muncy’s drug store after spotting activity outside. They described breaking in with a lug wrench and hammer, finding blood, and fleeing as police were alerted. The trial moves toward jury instruction and four days of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
N. M
Elbert Muncy
Muncy
Dennis
Pearle Diane
Penny) Carlton
Two Rise to Defense of Nixon in Defense Policy Debate
U S lawmakers split on President Nixon amid criticism of Vietnam and military spending. Senator Russell Long defends Nixon against antiwar and student critics, while Senator William Proxmire says the President aims to stifle inquiry. Senator Byrd defends airing Nixon’s speech, and Senator Gore questions the framing of defense duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Students For A Democratic Society
William Proxmire
Dwis
Proxmire
House-Senate
America
Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Air Force Academy
Congressional Record
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Byrd
United States
Congress
Gore
Tennessee Democrat
Memorial tour marks lieux of D Day relics and cemetery visit
The piece notes six beaches museums with relics including Luger pistols and a Caen address for factory work. It mentions shell craters on cliffs near shore and a memorial visit by the American delegation led by Ambassador Sargent Shriver to the Saint Laurent cemetery where 9 386 Americans are buried. The visit included a National Guard monument at Vierville Utah Beach and a Sainte Mere Eglise airborne drop re enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rue de l'Alouette
Caen
Sargent Shriver
Saint Laurent
National Guard
Vierville
Utah Beach
Sainte Mere Eiglise
Pollen Count Report From City Utica Bermuda Grass Levels
The Avalanche Journal lists daily pollen counts at four sites with particles per cubic centimeter. Site 1 reports 666 particles with 80 percent spores, Site 2 480 particles with 10 percent spores, Site 3 426 particles with 70 percent spores, Site 4 693 particles with 80 percent spores, Bermuda grass at Sites 1 and 4 at 3 percent and negligible at Sites 2 and 3. The abundance scale notes 200-400 as medium and above 800 as high.
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Utica
Ave. K
Zenith Fire Station
Bermuda
Village 2 in New Hope aims for afflu ent pleasure district
A 259 year old Bucks County community, New Hope Pennsylvania, hosts Village 2 a multi million dollar resort home complex by Gerald C Finn. The plan includes 120 room motor lodge an 18 hole golf course pools and ski slopes with guarded gates and invitation only access. Private chalets priced 28500 to 35000 funded by a community trust with annual 2 percent fee covers exterior maintenance and transport services.
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New York
UPD
New Hope
Bucks County Playhouse
Gerald C. Finn
Hightstown
N.J
Finn
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Village 2
Births for Trevino and Vargas Families
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Albert Trevino on the birth of a son weighing 6 pounds 1 1 ounces at 9 43 p.m Wednesday in Lauf inte. The father is employed by Plains Col Mid Myo and Mrs Benito Vargas on birth of a daughter weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces at 3 10 a.m Thursday in Lauf i Crime. The father is employed in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
J. C. Thompson
Hemphill-Wells
Sears
Texas Tech
America
Lubbock
Normandy
Albert Trevino
Lauf
Plains Col Mid
Myo
Benito Vargas
Lauf i
Dallas
Rogers
Jessie Covarrubio
Lauf Clon
Toms
Harold Allen
Owam
Methodist Hospital
Imanager
The
Nazarene Home Mission
Joe Zapata
Max Moha
Gary Wyatt
Apt. A
Larry Grizzel
Sunset School of Preaching
Brazell Witt
Wolf‘forth
Methodist
David Aleman
HEW Targets Better Housing for Welfare Families
HEW plans new standards for relief recipients through the Office for Housing and Community Improvement. Director Olive Walker Swinney says heightened hunger focus accompanies rising concern about poor housing conditions in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Palmer Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Olive Walker Swinney
United States
Vietnam policy and Latin America noted in Rogers briefing
Rogers keeps silent on troop trimming while outlining enemy aims in South Vietnam and stressing free elections. The dispatch cites Latin American demonstrations, arms talks progress, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee sessions ahead of Rogers Midway trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Vietnam
Rogers
National Security Council
Washington
NATO
Moscow
Middle East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Midway
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Vietnam
Widow's Hidden Estate Topped Nearly Million in Hastings
In Hastings Michigan a widow dying April 5 left an estate near 1 million dollars with about 220000 hidden under rugs and in pots sacks and paper bags around the house. Ex executrix Gertrude Pender said 484000 is in banks and additional wealth is in stocks and bonds. The couple Elizabeth Marsman and Jay Marsman ran a printing shop and relatives a friend and two churches are named in the will. For the record the coin collection is valued at 15020 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings. Mich
Elizabeth Marsman
Jay
Gertrude Pender
Ecutrix
Marsman
Shots Hurt Two In New Unrest In Hartford
In Hartford on Albi Avenue police shot two men during clashes as looting and crowd surges continued for a fourth night. Police identified the wounded as Ned Deschamps, 27, and Oly Dukes, 22, both listed in satisfactory condition at Hartford Hospital after a pharmacy window was smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Albi Avenue
North End
Hartford
Tear Easy
Ned. Deschamps
Oly Dukes
Hartford Hospital
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England
Channel
France
Bill R. Neel
21St St
Gold Beach
Ned
Haiphong Harbor
Robert Rapier
54Th St
Omaha Beach
Rapier
Hubert Henley
65Th St
348Th Engineers
5Th Amphibious Forces
L. A. Kerr Jr
31St St
Casey Charness
29Th St
Charness
Carlton
Agence
Wife
Tollie Stephenson
30Th St
146Th Combat Engineers
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Clifford R. Payne
7Th St
Omar Bradley
Dan Buzzard
9Th Dist
Dee G. Blythe
Ett
Wade Davis
Pointe du Hoc
Utah
Omaha
U.S
Housin
Swinney
Trene Cox
Sec
Bett
UPT
Public Health Service
Welfa Plains
Appalachian
Kentucky
Leslie
Knot
Letel
Perry
Conn
Associated Press
Don Johnson
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