Who Fired First Shot In Charleston Harbor?
A hundred years after the Civil War began at Fort Sumter the debate persists on who fired the first shot. The contenders include Fort Johnson commanders Captain George S. James Lieutenant Henry S. Farley Lieutenant Wade Hampton Gibbes and Citadel cadet George E. Haynsworth. A commemorative monument and a four year centennial program are planned with a Sumter observance featuring a pageant and a reenactment of the bombardment.
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Charleston Harbor
Charleston
S. C
Fort Johnson
College of Laboratory
Harbor
Fort Sumter
Sumter
America
Johnson
Atlantic Ocean
George S. James
Henry S. Farley
James
Wade Hampton Gibbes
Farley
Gibbes
Edmund Ruffin
Bull Run
Manassas
George E. Haynsworth
Citadel
Star of the West
Mairne Laboratory
Grant
South
Mickey
John S. Mickey
Sumter Committee
United States
Local clubs meet across Manchester area Sunday and Tuesday
The schedule lists IPPA Local 235 AFL Hall meeting at 3 pm, Industrial Council at noon, and many others including Monroe Lions, VFW posts, and Middletown Civic Symphony. A second block covers Tuesday gatherings at Manchester Hotel and various clubs with times from noon to 9 pm plus a free health book offer.
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Armory Board of Education
Lily of the Valley
CES
Trades & Labor Hall
Amanda Athletic Club
Amanda Club
Rotary Club
Manchester
Civitan Club
Safety Council Board
Ymca Barnitz
Sertoma Club
West Germany Cleared for Larger War Ships
Bonn predicts WEU approval to build eight destroyers up to 6,000 tons each with rocket delivery capacity for conventional and nuclear warheads. The WEU treaty limits West German ships to 3,000 tons or less.
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Bonn
WEU
Germany
Clancy Appeals Force Facility Evendale Research Contracts
Rep. Don Clancy urged Defense Department leaders to consider General Electric's Evendale facility for new research contracts. He asked the AEC and the Air Force to keep personnel together, noting time and money already invested and substantial government-owned equipment.
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Cincinnati
Donald Clancy
Defense Department
General Electric
Evendale
Cincinnati Republican
AEC
Air Force
Defense Secretaries
Macmillan Invited To Visit Indonesia
London sources report Prime Minister MacMillan has been invited to Indonesia as part of a Far East tour. Officials confirmed the invitation and said details of the visit are being arranged.
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Macmillan
Indonesia
London
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Tom Henshaw
Lee
Appomattox
Grunner’s
Franklin
Mohawk
Special—Sq. Yd
Franklin, O
IPPA
AFL
M. Mayfield Fire Department
Sheffield Street
VFW
Miami Valley Post
Lemon - Monroe Band Boosters
Lemon - Monroe
Butler County Medical Assistants
St. John’s
FOE Lodge
Eagles Hall
Sportsmen’s
Miami Lodge
Monroe Ioof
Spebsqsa
Legion Home
The
Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Spring
Missouri
John ‘ Ross
Hudson
Ross’ Hosiery
Ross’ Curtains
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