Servicemen Promotions and Assignments Featured in Notices
Active duty personnel listed with new ranks and postings. Leon Geisler earns Air Force staff sergeant at Lakenheath England as crew chief and flight mechanic on T-39 jet trainers. Others train or report to bases including Lockland Tex Sheppard AFB Tex Travis AFB Calif Lackland AFB Tex, with awards noted for the 60th Military Airlift Wing. Adams tours Vietnam as helicopter pilot and military policeman. Hammond promoted to Army captain. Horne assigned to USS Belknap after basic at Great Lakes.
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Leon Geisler
Stanley Geisler
S. Dixie Hwy
Lakenheath AB
England
AIR Force
Joseph M. Takach
Steve Takach
Roosevelt Ave
60Th Military Airlift Wing
Travis Afb
Calif
Pacific
Trenton
Pleiku
Vietnam
Viet
Nam
Wettest Los Angeles Rainy Season Since 1889
AP reports Los Angeles tallied over 20 inches of rain this season, the wettest since 1889, with about 20 rainy days and roughly 10 inches total in a normal year. Military notices list PFC Gary L Tarter and PFC Barry C Meyers among soldiers assigned to Vietnam units, and PVT Paul Van Holt of Germantown faces duty with the 85th Maintenance Company near Da Nang.
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ARMY
Paul van Holt
Germantown Rt. 1
85Th
da Nang
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Americas
Divison
11Th Light Infantry
Rors
Barry C. Meyers
William C. Meyers
Middletown
Rt. 1
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Susan Hayward Out of Mame Run in Las Vegas
Susan Hayward quits singing role in Mame at Caesars Palace after 70 performances. Doctors order rest for strained vocal cords, ending her four month, Christmas opening stage run. Hayward, 48, said it breaks her heart to leave the production.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Susan Hayward
Caesars Palace
California Sues Oil Firms Over 1.3 Billion Oil Slick
California and Santa Barbara area sue four oil companies and the federal government for 1.3 billion dollars over negligence tied to an offshore oil spill. Charles A. O'Brien announces 500 million against Interior and 800 million against Union Oil Texaco Mobil Gulf, with local entities joining. The spill covers 800 square miles and a two day Nixon panel begins.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Sealife
Department of Interior
Charles A. O’brien
O'Brien
Union Oil Co
Texaco, Inc
Mobil
O’brien
Nixon
Five British Writers Form Writers Anonymous
Five British writers start a group to beat writing block through meetings and calls. They support each other to overcome difficult passages with encouragement and shared strategies.
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London
Writers Anonymous
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Washington
Capezio
Bandolino
Spalding
Inara
Anas
Naturalizer
Arta
Aaa
William J. Zumbahlen
Fred J. Zumbahlen
Queen St
Lockland Afb
Tex
Donald R. Howard
Samuel Howard
Maud Hughes Road
Sheppard Afb
Lackland Afb
Philip D. Adams
Hubert L. Adams
Douglas Paul Hammond
Kathy O’friel
Owen O Hammond
Franklin- Lebanon Road
Kenneth M. Horne
Willard Horne
Messiman Road
Elsie Horne
Lamberlin St
Belknap
Norfolk, Va
Great Lakes Naval Station
Ill
Zumbahlen
Howard
Gary L. Tarter
Harold B. Tarter
Brantwand Strachnan
William H. Erb Jr
William H. Erb
Sixth Ave
25Th Infantry Division
Charles R. Furlow
Walter J. Furlow
Central Ave
di An
E Oil Co
Gulf Oil Corp. Union
Carpinteria
Seafood Spectacular
Jax
Wince Faulkner
S. Main Street
Potomac
George Washington
George
Big Luke
Fis Yanowica
Ohio
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