Ghosts Of Confederacy Float Around Natchez
Natchez hosts a March Pilgrimage of 30 days featuring tours of 30 mansions dating before 1840. Visitors from New York and California view Confederate tableaux and a pageant recalling the War Between the States as Natchez preserves its historic memory.
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Confederacy
Natchez
Natchez, Miss
Onjferson Davis
Natchez Trace
Jim
Bowie
Springfield
Andrew
Mississippi
Jackson
Old South
South
Cotton
Richmond Plantation
Today In History February 24 1963 Highlights
On this date historical milestones include Marshall declaring judicial review supreme over acts of Congress and the US Navy station at Guantanamo Bay acquisition in Cuba. Other items note Adams becoming first minister to Britain in 1785 and Johnson's impeachment in 1868.
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John Marshall
Supreme Court
Congress
John Adams
United States
Great Britain
Andrew Johnson
House of Representatives
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Nazi Party
Germany
Voice of America
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Plan Would Extend Guard Specialists
The Defense Department asks Congress to allow National Guard and reserve enlistees to serve up to 10 months of active duty training in electronics radar radio and missile specialties. The proposal also limits new enlistment obligations to six years and sets shorter training for truck drivers cooks and other roles while detailing tentative active duty timelines for various skill fields.
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Washington
Defense Department
Berlin
Congress
Cyrus R.vance
Army
Air Defense
Beefeaters Win Pay Increase at Tower of London
The Beefeaters, the Tower of London warders in striped uniforms, agreed to a daily pay rise of one shilling and three pence after threatening a slowdown. The 38 guards, earning 14 pounds a week, perform night patrols parades and Crown Jewels watch.
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London
Tower of London
War Office
Crown Jewels
Yanks In Europe Saints or Sinners Face Mixed Feelings
Berlin AP report surveys West Europe views of Americans over 17 years since World War II. Attitudes range from hero worship to indifference and hostility, shifting with proximity to Communism and poverty. Affluent elites tend to be coolest, while base towns praise American generosity and protection.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
Europe
West Europe
United States
Meee
Suniny
Spain
Italy
Engineer's paradox as age meets speed in missiles hub
Horace Lowers, chief engineer at the Army Missile Command in Huntsville, works with modern tools to forge the fastest missiles while driving a 35-year-old Buick and recently trading in a 34-year-old Dodge.
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Huntsville
Ala
Horace Lowers
Army Missile Command
Buick
Bees Detect Flowers by Color Then Scent, Experiments Find
Beekeepers and researchers report that bees identify honey producing blossoms primarily by color and secondarily by scent in controlled tests. The findings suggest color cues guide foraging, with scent acting as a secondary factor after initial visual detection.
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Rachel Robards
New Orleans
America
Proud Linden
U.S
Thomas B. Reed
Briers
Varina Howell
Jef
New York
California
Barnitz Bank
Barnitz Bank Thriftiloans
Barnitz
He. Favck
THE
Associated Press
Longwood
Penney’s
Niagara Stripe
Plush—Foote
Penney
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