On This Date March 7 in History
Highlights include Bell’s telephone patent in 1876 and Webster’s 1850 anti secession speech. Wellesley College name change in 1873. Rhineland remilitarization in 1936. British seizure of Italian Somaliland in 1941. Arizona flag raised in memory of Pearl Harbor casualties in 1950. Recent items cover a 10 year, 5 year, and 1 year timeline on various political and criminal events.
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Associated Press
Alexander Graham Bell
Daniel Webster
Senate
Wellesley Female Seminary
Wellesley College
Rhineland
U.S
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Russia
George Bissonnette
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra Jr
Poison Arrow For Greeting Explorer Returns To Brazilian Jungles
Pred Salazar, 22, heads into central Brazil with three companions for a year long expedition costing 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. He plans to drop gifts to Guiapo Indians near the Chavante, assess their reaction, and travel by plane river to Itaituba then by canoe into Guiapo country.
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New York
Pred Salazar
Salazar
Brazil
Col
Percy Fawcett
Amazon
Rio Tapajos
Itaituba
Guiapo
Scout-O-Rama Dinner Set to Kickoff Ticket Drive
More than 35,000 Scout-O-Rama tickets will be distributed at a Tuesday night dinner at American Legion Post 218 starting 6 30 p m Russ Efker council executive said. Tickets sell for 50 cents and 3 500 council boys will sell them over two weeks. The event supports equipment purchases and program work, with last year’s proceeds funding camping gear and tents for Camp Hook. Committee members include Robert A White general chairman and Harry Holiday council president with area scouters taking on competitive events finance and more.
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American Legion Post
Boy Scout Mound Builders’ Area Council
Russ Efker
National Guard
South Main Street
Camp Hook
Esker
Harry Holiday
Scout-O-Ramy
Robert A. White
William W. Armstrong
Howard Schueller
Jack Baltzell
John Timmers
Bill Gilbert
Mason
George Kuntz
Lebanon
Bernard Baughn
Lytle
Walter Cobaugh
Middletown
Gerald Cooke
Refugees in Laos Rely on U S Air Drops for Survival
In Laos 175000 refugees, scattered on rugged mountains, depend on U S air drops of rice and supplies. Charles Mann of AID notes 26 planes deliver 2500 tons monthly, logging 3200 to 4000 hours, spending about 10 million dollars yearly. The effort aims for self sufficiency in 3 to 4 years as refugees amount to about 7 percent of the population.
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Vientiane
Laos
Charles Mann
U.S. Agency For International Development
Uncle Sam
U.S
United States
Thailand
Pastor to Receive Heidelberg Honor at June Commencement
Heidelberg College will award an honorary Doctor of Divinity to the Rev. Richard C. Belson of Youngstown at the June 13 commencement exercises. Belson has pastored the Pilgrim Collegiate Church in Youngstown since 1958 and is a 1945 cum laude Heidelberg graduate.
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Heidelberg College
Richard C. Belson
Youngstown
Mr. Belson
Pilgrim Collegiate Church
Heidelberg
Pinellas Park Car Ride Sparks Laugh Over Vacationing Dog
St. Petersburg columnist Paul Davis recounts overheard humor from Pinellas Park about a man sweating in his old car while picking up a dog that had been vacationing in an air conditioned kennel.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Paul Davis
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Fred Salazar
Ronald Fine
Pedition
Georgetown
British Guiana
Gunnar Penikis
Toronto
Guiana
Claus Cazzonelli
Innsbruck
Austria
New Guinea
Manaus
Legion Hall
G.S. Department
Bianrimtrag
Girl Scout
Jr. Girl Scout
Beret
Girl Scout Shop—Second Fiocor
Ing Fortres
Bermuda
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