Servicemen Fred Gibson begins 45 day leave after Vietnam tour
E5 Fred Gibson returns from a year in Vietnam where he earned an Army Commendation Medal and a certificate of achievement with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade and as a personnel specialist. He will report for five months as a personnel specialist at Fort Hamilton after leave.
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Fred Gibson
Vietnam
196Th Light Infantry
Fort Hamilton
New York
Dryden Va
Middletown
Middletown Journal
Fort Knox
Fort Polk
Silas Gibson
S. Dixie
Navy Jet Accidentally Drops Bomb at Lumber Plant
A Navy jet from Oceana Naval Base inadvertently released a smoke bomb through the roof of a Weyerhaeuser Co. plant near Plymouth North Carolina. No injuries were reported and only minor damage occurred as the aircraft was en route to a bombing range in Dare County.
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Plymouth
N.C
Weyerhaeuser Co
Oceana Naval Base
Norfolk
Dare County
Navy
California Dam to Be Highest in United States
Los Angeles reports the California Water Project will store Northern California waters and move them 600 miles to the south at a cost exceeding 2.5 billion dollars. The Oroville Dam will stand 770 feet, the tallest dam in the nation and the Western world’s highest embankment dam.
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Los Angeles
California
Oroville
United States
Ohio to elect first Negro to Congress in 21st District race
In Cleveland, Ohio voters head to the polls for the 21st District Democratic primary where half of the 14 candidates are Black. Front-runners include Leo A. Jackson and Louis Stokes, each backed by party, labor, and local press, with George Forbes and Geraldine Williams also well supported. On the GOP side Charles P. Lucas is favored, facing Frank Lyons and Clarence McLeod. Stokes is Mayor Carl B. Stokes’ brother. Williams was mayoral aide fired earlier in the year.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Les A. Vanik
Vanik
Leo A. Jackson
Louis Stokes
Stokes
Carl B. Stokes
Jackson
Labor
Cleveland Daily
Congress of Racial Equality
George L. Forbes
Geraldine Williams
Miss Williams
City Hall
East Side
Edward F. Katalinas
Jack P. Russell
Robert W. Annable
Parma Heights
Charles P. Lucas
Cleveland Transit Board
Frank C. Lyons
Clarence E. McLeod
Mrs Hubert H Humphrey Reported Getting Along Fine
Mrs Hubert H Humphrey, 56, was reported getting along fine at Bethesda Naval Medical Center after pelvic surgery to correct a nonmalignant disorder. She underwent the operation on Thursday and is listed in satisfactory condition.
Public Health Grant Approved for Ohio Hospital Expansion
IRONTON Ohio A 250000 Public Health Service grant funds construction of a 46 bed unit at Lawrence County General Hospital Rep William H Harsha R Ohio announced Thursday in a congressional update The grant supports hospital capacity and regional health services in Lawrence County
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Ironton
Ohio
Public Health Service
Lawrence County General Hospital
William H. Harsha
Fenwick High Spring Concert Highlights Tonight and Tomorrow
Fenwick High School presents its annual spring concert with piano and vocal solos. Mark Trott performs Ritual Fire Dance and Andrea Hughes sings Summertime Alfie. William Svarda directs. selections include When I’m 64 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You and more. The chorus and bands perform Golden Rainbow Talk To the Animals Love Is Blue and Flying Nun pieces.
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Fenwick High School
Mark Trott
Andrea Hughes
Fenwick
William Svarda
Bill Yarmouth
Charlene Wall
Ronnie Harmon
Joel Milton
Flying Nun
Study Time For White Problems
Whitney Young of the Urban League calls for studying whites after decades of studying Black Americans. He cites the President's Commission on Civil Disorders finding white racism as the nation’s core problem and urges a study of the souls of white folks.
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Boston
Whitney Young
The
Urban League
Young
American Association
Commission On
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Franklin
Seventh Battalion
2Nd Brigade
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Earl J. Wynn Jr
Carlisle High School
Earl J. Wynn Sr
Hobart Ave
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