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LAS TOGAS (AP) — A Yellow cab wa* tipped ov»r on its top in front of a luxury hotel-•asino on the Las Vegas Strip •arly today hours afler Gov. Grant Sawyer referred to thesix-month cab strike as mayhem.1'The Governor had failed earlier in an attempt to arrive at a settlement by acting as mediator between Yellow and Checker cabs and Teamsters Lo-Reno Graduate Aide-de-campTo Army Commanding GeneralA Reno High School graduate Is now serving as aide-de-camp to the commanding general at Ft. Jackson, S.C.Capt. John H. Dorf, son of Mrs. Russ Winkel ard S. A. Dorf, both of Reno, was assigned to his present post last Oct. 18 as a new stc*p in an Army career which has included service in the Far East.ENLISTS IN 1958Dorf enlisted in the U. S. Army in October, 1958 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry June 24, 1959 after attending Officer Candidate School. Ft. Benning, Ga. After oompleting the Basic Airborne Course he was assigned to the 1st Battle Group, 31st Infantry* 7th Infantry Division in Korea from Sept. 10, 1980 to Oct. 14, 1960.After serving in the G-3 section at Fort Ord, Calif., Capt. Dorf was assigned to the Special Forces Officers Course at Ft. Bragg, N.C., and from March 12, 1962 to July 24, 1964 was assigned to Company C, 1st Special Forces Group. Airborne. He made three tempo-Capt. John H. DorfFrance SeeksEconomicIndependencerary trips from Okinawa, one to Thailand and two to Viet Nam. He was awardee the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantly' with silver palm Dec. 15, 1963.Capt. Dorf was assigned to the career course at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Ft. Benning and as commander of Company D, lClth Battalion at Ft. Jackson prior to Ins present assignment. He was promoted to first lieutenant Dec. 24, 1961 and to captain June 24, 1963.PARIS (AP) — President Charles de Gaulle’s government is determined to keep France from becoming an economic colony of the United States, Charles de Chambrun, French foreign trade secretary said today.Chambrun told The Associated Press that this concern helps explain French stockpiling of American gold, close bargaining in the Common Market, the fruitlessness of the Kennedy Round of tariff negotiations and even the costly French program of atomic research.We could permit a much larger American presence in our economy, as the Germans are doing, and it would be easy politically: there would be more jobs and faster growth*” he said.MEDALSIn addition to the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Capt. Dorf wears the expert infantryman’s badge, the good conduct medal, parachutist’s badge, armed forces expeditionary medal, purple heart medal, combat infantryman’s badge and the bronze star.Bom in Silver City Jan. 2, 1949, Capt. Dorf attended schools in Silver City and Reno, graduated froir. Reno High School and attended University of Nevada 1957-58. He has also attended University of Maryland and the Armed Forces Institute. He was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve prior to enlisting in the Army.He married Sally De Armond of Hubbard, Ore., while serving as an instructor at Fort Ord.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Wed, Feb 23, 1966
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