Salute To Our Service Men In Local News
Jacquelin Rae Swindle enlists in the Women’s Army Corps selecting Pay Disbursing Specialist and trains at Fort McClellan Alabama then Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Lt. Charles A Nicholson earns captain promotion while at Maxwell AFB Alabama. Sgt. Santana Carnero serves in Operation Malheur II near Duc Pho Vietnam with 1011th Airborne Division. 379 enemies killed in four weeks. Sgt. Mason Lee Benton Jr returns to Monahans after Vietnam service. heads to Fort Meade Maryland after leave. He recalls Pleiku duty and meeting Phyllis Diller with the Bob Hope Show. notes medical battalion training civilians. Accidents cause many casualties in Vietnam per Benton.
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Jacquelin Rae Swindle
Women’s Army Corps
SFC
Billy G. Dart
U.S. Army
Jacquelin
B. J. Swindle
Pyote
Monahans
Women’s Army Corps Training Center
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Monahans High School
Charles A. Nicholson
U. S. Air Force
Nicholson
Air University
Maxwell Afb
Lackland Afb
Wayland Collge
TCU
Lee Foster
Plainview
C. L. Nicholson
Royalty
Santana Carnero
Duc Pho
Vietnam
1011St Airborne Division
Carnero
327Th Infantry
Mason Lee Benton, Jr
San Francisco
Spring Lake
Fort Mead
Maryland
Benton
Fourth Infantry Division
Pleiku
Phyllis Diller
Bob Hope
Mason Lee
H. P. Cooper
Government Insure Veterans and Headstone Eligibility
An answer explains Servicemen's Group Life Insurance coverage began December 28, 1965 for all Armed Forces members unless declined in writing. Policies are issued by private companies, not VA. Exiting service allows 120 days to convert to permanent insurance. A headstone is available for any deceased veteran whose last period of service was honorable, wartime or peacetime.
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Viet Nam
Veterans Administration
Robby Robinson A former manager turns peanut broker in NC
Robby Robinson, once Day tona Beach manager who converted Bert Champaneris from catcher to shortstop, now operates as a peanut broker in North Carolina.
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Robby Robinson
Daytona Beach
Bert Champaneris
Kansas City Athletic
North Carolina
Catholic theologian Haring named visiting professor at Union
The Rev. Bernard Haring, a German-born Roman Catholic moral theologian, is appointed visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary and will begin next fall.
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New York
Bernard Haring
Union Theological Seminary
Prayer as Constant Communion
The Upper Room reflects on prayer as more than emergency contact with God. It urges constant communication, confession of failures, and fellowship, comparing spiritual lines to the McLink system while stressing prayer as access to God’s love and strength. Jack K. Brenneman notes prayer opens deeper understanding and divine care.
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Father of Mercies
Christ
Redeemer
God
Jack K. Brenneman
Pennsylvania
Local Church Directory Snippet
A list of church names and addresses appears, including Calvary Baptist Mt. Zion Baptist Shiloh Baptist and Jehovahs Witnesses, with locations on West E, East B, Allen, Alice and Main streets locally identified.
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Manuela
Mandmiano Carnero
Grandfalls
Mason Lee Benton
UNION
James
McLink
Washington
Moscow
Atlantic Ocean
London
Russia
America
Ralaxa GM
Church of God
R. N. Davis
Church of God In Christ
N. Carol E. R. Hunt
Church of Latter Day Saints
Doris
W. Weatherspoon
Assembly of God
Betty Rev
S. L. Davis
Bethany Baptist
Helen Earl Little
Calvary Baptist 300
West
J. B. Hennigan
First Baptist
Alice
Francis Wilson
Freewill Baptist
S. Main
H. H. Tumbleson
Immanuel Baptist
Ronnie Skaggs
Monahans Baptist
S. Doris
Ted Trisler
Mt. Zion Baptist B
N. Franklin
R. L. Smith
Shiloh Baptist
East
B’ W
Southside Baptist 14Th
Alice J. B. Bitner
Templo Bautista la Hermosa
N. Bruce and ‘C
St. John’s
John Lauretti
First Christian
Betty Russell Criner
St. James Episcopal
S. Calvin
Albert Line
Faith Tabernacle
Monahans Christian
S. Dwight Ray T. Anderson
Christian Science Society
Dwight
First Baptist Church
Alpine
Charles R. Vick
Church of Christ
501 East
Jimmy Galeren Burks
Church of Christ 16Th
Calvin Terry Bouchelle
S. Allen
S. Alice
Church
Northside Church of
Church of Nazarene
John Randolph
Coleman Adv
Ium
Harry Holt
Colonial Inn
Thur. & Fri
Buffett
Burt D. James, Pres
George R. Bentley
Star
Farr’s Food Stores
Trio Motor Company
Jack Grant
Wilbert Cutbirth
Hammond Funeral Home
M. E. Hammond
First National Bank
Charles Switzer
Texas Savings & Loan Association
The
Prescription Shop
Bill Agey
Sumner’s Food Market
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Elmer Hokle
Odessa
Brantley Trucking, Inc
Teresa
Oliver Dean Newman
Jehovah’s Witnesses
N. Main
David A. Shaw
St. Matthews A.M.E
303
N. Dwight
Rev
F. D. Moore
A. Wickett
C. C. Gober
United Pentecostal
S. Stockton
Edna Capps
First Presbyterian
Eric
Fred A. Ryle, Jr
Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Sumner
Ernestine Starling
Solomon
Dad
Wickett
Cook Electric Company
Ken Cook
Thrasher Trucking Co
J&c Well Servicing Construction, Inc
Harold Massey
Howard Blair
Don Slape
Golden Chevrolet Sales Inc
Luckie’s Construction
W. B. Luckie
Marvin Luckie
Gulf Service
Beauty Center
Agnes Lane
Don Croft
the Hash Agency
John and
Pauline Hash
Croft
Texaco
Ruth Buford
Gary
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