Pfc McKeever Feted at Party in Rockford Homecoming
Pfc. McKeever of USMC from Rockford Illinois, husband of Dianne Grossen, inducted April 8, on 20 day furlough returns to Camp Pendleton September 2 to prepare for 13 months in Vietnam. He serves in the advance ambush division. A Moose Lodge party honored him with cards and lunch. Numerous relatives attended from Browntown Juda Argyle Belleville and Rockford.
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Us.m.c
Rockford
Dianne Grossen
Edward Grossen
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
Moose Hal
Ward Grossen
Ruth Kleckner
Dorothy Ostby
Clarence DeVoe
Delbert Ritschard
Elwin DeVoe
Delbert Indergand
Michael Ritschard
Kenneth Grossen
Eldon Walters
Jad Jartwig
Walter Grossen Sr
Walter Grossen Jr
Terry Schliem
Herman Ritschard
Browntown
James DeVoe
Winslow
Norman Ritschard
Howard Grossen
Royal Ritschard
George Grossen
Donald Ostby
Elton Segner
Kristine Hartwig
Roy Reinmann
Today in History: August 27 events across centuries
On this date in 1968 American troops began the occupation of Japan the first foreign occupation in modern history. Other entries note Caesar’s invasion of Britain in 55 B C and Eisenhower's 1958 warning to China over Quemoy and Matsu.
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Associated Press
Japan
B.C
Julius Caesar
Britain
Long Island
United States
Titusville
Lyndon B. Jolson
Stonewall
Texas
Paris
Nazi Germany
Danzig
Dwight D. Eisenhower
China
Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Moab
Utah
Lake Erie
Huron
Ohio
Gift of the Magi crafted in three hours in 1905
The anecdote claims O Henry wrote The Gift of the Magi in three hours one November afternoon for the New York World's Magazine section in 1905. The Mount Rushmore memorial features four presidents George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
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O. Henry
New York World’s Magazine
U.S
South Dakota
Mount Rushmore Memorial
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Service Record: Huston and Daly in Army and Air Force roles
Senior Master Sergeant William Huston of Monroe is on duty at Udorn Royal Thai AFB Thailand as an aircraft maintenance superintendent in the Pacific Air Forces after prior assignment at Beale AFB California. His wife Loretta is the daughter of Mary Harper of Marysville California. Kenneth M. Daly of Argyle has been promoted to Army Specialist Five with the 51st Engineer Battalion at Ft Campbell Kentucky advancing from basic training at Ft Leonard Wood Missouri and enlisting in August 1966.
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William Huston
John Huston
Monroe
Udorn Royal Thai Afb
Huston
Pacific Air Forces
Beale Afb
Calif
Bridgeport (Ohio
Loretta
Mary Harper
Marysville
Spec. Daly
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
State Approves Creek Changes Near Belleville
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources authorizes rechanneling Ross Crossing Creek in Exeter Township to aid farm drainage. Owners LaVerne Dohm Wesley Snyder Mrs Oscar Stanke Philip Fahey and Ernest Eggiman receive permissions with conditions to protect public interests and establish bank cover. A Vietnam era clause is noted about a 21 year old Argyle High School graduate who attended Loras College.
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Ross Crossing Creek
Exeter
Green County
State of Wisconsin Department of Nural Resources
Belleville
LaVerne Dohm
Wesley Snyder
Oscar Stanke
Philip Fahey
Ernest Eggiman
Madison
Exeter Township
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Vietnam
Argyle High School
Loras College
Dubuque
Dear Abby Parents Wary of Beards Sparks Teen’s Dilemma
Abigail Van Buren writes about an 18 year old whose mother dislikes her bearded friends, calling them hoodlums. The column includes reader letters on honesty in medicine and humor about disability, plus a few social notes and a want ad ending.
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Abigail van Buren
Cncage Teibonen
Abby
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