New Glarus Veteran Recalls World War I Balloon Service
New Glarus resident John Thorson, a machine gunner with the First U.S. Balloon Company, recalls life on the Western Front including aerial observers, balloon battles, and his hospital stint near Paris. He notes the Armistice at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, as he traveled to Grenoble before the war ended.
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Thorson
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St. Mihiel
Argonne
Chateau- Thierry
Paris
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Baccarat
Germany
Glarus
Grenoble
Soviet Free Two U.S. Generals After Border Incident
In Ankara the Turkish Foreign Ministry said two U.S. Army generals and a Turkish liaison officer were freed at 7 am and flown to Ankara by Turkish and Soviet planes. Maj. Gen. Edward Scherrer Brig. Gen. Claude McQuarrie and Col. Cevat Denli had been detained near the Soviet frontier after a flight from Erzurum to Kars. The release followed a Soviet review of the border incident amid strained U.S.-Soviet relations. The White House welcomed the move as constructive.
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Turkey
Foreign Ministry
Kizileakeakis
Kars
Leninakan
Armenia
Edward C. D. Scherrer
U. S
Claude M. McQuarrie Jr
Scherrrer
Cevat Denli
Erzurum
Army
James P. Russell
Tass
U.S.S.R
U.S
State Department
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
France bids farewell to Charles de Gaulle at 79
Paris reports the death of Charles de Gaulle in his home at Colombey les Deux Eglises after a ruptured aneurism. The former president died just days before his eightieth birthday as France vows national mourning and a restrained state memorial in Notre Dame Cathedral with no official funeral.
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Georges Pompidou
Lille
National Assembly
Free French
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North Africa
Fifth Republic
Spain
Napoleon
Dean Acheson
U.S
Senate
Republic
De Gaulle’s Iron Will Mixed With Quiet Humor
Frankfurt AP recounts Charles De Gaulle as a tall stern figure whose persona blended haughty resolve with rare humor. The piece notes his bravery during an assassination attempt at Villacoublay and his respect for intelligent wit, shaping a legacy that echoed France’s enduring glory and left a nation seeking its place in world affairs.
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West Point
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Maginot
de Gaulle
Britain
Algeria
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frankfurt
Charles de Gaulle
Villacoublay
Secret Army
Joliet youth dies in weekend gunshot wound case
Coroner Willard Blood reports 18-year-old Percy Patrick Pilon died from a gunshot wound at his Joliet home after a weekend incident. The coroner released the findings at the request of Pilon’s family.
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Joliet, Il
Willard Blood
Will County
Percy Patrick Pilon
Joliet
Pilon youth urged say no to drugs in farewell note
In a letter attributed to the deceased Pilon youth the youth pleads others to reject drugs and asks for help for those who need it, noting drugs ruined the past year and naming LSD and amphetamines. The note condemns drug pushers and urges anyone needing help to seek it.
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Pilon
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