Ticonderoga Gets Change Of Leaders Promoted Commander
Captain Richard E. Fowler Jr. assumes command of the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) replacing Captain Norman K. McInnis in a flight deck ceremony at North Island San Diego. Vice Admiral Allen M. Shinn presided as McInnis received the Legion of Merit for Ticonderoga's 1968 Tonkin Gulf cruise.
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Ticonderoga
McInnis
Richard E. Fowler, Jr
USN
Norman K. McInnis
Fowler
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Allen M. Shinn
Naval Air Forces
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Captain McInnis
Tico
Tonkin Gulf
New Orleans
Houston
Tex
Leyte
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
Wash
Jean Ray
East Greenwich
R. I
Acacia Rd
Bonita
Carrier Division Three
Sterlington
Naval Aviation
Sanford
Fla
Whidbey Island
Hornet
Mattaponi
Vietnam
Sally Bollinger
Pottsville
Khe Sanh
South Viettnam
Vinh
North Vietnam
MIC
U. S. S. Ticonderoga
Western Pacific
Richard E. Fowler Jr
Apollo 8 crew hear Christmas poem in space
From space near the moon on Christmas Day Apollo 8 astronauts hear Harrison Schmitt read a playful poem titled A visit from St Nicholas. The crew, after winning the moon race, respond with humor and cheer as Frank Borman delivers thanks and a quip about reaching the carrier.
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Chris Kraft
Frank Borman
Jim Lovell
Anders
Frank
Kilroy
Lovell
Earth
Bob Hope entertains New Jersey crew off Vietnam on Christmas Day
Bob Hope and 19 girls in miniskirts performed on the battleship New Jersey off Vietnam. The ship’s 1,450 sailors cheered as Hope joked from a gun turret and the crew’s mess hall hosted a Christmas dinner. Capt. J Edward Snyder Jr presented a U S flag that flew over the ship. A platoon of Marines from the Rockpile attended, bugler Bert Trottier played Thanks For The Memory, and Hope wished the men a Merry Christmas. The event recalled Wake Island and Cyprus cease fire references.
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Battleship New Jersey
Vietnam
Bob Hope
New Jersey
Wake Island
Hope
Rockpile
Demilitarized Zone
Bert Trottier
Inglewood
Calif
J. Edward Snyder Jr
Fairfax
U.S
Ope
Bastrop Masons Elect Officers
Mt. Gerizim Lodge 54 F and AM in Bastrop installed Ernest R. Hawkins as worshipful master. New officers include William R. Arant senior warden Berry D. Maroney junior warden O W Reily treasurer J C Donald secretary Lloyd W Richards Sr. senior deacon Marshall E. Duncan junior deacon Roy A. Middleton master of ceremonies Bobby G. Priest senior steward Reginald F. French Jr junior steward Melvin G Russell chaplain John D Johnston ruler Henry H Messinger past master with Samuel H Cagle past master as installing marshal.
San Antonio man charged in Mojave desert murder case
A 26 year old San Antonio man Richard C Welch faces arraignment in Kern County Superior Court for the Sept 25 killing of 17 year old Randy Jenkins near Mojave California. Jenkins companion Diane Bradford testified that Welch and his wife Anita shot them during a hitchhiking trip to Salt Lake City. Bradford survived while Anita Welch pleaded guilty to being an accessory.
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Bakersfield
Calif
UPI
San Antonio
Tex
Salt Lake City
Kern County
Richard C. Welch
Randy Jenkins
Mojave
Jenkins
Diane Bradford
Welch
Anita
Miss Bradford
State Youth Authority
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Capt
Norman McInnis
Cyprus
Bastrop Masons
Milland
Hollywood
Ray Milland
Universal
Cbs-Tv
Playtex
Eastgate
DuPont
Hushet Tvwvun
Highland
Price
Bassett
Kroehler
Hickory Lane
Stratford
Park Lane
Stylemaker
Sumter
Johnson Carper
Camden
Brown
Tell City
Lew As
Solid
Louisville Ave
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