Capture of the Margaretta and Early Revolutionary Naval Action
On June 2 the cutter HMS Margaretta appears off Machias Maine convoying Unity and Polly. Ten days later 40 lumbermen led by Jeremiah O'Brien board the Margaretta in an assault that capsizes the ship after fierce hand to hand combat. The Unity outruns Margaretta but the crew captures the vessel. This engagement near Martha's Vineyard follows a May 5 clash involving the British Falcon and four American sloops and marks the first naval action of the American Revolution.
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Margaretta
Unity
Polly
Machias
Maine
Boston
Jeremiah O'Brien
O'Brien
Falcon
Martha's Vineyard
AMVETS Elects R L Baker State Commander in Monroe
R L Baker of AMVET Post No 5 Monroe is elected Louisiana State Commander at the 30th AMVETS Convention in Monroe. Other statewide officers include A P Buckelew Scotty Martinez Paul Pilcher and Nat Clements. The convention site voted to hold next year’s gathering in Baton Rouge. A legislative recap highlighted House Bills on veterans affairs funding free tuition for Vietnam era veterans and retirement credits for World War II service.
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Monroe
R. L. “Dee” Baker
Amvet Post No. 5
State Department
Louisiana Organization
Amvets
A. P. Buckelew
West Monroe
Paul Pilcher
Scotty Martinez
Provost Marshall
Tom Roach
Westwego
Noel Binder
Joe Scaffin
Baton Rouge
Nat Clements
Baker
No. 5
Missouri - Pacific Railroad
Mildred Baker
Credentials Committee
Ory G. Peret
Louisiana
Peret
House
East Feliciana Parish
Perot
House Appropriations Committee
Vietnam
Eddie Barrios
New Orleans
Wallace scoffs at opposition from Democratic governors
Alabama Governor George Wallace, arriving at the National Governors Conference in New Orleans, says he is physically fit and notes he has campaigned with the people. Governors Wendell Anderson and Edwin Edwards doubt his bid for the 1976 Democratic nomination.
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New Orleans
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wendell Anderson
D-Minn
Edwin D. Edwards
D-La
Wallace
Gov
Edwards
NBC
Meet the Press
Louisiana
Calvin L. Rampton
Utah
Rampton
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home marks 50 years in Monroe
Fifty years after relocating 121 orphans and staff from Lake Charles, the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe celebrates a half century of service. Supt. Wade B. East and board members recount campus growth from 1928 onward, noting chapels cottages and administration buildings funded by donors across Louisiana, with ongoing open houses and a broad statewide ministry.
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Louisiana Baptist Orphanage
Lake Charles
Monroe
Frank C
Daddy) Flowers
Louisiana Baptist Convention
Daddy Flowers
M. E. Weaver
L. M. Cole
Robert Cooke Wallace
T. W. Gayer
D. C. Black
Wade B. East
Black
Ouachita Parish
DeSiard Rd
Lallage Feaver
Lallage Feazel
Shady Wall
West Monroe
W. C. Feavel
Feazel
Mary Goss
Johnny Burton Rucker
Shreveport
Rucker
Monroe Cottage
Faith Cottage
Oakes
Hope Cottage
Smitherman
Mamie Ellis Hawsey
Louisiana
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Supt. East
President's Son to Attend Utah State University
Steve Ford, 19, will enroll at Utah State University in Logan next fall after a year on a ranch and at a summer rodeo school near San Diego run by Casey Tibbs. He will stay briefly at the White House before heading to California and plans backpacking and studying grizzly bears this summer. His older brother Jack recently graduated from Utah State, and Steve has not chosen a major yet.
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Washington
Steve Ford
Utah State University
White House
California
San Diego
Casey Tibbs
Sheila Weidenfeld
Jack
Logan
Utah
Steve
Wallace Fires Back At Democratic Leaders Over Support
Wallace declares that Democratic leaders refuse to back him and questions why he should pledge support in return, signaling political rift ahead of the 1976 nomination process.
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Wallace
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Reuben Askew
D - Fla
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Guy Oakes, Sr
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D.D.S
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Kilpatrick
Calico
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Golden Funeral Home
Rayville
Brown Funeral
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Farmerville
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