Ball's Bluff Battle Oct 21 1861 Remembered
By Ralph F. Martz October 21 marks the 94th anniversary of Ball's Bluff a Civil War engagement near Leesburg Virginia. The action altered Northern sentiment and drew Southern acclaim with heavy Union losses and Confederate advantages during fierce fording and retreat.
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Ralph F. Martz
Ball's Bluff
North
South
Lincoln
Maryland
Baltimore
Annapolis
Maiyland
Ball’s Bluff
Virginia
White’s Ferry
Conrad
Upper Montgomery
Col Gorman
Col. Lander
Col. Baker
Edwards Ferry
Dranesville
Gorman
Virgina
Devens
15Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Harrison Island
Leesburg
Massachusetts Volunteers
Peron Goes into Exile At Villarrica
Argentine dictator Juan D. Peron was driven under guard to internment near Villarrica Paraguay on the eleventh anniversary of protests that propelled him to power ten years ago. He left Asuncion at 5 a.m. accompanied by security police and Ciabeta, who fled to exile, to take up residence 100 miles from the border amid uncertainty over the internment terms.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Juan D. Peron
Villarrica
Peron
Buenos Aires
Dehard Peron
Ciabeta
Soviet Would Finance Huge Dam For Egypt
Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Hussein said the Soviet Union offered to provide all foreign financing needed for the high dam at Aswan on the Nile. He noted the offer, made more than two months ago, includes favorable repayment terms over up to 30 years, with Egypt seeking 200 to 300 million dollars via the World Bank and possibly a U S grant-in-aid.
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Washington
Ahmed Hussein
Soviet Union
Egypt
Nile
Hussein
World Bank
U. S
Dulles
Asst
George Allen
Allen
Cairo
Czechoslovakia
Freypt
Israel
Aswan
Fiveyearold Billy Goins Hurt Foot in Martinsville News
Fiveyearold Billy Goins, in Martinsville Virginia, is described as calm after injuring his foot. The report notes his mother Mrs Martin Goins and mentions surrounding tensions about dam materials and Soviet involvement, with the boy reassuring his mother that everything will be all right.
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Billy
Martin Goins
Martinsville
Goins
Sea horse uses finless grasping fin for underwater growth
Among fishes the sea horse exhibits a finless prehensile organ that grips twigs and branches of undersea growth. This adaptation aids attachment to submerged structures as it navigates its habitat.
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Edward D. Baker
Pennsylvania Volunteers
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Devon
Lee
Weston
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Stone
Col
Wistar
Baker
Evans
Featherston
Burt
Ball
Hatton
15Th Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Harvard
Maj
Joseph Revere
Libby
Richmond
Potomac
Hanson Island
Poolesville
Oregon State
Abraham Lincoln
Bank
New York
Pennsylvania
Congress
Edwin M. Stanton
Charles P. Stone
Gen. Stone
Fort Lafayette
New York Harbor
U.S
Oregon
Iming
Charles Brust
East 4Th Street
Lela
Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
P. G. Box
Jackson 7
Mississippi
Jocal News
Blue Ridge
East
Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Ra Paar
Jetaiav
Jetauav
Olsmobile
Jetaway
Hydra-Matic
Olds
Russa
Glick
N. Market St
Siegler
Frederick County
William S. Hood
Patrick Street
Monument
Dodge
Woodbine Auto Wreckers
Woodbine, MD
Charles Barty
Yellow Springs
Mehrl Wachter
North Market St
Coat News
Kemp
Sala
Eta
la Aaa
Benjamin A Moore
Thomas Hardware CO
S. Market St
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