Negro Air Corps Vets Recall Bittersweet Reunion in Detroit
Detroit reunites survivors of the first all black Army Air Corps squadron. Notable figures include Rep Charles Diggs and Michigan State University president Clifton Wharton Jr. They recount segregation, perseverance, and pivotal roles in World War II aviation and civil rights progress.
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Tuskegee Institute
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William T. Patrick
Italy
Patrick
University of Michigan
Harvard
Clifton R. Wharton Jr
Michigan State University
Gene Dericotte
James N. Garrett
Roman Gribbs
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Texan Held In Big Dope Conspiracy
San Antonio man Jesus C. Santov 39 is held in federal custody on a 150000 bond after a Houston indictment charging him with a conspiracy to receive conceal transport heroin and to induce a Houston man to sell heroin to an undercover agent. Co-defendants Daniel Berlanga 33 of San Antonio and Louis Roger 45 of Lafayette La were named. Berlanga freed on 20000 bond. The case covers June 1969 to April 1971 and notes 40 pounds of milk sugar found in Santov's car along with a bullet riddled vehicle found near Ft. Sam Houston last April.
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Jessie” Santov
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Roger
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United States
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Stewart
Berlanga
Ft. Sam Houston
Lone Ohio fugitive finds freedom after 35 years in hiding
Walter Moser, once known as Wilson Maurer, was pardoned by the State of Ohio after 35 years on the run from a 1937 rape conviction. Arrested on a drunken charge in Houston, a routine fingerprint check uncovered his true identity, ending decades of fear as he plans to visit his mother’s grave and reconnect with relatives before returning to his woodworking life.
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Walter Moser
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Churchill’s Granddaughter Marries Scottish Schoolmaster
Sir Winston Churchill’s granddaughter Arabella Churchill wed James Burton, a 23 year old Scottish schoolmaster, at a Unitarian church ceremony in London. Churchill’s widow, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, attended as a guest. the bride is 22 and the groom 23.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Arabella Churchill
James Burton
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Change Of Command In Action Center
Rear Adm Sheldon Kinney will shift command of the Pacific Fleet cruiser-destroyer force to Rear Adm Mark Woods off Vietnam aboard the Providence in an Aug 23 ceremony. Kinney says most destroyers are at sea and the center of gravity is there. 49,000 personnel and 119 ships are in the command. Kinney will become president of the New York Maritime College.
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New York Maritime College
Women bouncers staged at New York pub draw mixed view
Ellen Sitward and two others tested as female bouncers at the White Horse Inn on the East Side. They demonstrated how they might talk down or physically remove unruly patrons. Coowners say a woman bouncer could handle drunk women with dignity, while some patrons react with curiosity about the new role.
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New York
Ellen Sitward
White Horse Inn
East Side
Peggy Dovie
Liz Laurie
Vote Machine Trial Delayed
The trial of former Harris County Commissioner W. V. Ramsey on charges of taking $9,100 in bribes from Shoup Voting Machine Co. was postponed to January 8 to allow a superseding indictment. Ramsey, who led the county’s voting machines for 18 years, faces questions about a scheme involving old Shoup machines bought for Harris County. Witnesses may include Chandler, a Baytown attorney, and former Shoup vice president Martin R. Schott.
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Harris County
Shoup Voting Machine Co
U. S. District Court
Woodrow Seals
W. V. Ramsey
Philadelphia
Ramsey
George Chandler
Baytown, Tex
Shoup
Chandler
Martin R. Schott
Nashville
Hillsborough County
Tampa
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Eagleton thanks Missourians in St Louis homecoming
Sen Thomas F Eagleton addressed about 1000 cheering supporters in St Louis marking his first hometown appearance since withdrawing as the Democratic vice presidential nominee He said he would work hard in the next three months for George McGovern and praised the crowd as God's most beautiful people.
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Harry S. Truman
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George McGovern
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