Admiral Kimmel, Pearl Harbor figure, dies at 86
Retired Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander of the Pacific Fleet during the Pearl Harbor attack, died at his home in Groton at 86. He repeatedly defended himself against blame for the 1941 debacle, saying he was made scapegoat to draw the U.S. into war and that the blame rested with Washington leadership.
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Groton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Washington
U.S
United States
Short
Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
Naval Operattions
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Army and Navy Boards
Hawaii
Neiether Stark Nor Short
Dallas
Tex
Ee Ih
Congressional
Agee
Naval War Plans
Richmond Kelly Turner
Japan
South China Sea
Turner
Senate House
Roosevelt
Dorothy Kinkaid Kimmel
Edward Kimmel
Navy
Thomas H. Kimmel
Thomas K. Kimmel Jr
Aneapolis
Hippie Exile President Faces Decline in Laos Scene
In Vientiane a vanished two man cabinet and a depleted treasury topple Sheldon Cholist, head of the Free U.S. Government in Exile, as the Third Eye night club and its opium den fade from favor. He blames American harassment while Tass reporters visit and Radio Moscow taps in.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
Sheldon Cholist
White House
Chorst
Brooklyn
England
Thailand
Choist
Tass
Dio
Moscow
Third Eye
Viendle Ane
Total Music
Cholst
Free Enterprise: It Works With The Mails
Oklahoma City profile of Thomas M. Murray founder of Independent Postal Systems of America detailing rapid growth from 60,000 first contract pieces to millions in monthly deliveries across Oklahoma and beyond. Plans expand to Tulsa Dallas Denver Salt Lake City and Canada. Murray argues free enterprise beats the Post Office and notes competitive pricing and efficiencies.
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Murray
Postal Systems of
America
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Okla
Tulsa
Dallas
Tex
Denver
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Canada
U.S. Post Office
Protest by Parents Over White Teachers in Brooklyn School
In New York City, parents and supporters staged a sit in at J H S 271 in Brooklyn to block five white teachers from returning. Schools Supt Bernard Donevan and Mayor Lindsay backed police escort for the teachers as about 200 officers stood by. The protest reflects a wider fight over decentralization of the city school system and the Ford Foundation funded demonstration district.
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Brooklyn
Bernard E. Doneevan
John V. Lindsay
Doneevan
J.H.S
Cole
Board of Education
Lindsay
Brownsville
The
Ford Foundation
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George Marshall
Washington High Command
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Ireshman
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Sligo
Amereica
Amerieca
Beccause
Detroit
Dublin
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Oklaoma City
Darrell Hinshaw
Hinshaw
IPSA
Carl Thereford
Sulphur
Iwelborn’s Electric Service
Coronado
Gambler
Vom
Rhody McCoy
Ocean Hille Brownsville School Demonstration
Deborah Bryant Wilson
Ottawa
Debbie
Rod
University of Kansas
Otasco
TEBCO
Cele
Volk Dine
Walter
Sinc Nec
Jeeflex
Jebco 406 Outfit
Zebco
JEBCO
Jebflex
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