Final hours of Huey Long recalled by James Marlow
James Marlow recounts the night Huey P Long was shot in Baton Rouge 25 years earlier. He describes the tense hospital scene with bodyguards, the unanswered questions about Weiss and conspiracy, and the eerie moment when Long died. The piece reflects on an era ending as Huey’s brother Earl later became governor.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Baton Rouge
Long
Carl Austin Weiss
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
T-P
Associated Press
Our Lady of Thee Sanitarium
Weiss
Sairs
Long Machine
Huey
Earl
Williamsburg Church Honors Pat Gentry With Life Membership
At Williamsburg Methodist Church morning service Mrs Pat Gentry received Special Membership in the W S C S with a pin corsage and Life Membership certificate from the Mary Sue Lowry Circle and Alpha Circle presidents. Gentry is a charter member and first circle president now serving as Local Church Activities chairman and Intermediate Youth Fellowship Counselor. Local notes report Mrs Minor Brown improving after hip surgery and other family visits to Kansas, Texas, and Missouri.
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Williamsburg Methodist Church
Pat Gentry
W.S.C.S
Mary Sue Lowry
Evelyn Bond
Elston Decker
Alpha Circle
Gentry
Minor Brown
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Ottawa
John Kendall Jr
R. E. Booth
Ft. Worth
Texas
Weldon Epperson
Frank Davis
Scotty Kellogg
Boston
Mass
Lloyd Neal
Otto Carders
Williamsburg
George Turrell
Topeka
CPA
Elmer Moats
Maurine Moats
Emma Atkinson
Sharon
Bond
Confessions of a columnist on life after war years
New York AP recalls 17 years since becoming a daily columnist after war reporting in North Africa and Italy. He discusses the lure of frontline storytelling, the audience back home, the challenge of fresh ideas, and the reward of connecting with people, hoping to continue as long as possible.
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New York
North Africa
Sicily
Salerno
Italy
Boewell
Ernie Pyle
Eisenhower
Liberal ministers attack Peale over Kennedy Catholic faith
In New York a Liberal party statement by Dr. John C. Bennett and Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr accuses Norman Vincent Peale of blind prejudice against Roman Catholicism. The document cites a Washington meeting of 150 Protestants and warns a Catholic president would face Church pressure. Peale, a Nixon supporter, says religion should not divide voters and will keep sermons neutral. The Liberal party backs Kennedy in New York.
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New York
Norman Vincent
John F. Kennedy
John C. Bennett
Union Theological Seminary
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union
Liberal Party
Peale
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
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Dee
Jeanine
Frances. Peddicord
Nina Fitzgerald
Jim Mersmann
Diane
J. H. Neal
Auburn
Ala
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Merle Davis
Karen Renee
W. S. Hink
Eldon Koons
Shirley TN
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L. P. Mayfield
Baring
Roy Clark
Floyd McCurdy
W. C. Fogle
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Holton
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Hink
Brooks
Glenda
Hinks
Williamsburg High School
Boyle
Don Marquis
Iran
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Mmikan
Scotchgard Leather Protector
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Toh
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Carl Snyder
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