Bloodied Bravo Company Faces Hell in Viet Nam
A NEA profile follows Bravo Company 2 503rd Infantry in Vietnam. Seventeen months of brutal combat, high casualties, and extraordinary bravery define the men of Bloody Bravo. From first casualties to multiple valor awards, the unit endures harsh jungles, mortar and ambush, with few survivors unchanged.
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Bravo Company
Hell
B. Company
2-503Rd Infantry
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Viet Nam
Jacob Rosado
New York
Bravo
D Zone
Delta
Bloody Bravo
Zinn
Olive
Baker
Rich
Johnson Backs Nationwide Daylight Saving Act
President Johnson signed legislation making daylight saving time mandatory nationwide from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October starting next year. States may exempt themselves by special law.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Dawn redwood fossil found in China and history noted
The item notes the dawn redwood fossil’s history from the dinosaur era through its extinction in North America and Europe during the Miocene, with later survivals into the Pliocene in Japan and a 1940s discovery in remote Chinese valleys, as cited by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Northern Hemisphere
North America
Europe
Japan
China
Concord States Annual Play Day Opens With Western Roundup
On April 30 in Athens the Women s Recreation Association of Concord College plans a High School Play Day themed A Western Roundup. About 95 high schools were invited. Visiting girls join basketball volleyball and softball events with a swimming demonstration by Concord physical education majors. Libby Roberts and Pat Jones lead the event with sponsors Virginia Price and Georgia Swan. Lunch will be served in the College Center dining hall.
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Athens
Women’s Recreation Association of
Concord College
Concord
Libby Roberts
Kimball
Pat Jones
Fall Church
WRA
Virginia Price
Georgia Swan
College Center
Power Company Rates Reduced in West Virginia
The Public Service Commission approved a rate cut by Union Power Company for domestic customers effective after March 26, 1966. The new structure tiers 30 kWh at 5.0 cents, 40 kWh at 4.0 cents, 130 kWh at 2.5 cents, 150 kWh at 1.7 cents, and over 350 kWh at 1.5 cents, lowering typical bills in Mullens and nearby towns.
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Mullens
RNS
Union Power Company
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Calorie
Otsego
Pierpont
Wyoming County
Rhodell
Raleigh
Journalism Workshop Slated For Saturday
Morgantown West Virginia University hosts a journalism workshop Saturday inviting high school journalists statewide. Dean Wilson says yearbook writing will require an ideal outline due April 22 for judging while radio television journalists hear Roy Morgan. A panel of professional broadcasters will attend and participants will visit Mountaineer Field press box for a sports announcing session during a WVU football scrimmage.
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Morgantown
UPI
West
West Virginia University
Quintas C. Wilson
School of Journalism
Roy Morgan
Association For Professional Broadcast Education
Mountaineer
WVU
Obesity More Common in U.S. Women Than Men
A health trend analysis shows higher obesity rates among women in the United States compared with men. Factors include body composition, behavior, and access to care, with implications for targeted interventions and policy planning.
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U.S
Wyoming County Schools Tournament Directors Named
Nie Bower Dallas Clay Tom My Lucas and Dallas McKin ney Lee Sizemore are listed with Verne E Clay as coach and Verne E Clay as principal in a tournament setup limited to Wyoming County schools with enrollments of 200 or less. Horace Mc Graw and Verne E. Clay direct the event.
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Nie Bower
Dallas Clay
Tommy Lucas
Dallas McKinney
Lee Sizemore
Verne E. Clay
Wyoming County
Horace McGraw
Doctor Speaks on Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis at Pineville
Dr W A Laqueur chief of pathology at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital spoke to the Southern West Virginia Personnel Association at the Cow Shed Pineville on Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis. He said hospital work with the U S Public Health Service provides clues to early disease stages without claiming new findings. Earl French announced May 11 meeting will be hosted by Omar Mining Co with Roy Vincent, NLRB, Northern Coal Operators Association, as speaker.
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Pineville
W. A. Laqueur
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Southern West Virginia Personnel Association
Cow Shed
United States Public Health Service
Earl French
Pocahontas
Omar Mining Co
Roy Vincent
Northern Coal Operators Association
National Labor Relations Board
Thieves Steal Jewels From Steiger Bloom Home
Thieves took about 5600 dollars in jewels from the holiday home of actor Rod Steiger and wife Claire Bloom in Galway Ireland police said. The theft was reported Thursday as authorities investigated the break in at the couple’s seaside residence.
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Star’s Jewels
Galway
Ireland
UPI
Rod Steiger
Claire Bloom
Class Honored Maben at Methodist Church Event
Miss Carol McCoy hosted her primary class at Maben Methodist Church after Sunday School. Attendees included Lynn and Debbie Emory of Roanoke Virginia and McCoy who is a Mullens High School student and church treasurer.
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MABEN
RNS
Carol McCoy
Maben Methodist Church
Lynn
Debbie Emory
Roanoke
Miss McCoy
Mullens High School
Airmen return home after holidays and visits across states
Airman 1C Ed Penn and family travel back to Plattsburg AFB New York after a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Jack Penn Jr They had dinner at the John Lewis home in Long Branch Monday Airman 2C and Mrs T Lewis return to Scotts AFB Illinois after a leave with John Lewis family in Long Branch Families reunite in Cleveland Ohio over Easter as Charles Tyree and family visit relatives in town Others spend Easter with Clyde Mowell and relatives in Indiana Washington DC and Kentucky Kingsport Tenn guests visit Mrs Rosella Sutton and Clyde Mowell Frank Tyree and Elaine Tyree return from Raleigh North Carolina Mrs Myrtle Johnson comes home after weeks in Cleveland The Third Sunday Singing Convention is set for April 17 at Black Eagle Baptist Church from 2 to 4 pm Dewey McKinney of Pineville will lead The Rev Kenneth Cooper is pastor.
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Pax
Edwin Penn
Plattsburg Afb
New York
Jack Penn Jr
John Lewis
Long Branch
T. Lewis
Scotts Afb
Ill
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Tyree
Jimmy Wayne
Tom Tyree
James Davis
Clyde Mowell
Jimmy
Larry Kile
Kimberly Ann
Jeffrey Alan
Indianapolis
Ind
Fred McFalls
Washington, D.C
Howard Mowell
Covington
Kingsport
Tenn
Howard P. Sutton
Everette Dykes
Rosella Sutton
Frank Tyree
Elaine
Raleigh
N.C
Larry Tyree
Myrtle Johnson
Jim Catlin
Black Eagle
RNS
Black Eagle Baptist Church
Dewey McKinney
Pineville
Kenneth Cooper
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Howard Wikel
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C. C. Phillips Jr
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Bernard Rasnack
Joe Witt
G. V. Duncan
Mullens Woman’s Civic Club
Buck Kidd
Eugene
Dude Mullins
J. T. Davidson, Jr
A. O. Ashley
James Lane
L. C. Sclater
Frank Liuzzo
Shields Kline
Fred Tuebert
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Nea
London
May Lynn
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Concord States
Power Company
John McGraw
Glen Rogers
Glen Fork
Wyoming
Glen Rogers High School
Stanley King
David McGraw
Mike Bailey
Skipper Vaught
Ron
Sabine
Ronnie Pack
Malcolm Schlager
Leroy McMillian
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Butch Greer
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