Mail Call Hearts Windows to the Front Lines
Open letters from Ohio to Hawaii reveal how mail calls in Vietnam era shaped morale. Recruits receive Christmas cards prayers and poems from strangers across the United States. some express hope others frustration at protesters and wartime debates. Names cities and ages appear as volunteers write to Our Men in Viet Nam praising efforts and offering support for soldiers.
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Ohio
Pittston
Postal Patrollism
Gear Bose Linda
Sopho
Viet Nam
Cleveland Am
Five Npn
Linda
Readers respond to Viet Nam letters and gifts
Defense Department officials say readers will discontinue sending care packages to unnamed GI in Viet Nam. Homefront supporters like Wanda Barnett of Birmingham and the Jack Cain family of Albuquerque express gratitude. Many mail back with thank you notes, religious medals, handkerchiefs, and stamps, while some ask for personal replies.
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Nce
NEA
Fense Department
Viet Nam
Prise Assn
Tam
Wanda Barnett
Birmingham
Ala
Jack Cain
Albuquerque
N. M
Alez B
Conceut
Calif
Margie Braxton
Pittsburgh
Joseph
William
Charles
Perez Leon
Delano
Mount Hope Social Notes Recount Family Visits and Travel
Mount Hope and Detroit residents figure in a jumbled social column noting Mrs. Angelo Yates and family returning home after visiting relatives in Kilsyth Bradley and Maple Fork Road. Also listed are dinners at Maple Fork Road, hospital visits in Detroit and Largo Florida relatives, with several names and addresses.
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Becky Humphrey
Arlington
Ronnie Taylor
Leah Rae
Huntington
George Barbera
Bradley
Cinotti
Luigi Fred Stella
Detroit
Mich
Johnny Stella
Cleveland Couple Phase Out In Quiet Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Lee of Cleveland Ohio are noted in a brief society line with accompanying remarks about the couple posing for photos and sharing a quiet moment as they begin married life.
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Jimmy Lee
Cleveland
Ohio
Collins Juniors Present You Can t Take It With You
Oak Hill junior class of Collins High School stages Moss Hart and George Kaufman comedy You Can t Take It With You in the Oak Hill Grade Auditorium at 8 p m on December 10. The cast includes Lena Heaster Ed Jim Miller Penny Martha Cam Gra Mike Tompkins Alice Mary Lynn Thomas Olga Judy Smith and others with three student deans and sponsor Miss Dee High biology teacher attendance is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students
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Oak Hill
Collins High School
Moss Hart
George S. Coffman
Quare Rheba
Lena Heaster
Jim Miller
Penny
Martha
Cam Gra
Mike Tompkins
Alice
Mary Lynn Thomas
Olgea
Judy Smith
Donald
Gerald Baker
Kirk Charles Fox
Lewallen speaks on Afghan mines for Mount Hope Kiwanis
Luth er A. Lewallen of the Bureau of Mines in Mount Hope spoke to the Kiwanis Club. He described a four year Kabul Afghanistan tour aiding new mine development as part of a foreign aid program linked to peace corps style efforts. He noted Afghanistan as inland and mountainous with an area akin to Texas, bordered by the Soviet Union Pakistan China and Iran. The talk covered safe mining methods learned abroad and the Islamic influenced society under mullahs and hakim local leaders with Moslems forming the majority. The meeting at TV Lanes on Oak Hills Mount Hope Road included attendees and announcements of a board meeting at George Gunn’s home and a Dec 11 installation of officers.
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Mount Hope
KNS
Kiwanis Club
Luther A. Lewallen
Bureau of Mines
Kabul
Afghanistan
Oak Hills
Mount Hope Road
Lewallen
Peace Corps
Asia
Texas
Utah
Nevada
Soviet Union
Pakistan
China
Iran
Retired Teachers Set Meeting In Fayette
H Frazier retired assistant superintendent of Fayette County announces a 1030 a m Saturday meeting in the bookroom of the Fayette County Board of Education office to reorganize the Fayette County Retired Teachers Organization. Frazier serves as temporary chairman urging all retired teachers to attend.
Saturns Ring Feature Captivates Planetary Study
The curious halo around Saturn appears as a large ring, with scientists noting multiple distinct rings orbiting the planet. This unusual structure marks Saturn as a world with complex ring systems that intrigue astronomers.
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Saturn
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Lowell
Nelson Griffith
Watertown
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Bill Sharpe
John Rogers
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