Soupy Sales Receives Beckley Key To City Honor
Motion picture and television star Soupy Sales visits Beckley West Virginia. Mayor John W. Smith presents a key to the city and an honorary fire boss certificate at the Armory. Sales, amid a cheering crowd and motorbike cavalcade, pies the mayor in the face.
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Soupy Sales
Beckley
West Virginia
Turnpike
John W. Smith
Armory
Smith
Sales
Beverly Adams
Columbia Studios
Judy
Daktari
Military men in the news at home and overseas
The Air Force operates Operation Combat Leave during the airline strike to airlift service members on leave for Vietnam travel. Pvt. William N. Brooks Jr. earned an engineer helper course at Fort Leonard Wood to operate air equipment. Airman Third Class James Larry Crowder was selected for technical training at Keesler AFB in Air Traffic Control Operations after Lackland basic training. Paul W. Ring was promoted to first sergeant at Fort Gordon after enlisting in 1950.
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Air Force
Viet Nam
Public Information Office
PIO
XX Army Corps
Fort Hays
Ohio
William N. Brooks Jr
Beckley
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Brooks
James Larry Crowder
James C. Crowder
Monroe Ave
Keesler Afb
Miss
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lackland Afb
Tex
Western Electric Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Paul W. Ring
Charles M. Ring
French St
Fort Gordon
Ring
1St Training Brigade
Army
Six Months Gratuity for Survivors Authorized by Law
The Six Months Death Gratuity provides survivors of active duty servicemen with a payment equal to six months of the deceased's pay, from $800 to $3,000, excluding allowances. It applies to spouses and children, reservists' survivors, and those who die within 120 days after release or training, with designated recipients and processing through the veteran's service branch.
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Washington
Nea
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Benefits For Vets 14 Burial Aid And Memorial Provisions
The Veterans Administration will pay burial expenses up to 250 for veterans of the Spanish American War through Vietnam. Survivors including spouses and dependent children may be eligible for burial in national cemeteries. Applications can be filed at VA offices. A flag is provided for wartime service and postwar periods, with government paid headstones or grave markers. Next comes Pension for widows.
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Ray Cromley Washington
NEA
Veterans Administration
U. S
United States
National Cemetery
Korea
Army Department
of Support Services Department of the Army
Washington, D. C
Interior Department
National Park Service
Good Neighbor Policy origin credited to FDR
The phrase Good-Neighbor Policy was coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to describe a new approach toward Latin America emphasizing cooperation and mutual respect.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Latin America
Ray Cromiey Announces New Veterans Benefits Book
Publisher Ray Cromiey offers a new booklet titled What You've Got Coming In Benefits for U S Veterans priced at one dollar per copy. Enclosed payment and mailing label details requested.
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Ray Cromiey
U. S
NAACP Rejects Police Findings In Local Case
NAACP officials led by Rev Archie Johnson and Rev Edward Abram accuse police of brutality against Jerry Columbus Lawson after his arrest for breaking and entering at Fama's Shoe Store on Neville Street. Mayor John Wesley Smith and Police Chief W A Tuebert insist the investigation found no wrongdoing and will pursue Justice Department review if needed.
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Jerry Lawson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
John W. Smith
W. A. Tuebert
Department of Justice
Teubert
John Wesley Smith
Jerry Columbus Lawson
Justice Department
United States Supreme Court
Lawson
Fama
Neville Street
Archie Johnson
Edward Abram
Abram
Johnson
Smith
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New York
Mary J. Grimes
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
U. S. Army 1St Recruiting District
Fort George G. Meade
Pat Murphy
James Crowder
Paul Ring
BAY Planes
UPI
Air Transport Association
Appalachian Power CO
Dept
Radio City
G. ©. Murphy DO
Murphy
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