Guards End Week One At Fort Hood Summer Camp
The 49th Armored Division completes a hot week of tactical exercises in 100 degree heat at Fort Hood Texas. Soldiers from Rock Heat and Rusk receive praise for leadership and effort as they prepare for live-fire drills and further rifle platoon training in the second week.
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Armored
Douglas Jordan
James FE
Lankford
Mickey Choate
Sqyt
Tommy Jones
Bobby Elliott
Charles Nolley
Weldon Maitland
Rusk
Interesting Facts Stage Coaches and Inventions
The text notes stage coaches with bodies slung in straps appearing in the 16th century. It mentions a Mesopotamian manuscript from 2100 B.C. as the first definite grape wine reference. It credits John Kay of England with patenting the flying shuttle in 1733, enabling the modern loom.
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John Kay
England
Maydelle News Highlights Local Visits and News
Maydelle residents share weekend visits with Abilene Houston Jacksonville and Beaumont families. Baby Johnny Kenneth born to Roy and Effie Wilsons family. Funeral of Joe Swink noted. several local residents attend services. Families from Jackson ville Nacogdoches and Hellis ter appear in multiple gatherings and hospital updates.
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Jolly Hartswell
Abilene
Sam Ezell
Effie Gill
Royce Wilson
Buffalo
Johnny Kenneth
Will Roach
Beaumont
Roy Arnwine
Oakland
Thomas Durrett
Bo Arnwine
Dreck Higgins
Henderson
J. H. Arnwine
Fronia “Idee
Chure
Pleasant Grove
Olan Ferguson
Ray Sides
Joe Swink
New Salem
Texas Forest Service
Committee Seeks Aid for Indigent Children Foster Plan Formed
The County Committee of the State Department of Child Welfare met at the Courthouse to organize aid for indigent children. John C. Box was named chairman with Dr. M L Gray as vice chairman and Mrs. Joseph E A Ross as secretary. The group aims to place children in foster homes and provide temporary help until families stabilize.
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Stat Department of Child Welfare
John C. Box
Jacksonville
M. L. Gray
Joseph E. A. Ross
Rusk
Harbert Devenport
Jeff Austin, Jr
H. L. Evans
Alto
Landrum Serves On Ship Honored By Vietnamese
Machinist's Mate Fire man Jimmy N. Landrum USN, son of Mr and Mrs James F. Landrum of Alto Texas, served aboard the destroyer USS Rowan which was honored by the Republic of Viet Nam Navy for 24 gun fire support missions against Viet Cong strongholds in Qui Nhon Vietnam during Junk Division 22 duties. The Rowan fired over 900 rounds of five inch ammunition and aided night operations with flare illumination and patrols. Crewmen received the black beret with junk insignia at the ceremony.
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USS
Rowan
Jimmy N. Landrum
Republic of Viet Nam Navy
Junk Division 22
Short notes on drugs, delusions, and hunting deaths
The item notes 604 major new drugs entered the U S market from 1941 to 1964 with about two thirds developed domestically. It also defines gleanthropy as the delusion of having become a pussy cat and reports deaths from heart failure during deer hunting season occur three times as often as accidental hunting deaths.
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United States
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