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Newspaper
Silver City Daily Press
Location
Silver City, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1966
Page
3
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, in service since 1201, is closed as Rear Adm. Petroric accepts the folded ensign from Stephen Bove amid tears. The station, a home port for many ships and crews, ends a proud era while debates about Viet Nam era strategy and national defense persist.
SAIGON South Viet Nam Hungry monk Tri Quang refuses the Unified Buddhist Church leader Thich Tinh Khiet 90 order to end a 21 day fast while government soldiers press operations near Saigon and in the Red River area. U S air forces attack North Viet Nam fuel depots as 6 000 allied troops engage coastal hills. The government remains unworried by the monk's defiant gesture while monks seek a peaceful settlement with the junta.
San Francisco AP reports GE merchandising manager David C. McDermand says laser beams could disintegrate any substance in their path and foresees a laser garbage disposer within 20 years. Brunel lies on the northwestern coast of Borneo, entirely surrounded on land by Sarawak.
The Silver City Daily Press and Independent lists contact numbers 528 9311 and 538 3481, P O Box 740, and publication details noting daily except Sundays and holidays, second class postage, subscription rates 30 cents weekly and 7 50 yearly, and staff roles for Editor Publisher Cardona City Editor Ely and managers. It also states Associated Press membership and exclusive local reproduction rights.
Silver City welcomes 34 American Field Service students for a three week U S tour after a year abroad. Host families including the Dale Ballmers Sam Binders and Roger Brandts open their homes for the June 28 to 30 stop with two chaperons. Activities feature a swimming party tennis and a square dance demonstration, mine tours at Kennecott Copper and a Little Walnut picnic with 4 H Riding Club horseback rides.
Clearwater Mary Mothers Club backs Project Popcorn shipping plastic bags of popcorn to Vietnam to feed about 30 servicemen. Alfred Nobel named as Peace Prize donor and dynamite inventor is noted in brief.
Eugene Power and Jerry Mc Bride were guests of honor at their sixteenth and fifteenth birthdays at Mrs. Ernest McBride’s Fort Bayard home on Saturday night. R.Q. Schmitz jeweler marks ten years in business, evolving from The Hub to a jewelry store with a Santa Rita Center outlet. Silver City Newton State College deans list winners include Robert Lyon Paul Merritt and Stuart Warrick Jr. Twenty years ago Miss Maude Messing and others left for Albuquerque for a Business Women’s Club meeting. Miss Margaret Prevost returned from UNM for summer.
A hooped back chair with numerous spindles is identified as Windsor, a renowned form in early American furniture. The description highlights its characteristic hoop back and multiple spindles as defining features.
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