Nobody wants to be the last to die as troops depart
At Travis Air Force Base California the scene shifts to Flight 281 bound for Saigon as 700 to 800 men leave weekly. Young recruits veterans and officers face mixed feelings about Vietnam while some question the war and a few gain reprieves from Nixon.
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Kay Bartlett
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Saigon
San Francisco
Vietnam
Army
Robert Garman
Garman
Air Force
Cecil T. Crim
Nixon
Septemer
Korea
Crim
Gary Owens
Owens
Oakland Army Base
Travis
Afb
Jonger
Fife
Robert McCarthy
John R. Urban
Shrevesport
Tually
Sam
Urban
Washington
Tavisir Force Base
Chicago area strike ends as unions win wage boosts
More than 20,000 workers idle for 10 days as carpenters and cement masons secure about 10 percent raises in new one year contracts. MARBA regional bargaining formed amid dispute with unions over bargaining with contractor groups. Machines Movers union still striking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Banton Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
Carpenters and
Cement Masons
Building Trades Council
Machinery Movers
Chicago Building Trades Council
Carpenters and Cement Masons
Chicago ‘Loop
Mid- America Regional Bargaining Association
MARBA
Thomas Nayder
First Annual John Murdock Memorial Shooting Contest Heist
The Jackson County Anti Horse and Mule Thief Association hosts a grand tower centennial event with a top prize missing. A 24 inch first place trophy worth about 25 dollars vanished from Grand Tower Meat Market display, leaving only a dust spot. organizers pledge to engrave the thief’s name if recovered.
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Jackson County Anti- Horse and Mule Thief Association
John Murdock
Grand Tower
Russell Elliott
Elliott
The Loving Touch by Grandma in Odd Park Scene
A quirky fragment hints at a "Loving Touch" theme with a busily evolving text about car finishes and a person named Clark visiting a psychiatrist. It also mentions alphabet soup in A to Z order and a note about ASC sporting goods at Grandma's Hawse in Murphysboro.
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Clark
ASC
Grandma's Hawse
Murphysboro
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