Army's first Black general takes command in Germany
Major General Frederic Mills Davison, first Black officer to command a U S Army division, takes command of the Eighth Infantry Division at Bad Kreuznach after serving in Vietnam and as deputy chief of staff in U S Army Europe. He stresses disciplined, non-discriminatory leadership and close knowledge of soldiers' problems.
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Drew Middleton
New York Times
Neidelberg
West Germany
Fact Penning
Montenant
Omari Nelson Bradley
Frederic, Mills Davison
Ighth
Bad Kreuznach
Germany
Davison
Seventh Army
Vietnam
199Th Light Infantry
U. S. Army Europe
U S Faces Problem at U N Environment Conference
Two weeks before the Stockholm United Nations Conference on the Human Environment the State Department struggles with tensions within the U S delegation. Some congressional members resent being instructed to uncritically support the official U S position on all recommendations.
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E. W. Kennorth
New York Times
Washington
Stockholm
State Department
U.S
Gray's mail backs stand on blockade
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray backs the President's blockade of North Vietnam as a leverage for negotiation. He notes few constituent letters and calls oppose the move, while White House mail runs five to one in favor nationally and Illinois offices show nine to one against. Environmental critics fault the U S delegation's makeup and seek greater activist input at the Stockholm conference and an Environmental Forum planned alongside the UN talks starting June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Gray
D-21
Nixon
North Vietnam
Gray
White House
Illinois
Miss USA Tanya Wilson begins reign in breakfast toast
Tanya Wilson, 21, of Honolulu Hawaii, crowned Miss USA on Saturday night, lifts a champagne toast at Dorado Beach Puerto Rico as she starts her reign. The new titleholder will represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant this summer.
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Tanya Wilson
Honolulu
Hawaii
Dorado Beach
Puerto Rico
Tanya
Elkville reading center book drive seeks donations
The Elverado Education Association will sponsor a book drive June 3 to stock a reading center serving Dowell Vergennes Hallidayboro Elkville. Shawnee Library System will supply 400 books on a rotating basis, with donations collected Saturday between 1 and 3 p.m. in front of the house on the parkway.
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Elverado Education Association
Elkville
Dowell Vergennes
Hallidayboro
Mary Ann Fink
Bess Shannon
EBA
Shawnee
Television reruns of major historic events urged by Felts
David Felts argues networks hold archival news programs worth re airings such as Queen Elizabeth II coronation JFK funeral MLK King Eisenhower MacArthur and Oswald assassination. He notes ads should be removed in reruns and recalls other pop culture moments. mentions Parsley plots and Yale Segal tenure saga with Love Story author.
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Elizabeth II
Sir Winston Churchill
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Dallas
J.F
Lee Harvey Oswald
Johnson
Nixon
Elizabeth
Squanto
Pilgrim ' Fathers
Plymouth
Mass
Bridge Club
Erich Segal
Yale
Segal
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R-Teen
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Herter Jr. Train
Environmental Affairs
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First Bank and Trust Co
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Ilinois
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Jcpenney
David Felts
MacArthur
Rome
Hosario Dell ‘Orse
Dante
St. Francis of Assisi
Felts
Elizabth Taylor
Aristotle Onassis
Miss Taylor
Times
Quassis
Liz. Taylor
St. Francis
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COX Lumber CO
Carterville, Ill
Beautyrest Supreme
Beck Care! Mattress
Beautyrest
Simmons
Goldilocks
Cox
Marion
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