Navy Bias Debated Over Mardi Gras and Promotions
Washington news column questions Navy prejudice as Lt Com Marcus Arnheiter denied a court review after relief from command. A memo ordering Mardi Gras invitations barred from Negroes Jews and Italians sparks scrutiny of high brass and past promotions including Hyman Rickover. Admiral Charbonnet defends Crews' festive participation and denies bias.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Marcus A. Arnheiter
New Orleans
Robert Walters
Pierre N. Charbonnet Jr
Eighth Naval District
Hyman Rickover
Rickover
Clinton Anderson
D-N. M
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Com
Arnheiter
Richard G. Alexander
Alexander
New Jersey
Navy
Navy Steel Band
Puerto Rico
Mississippi
Charbonnet
Annapolis
Southeast Asia
Atlantic
Admiral Charbonnet
Dear Abby column items on theft marriage and etiquette
Dear Abby answers cover a teenage thief needing professional help not police enforcement, and notes that dancing compatibility is not marriage proof. Advice also warns that wedding gift displays are silly and etiquette favors concealing checks. The Odd Couple signs a three tier cake was decorative only.
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Abby
Los Angeles
Cal
Remembering Boltinghouse and the Alamo legend in West Virginia
The Rev Shirley Donnelly recalls John Boltinghouse a Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church member who died defending the Alamo joining Davy Crockett and Bowie. The piece traces Texas settlement driven by Moses Austin and the rise of the Lone Star Republic, noting San Jacinto victory and Texas independence.
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Shirley Donnelly
The
Beckley Post-Herald
West Virginia
Alamo
John Boltinghouse
Old Forks-of- Cheat Baptist Church
the Athenies
Morgantown
Pennsylvania Line
Mr. Donnelly
Texas
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Louisiania
France
Spain
Florida
San Antonio
Martinez
Moses Austin
Mexico
Iturbide
Austin
Ae Caeee
Barrazan
Ramirez
Davy Crockett
Travis
Bowie
Sam Houston
Texas City
San Jacinto
Houston
Westmoreland Vietnam Policy Splits West Virginia Democrats
The piece argues Westmoreland’s search and destroy tactics fail to pacify Vietnam and threaten Democratic prospects in West Virginia. It links Johnson and Westmoreland policy to Harley Staggers’s re election drive and southern party loyalty, urging support for strong leaders who can unite the state.
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Gamble
Johnson
Westmoreland
Democratic Party
West Virginia
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Harley Staggers
Congress
Staggers
West Virginia News Briefs and Local Notes
Twenty years ago Mayor H L Winter asked the Traffic Committee to study Third Ward truck traffic after councilmen criticized double parking by truckers. WVU beat Temple 75 61 in basketball as Eddie Beach scored 22. Building lots advertised in First Ward from 250 to 550 dollars. Fifteen years ago Gov Marland’s 23 million tax plan faced near-zero chances after a legislative committee report. Temperature noon Morgantown 40 with light rain. Coal production in WV dropped 3 949 000 tons in January 1953 versus a year earlier. Mr and Mrs Tony Fominko welcomed a daughter. Home Defense Club members met in Jones Avenue home. Pope Pius XII suspended his coronation anniversary celebration in reaction to a bishop’s conviction. NYC labor commissioner meetings aimed to avert a coast to coast Easter parade strike. Phyllis Ann Whitenake crowned Junior Miss America in Mobile Alabama. Mrs James Kirkendall of Star City honored with a feature at Star City Fire Department event.
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H. L. Winter
Third Ward
Congress
James Glasscock
Morgan Heights
West Virginia
Temple
Eddie Beach
WVU
First Ward
William C. Marland
Morgantown
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Tony Fominko
Mona
Home Defense Club
Clarence Hayes
Jones Avenue
Pius XII
York City
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Bluefield
Phyllis Ann Whitenake
Mobile
Ala
James Kirkendall
Star Ci
Star City Fire
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Drew Pearson
Boston Navy Yard
Eller
Hebert
CNO
Rivers
Eddie Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
Naval Operations
Thomas Moorer
Armed Services Committee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
McNamara
Defense
Dear Abby
Bis
Dominion-Post
Mason-Dixonland
Boltinghouse
Mor Gant
Filama
Frank M. Heaster
Republic
Lone Star State
Joe Gluck
4H Club
Lowell Shaw
Jacksons Mill
Jane Goodsell
Glenn Smith
Millpoint
Salas Caesar
Brutus
Caesar
General Sherman
Atlanta
George Washington
West Augusta
Berry World
NEA
Arny
Morgantown Post
Corfam
Brown of
du Pont
Cornell
Reiner
High Street
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