Black World War II Veterans Recall Bitter Remembrance
Cleophus Naylor, Gary Indiana, recalls bitterness after 40 years on Memorial Day. He and 30 other black veterans joined an Operation PUSH meeting as Jesse Jackson urged them to share memories and medals. Jackson seeks an international commission to publicly examine black soldiers in wartime, especially World War I.
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Cleophus Naylor
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Naylor
France
Hell
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Europe
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Gary
Ind
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Memorial Day Parade Downs Syracuse With Massed Bands
About 25 000 people were expected downtown for the Memorial Day Parade starting at noon at South Sara and Adams. The 174th Tactical Fighter Group from Hancock Field would fly over. The route runs to Erie Boulevard and Plum Street by the Niagara Mohawk building. Parade marshal John Revoir anticipated 3 500 participants with ten bands, including two elementary groups from seven schools. Veterans from World War II and Vietnam to be honored with services at 1 30 p.m. and 2 30 p.m. in local memorials, followed by a 3 p.m. parade on North Hamilton Street and a bagpipe massing on North Main Street and a band concert. Baldwinsville also observes Memorial Day with a 6 45 p.m. service on West Genesee Street and a 7 p.m. parade to St Mary’s Cemetery.
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174Th Tactical Fighter Group
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Erie Boulevard
Plum Street
Niagara Mohawk
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Revoir
Revair
Vietnam
Jordan
Veterans Memorial Pool
Veterans Memorial Park
North Main Street
North Hamilton Street
Baldwinsville
Veterans’ Memorial
West Genesee Street
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Bangladesh cyclone toll rises beyond official counts
A Bay of Bengal hurricane hit southeastern Bangladesh killing 1,464 per official figures, with Benagli daily Ittefaq and others warning of more than 10,000 dead and tens of thousands missing. Survivors report 60-foot waves, widespread devastation from Noakhali to Prakhsh and Char Clark. Authorities mobilize air, sea, and army rescue units as shelters survive.
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Bangladesh
Bay of Bengal
Hussain Mohammed Ershad
Ittefag
Paligiaucou Observer
Titefaq
Urirchar
Ittefaq
Sultan Mahmood
The
Noakhali
Prakhsh
Char Clark
India
United News of India
Mount St Helens Quietly Flares As Eruption Hints Grow
Vancouver Wash AP scientists report Mount St Helens is at an extremely high quake rate with potential lava extrusion. Quakes rose in size and number Sunday while low clouds blocked crater flights. A planned night survey aimed to measure gas emissions to gauge eruption timing. Lava dome glowed 800 feet high with no major change observed. Officials evacuated and closed the 47,000 acre restricted zone around the volcano.
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Vancouver. Wash
Mount St. Helens
Rick Benson
University of Washington Geophysics Center
Seattle
Chris Jomentz-Trisler
Washington
Jomentz-Trisier
U.S. Forest, Service
Thom Corcoran
Corcoran
Two Buffalo women drown on Black River whitewater trip
Two Buffalo area women, Irene Kulack and Grace Goulding, died after being thrown from a raft on The Knife's Edge stretch of the Black River near Watertown. The Hudson River Rafting Co boat carried a 10-person tour group. autopsies were pending.
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Buffalo
Black River
Jeimoun County Siesi
Irene Kulack
Dale Road
Tonawanda
Grace Goulding
Garden Road
Cheektowaga
Hudson River Rafting Co
Jefferson County
Richard Lee
Henry Kulack
HRR
Col Vina Sui
Brownville
Hudson River
North Creek
Nudity Allowed at 10 National Sea Shore Beaches
The National Park Service says skinny-dipping and undraped sunbathing will be allowed at ten national seashore beaches. Park officials emphasize equal treatment of bathers, while noting no federal law prohibits beach nudity.
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UPI
National Seashore
National Park Service
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The
Park Service
Kerklae
Canaveral National Seashore Park
Titusville
Fla
Cameera Parks
Yalinda North
Kennedy Space Center
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