D Day Casualties Honored In Allied Memorial Ceremonies
American casualties in the first 24 hours reached 6 603 with 3 000 dead and missing. British and Canadian losses totaled 3 500 to 4 000 as memorials were laid by Omar Bradley Richard Gale and Charles Ellworthy in the American and British sectors. Gavin paid tribute to the sacrifices and the drive to end inhumanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Army
Omar Bradley
Richard Gale
Charles Ellworthy
Royal Air Force
Gavin
Mecklenburg
Ludwigslust
Hoosier Boys State staff named for event in 1937
F W Barney Breedlove leads the Hoosier Boys State staff with 60 plus members. Vivian A Simmons North Manchester school superintendent is associate director and Forrest Carmichael Muncie dean of counselors. Guests include Rev Robert E Stuenkel campus minister William M Mattingly FBI resident agent and Cadet John Paul Ranier U S Military.
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Robert E. Stuenkel
Lutheran Student Center
William M. Mattingly
FBI
John Paul Ranier
U. S
Needlecraft Catalog Offers 1969 Knit and Crochet Patterns
Laurel Wheeler advertises crochet lace dress patterns and medal lion motifs with sizes 4 6 8 and mailed pattern pricing. The Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept lists multiple pattern titles plus books on quilting and afghans, with 50 cent prices and mailing options pending.
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Laura Wheeler
Terre Haute Tribune
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Tax credit repeal debate shifts to reform talks
Nixon urged repeal of the investment tax credit allowing 7 percent of equipment costs, but Byrnes says reform or a shorter period is under discussion. He notes the administration is not insisting on passing the bill in Nixon's exact terms and wants negotiations.
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Nixon
Byrnes
Illinois judge backs Warren Burger for chief justice
Judge Byron House praised the Burger nomination saying it would speed trials and better protect the public. He argued that current Supreme Court views foster disrespect for the law and that lower courts grant defense breaks awaiting reversal by the high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, Ill
Illinois
Indiana Legion and Mental Health Leaders Meet
John K. Lamb a alcoholism counselor joins Indiana Department of Mental Health officials led by Ralph V. Cushman commander of the Indiana Department American Legion and others in a gathering to discuss regional recovery and veteran support programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Lamb
Indiana Department of Mental Health
Ralph V. Cushman
Indiana Department American Legion
Vietnamese Night Battles Hurt Civilians and Soldiers Near Saigon
U S forces faced 82 enemy initiated incidents targeting government units and civilians. Rockets and mortars struck 10 provincial capitals and 16 district capitals with civilian deaths and injuries reported. In ground fighting 1,000 North Vietnamese attacked an 800-strong South Vietnamese paratrooper unit near Tay Ninh City, with 86 enemy killed and nine Vietnamese dead.
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U.S
Big Bien Hoa
Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Tay Ninh City
1St Air Cavalry Division
Boeing 707 search expands with 12 to 15 planes dawn
Coast Guard says 12 to 15 more search planes join the effort at dawn for the 1 700 mile flight to Eilson from Shemya. Winds shift from light to 25 knots and ceilings near 1500 feet as conditions complicate the search. Dr Jonas E Salk polio vaccine was pronounced successful in 1955.
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Coast Guard
Eilson
Shemya
Jonas E. Salk
L N Railroads Buy C and EI Eastern Line Connecting Evansville
The L&N gained control of the Chicago Evansville and Eastern line after a sequence of stock purchases and ICC orders. The acquisition included 48 diesel locomotives and 1,495 freight cars and cabooses with a purchase price covering about 40 million dollars in assumed debt and cash securities.
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Evansville
Chicago
C&ei
L&n
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central Railroads
Commission
I.C.C
Lc.c
Swedish Red Cross plane missing after Biafra attack
A Swedish Red Cross plane carrying four crew members disappeared after being fired on in Biafra Thursday night. Two other planes operated by a church relief group were hit and set ablaze, according to Icelandic pilot Olsen who witnessed the incident.
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Stockholm
Red Cross
Biafra
Olsen
General Bunker Dies in Arlington at 58
Lt. Gen. William B. Bunker, 58, deputy commanding general of the Army Materiel Command, died Thursday of a heart attack. A former president of the American Helicopter Society, he was among the Army’s early proponents of heavy helicopters for troop and cargo transport.
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Arlington, Va
William B. Bunker
Army Materiel Command
Bunker
The
American Helicopter Society
Army
Printed Pattern Pattern 9495 and sewing aids offered
An Arlington era ad describes Marian Martin sewing patterns with size 14 14 bust 37 and others, plus costs for 45 inch fabric and mailing charges. It promotes Spring Summer Pattern Catalog, a free pattern coupon, and an Instant Sewing Book with wardrobe tips and accessories.
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Marian Martin
Terre Haute Tribune Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Flying giants and dreams of conquest in the jet era
The piece weighs the Line fare of a future flying machine, likening it to a mile long carrier capable of carrying cars and freight with a rapid 1400 foot landing. It discusses a onboard computer managing 800 operations and aid to crews, the moon race and Apollo 11 timing, and the Concorde show at Paris while debating cost versus national pride in aerospace leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Cernan
Young
Congress
America
Paris
Special panel examines Tax Reform issues for Congress
Gerald Eble chair of the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee says the forum will allow frank discussion of tax reform questions. He urges Chamber members and other interested persons to attend the Saturday morning session.
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Congress
Gerald Eble
Legislative Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Greene County bids bridge project to G. H. Allen Inc
Bids for a Sloan Ditch bridge in Bloomfield were opened at the Greene County Commissioners meeting. G H Allen Inc of Vincennes submitted the lowest bid at 15912.80 dollars for the project.
Inside a morgue tour with Dr. Jim Bishop and mock cadavers
Jim Bishop shows a morgue routine including autopsy steps and the plastic skeletons Norman and Norma. He explains biopsy slides reveal cancer while sharing a smoker’s tale and a rare double microscope for two technicians. The quiet morgue ambience lingers as he breathes.
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Norman
Norma
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Rose Food
Mobley Gardens
Laf. Ave
Hatlo’s
Thanx
Bill Robertson
P.O
BI Kurb Beach, N.C
L&n Railroad
Gen. Bunker
Jim Bishop
Malooley’s
Saratoga
Terre Haute
MEIS
Plaza North
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