JFK's heroism remembered in 50th PT-109 tribute
In Fall River a ceremony marks the 50th anniversary of PT-109 sinking after colliding with the Amagiri. Lt. John F Kennedy guided survivors, fed them, towed a burned comrade, and swam with a lantern to signal rescue. Surviving crewman Zinser recalls Kennedy's leadership and grit. Senator Edward Kennedy and Rep. Patrick Kennedy expected to attend at Battleship Cove aboard the USS Massachusetts.
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Boston
Pacific
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Gerard Zinser
Zinser
Naples
Fla
Patrick
McMahon
Tralian
William F. Liebenow
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
D-Rl
U.S.S. Massachusetts
Battleship Cove
Fall River
Guy A. Archambault
Disabled leader recounts humbling airline ordeal
Rick Douglas, director of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, says United Express staff refused boarding aid and lift equipment on Flight 6251 at Dulles, forcing him to crawl onto the 19 seat plane to deliver a speech in Allentown. Airlines cite safety concerns for non ambulatory passengers on commuter jets.
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Presidential Commission For the Disabled
United Express
Rick Douglas
President
Committee On Employment of People With
Barron Beneski
Douglas
Beneski
United
Allentown
Couglas
Dellums Embraces Role as Armed Services Chair
Ronald Dellums, long seen as a fiscal foe of military spending, votes for his first defense budget as chairman, a $263 billion package, after two decades of opposition. He faces a battle to win support, pledging openness while pushing cuts to ballistic missile programs and defending lawmakers’ right to a full floor vote.
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Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
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Berkeley
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Les Aspin
Defense
Pentagon
Curt Weldon
John Kasich
Ohio
Kasich
Patricia Schroeder
D-Coro
G.V
Sonny” Montgomery
D-Miss
Deldums
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