Service Hero Williams Receives Purple Heart and Bronze Star
Staff Sergeant David Williams Jr. is posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star by Colonel Malcolm Baer at Fort Benning for actions in Vietnam. Born in Grady County Georgia he grew up in Beachton and attended Washington Consolidated High School, Walton Area Technical School, and was a Mason. He served nine months in Vietnam where he was killed in action January 18 1968 and earned a posthumous promotion to Staff Sergeant. Washington Consolidated High School and Grady County honor his sacrifice.
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David Williams
Malcolm Baer
Fort Benning
Georgia
Vietnam
Williams
Beachton
Grady County
Washington Consolidated High School
Walton Area
Thomasville
The
Masons
Monticello Kennel Club opens record season in Monticello
Jefferson County Kennel Club president Steve Andris reported a record opening for the JCKC 11th season in Monticello with a crowd of 2 567 and betting total of 108 172. He noted long lines at betting and payoff windows and said the Turk Club was at capacity with reservations closed for both opening nights.
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Monticello
Fla
Steve Andris
Jefferson County
JCKC
Andris
Albany State College Honors 1969 70 Who's Who List
Albany State College announces four men and eighteen women named to the 1969 70 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The list includes Betty Jean Alford Lottye Anderson James Blaylock Mildred Booker and many other Albany area students led by Cornelius W. Grant and Jean Joyner in the selection.
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Bany
Cornelius W. Grant
Jean Joyner
Betty Jean Alford
Brunswick
Lottye Anderson
Boston
James Blaylock
Albany
Mildred Booker
Pavo
Clifford Browner
Sasser
Barbara Childs
Newman
Gwendolyn Crawford
Mary Duncan
Butler
Roscoe L. Dunlap, Jr
New York
N. Y
Patricia Edwards
Marilyn Grant
Fort Gaines
Joyce Harper
Morgan
Mary Frances Jones
Lake Park
Janice McCullough
Pelham
Calvin E. Maddox
Atlanta
Gail Marshall
Jacqueline Rarsdale
Alma Shinholster
Waycross
Ernestine Snead
Delores Stewart
Jacksonville
Fla
Susis Sykes
Colbert
Shirley Ann Williams
Black is Beautiful Versus Police Dept Team in South Bend
An all Negro squad in South Bend Indiana, part of a local amateur basketball league, sports the motto Black is Beautiful on their jerseys. They recently faced the Police Department's team, which wore the insignia Blue Ain’t Bad on its uniforms.
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South Bend
Indiana
Don McEvoy
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Police Department
Rock Bridge in Haleyville Vast Natural Arch Highlighted
A Haleyville Alabama natural bridge near Haleyville ranks among the largest in the Eastern United States. The main sandstone arch rises 60 feet, spans 148 feet, and is 33 feet wide.
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Haleyville
Ala
United States
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Nyland
Maxwell House
Ton. ‘Bex
CIA
Lermeet Batt
Tommy’s
David Williams, JR
Elmer Weston
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Thomasville,ga
Albany St News
Rock Bridge Lofty
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