Soldier in Vietnam writes of death and home in letters
Clarksville soldier Pfc. Brent A. McClellan, 21, was killed Feb 21 in an ambush 300 miles north of Saigon. His letters home describe heat and hardship, water scarcity, hunger, and the pull of going home, with accounts of a patrol in the Ia Drang Valley and the loss of comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville, Pa
Viet Nam
Brent A. McClellan
Clarksville
McClellan
Saigon
George McClellan Jr
Leutenant
Sgt
Comas
TV Repairman Fees Point to Threats and War Reflections
Dear Abby describes a customer’s misdeal with a TV repairman who demanded payment and delayed returning the set. The letter then shifts to wartime recollections from a soldier named McClellan, recalling losses, combat zones, and thoughts of home and future plans.
Dear Abby letters about mustache wife urge false tash
A reader asks how to satisfy CHARRO DAYS mustache rule without long kiss drought. Abby replies use a glue on false mustache from a costume shop so he can participate and still kiss his wife after removal.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago
Trikeee-G
Mews
Syed, Inc
Abby
Opera star Maria Callas renounces American citizenship
Paris AP reports soprano Maria Callas renounced U S citizenship at the American Embassy in Paris on March 18 to end marital and financial disputes with Milan industrialist Jovan Meneghini. Born Sophie Kalos in Brooklyn, she holds Greek nationality through her parents.
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Paris
Maria Callas
Miss Callas
Paria
Brooklyn
N.Y
Sophie C. Kalos
Swank Avenue
Foch
New York
Milan
Jovan Battista Meneghini
Meneghini
Aristotle Onassis
U.S
Greece
Onassis
Masking Self in Religion Says D Arcy Book
Rev Martin C D Arcy Roman Catholic philosopher argues in Dialogue with Myself that people wear a mask to affirm existence and in Christianity this pretence becomes the mask of Christ, aiding one to become more Christ like.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin C. D’ Arcy
Trident Press
Christ
Man Sentenced On Reckless Driving Charge
Carl R. Stotler 19 of Middletown faced four charges in Frederick County court. He pled guilty to reckless driving and failing to stop for a red light and siren on March 11, receiving jail time and license suspensions. A Feb 26 reckless driving and car theft case remains innocent with hearings set. A patrol chase involving deputies clocking up to 100 miles per hour spurred the incidents.
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Carl R. Stotler
Middletown
Frederick
W. Erle Edwards
Stotler
Peter K. McKee
Ward’s Plaza
Winchester
Rt. 522 South
Douglas D. Orndorff
Jackson
W. D. Blankenship
Rt. 7
Richmond
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Vietnam
MctClellan
Sgt. Comas
Dear Abby
Better Business Bureau
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern ‘Dept
West 17Th St
N Y
Los Angeles
Cal
Stephens City
J. W. Detrick
Rt. 81
Kernstown
W. B. Jackson, Jr
White Post
Casualty Insurance Fine Insurance
Hansbrough and Carter, Inc. Insurance Real Estate
E. Boscawen Street
Virginia
Mirro
Miller’s Hardware
Loudoun ST
Eac
Holland House Hollow
Holland House
Hollow Rabbits
Oge
Astertide
Witd Iron
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