Local Servicemen News From Home Front
Alc Homer Eddie Kerns Jr has arrived in Korea after enlisting in the U S Air Force on August 14 1966 and basic at Lackland.Among others Roger D Shifflett now SP4 serving in Vietnam and Fred A Wright SP4 with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea are listed with hometown ties to Stephens City and Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer E. Kerns
Kent St
Homer
Eddie) Kerns, Jr
Korea
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Denver
Colo
Seymour. Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
Spring pattern 454 a 2 8 by Joane Helos
Advertisement for Spring pattern 4549 by Joane Helos features unlined coat and dress options in pique and linen for Easter sewing. Prints 4549 Children sizes 2 4 6 8 with quantities and mailing details to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern dept. Catalog offer includes 100+ Spring-Summer styles and a free pattern clip coupon with 50 cent catalog request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winchester’ Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Army Staff Sergeant Roy W Reynolds Jr Assigned in Korea
Army Staff Sergeant Roy W Reynolds Jr, a supply sergeant with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea, was assigned on Jan 18. His parents live on Route 1 and his wife Blanche resides at 312 S Cameron St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Roy W. Reynolds, Jr
Route 1
7Th Infantry Division
Korea
Blanche
S. Cameron St
Vietnam Service Medal Awarded to Boilerman Third Class
Boilerman Third Class Leon ard C. Anderson Jr USN son of Mr and Mrs Harvey E Richard of Stephens City and husband of Miss Mary L Underwood of Toccoa Ga received the Vietnam Service Medal for service in Southeast Asia aboard the destroyer USS Robert B McCard homeported at Charleston SC. The McCard is assigned to the U S Seventh Fleet destroyer unit with attack carrier forces on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard C. Anderson, Jr
USN
Harvey E.richard
Stephens City
Mary L. Underwood
Toccoa
Southeast Asia
Robert B. McCard
McCard
Charleston
8.C
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
Airman Breeden Graduates From Sheppard Tech School
Charles R. Breeden Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Breeden Route 3 has graduated from a US Air Force technical school at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas He trained as an aircraft engine mechanic and is assigned to a Military Airlift Command unit at Hill Air Force Base Utah A 1967 James Wood High School graduate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin G. Conner
Austin W. Conner
Route 1
Stephens City
Air Force Technical
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
James Wood High School
Shenandoah Conserv of Music
University Cincinnati
Charles R. Breeden, Jr
Charles R. Breeden
Route 3
Air Force Technical School
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Military Airlift Command
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Gainesboro Soldier Stationed in Vietnam with 101st Abn Div
Sp/4 Harrison L. Strother son of Mr and Mrs Harry Strother from Gainesboro is serving in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. He is a James Wood High School graduate class of 1966 and completed Jump School at Fort Benning on June 30 1967. His address listed as RA 11931716 C/326 Med Bn 101st Abn Div APO San Francisco California 96383.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ug Roger
D. Shifflett
Mernard
B. Shifflett
Gladys Shifflett
Vietnam
Roger D.shifflett
Trans. Co
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Fred A. Wright
Frances Wright
Winchest
Dmz
Korea
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Stephens City
Harrison Strother
Harry Strother
Gainesboro
James Wood High School
U.S. Army
Fort Benning
Harrison L. Strother
Youth Killed In Car Crash In Virginia County
A 17 year old Reedville youth, Philip Hayes Lewes, died in a single car crash in Northumberland County on Virginia 360 east of Heathsville. His vehicle ran off the curve, up an embankment and overturned several times. Virginia highway deaths to date this year reach 101 versus 115 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Northumberland County
Reedville
Philip Hayes Lewes
Virginia 360
Heathsville
Col Daniel James to Receive Washington Honor Medal
Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge says Col Daniel Chappie James will be awarded the George Washington Honor Medal and a $100 prize for a heritage of freedom letter written while vice commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Southeast Asia. The presentation is planned for Valley Forge Pennsylvania on February 22. James is listed as vice commander of the Tactical Air Command's 33rd TFW at Elgin Air Force Base Florida and has logged 178 combat missions in Vietnam and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedoms Foundation of
Valley Forge
Daniel “Chappie
North Vietnam
Michael Affleck Joins Navy Enlistment in 1965
Michael Lee Affleck son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Affleck of 315 Branner Ave Whittier Acres enlisted in the US Navy on March 3 1965 and is assigned to the USS Columbus Missile Cruiser on duty in the Mediterranean. His address lists S N Michael Lee Affleck B-20-69-60 USN USS Columbus CG-12 N-Division FPO New York NY 09501.
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Michael Lee Affleck
Daniel Affleck
Branner Ave
Whittier Acres
Navy
Mediterranean
S.N
FPO
New York
N.Y
Army Private Copenhaver Completes Training at Fort Dix
Army private Roger L. Copenhaver son of Mr and Mrs Gerald H Copenhaver of 209 S Braddock St completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training January 26 at Fort Dix New Jersey He received instruction in small tactics and fired weapons including the M14 rifle M60 machine gun and 3 5 inch rocket launcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Roger L. Copenhaver
Gerald H. Copenhaver
S. Braddock St
Fort Dix
N.J
Service Held For 27 Killed in Saigon
A service was held for 27 U S Army military policemen killed Jan 31 in Saigon during embassy and street fighting. The deceased from the 716th Military Police Battalion included Spec 4 Charles L Daniel 24 of Nelson Virginia and Pfc Harry F Richardson Jr of Alexandria Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Spec
Charles L. Daniel
Nelson
Harry F. Richardson Jr
Alexandria
Accord Near on Admitting More Negroes Into Unions
A tentative AFL-CIO agreement aims to admit more African Americans into 18 building trades unions in a voluntary plan. The draft would avoid quotas, keep government sanctions in reserve, and set a top level union Labor Department committee to address discrimination while allowing action if unions fail to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio Construction
Plumbers
Peter T. Schoemann
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Labor Department
Schoemann
Building Trades
C. J. Haggerty
Trades Department
Haggerty
Schoenman
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
James Reynolds
Charles Donahue
Indictment Returned in Payroll Theft Case at Fort Eustis
William Milton Rice Jr. 23 was indicted on theft charges for the disappearance of 17,998 dollars in payroll funds last month at Fort Eustis. A grand jury headed by Hampton Mayor Anne Kilgore returned the true bill in U S District Court Monday after the funds were reported missing following the New Year holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
William Milton Rice Jr
Ft. Eustis
Hampton
Anne Kilgore
Rice
U.S
Record hailstone near Potter Nebraska 1928
The largest officially recorded hailstone in the United States measured 17 inches around and weighed 1 pounds. It fell near Potter Nebraska on July 6 1928 with others only slightly smaller. Hissing as they fell the hailstones struck with impact and burrowed deeply into the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Potter
Neb
Nixon and Romney Clash Over Vietnam Policy in New Hampshire
In Dover Nixon pressed a hard line on Vietnam, saying the war must be won to secure peace in the Pacific. Romney urged a peace offensive, warning continued escalation could lead to World War III. Nixon drew a large crowd, with 900 inside and hundreds more outside as the first presidential primary nears.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Pacific
Romney
New Hampshire
Dover
America
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Peking
John Brown's Body Opens Ford's Theater New Season
The National Repertory Company opens Ford's Theater on 10th Street with John Brown's Body an adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's poem. The premiere on Lincoln's birthday marks a 14 week season as the venue becomes a living cultural memorial with high officials and international ambassadors in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
John Brown
National Repertory Company
10Th Street
Abraham Lincoln
Perle Mesta
Morris Cafritz
Stephen Vinecent Benet
Jack Sydow
G. Wood
Tripling
Brown
Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Paul Coblins
Anne Draper
Paul Massie
Ellen Holly
Rockefeller cooling conservatives in GOP race analysis
An AP analysis notes Rockefeller has cooled party conservatives despite labor goodwill from city garbage pickups. Conservatives doubt his liberal record and fear conflicts over New York policy, while Romney remains favored in the nominating scene. Some see a write-in path via Oregon, but Nixon’s strength and general party mood limit victory chances. In 1967 Singapore port traffic surpassed 27 thousand ships and 115 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Organized Labor
New York City
New York
Rockefeller
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Miami Beach
Fla
Oregon
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
John V. Lindsay
Singapore
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Technical School Grad
Homer Kerns, Jr
Roger Shifflett
Fred A, Wright
South Korea
By Joane Helos
Sheppard
Viet Nam
Col
Daniel James
Freedom
Michael Affleck
National Geographic
N.H
Wisconsin
Ford’s Theater
William Glover
AP Drama Critic
the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Capital Society
Jack Bell
Lindsay
Miller’s Hardware
Loudonist
Winchester
Orthopedic Appliance Center, Inc
Sat
Gene Babb
Boscawen St
GS Master
E. Boscawen St
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