Legend of Daniel Boone Preserved Parker Says
Fess Parker defends his Daniel Boone TV portrayal noting embellishments for entertainment while stressing adherence to core facts. He argues legends like Boone inspire youth and should honor frontier qualities such as free spirit and hard work, with future heroes from science and space.
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Daniel Boone
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Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Ol’ Dan’l
London
Cumberland National Forest
Daniel Boone National Forest
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Paul Revere
Old West
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John Glenn
Gordon Cooper
Lightning Out of Israel preview announced for readers
A forthcoming AP book project titled Lightning Out of Israel promises a colorfully staged, hour by hour narrative of the six day war. The volume aims to recount battles and human stakes through Jewish and Arab perspectives, framed as a fresh, bulletin-like novel. Readers are urged to order now.
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Middle East
Isaac
Ishmael
Egypt
Syria
Israel
Spur railroad halt supplies dramatic jungle incident
Two masked horsemen halted a spur railroad train near Tyrone New Mexico firing into the air and boarding a passenger car so one robber could deliver a scroll reading Welcome to Grant County. The intruders named Jack Hamilton and Jerry Billings said the plan was spontaneous while Phelps Dodge advances a $100 million open pit copper operation at Tyrone.
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Bernard Ponessa
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Phelps Dodge
Grant County
Jack Hamilton
Jerry Billings
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