Air Force Academy to graduate first class Wednesday
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo AP The United States Air Force Academy will graduate its first class on Wednesday with the conferring of science degrees for all 207 cadets after the 9 am commencement by Secretary James H Douglas. Most will become second lieutenants and navigators in the Air Force. One will join the Marine Corps and another will leave to civilian life for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
U. S. Air Force Academy
Air Force
James H. Douglas
Marine Corps
Eisenhower
D Day Reckoning On Easy Red Beach From London to Normandy
Don Whitehead recalls the long pre invasion days in London with Ernie Pyle and other reporters. He describes May 28 1944 through the landing at Easy Red Beach on D Day June 6 1944 and the first brutal hours of combat. He recalls fear hunger and the moment of grim resolve as troops pressed ashore to open the door for the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Normandy
Dday
London
Chelsea
Ernie Pyle
Don
Hyde Park
Dorchester Hotel
Ernie
Pacific
Omar Bradley
Bradley
The
Savoy
Jack Thompson
Chi
Eisenhower
George Taylor
Easy Red Beach
South Norfolk Will Sell School Plant
The 800-student Rena B. Wright elementary school, the largest in the system, has been put up for sale by the city school board with sealed bids due June 26. The district plans to vacate at term end as part of a reorganization of all-white schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norfolk
Rena B. Wright White
Rena B. Wright
William J. Story Jr
Surgery Won't Interrupt Star's Television Series
Hollywood star Gale Storm 37 underwent a back operation for a ruptured spinal disc. Surgeons corrected her spine and fused two vertebrae while several episodes had been filmed in advance. She was reported recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Gale Storm
Miss Storm
Ready for a Change Roy Holmes Hunter Accident in Phoenix
Roy Holmes Jr a 17 year old Phoenix grocery clerk seeks better luck after a series of mishaps. He cut his left hand with a razor blade fell and broke a wrist slipped on grease and broke his right foot. While hunting near Phoenix he accidentally shot his right foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Roy Holmes, Jr
Phoenix
Holmes
State Library Buys Magazine Collection
The Virginia State Library has purchased for an undisclosed sum a collection containing all but four issues of Southern Punch, published in Richmond from August 1863 to February 1865. State Librarian Randolph W. Church said the 50 issues, a self-styled Confederate periodical, will be available for historical research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia State Library
Southern Punch
Randolph W. Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York State
Niagara
Ren
Trip
R. T. Bryarly
Reuss Ave
AF Aeader
Automobile
Earl L. Mason
N. Loudoun
Hansbrough & Carter
Henry T. Goode
Henry T. Goode, Jr
Henry T. Goode & Son
Rouss Ave
Russell Jones
Dick Eddy
Dad
Botany
Campus
Hickok Jewelry
Bel
McGregor
Palm Beach
Samsonite
Amelia Earhart
Arrow
Gray & Eddy
Tarmers Merchants
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
D-Day
Associated Press
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
OLD Star
E. Boscawen St
Winchester
John Deere
CCE O
Lupton
Loudoun St. Winchester
Star
Panama Canal
Stephens City
Route
Farr
Sho Une
Eatle
Sophia Loren
Mame
Rio Bravo
Winchester Drive-In Theatre
PTT
Vogue Pictures, Inc
Curse OF
Ray Namo
Elaine Adeletors
ANDERSON + EDWARDS
Mara - van Rooten
Mars
BIG Shot
T-Bird Gang
Miller & Anderson
State Library
Allection
Richard
Betsy
Herbert Todd - Drake
Lom
Parana
Steve Cochran
Lita
Milan
Alan Ladd É
Peyton Place
Carolyn Jones
Diane Brewster
van ‘Net
United Artists
Paul Newman
Young
Young Moderns
Barbara Rush Dite Srenster
Sue Sone Son Munis
Exira Fun
America
HFC
Paymts
Household Finance
Cena Ane
Loudoun Street
J.C. Penny Store
Mohawk
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!