Normandy Dedication Honors 116th Infantry at Omaha Beach Site
Saint Laurent sur Mer France tomorrow marks the 15th anniversary of D Day as Virginia National Guard’s 116th Infantry Combat Team receives tribute. The Stonewall Brigade with 36 battle streamers spearheaded the Normandy landing, and a 50 foot granite monument depicts a ship prow and the coast. Virginia officials and 116th veterans attend the dedication, with memories of the early hours and the fierce fighting along the beach and cliffs.
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116Th Infantry
Omaha Beach
Associated Press
Archibald A. Sproul
Saint Laurent Sur Mer
France
America
Virginia National Guard
George Washington
116Th
Stonewall Brigade
Stonewall Jackson
English Channel
French
Hitler
Europe
Virginia
Lindsay Almond Jr
Staunton
James D. Sink
Roanoke
Hubert V. Williamson
Norfolk
111Th Field Artillery Battalion
Clyde K. England
Martinsville
Senate approves Reid and Johnson nominations
The Senate confirmed Ogden R. Reid as ambassador to Israel and George M. Johnson to the Civil Rights Commission by voice vote with little opposition. Reid, 33, former New York Herald Tribune editor, faced some opposition from Sen. Fulbright. Johnson, 58, a Berkeley born attorney and educator, previously dean of Howard University Law School.
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Eisenhower
Ogden. R. Reid
Israel
George M. Johnson
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Civil Rights Commission
Senate
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Gates, Jr
Defense
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Navy
Donald A. Quarles
Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Wayne Morse
Doore
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
Morse
Johnson
J. Ernest Wilkins
Berkeley
Calif
Howard University Law School
Fire damages Haddox Row home in daytime blaze
A fire at the home of Holmes Butler at 222 Haddox Row caused extensive damage to an upstairs bedroom and beds. The 5:45 p.m. alarm drew Friend ship and Sarah Zane to the scene as firemen battled smoke and water damage. The cause remains unknown as investigators assess the blaze.
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Holmes Butler
Haddox Row
Friendship
Sarah Zane
Winchester
Stephens City
Berryville Ave
Soviet Sub Sighted South of Iceland
The Navy reports sighting a Soviet submarine about 150 to 200 miles south of Iceland on May 29. The sub was observed on the surface by the U S Grenadier and a Navy patrol plane during exercises, in an area typically used by Soviet entrants to the Atlantic from the Barents Sea.
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Iceland
Washington
U.S
Grenadier
Navy
Yong
Atlantic
Barents Sea
Sanity hearing ordered for Clark Brillhart
Clark Brillhart, 22, who admitted killing his parents, has a sanity examination and an order to commit him to Central State Hospital was issued Thursday. The slayings of Elmer Brillhart, 52, and Florence Brillhart, 46, occurred at the farm home near Hobart. Brillhart was captured Monday after the crowbar beatings.
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Hobart
Okla
Clark Brillhart
Central State Hospital
Brillhart
Elmer Brillhart
Florence
Here
Crash Injuries Fatal to Woman in May Accident
State police reported today that a woman injured in a May 26 traffic crash died Wednesday. The crash occurred in the Vir area and police said the death brings the casualty total to the driver and others involved.
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Associated Press
Virginia highway toll rises to 312 with year to go
Mrs. Beulah Forhead of Buffalo New York was injured May 26 when the car she rode in crashed off U S 17 near Warrenton in Northern Virginia. Her husband James Forhead, 74, was released from Warrenton hospital yesterday.
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Beulah Forhead
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S. 17
Warrenton
Virginia
James Forhead
Warrenton Hospital
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