New Zealander Makes Last Visit to His Son's Grave
Charles McLean 84, a New Zealand former schoolmaster, visits the grave of his son Sub-Lt. Denis B. Mclean RNVR who died in 1942 near Miami. McLean saved for five years, brought home dirt from Dan's plot, planted a totara tree, and plans one final Maori inscription Haere ra e tama.
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Denis B. Mclean
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
New Zealand
Charles McLean
Opa-Locka Naval Air Station
Miami
McLean
Globe
Dan
Wairoa
Pacific
Drownings Follow Rescue Attempt At Potomac Hole
In Maryland's Charles County a 16 year old girl Ann Johnson of Washington and 42 year old Saul Hedrick of Washington drowned after entering a 20 foot deep hole in the Potomac River near Marshall Hall to rescue the other. The sheriff's office said the girl wandered into the hole while wading along the shore and vanished. Hedrick reportedly jumped in to save her and also disappeared. Both bodies were recovered last night.
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LA Plata
Potomac River
Marshall Hall
Charles County Sheriff's Office
Ann Johnson
Washington
Saul Hedrick
Judge Harry R. Thomas Dies in Arlington At 87
Arlington native Judge Harry R. Thomas, 87, died yesterday after a long illness. He began as deputy clerk of Alexandria County in 1899 and later served as land assessor for the county, which no longer exists.
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Arlington
Harry R. Thomas
Alexandria County
Congress focuses on appropriation bills this week
Congress majors on spending with bills totaling about 50 billion dollars. The Defense Department gets 45.2 billion to fund the new fiscal year starting July 1, followed by 4.2 billion for federal public works programs. Senate action targets under 50 million for District of Columbia budgeting and other measures involving excise taxes and flood relief. The House advances Interior Department funding over 1 billion, flood relief, and housing department creation plus a summer student internship resolution.
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Defense Department
House
House Banking Committee
Congress
Interior Department
Department of Housing
Billy Graham Sees Progress in Alabama Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham ends an eight day Alabama crusade in Montgomery appealing for unity and kindness among races. About 18 000 attended the Sunday service and 1 300 people dedicated themselves to Christ. He cited Alabama progress on civil rights and urged restraint by KKK and extremists to keep moving toward racial harmony.
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Montgomery
Ala
Billy Graham
Alabama
Graham
Christ
The
Confederacy
Associated Press
Nixon to make Broadway debut in The Genius Farm
New York reports Mami Nixon known as the singing ghost for film musicals will perform a non singing Broadway role in The Genius Farm by Norman Ichin next season. Her screen work includes vocal contributions for Deborah Kerr in The King and I Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.
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New York
Mami Nixon
Norman Ichin
Miss Nixon
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Audrey Hepburn
Louvin Brothers Singer Dies In Missouri Car Crash
Ira Lonnie Louvin former Grand Ole Opry star dies in a north central Missouri auto collision. His wife Anne Florence age 38 and four others also killed. Louvin 41 from Hennigar Alabama performed with brother Charley as the Louvin Brothers with the Opry in Nashville years ago. They split two years ago and worked solo thereafter.
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Ira Lonnie Louvin
Grand Ole Opry
Missouri
Louvin
Anne Florence
Hennegar
Ala
Charley
Louvin Brothers
The
Opry
Nasheville
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Ford
Valley Ave
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Nationwide Bell System
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