Viet Hero Nominated for Medal After Night Battle
Staff Sgt. Jimmie Howard, 36, led 17 Marines against 250 Viet Cong in a June 16 hillside fight, fought to last 12 bullets, aided by knives and rocks. Maj. Gen. Lewis Fields recommended the Medal of Honor and a battlefield promotion to second lieutenant. Howard, wounded and at Balboa Hospital, says he was not a hero, just setting an example for his men.
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Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
Lewis Fields
1St Marine Division
U.S
Jimmie Howard
United States
Howard
Balboa Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Embroidery Sampler Pattern Offer From 1966 Catalog
Delight Mom and Dad with a colorful baby data sampler. Pattern 72 86 transfers 12 by 16 inches with color schemes and directions. Cost 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mailing. Send NAME ADDRESS ZIP PATTERN NUMBER to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
America
New Museum
Four teen climbers stranded on Mt Rolleston face harsh odds
Rescuers abandoned efforts after a heli copter pilot saw no signs of life on Mt Rolleston’s icy face. The four youths from England and New Zealand lacked food and shelter. A rescue team member was killed in an avalanche. three others were injured.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Mt. Rolleston
Michael Harper
Jeffrey Wilby
England
New
Woman and Four Children Hurt In Route 522 Crash
A woman Carolyn Defresne and her four children were treated and released from Winchester Memorial Hospital after a two car crash on Route 522 south. They were transported by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. The family injuries included abrasions and lacerations across multiple body parts. the incident occurred at 7 40 p m. No further details were available today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Carolyn Defresne
Whitman
Mass
Thomas
Carol
David
Dennis
Mother 44 Dies in Fire in Madison Run Trailer
A 44 year old mother, Katherine Purser Medlin, perished in an early morning house trailer fire in Madison Run Orange County. Police said she slept inside with husband William Frank Medlin and their young daughter when the blaze began about 5 am.
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Madison Run
Oreange County
Katherine Purser Medlin
William Frank Medlin
Drought Ranges From Extreme To Moderate Across Virginia
Virginia remains under drought from extreme to moderate as rainfall in June stays well below normal. Weather Bureau reports persistently dry conditions with northern Virginia in extreme drought, central and western mountains severe, and Tidewater eastern Piedmont moderate.
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Richmond
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Potomac
James River
Tidewater
Piedmont
Leaks Over 21 1620 Lower Compact
A fragment notes the lower compact was leaks ov. 21 1620. The text is sparse and lacks full context, but indicates a date related to a land or governance compact from 1620. No clear event or participants are identifiable from the readable portion.
Two City Fire Companies Plan to Buy New Pumpers
Two Winchester fire companies announce plans to purchase new pumpers at about 30000 dollars each. Sarah Zane Fire Co orders a 750 gpm pumper to replace the Buffalo truck in service since 1948 with delivery in early 1967. Friendship Fire Co expects eight to twelve months for delivery and will replace its older truck. Both orders placed with Buffalo firms. committees named with local officials and volunteers. A circus planned by Friendship failed to appear due to equipment being impounded in Martinsburg West Virginia. refunds or donations offered.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
The
Friendship Fire Co
Sarah Zane
Friendship
Young Fire Equipment Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Taylor Barr
Albert Robinson
Richard Brown, Jr
Lee Brown
Linden McDonald
James Geanous
George Farr
Thomas Singhas
Fred Geaious
Kenneth Lewis
Larry E. Meadows
Robert Geanious
Fire Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
Geanious
Lawyers Ask Court to Save Jack Ruby
Lawyers for Jack Ruby appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to spare the former strip-joint owner from the electric chair. The hearing before three judges was to last several hours, with a ruling expected in about three months as the court enters summer recess.
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Jack Ruby
Austin
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Ruby
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U.N
Greek Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios
U Thant
Scotland
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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United Air Lines
Lonnie Trumbull
Lisa E. Wick
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