Private Centeno Endures VC Attack Saving Children
In Vinh Cuu Vietnam Pfc Centeno of Gilroy California defended a village after a grenade attack on nearby children playing pitch penny. He exchanged fire with a suspected Viet Cong fighter, wounded him, and protected the wounded kids as medics treated them. Villagers, warned by leaders, avoided aiding the enemy and feared repercussions for cooperation.
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Gulf Stream Eddy Pleases Oceanographers Off Boston
A warm water eddy 50 miles across has broken from the Gulf Stream and travels 600 miles east of Boston. Scientists see it as a natural laboratory for long range weather studies, while the Explorer from the Coast and Geodetic Survey prepares to resume sea work near Norfolk, Virginia.
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Gulf Stream eddy forms a warm loop near Newfoundland
A small warm water eddy formed in the Gulf Stream for the first time in about ten years. Lt Cmdr Ray Moses of the Coast and Geodetic Survey explains the eddy is minor but offers scientists a chance to study how warm and cold ocean waters mix and influence weather and air moisture.
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Teddy Bear Name Origin in 1902 Roosevelts Legend
A 1966 report notes Roosevelt naming a grizzly cub and a New York manufacturer obtaining permission to design and call it Teddy. The piece mentions Ashburner becoming Staunton Virginia’s first city manager on April 2 1908 as a notable early example.
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