Georgia Soldier Restores Peace After 26 Year Search
Pfc. Winford Humphries, killed July 25 1943 in the South Pacific, is laid to rest in Newbridge Baptist churchyard near Cleveland Georgia. His body was identified after a 1967 tip and a long Army search, ending with a casket arriving at his family's farm.
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Cleveland, Ga
Georgia
South Pacific
Pfc
Winford Humphries
Newbridge
37Th
Army
Humphries
Chance
Virginia
Leslie B. Kreger
Virginia Beach
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Soloimons
Kreger
Brisbane
Australia
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Virginian Pilot
State Department
Army’s Memorial Division
New Georgia
Hawaii
White County
Washington Contractor Is Slain
In northeast Washington two men forced their way into the home office of Eugene Butler a 46 year old contractor and his wife and two infants witnessed him being shot twice in the chest and once in the stomach by one of the intruders Butler who owned a construction firm doing about 400000 in annual business was killed as the assailants fled police have not determined a motive.
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Washington (Ap
Washington
Eugene Butler
Butler
Abby
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Austria Sees 4.3 Percent Rise in New Car Licenses
In Austria last year 155 480 cars were newly licensed, up 4.3 percent from the year before, the Statistics Office reported.
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Austria
Vienna
Statistical Office
New Pattern Catalog and Sewing Guides Offered
The Winchester Evening Star advertises Print Pattern 4832 for Misses sizes 8 through 16 with details on fabric yardage and pricing. It promotes patterns, a free coupon, and two sewing books including Instant Sewing Book and Instant Fashion Book with prices.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Rockefeller Visit in Guatemala Branded Short and Showy
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller leading a Nixon fact finding mission spent about three and a half hours in Guatemala drawing sharp editorials from La Hora and other papers. Local business leaders called the trip a show while many residents planned to observe its purpose.
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Guatemala
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
la Hora
Clemente Marroquin Rojas
New York
Rockefeller
How To Hold False Teeth More Firmly In Place
Advice announces FAS TEETH as a denture product that keeps plates steady for eating laughing or talking. It claims alkaline formula avoids sour gummy taste and helps odor control and comfort with regular dental care and purchasing at drug counters.
Dear Abby Advice Column From 1969 Tribune Syndicate
A scan of the Abby column features readers’ marriage dilemmas and social norms. Topics include sharing a spouse with another woman on weekends, political polling privacy, and dating in a pickup truck, with Abby offering blunt, humorous guidance.
Father Who Let Deferment Lapse Is Headed for Vietnam
Pvt. Harold C. Vennemann, 22, formerly 3-A father of five, is drafted and headed to Ft. Lewis for Vietnam duty. He left behind a wife Clara and four children, with a fifth on the way, while losing home, car, and furniture as mortgage troubles and delays in returning draft forms led to his reclassification to 1-A. An investigation was ordered by Rep. Richard Bolling’s office.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-M. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
Kansas City
Harold C. Vennemann
Vietnam
Clara
Vennemann
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Ord
Calif
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Alfred Talbot
Red Cross
Draft Board
Fice
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Longest-surviving heart transplant patient ordered to bed
Philip Blaiberg 59, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant recipient, was confined to bed for a week after appearing short of breath. His wife Eileen said the postoperative caretaker doctor was called, and doctors found no heart rejection symptoms. The operation was performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital on January 2, 1968.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Eileen
Blaiberg
Christiaan N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
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