Survival training tragedy in Three Sisters Wilderness
Pamela Sullivan, 18, survived after two companions Joyce Howden, 21, and Lorene Larrhette, 17, died of hypothermia during an Outward Bound exercise in the Three Sisters Wilderness Oregon. Pamela describes the harrowing ordeal, including failed rescues, weather and loss of map and compass, as 43 Northwest Outward Bound students trained near Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Sullivan
Three Sisters
Central Oregon
Pamela
Outward Bound
Joyce Howden
Fall Creek
Ore
Lorene LaRhette
Sudbury
Mass
Three Sisters Mountains
Joyce
Lorene
Northwest Outward Bound
Chambers Lakes
Eugene
Fund workers aim to top 105000 goal in 1971 drive
At a training session led by Miles R. Orndorff Jr. of Farmers and Merchants National Bank, Winchester Frederick County United Fund volunteers pledged to exceed the $105,000 campaign target. Pictured left to right are Orndorff, Thomas M. Harrison, Frederick W. Hale, Henry A. Lowry, and J. Thomas Kremer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Orndorff, Jr
Farmers and Merchants National Band
Mr. Orndorff
Thomas M. Harrison
Frederick W. Hale
Henry A. Lowry
J. Thomas Kremer
Saigon's Countryside Slippage Threatens Pacification Efforts
Saigon loses ground in the South Vietnamese countryside for the first time since 1968 Tet, with government control dipping by three tenths of a percent and Viet Cong influence rising. U.S. experts blame Thieu’s re election focus for sidelining pacification, calling the period a state of virtual paralysis and warning of deteriorating security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S. Pacification Advisory Program
Iecause
Ment
Thieu
U.S. Pacification Advisory Unit
South Vietnam
Guard to Stress Community Service
Maj. Gen. L. E. Weber, new director of the Army National Guard, says community service at the grass roots level will be stressed to attract youth and address recruiting problems especially by increasing Black membership. He stresses Head Start work and civil disaster roles while downplaying riot control. aims include matching Black representation to regional populations. Alongside, Brookfield Zoo ships four porpoises to Florida for winter. pool work underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
L. E. Weber
Army National Guard
Guard
Weber
Korea
Oklahoma
National Guard
Chicago
Vicky
Salty
Angie
Robby
Florida
Brookfield Zoo
Marine ‘Mammals Enterprises
Key ‘Largo
Herman Buttron
Weaver Williamson
Court Rejects Charlottesville Annexation Bid
A three judge annexation court ruled 2-1 to dismiss Charlottesville's bid to annex 11.3 square miles of Albemarle County. The county argued the ordinance lacked accurate boundary descriptions and failed to specify land uses within the proposed area, including wealthier sections north of the city. Judges James C. Godwin David S. Berry and Robert T. Armistead presided.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
James C. Godwin
Suffolk
David S. Berry
Albemarle
Robert T. Armistead
Williamsburg
Three Million American Men Have Had Sterilization
AP report from Chicago notes a sharp rise in vasectomies with about 750,000 in 1970 and expectations for 1971. Estimates total roughly three million men sterilized in the US, with numbers also growing in India and Britain. Reasons include concerns over birth control pills, greater openness about sexuality, and reduced stigma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorene
Joyce
John R. Rague
Association For Voluntary Sterilization
New York City
United States
India
Great Britain
Senior Citizens Hear James R Wilkins on Democracy
James R. Wilkins addressed the Senior Citizen’s Club at the War Memorial Building on America’s heritage in democracy. He praised citizen contributions and noted Virginians wrote the Declaration of Independence the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. He contrasted American law and order with Russian press bias and criticized foreign aid figures. Carl Martin and friends to provide music for October meeting. hostesses named.
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James R. Wilkins
Senior Citizen’s Club
America
War Memorial Building
Arlie Long
Carl Martin
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Eugene, Orc
United Fund Campaign
OLE McDonald's Farm Market
Jonathan
Stowell
Iowa
Rague
New York
Margaret Sanger Research Bureau
Rogue
Nestea
Kraft Velveeta
Fleishman
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
IGA
Brown
Wishbone
Nabisco
Franks
Valleyda Bologna
California
Valencia
Sager
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