Military personnel movements and enlistments noted
The service listings include Seaman Apprentice Kenneth A Funk returning to Great Lakes for Hospital Corpsman School after a 14 day leave with his Middletown parents. Other updates cover Pvt M Scott Hollis undergoing Clerical School training at Fort Knox, Mrs Walter Pingley reassigned to Greenville Air Force Base for medical service training, Marine Office Candidate Thomas C Glass completing Quan tico courses, and several other enlistees and reassigned airmen across the Army Navy and Air Force with hometown ties to Clarke, Handley and James Wood High Schools and Fort Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Allen Funk
USN
Great Lakes
Ill
M. E. Funk
Route 1
Middletown
Kenneth
Navy
2Nd Training Brigade
Fort Knox
Pvt
Hollis
Handley High School
VPI
Army
Walter D. Pingley
Robert St
Greenville Air Force Base
Miss
U. S. Air Force Medical Service
Pingley
Lackland Afb
James Wood High School
Norman E. Carter
Marie Brown
Clearbrook
Laughlin Afb
Texas
Air Force
Sheppard Afb
Airman
Carter
Douglas High School
Army records show Miller and Shenk completing courses in 1961
Private Garland E Miller from Route 5 arrives in France with the U S Army after graduating James Wood High School in 1961. His unit is the 269th Ordnance Detachment APO 670 Now Was Ys LT. Shenk finishes the officer orientation course at Fort Lee with wife Mary of Brucetown noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland E. Miller
Carl H. Miller
Route 5
Miller
France
U. S. Army
James Wood High School
PFC
Ordanance Detachment
U.S.A.G.D.N. Apo
Shenk
Army
Daniel A. Shenk
Mary
Brucetown
Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Restraining Order Issued Against Union
A 60 day restraining order issued by Circuit Judge C Champion Bowles bars Teamsters Local 39 its officials and nine strikers and the international from interfering with traffic to the Virginia Metal Products Co. plant and from threats or intimidation.
Quickest Way to Forest Lawn Cemetery Prompted Death
Dr W T Muse dean of the University of Richmond law school asked a shopkeeper the quickest route to Forest Lawn Cemetery. The proprietor replied Drop dead in a blunt taunt prompting a fatal reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Forest Lawn Cemetery
W. T. Muse
University of Richmond Law School
Duel in West Side Penthouse Ends With Wounds
In a West Side penthouse Hugo Winston and intruder Lorenzo Hernandez fought with antique weapons a Chinese dagger and Austrian saber. The struggle ended when Hernandez struck Winston with a hammer after the dagger broke. Winston was wounded and Hernandez was detained by police nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Side
Lorenzo Hernandez
Winston
Hernandez
Virginia Governor Addresses Local Government Conveners
Gov Albertis S Harrison Jr addressed delegates at the joint Virginia Municipal League and Virginia Building Officials Conference on the primacy of local financed and controlled services. He urged keeping government close to people amid urban shift and growing service demands while the state provides aid where most efficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Municipal League
Virginia Building Officials Conference
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Virginia
Times NBC Employees Freed in Cuba
A Cuban man and wife employed by US news organizations were released after 11 days in custody. Raul Casinas of the New York Times and Sarita Valdez of NBC said their arrest was a mistake and apologized for the incident. They denied visiting camps of Soviet technicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Raul Casinas
New York Times
Sarita Valdez
National Broadcasting Co
Identical Statues Unveiled In Virginia And Norway
In synchronized ceremonies a nine foot bronze statue of the Dictator schooner figurehead was unveiled in Virginia Beach and Moss Norway. The statues honor Norwegian American seamen and symbolize friendship between the two nations. Norwegian Ambassador Paul Koft and Virginia Beach officials spoke of goodwill and shared history as the donor city presented the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Ocean
Moss
Norway
Dictator
Paul Koft
United States
Frank L. Barton
Commerce Department
U. S. Navy
Frank A. Ludsch
Must Not Tire Of Aid Spending Says Kennedy
President Kennedy urged Americans not to tire of foreign aid spending as the means to defeat communism. He argued aid helps underdeveloped countries stay free and thus preserves peace and U.S. freedom while Congress debates funding amid a hefty cut to his request. Otto Passman also questioned foreign aid as a bottomless pit on the same CBS program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Western Europe
CBS
Washington Report
Congress
House
Senate
Otto, Passman
D-La
Wrecked Vessel Off Virginia Beach Attacks Nine Crew
A fragment notes a vessel wrecked off Virginia Beach on March 27 and mentions nine crew members from the ship named in the report. The text hints at hostile actions or attacks against the crew during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ave E
Virginia Beach
Tascdp
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N. J
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Laughlin
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