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Evanston resident, 94, to be honored for Civil Air Patrol service
TribLocal - EvanstonCharles Compton still has vivid memories of his days in the Civil Air Patrol, flying in a small plane over the east coast during World …... -
Female World War II pilot 'will be sorely missed'
Violet "Vi" Cowden, a Huntington Beach resident who served with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and recently became the subject of an award-winning documentary, died Sunday at 94.
Cowden died at 8:34 p.m. at Hoag Hospital in...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Documentary (genre), Entertainment
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Mailbag: Off-season lifeguards essential to saving lives
To cut the permanent staff of lifeguards in Newport Beach as a guise for saving money is the stupidest thing I have ever heard ("Off-season lifeguards may be reduced," April 19). Between Councilwoman Leslie Daigle, Chief Mike Morgan and City Manager...Tags: Family Planning, World War II (1939-1945), Basketball, Social Issues, Planned Parenthood
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Mailbag: Show stopped for taxpayers' sake
On behalf of the soldiers of the United States Army Field Band, let me tell you how upset we are that we were unable to perform for the great folks in the Huntington Beach area April 10 ("Show does not go on," April 14). Like many, many Americans, we...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, World War II (1939-1945), Theft, Music, Fort Meade (military base)
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City Lights: Vi's memories won't be lost
Monday afternoon, I sat in a living room a block from the Huntington Beach shore, surrounded by the effects of the life of Vi Cowden. I may be one of the last people to see them all under one roof. Kim Ruiz, Cowden's only child, invited me to visit...Tags: Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest, Documentary (genre), Awards and Prizes
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Little Rock 9 Member Jefferson Thomas Dies
The Associated PressLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67. Thomas died Sunday in Ohio of pancreatic...Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Social Issues, U.S. Army, Human Interest
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Pilot Considered The Only Ace Tuskegee Airman Dies
Associated PressNEW YORK -Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company and founder of a venture capital firm, died Wednesday in New York...Tags: Barack Obama, World War II (1939-1945), Colleges and Universities, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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There's something about ukuleles
"I think he played in Megadeth?" Shirley Orlando is thinking back to her days as the owner of Huntington Music at Goldenwest Street and Warner Avenue. For 26 years, she ran the place, and in addition to it being a music store, Shirley also used the...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Music, Music Industry, Entertainment
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DeBakey Library And Museum Complete
KIAHHouston has its share of museums like the one for fine art, natural science and children, but now there is one like no other. "This museum was unique because Dr. DeBakey was unique," said Dr. William Butler, Interim President of the Baylor College of...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Heads of State, Surgery, Colleges and Universities, Health
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Co-founder of Kalamazoo Air Zoo Dies at Age 88
FOX 17 NewsSuzanne Parish, a recent winner of the Congressional Gold Medal, has passed away at age 88. Circumstances of her death have not been released. In March of this year, the co-founder of the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, and female pilot in World War II, was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945)
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Biographical information on former Secretary of State Colin Powell
NAME — Colin Luther Powell. AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 71; April 5, 1937; New York City. EDUCATION — Bachelor's degree in geology, City College of New York, 1958; master's in business administration, George Washington University, 1971....Tags: Heads of State, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities, Colin Powell, George Washington University
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Tuskegee airman from Indiana battles cancer
One of Indiana's last surviving members of World War II's history-making Tuskegee Airmen says he won't be able to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration because he's battling stomach cancer. Eighty-nine-year-old Walter Palmer of...Tags: Barack Obama, World War II (1939-1945), Documentary (genre), U.S. Army, Tuskegee Airmen
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