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First African-American woman to achieve rank of major general in U.S. Army inspires many
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comAs the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major general in the U.S. Army, Marcia M. Anderson helped inspire Letterkenny Army Depot employees Friday as they observed Black History Month. In a keynote speech focusing on “Black...Tags: Harriet Tubman, U.S. Military, U.S. Army, Career and Workplace, Tuskegee Airmen
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Reasons to like and honor Eisenhower
WASHINGTON - Two coming developments, one dismal and one excellent, pertain to America's memory of a great man. One of several oversight panels soon will consider a proposed memorial to Dwight Eisenhower. The proposal is an exhibitionistic triumph of...Tags: Biography (genre), Douglas MacArthur, John Marshall, The Washington Post, American Red Cross
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Getting a ducky start to the new year
The illuminated duck will drop over Havre de Grace, Saturday, Dec. 31, with fireworks on the Havre de Grace Middle School grounds on Lewis Lane. Thank you Susquehanna Hose Company volunteers for continuing this tradition in Havre de Grace. Happy New Year...Tags: Harford County, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Slavery, Science, Arts and Culture
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Dist. 225 recommending Beck’s as next bookstore operator
TribLocal - Glenview » NewsA Chicago-area company could take over operation of the Glenbrook High School District 225 bookstore as soon as this summer. Administrators are recommending the Board …... -
Musical moments with U.S. presidents
Pop & HissPresident Obama sang the blues on Tuesday with B.B. King, Mick Jagger and Buddy Guy for a White House blues concert. The President is one of many chief executives who have shown their musical talents in office.... -
Kinsley: Middle East states of mind
In November 1947, shortly after the United Nations voted for partition of the Holy Land into separate Arab and Jewish states, Chaim Weizmann was cited by the New York Times as saying that "the most important work now was to build Palestine."
What? To...Tags: Israel, The New York Times, Chaim Weizmann, Theodor Herzl, Arts and Culture
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Today in history: July 26
1775: Benjamin Franklin became America's first postmaster-general. 1882: The Richard Wagner opera "Parsifal" premiered in Bayreuth, Germany. 1947: President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, which established the National Military...Tags: Elections, Richard Wagner, Politics, Benjamin Franklin, George H.W. Bush
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Education in the Lehigh Valley
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CEDAR CREST COLLEGE (FALCONS), 100 College Drive, Allentown, 610-437-4471, 1-800-360-1222, http://www.cedarcrest.edu CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE, Satellite program of Chestnut Hill's main campus in Philadelphia, 9601 Germantown Ave.,...Tags: Health, Colleges and Universities, Mechanicsville (Lehigh, Pennsylvania), Human Interest, New Tripoli
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What happened in LCF 10-20-30 Years Ago?
Ten Years Ago An Ocean View Boulevard resident used a garden hose to put out a fire that engulfed a bathroom. The cause of the blaze was determined to have been a candle that had been left burning unattended. Twenty Years Ago The La Cañada...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Bank of America Corp., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ocean View, Wars and Interventions
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1934: The first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island (a former military prison) in San Francisco Bay. 1949: President Harry S. Truman nominated General Omar N. Bradley to become the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1962: The Soviet...Tags: Elections, Politics, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Albertazzie, former Air Force One pilot, Berkeley County businessman, dies at 88
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comMartinsburg Mayor George Karos remembered the late Col. Ralph Albertazzie as an inventive businessman, staunch Republican and true gentleman. "He used to come in the drugstore all the time — and tried to get me to change (political) parties," Karos...Tags: West Virginia, Elections, Lyndon B. Johnson, Politics, Television Industry
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