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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 6

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PAGE ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JANUARY 22,1968 1 Commendation Medal In The Military Army Spec. 5 Dennis R. 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Veda L.

Barnard, 127 Whitelaw East Alton, received the Army Commendation Medal while serving with the 5th Infantry Division, Ft Carson, Colo. Pvt. Bruce A. Martin, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles E. Martin, 8050 Alby Alton, completed a general vehicle repairman course Jan. 17 at the Army Armor School, Ft. Knox, Ky. Pvt.

Michael W. Moore, 17, whose mother, Mrs. Dorothy Moore lives at 840 Washington, Alton, and father, Charles, at Rte. 1, Alton, completed a wheeled vehicle mechanic course at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.

Spec. 4 Jerry Rulo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rollen Rulo of Grafton, has received his charge at Ft. Hood, Tex.

and returned to Grafton. Pvt. Eddie L. Cairns, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harold L. Cairns, who is taking basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, recently signed for airborne training. Pvt. Robert E.

Vinyard, 20 son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vinyard, Bunker Hill, completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft. McClellan, Ala. Pvt.

Stephen A. Heeren, 17, son of Mrs. Laureen Lovell, Rte. 1, Litchfield and William H. Heeren, 410 Virginia, Cottage Hills was assigned as draftsman in the 35th Supply and Service Battalion near Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Pfc. Kenry E. Hoehn, 23, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank E.

Hoehn, 1023 Wilkenson Alton, was assigned as immunition storage specialist lear Qui Nhon, Vietnam. Paul F. Glassbrenner 21, vhose parents live at 409-B E. th Alton, was promoted Dec. 18, to sergeant in Viet- am.

Pvt. Donald E. Belser, 19, on of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jeiser, Rte.

3, Jerseyville, was assigned as heavy equipment epairman in the 578th Supply Company in Vietnam. Pfc. David E. Hanna, 18, jon.of and Mrs. Curtis Hanna, Rte.

2, Brighton, arrived near Due Pho, Vietnam with YEAR 'ROUND FAST AUTO LICENSE SERVICE Driver's License Renewal OUT-OF-STATE AND FOREIGN TITLES PROCESSED Weekdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Wednesdays MIKOFF Grocery Delmar Atby, Alton Phone 466-3733 he llth Light Infantry Bri- Pvt.

Richard L. Keith, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Keith, 3406 Agnes Alton, was as- sighed as a heavy equipment operator in the 864th Engineer Battalion near Dong Ba i Vietnam.

Pvt. Willie H. Generally 20, whose parents live on Rte. 1, Alton, was assigned as a mechanic in the 70th Engineer Company near Pleiku, Vietnam. Pvt.

Christopher S. Compagno, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L.

Compagno, 3525 Alton, was assigned as a combat engineer to the 20th Engineer Battalion near Pleiku, Vietnam. Pfc. Walter J. Frarier, 20, son of Mrs. Hilda M.

Whitaker, 936 Ceder, Wood River, was assigned as cook with the 8th Artillery near Cu Chi, Vietnam. Pvt. Lawrence N. Damm, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ebert C. Damm of Greenfield, and brother of Frank Snyder of Alton, has been assigned to Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division. He formerly lived in Cottage Hills. In the Air Force, Airman 1C Stephen Gibbins, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harold L. Gibbons of 2637 Sidney St. in Alton, is a purchasing specialist with the 328th Fighter Wing, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, which recently flew four F-106 Delta Dart fighter interceptors nonstop from Kansas City, to Slmendorf AFB, Alaska, a dis- of 2,400 miles. This is the 'irst time such a trip has been made. Elsewhere, Sgt.

William G. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Williams of Rte.

2, Carrollton, has been recognized for helping his unit earn the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. The sergeant is a fuel special- Don't lit low level hiarinc rofc yea of your friends! EAR LEVEL HEARING AIDS fie BWVt AMD OMMCffVC MBVTTOIBTMIU 10 MHOS HO CLOTNMQ MISE MO WIIES Aid Uwl fionalty U. J.T.Tcc^i. cooforfobh fa WMT, htcompicaoos too. CM hta tot tMntnta flfe TH QoRtr, take MADISON COUNTY HEARING AID CO.

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Ebcrhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Eberhart of 200 S. Fillmore St.

in Edwardsville, who is a security policeman at Tuy Hoa AB; and Airman 1C James A. Renn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Renn of 507 Mulberry St.

in Greenfield, who is a security policeman at Da Nang AB. Three area airmen have recently completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. They are: Paul A. McMullen, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew W. J. McMullen of Rte. 1, Alton, who is an information specialist at Travis AFB, Dennis L. Calhoun, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Earl L. Calhoun of 129 Goulding St. in East Alton, who is a munitions specialist at Lowry AFB, and William D. Davidson, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Kussell E. Davidson of 400 Maple Ave. in Jerseyville, who is an aircraft maintenance specialist at Sheppard AFB, Tex. Staff Sgt.

Harold W. Nation, son of'Mrs. John Michael of 2212 Fernwood Place in Alton, has retired after 20 years with the Air Force. In the Navy, Airman Robin K. Darnell, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Norman L. Darnell of 2934 Forest Drive in Alton, has graduated from the Aviation Mechanical Fundamentals School at the naval training center in Memphis, Tenn. Seaman Robert L. Scott, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Edward C. une jj Scott of East Alton, has been named sailor of the month aboard his ship, the U.S.S. Outagamie County recently. were su uen.

Shipfitter 3.C. Robert S. Smith, son of Dr. and Mrs. Gordon A.

Smith of 1621 Rock Springs Alton, is serving aboard the U.S.S. Walworth County in the Mediterranean, day. Builder 3.C. Terrance L. Miller, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Verle Miller of 107 Elm Cottage Hills, has been assigned to the Navy Mobile Construction Battalion in Davisville, R. I. Seaman App. Terry L.

Strom- ske, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stromske of Godfrey, has competed nine weeks of basic training at Great Lakes in the Naval Reserve. Airman Appl. Rodney K.

Ahlmeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Ahlmeyer, has graduated from the Aviation Mechanical Fundamentals School in Memphis, Tenn. Lt.

Richard J. Dvorchak, son of Mrs. Stephen J. Dvorchak of 261 Norwood East Alton, has been assigned to an attack squadron currently based in Lemoore, Calif. Seaman App.

Paul A. Cummines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Cummines of Godfrey, participated in the fleet exercise, "bead off the coast of Southern California on the U.S.S.

Bennington. Another participant aboard the same ship was Seaman App. Benjamin J. Lauchner son of Mr. and Mrs.

James D. Lauchner of 155 Shamrock East Alton. Elec. Mate 2.C. Albert T.

Rowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Rowan of 3304 Lincoln and Fireman App. Richard D.

Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Gibbs of 2608 Kirsch Alton, were aboard the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard in the same exercise.

Seman Lee 0. Eagleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Eagleton of Fieldon, was aboard the U.S.S. Dennis J.

Buckley. Fireman Berlin M. Scales, son of Mrs. Geneva Scales of 3161 Paul Alton, was aboard the U.S.S. Coral sea in the Western Pacific which saved the lives of 37 Hong Kong sailors.

In news of the Marines, Pvt. Clifton L. Smith III, son of Mrs. Sherry H. House of 1279 W.

9th Alton, completed eight Two-Man Race Seen WASHINGTON (AP) Michigan Gov. George Kotnney virtually rules out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination anyone but himself President BUT DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER Ice cakes look as big as rafts in the Illinois River at Orafton. Two little girls sat on an old dock to watch the boats go by. Some open water around the dock was disturbed as the boats churned up the river 200 feet from shore. Israel Releases Several Hundred Arab Prisoners ATLIT PRISON CAMP, Israel (AP) Several hundred Egyptian prisoners, clad in thick army uniforms but shivering in icy rain, lined up in this bleak, windswept camp in central Israel Sunday night for their last roll call before freedom.

They stood quietly in rows as Israeli guards counted them onto 19 buses which drove them through the night to the Suez Canal 275 miles away, across the sands where they were captured by Israeli forces in the Some grinned at the thought of home. Some held hands. Some were bewildered. Others They were almost the last of the Arab prisoners held in Is rael. Since Jan.

12, about 4,500 Egyptians have been sent home. The few remaining go on (five)!" barked a guard. Five men ran lUtching little suitcases, and limbed into a blue and white ourist bus. Another shout, anther five came aboard. "I have been well-treated, ve no complaints," said Sgt.

rtustapha Zaki Shehadi. "I'm appy to go home. Very hap- Few others wanted to talk. 'hey shrugged and were silent, pparently fearing to endanger their freedom. Atlit Camp was silent and It will be closed Tuesday, the last 25 years it has held talians, illegal Jewish immi- Israeli underground ighters and Egyptian prisoners rom three wars.

For some of the Egyptians in June it was their econd time behind the Atlit vire in 11 years. Sunday night gates were open. lothes, blankets and pajamas strewn near the barbed vire, thrown there by prisoners joy as they packed their few Alton Bottled Gas PHONE 466-3461 EAGLE SCOUT Scott Keller, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J.

Keller of 717 Grove Alton, was awarded Eagle Scout rank at a Court of Honor held Sunday at St. Mary's School. Scott is a member of Troop 78, sponsored by the Hoffmeister Dad's Club. elongings. The camp commandant, Lt ol.

Ze'ev Bashan, 40, was visi ly moved as he watched th igyptians board the buses. Sitting at a desk adorned small statuettes of an an ient Pharoah carved by th he said: "Some of them re going back to an uncertai uture. Some will be court-mar tialed, I'm sure. Maybe Cair ears the others will tell wha eally happened in the war. It lifficult to tell what they fei bout it.

Medicare Aid Illustrated by Je'reyville Case Mrs. Margaret Mikoff, 518 S. State Jerseyville, ran 'up a bill for hospital, nursing home, and medica' expenses and demonstrated how the once-controversial Me dicare can operate, the Alton ocial Security Office said to day. Of the total $3,265.19, Medi care paid $2,659.86. Mrs.

Mikof also had private insurance which helped cover the bal ance. Mrs. Mikoff entered Alton Memorial Hospital on June 1967, and remained a patien there until July 5,1967, the gov ernment spokesman said. Her physician then arrange for further treatment at th Blu-Fountain Manor, Godfrey Blue Fountain is one of tw qualified participating nursin homes in the Alton area. Th other is the Eunice Smith Horn Alton.

Mrs. Mikoff's nursing home stay was covered under the hospital insurance part of Medicare. and former Vice Richard M. Nixon, "I think the contest is basically going to be between the two of us," Komney said Sunday. He discounted the possibility a ite entrant into the GOP weepstakes could take the rize, saying: "I don't think hose who hold back in the opes that lightning will strike ill figure in this.

They will be oo Romney declined to specify jossible late-blooming candi ates, but his comments could ave applied to one of his major York Gov. Nelon A. Rockefeller. Some Republican moderates lave been urging Rockefeller to nter the campaign if Romney defeated in the early primar- es. Thus far the New Yorker has said he'll stick with Romney and can't foresee any possibility that would make him run.

The Gallup Poll reported Sunday that Rockefeller has nearly doubled his popularity among GOP voters since November but that Nixon remains the choice of party members by 42 to 27 cent in a January sampling. The same poll showed Romney with 12 per cent and California Gov. Ronald Reagan with 8. Romney's campaign to win the nation's first primary, New Hampshire's on March 12, was reported off to "an encouraging start" by Leonard W. Hall, his national campaign chairman.

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