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Wilma L. Vaught (born March 15, 1930) [1] is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general. She was the first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit, [ 2 ] and the first woman to reach the rank of brigadier general from the comptroller field.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Newspapers published in Charleston, South Carolina: . The Charleston Evening Gazette.D., T.W., July 11, 1785- Oct. 18, 1786 [21]; The Charleston Morning Post, and ...
WUSN-TV in nearby Charleston, South Carolina, was acquired and the call letters changed to WCBD-TV to conform with those of KCBD. The paper remained in the hands of the Gonzales family until 1986, when Knight Ridder purchased the State-Record Company and six subsidiaries (including the Sun Herald and The Sun News) for $311 million. In 2006 ...
On Tuesday, Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said his office is investigating Charlotte Fowler’s death. The 1-month-old girl died at her Rita Court home in Belvedere on Oct. 15, according to Ables.
The Charleston Courier was founded in 1803. The founder of the Courier, Aaron Smith Willington, came from Massachusetts with newspaper experience. In the early 19th century, he was known to row out to meet ships from London, Liverpool, Havre, and New York City to get the news earlier than other Charleston papers.
Only African American newspaper published in upper South Carolina during the 1880s. [4] Anderson: The Herald: 1957 [5] 1970s [5] Weekly [5] LCCN sn93067907; OCLC 28616245; Beaufort: The New South: 1879 [4] or 1880s [6] 1890s [6] Weekly [6] LCCN sn93067638; OCLC 27776092; Attested through at least 1898. [4] Beaufort: The Sea Island News: 1879 [7 ...
James Benjamin Vaught (November 3, 1926 – September 20, 2013) was a United States Army Lieutenant General who fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. [1] In South Korea he served as a company commander in the 24th Infantry Division. In 1967, in South Vietnam, on his first tour he served as the commanding officer of the 5th Battalion ...