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; MOREHEAD CITY AND BBAUTORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDA**
Cash Prizes to Go Friday
To Performers in JC Show
-4
Program Nets
County Farmers
$42,085.86
County farmers received a total
of $42,085.86 in payments under the
feed grain program in 1961, ac
cording to the county’s annual ASC
report.
Acres diverted from production
under the program were 1,284.4
on 157 farms. The feed grain
program is the latest of the fed
eral programs to help reduce the
record surplus stocks of grain and
to avoid over-production in live
stock.
Other payments to farmers un
der ASC programs in 1961 were
$7,091.75 for acreage in the con
servation reserve, and $19,320 paid
out for conservation practices.
Most of the conservation practices
payments were for drainage and
permanent cover crops. A total
of 37,974 acres on 180 farms were
involved.
County average for tobacco was
1,725 pounds per acre, totalling
2,236,853 pounds on the 416 farms
having allotments.
Cotton continued its decline, with
only six producers in the county.
Wheat again was a large crop due
to the 15-acre provision in the law
for farms without allotments or
having small allotments.
Community committeemen for
1962 are J. W. Young, Lee Sawrey
and Leland H. Morris for White
Oak; Newport, John A. Kelly,
Charles Quinn and James S. Kelly;
Morehead, Sam Garner, John I.
Smith and Leamon Corbett; Beau
fort-Harlowe, Gordon B e c t o n,
Archie R. Hardesty and Noah
Avery; and East-Merrimon, Ro
land Salter, Herman Arthur and
H. D. Carraway.
New Marine Vocational
Course to Start March 6
A new class will start TuesdaV,
March 6, in the Barine vocational
course at the Moiehead City high
school. According to Capt. Jim
Mitchell, instructor, the class will
be suitable for beginners in the
field.
The course consists of 60 hours.
Classes will meet at 7 each Tues
day and Thursday night. Subjects
covered will be marine and me
chanical drawing, navigation, al
gebra and carpentry mathematics.
Individuals interested in taking
the course should contact Captain
Mitchell at school prior to the be
ginning of the dass. Instruction
is free of charge.
Armed Forces
H. F. Colenda Took Part
In Recovery Operation
Project Mercury—Navy Lt. Cdr.
Herbert F. Colenda, son of Mrs.
Gladys Colenda, 604 Bridges St.,
Morehead City, is serving with the
staff of Commander Carrier Di
vision 16 aboard the anti-submarine
warfare support aircraft carrier
USS Randolph which participated
in recovery operations of the
“Project Mercury” orbital space
flight.
The “Friendship 7” capsule which
carried Marine Lt. Col. John H.
Glenn Jr., on the history-making
three-orbit flight was retrieved at
sea by the destroyer USS Noa ap
proximately five hours after launch
ing.
Great Lakes, 111.—James L. Pitt
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Pittman, route 1 Morefaead City,
completed recruit training, Feb.
9, at the Naval training Center,
Great Lakes, HI.
During the nine-week training,
recruits receive instruction in mili
tary etiquette, drill, physical fit
0 ness, swimming and survival, first
aid, shipboard safety precautions
and security duty.
Marking the end of the training
period was a full-dress parade and
review before military officials and
civilian dignitaries.
Caribbean—Clyde O. Tew, gun
ner’s mate seaman, USN, son of
Mrs. Anne Tew, route 2 Beaufort,
is serving aboard the 75,000-ton
attack aircraft carrier USS Con
stellation, now conducting a
“Shakedown” cruise in Caribbean
waters. h'ii
The Constellation, largest con
ventionally-powered attack carrier
in the world, was commissioned
last October and is the final prod
uct of the most recent advances in
* electronics, rocketry and structural
design.
The large ship departed New
York Naval shipyard, Jan. 25. and
visited Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1. Other
ports scheduled 4o be visited dnr
Cash prises will be given to the**
winning performers under 20 years
of age at the Morehead City Jay
cee talent-variety show at 8 p.m.
Friday in the Morehead City school
auditorium.
Barry Willis, chairman of the
show, says $15 will go to the first
prize-winner, $10 to second place
winner and $5 to the third.
The first part of the show will
feature the under-20 group. Ad
mission will be 75 cents for adults
and 35 cents for student. Tickets
are now on sale at men’s shops
in Beaufort and Morehead City.
They will also be available at the
door.
Proceeds will go toward the
Lake Daccamaw Boys’ home.
The program, as announced by
Mr. Willis Friday, follows: Vic
Wickizer and Bobby Sellers, vocal
duet; Buddy Cooper, Alan Shelor
and Tom Edwards, numbers in the
Kingston Trio style.
Lorraine Hatcher, baton twirling;
Anne Marie Lewis, piano solo;
Carolyn Meiggs, skit from South
Pacific; Kay Canipe, modern
dance; brother-sister act by Rob
ert and Jody Freeman.
Numbers by the Thompson dance
class pupils, vocal numbers by
Mrs. Josiah Bailey Jr., Bob Pate,
Mrs. Clifton Lynch and Billy Joyce
Guthrie; guitar solo by Wolfgang
Justen and a ballet by former Jay
cee distinguished service award
winners.
Emcees will be Dick Spears- and
Clifton Lynch. In charge of stage
management is Walter Fulcher.
Otway, Bettie Contribute
$39 to Heart Fund
Mrs. H. B. Golden, heart fund
community leader for the Bettie
Otway area, reports that a total
of $39 was received in Heart Sun
day collections over the weekend.
Mrs. Golden said the Woodville
Baptist church donated $25, Wel
come Home Free Will Baptist and
Otway Free Will Baptist gave $5
each and other collections amount
ed to $4.
The community leader expressed
Her appreciation to those who co
operated in the Heart Sunday can
vass.
Boys Apprehended
For Throwing Rocks
The sheriff’s department appre
hended several youths under 16
years of age last week for throw
ing rocks at cars on Harkers Is
land.
Deputy sheriff C. H. Davis said
the rock-throwing took place Tues
day night. Cars damaged were
those of Leo Lawrence, Tony Wade,
and Ikie Willis.
ing the cruise include Roosevelt
Roads, Puerto Rico, and Guantan
amo Bay, Cuba.
• Pvt. Gordon H. Day
. . . begins training
Fort Jackson, S. C.—Pvt. Gordon
H. Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
jamin H. Day, 1001 Evaps St.,
Morehead City, has begun his basic
combat training at Fort Jackson,
S. C„ where he has been assigned
to Company C, 1st Battalion* 1st
Training Regiment of the US Army
Training Center, Infantry.
Jerry Kenneth Gillikin, 18-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Gillikin, route 1 Beaufort, is
receiving basic Air Force training
at Lackland Air Force base, San
Antonio, Tex.
After completing six weeks of
basic training. Gillikin will return
home on leave before enrolling in
gramme oi r>eainon nign scnooi.
Project Mercury
Stamps on Sale
The postage stamp commem
orating Col. John Glenn’s recent
flight into space is on sale at
the Morebead City postoffiee.
The 4-cent stamp is blue and
yellow, according to postmaster
Harold Webb.
First day covers postmarked
“Cape Canaveral” are available
only from the Philatelic Sales
Agency, Postoffice Department,
Washington 25, D. C. The cost
of the covers are 5 cents for sin
gles and 17 cents for blocks of
four.
Orders must be for the Project
Mercury stamps only, and en
velopes should be marked “1c
Project Mercury Covers.”
Heavy Rains
Cover County
The county got its share of rain
during the past week, with nearly
an inch falling since last Thursday.
Fog made its appearance too, along
with some strong winds.
According to E. Stamey Davis,
weather observer, a total of .62
inches of rain fell by Thursday
night, with .11 and .12 inches on
Friday and Saturday. The rain
was accompanied with fog on Fri
day.
Distant thunderstorms treated
residents to. sound effects and light
ning flashes Thursday night, but
the storms kept at a safe distance.
Temperature and wind direction
were as follows:
High Low Wind
Thursday .63 47 SW
Friday . 66 55
Saturday .68 58 SW
Sunday ,.63 41 NE
Driver Cited
After Wreck
Charlie William Windham, Have
lock, was charged with being on
the wrong side of the road after
he was involved in an accident at
3:45 p.m. Saturday five miles east
of Newport on the Mill Creek road.
State trooper J. W. Sykes investi
gated.
The trooper said that Windham
was going east in a 1952 Willys
and pulled out to pass an unidenti
fied automobile. As he pulled into
the other lane he met a 1960 Chev
rolet pickup truck driven by How
ard Walton Finch, Morehead City,
which was headed west.
The truck ran off the right side
of the road, but was sideswiped
by the Willys. Windham stopped
on the left side of the road about
300 feet beyond the point of col
lision, the trooper said.
Damage to the truck, owned by
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Co., was estimated at $500 and to
the Willys $300. Windham, who
was thought to have a broken arm,
was taken to Havelock for treat
ment.
Port Calendar
Morehead City State Port
Johannes Maersk—Due Satur
day to load cargo of tobacco for
Far East.
President Taft—Due Saturday
to unload cargo of tapioca.
Black Tern—Due Saturday to
unload general Cargo from north
ern Europe and load tobacco for
northern Europe.
Zoella Lykes—Due Sunday to
load milk for Italy.
Missionary to Congo Will
Speak at Havelock Tonight
The Rev. William C. Washburn,
Presbyterian missionary to the
Congo, will speak at Trinity Pres
byterian church, Havelock, tonight
at 7:30.
Mr. Washburn is a second gen
eration missionary. .Born at Bu
lape, Congo, he was educated at
Austin college in Sheridan, Tex.,
and at the University of Texas in
Austin. He studied for the minis
try at Austin Presbyterian Theo
logical Seminary.
Daring world war 11 he was an
officer with the Army Engineers
in the European theatre. Before
returning to the Congo in 1948, he
served as student pastor at Gid
dings Tex.
Early in 1980 the Washburns
moved to Luluabourg, capital of
Kasai province, where Mr. Wash
burn took on new duties as the
mission’s representative to the
Congressman
Predicts Rise
In Leaf Quotas
• Official Statement
Predicted Soon
• Increase Would Be
5 Per Cent
Congressman David N. Hender
son predicts that tobacco acreage
allotments for this year will be
increased. Proposed is 5 per cent
of a farmer’s present allotment.
In a telegram to THE NEWS
TIMES, the congressman says,
"Based on latest contacts with of
ficials here, I am confident of in
crease for this year In tobacco
acreage allotments. Official an
nouncement should be forthcoming
in next few days.”
The tobacco growers believe that
much of the tobacco now being
held by the FluerCured Stabiliza
tion corporation can be cleared out
of warehouses and sold overseas,
thus creating space for more leaf
from the forthcoming crop.
Growers say. that much of the
tobacco now stored is the discount
variety. It is anticipated that this
will be sold at prices lower than
originally asked.
Final returns from the flue-cured
tobacco marketing quota referen
dum, held Dec. 12, show that 98.1
per 'cent of the farmers voting ap
proved quotas for the 1962, 1963
and 1964 flue-cured tobacco crops.
This is the highest favorable per
centage ever voted for a three-year
marketing quota on flue-cured to
bacco, according to the US De
partment of Agriculture.
Official returns show a total of
194,121 growers voting, of which
190,515 approved quotas and 3,606
opposed them.
Since more than the necessary
two-thirds of those voting favored
the three-year quotas, the market
ing quota program will continue in
effect for the next three crop* of
flue-cured tobacoo.
la North Carolina, 1214158 grow
ers out of 124,033 who voted, ap
proved the quotas.
David N. Henderson
. . . predicts increase
Thieves Get $68.91
From Beaufort School
A break-in after the Beaufort
Wallace basketball game netted
$68.91 for thieves at the Beaufort
high school.
The theft, occurring sometime
Friday night or early Saturday
morning, was from a combination
lock filing cabinet in the school of
fice. The cabinet was pried open
with tools and cash and checks tak
en.
Police chief Guy Springle said
that fingerprints were taken and
are now being processed.
Other police activity was the ar
rest Saturday of Thomas Chiinn,
Beaufort, on an assault charge filed,
by his wife.
County Republicans will attend
the state convention at the Jack
Tar hotel, Durham, Saturday.
Congo government. Since then he
has served as a liaison for other
Protestant missions in Kasai.
Though Mr. Washburn himself
had to evacuate with American
missioners during the July 1960
port-independence violence, he was
among the first to return to his
post the next month.
Mrs! Washburn and their three
children returned to the United
States after the violence. The
missionary was one of four Pres
byterian missionaries who was ar
rested or beaten on Nov. 1 in Lulua
bourg in a new anti-white violence
in the Congo’s Kasai province.
The paftlic is invited to hear this
this speaker, who will bring first
hand information from the strife
tom Congo, announces the pastor,
the Rev. Edward B. Gross. There
will be a coffee hour afterwards,
i The nursery will be for children*
Carteret Presents Unique
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Potential, Speaker Declares
Children Crowned
Mary Lynn Hamilton, left, an&
William A. (Matt) Matthews were
crowned king and queen of hearts
at the heart fund bridge benefit
Wednesday evening . at Morehead
City country club. Mrs. Dorothy
Jo Thompson crowned the couple.
A profit of $182.70 was realized, of
which $54,57 was made on the king
and queen voting.
Jiary Lynn i« the a&iyqar-qld
rlau hter of 'Dr. rind Mrs. Alvah
Hamilton Jr. Matt is the -ref
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Matthews. They were chosen by
popular vote from a field of 19
children between the ages of 3
and 5.
After Mrs. Thompson crowned
the youngsters, her daughter, San
dra, did a dance number in their
honor. The king and queen were
Two Men Take Unexpected
Dips in Chilly Waters
By L. F. NADOLNY
Cherry Point—Two 'Leathernecks
took unanticipated dips in the chilly
(42 degree) water of the Neusc
river Dec. 26. One was a pilot
who had ejected from his disabled
aircraft, the other a helicopter
borne rescuer.
Several instances exist where
pilots or passengers have died aft
er exposure in waters colder than
60 degrees.
The pilot was Maj. Charles H.
Ludden, 40, of Overhaul and Re
pair squadron, whose plane crash
ed in Carteret. The rescuer was
Cpl. Allen Baker, 23, of the heli
copter search and rescue unit of
Station Operations and Engineer
ing Squadron.
Events leading to the ejection
and rescue began shortly before
2 p.m. with a distress call from
major Ludden. He was flying an
F3H Demon fighter about 40 miles
east of the station when his jet
engine flamed out.
His emergency call was received
by the operations tower here and
the search and rescue helicopter
was alerted. Crew members im
mediately scrambled for their
’copter and headed for an. inter
ception with the disabled jet.
Meanwhile, major Ludden had
succeeded in restarting his engine
but could develop only partial pow
er. Losing altitude constantly, he
attempted to reach Cherry Point.
At 2,000 feet altitude, some eight
miles from the station in the vi
cinity of Adams creek, it became
apparent that he could not reach
the airfield and he ejected. The
helicopter was hovering nearby.
The parachute billowed open and
major Ludden landed in the water.
Tides at the Beanfort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tntjsday, Feb. 27
12:56 a.m.
1:14 p.m.
Til3 a.m.
6:09 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
1:50 a.m.
2:18 p.m.
0:02 a.m.
9:02 p.m.
Thursday, March 1
3:00 a.m.
3:39 p.m.
10:09 a.m.
10:16 p.m.
Friday,- March 2
4:17 a.m.
4:57 p.m.
11:08 a.m.
11:17 p:m.
presented gifts by the county heart
council, sponsors of the benefit. I
Mary Lynn and Matt then drew;
numbers for the awarding of door
prizes.
Thirty-two tables of bridge were
in play. Sixty-six merchants and
business firms donated prizes, re
freshments, chairs or other items.
Bridge winners received prizes and
a nomber of door prize* were
awarded. ,
Refreshments of cake, ice cream
and coffee were served. The red
and white motif was carried out
in decorating. Mrs. Rufus Butner,
chairman of special events, ex
pressed her appreciation to all who
contributed to making the benefit
a success. (Photo by Lois Mat
thews)
I The helicopter swooped in to lower
| a rescue sling. However, major
I Ludden, temporarily dazed, had
become entangled in the shroud
lines of his parachute and was un
able to get into the sling.
Without hesitation, corporal Bak
er jumped from the helicopter hov
ering 10 feet above the river. He
cut the shroud lines and aided
major Luddch into the rescue seat.
Other crew members in the heli
copter hoisted the major to safety,
then retrieved corporal Baker from
the icy water.
Minutes later, the helicopter de
posited major Ludden on the door
step of the station hospital here.
He was examined and found un
injured.
Baker was examined and return
ed to duty after a brief warm-up
period. He was cited for his heroic
act by Brig. Gen. F. C. Tharin,
commanding general, MCAS, Cher
ry Point.
Shortly after major Ludden
ejected from his aircraft, it crash
ed and burned in an isolated area
near the junction of Adams creek
with the Neuse river.
'
Six Couples Get
Licenses to Wed
Six couples have been granted
marriage licenses since Feb. 2,
according to Odell Merrill, regis
ter of deeds. Applicants follow:
Feb. 12: Jackie Safrit Langdale,
21, Morehead City, and Polly Ann
McKnight, 18, Morehead City;
Jerry Eugene Hyatt, 23, Morehead
City, and Norma Dene Harper, 23,
Morehead City.
Feb. 17: George Rodney Nelson,
22, Morehead City, and Mildred
Louise Baum, 19, Smyrna.
Feb. 19: Robert Harold Riggs,
19, Newport, and Jane Lampley,
20, Morehead City.
Feb. 20: Simforoso Bautista Men
doza Jr., 26, Salinas, Philippines,
and Barbara Ann Lewis, 19, More
head City; Jackie Cooper Willis,
21, Harkers Island, and Patricia
Ann Pake, 18, Beaufort.
’ County commissioners will meet
Monday at IQ a,m. at the, court
house, Beaufort..
Wayne Corpening Talks
To Chamber of Commerce
Morehead City and the surround- <
ing area present a almost unique
potential for new industry, accord
ing to Wayne Corpening, Wachovia
Bank & Trust Co. vice-president
who spoke here Thursday.
In his talk before the Chamber
of Commerce, Mr. Corpening said
that the fact that this area offers
a port gives this area a head start
over other areas for industry.
Mr. Corpening, who is on the
primary development committee
of the US Chamber of Commerce
and past president of the North
west Development Corp., spoke
before approximately 50 people in
the Morehead City high school
auditorium.
He stressed a total, area-wide
effort to get new industry. After
citing tourism as the area’s great
est potential for new business and
income, he named the seafood in
dustry as another phase of poten
tial development.
Expanded processing of seafood
could mean more jobs, especially
with the help of a new department
of seafood processing at North
Carolina State college. Processing
of local agricultural products is
another chance for new industry,
he stated.
“Provide jobs for your school
graduates,” Mr. Corpening said,
“after educating them. Don’t let
them go to other states'for work.”
Getting industry depends on the
organized efforts of all of the com
munity, including each citizen’s at
titude, he stated. “These repre
sentatives of firms looking for new
locations get around,” Corpening
said, “and they ask questions. Oc
casionally they get answers that
are highly embarrassing to the
1 area.”
“Extras that other communities
don’t provide are an aid, but I be
llieve that special tax hrcijc* and
) inducements of that nature often
do more harm than good.” He
added, “We must show industry
that it can make a profit, and an
area must show that it wants new
industry.”
North Carolina labor learns up
to 25 per cent quicker than the
national average, and has a better
safety record, he cited. “But don’t
accept industry that is a detriment
to existing industry, be selective.”
Reasons that firms move to
North Carolina showed that most
of them cited nearness to markets.
Financial aid ranked 13th out of
a list of 15.
Mr. Corpening ended his talk
with the reminder that getting in
dustry involved the efforts of every
segment of the communities within
an area. “The people themselves
must want it and work for it,” he
stated.
Chamber of Commerce president
Dr. S. W. Hatcher presented four
names to the chamber members
as nominees to the board of direc
tors.
Elected to the board were Dr.
L. W. Moore, Beaufort, Mrs. Clay
ton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic, J. C.
Sherill Sr., Atlantic Beach, and
John R. Jones Jr., Cedar Point.
Dr. Hatcher reminded the group
that the Chamber of Commerce
is a county-wide organization, and
commended Moses Howard for the
good representation of Newport
citizens at the meeting.
H. S. Gibbs Jr., chairman of the
Central Coastal Carolina Develop
ment Corp. and an officer of the
Chamber of Commerce, said that
several inquiries had been receiv
ed from industries seeking sites.
"Exact and specific information
is needed for these people,” he
stated. Four new counties may
join the Neuse Valley Development
Corp. of which Carteret County
is a member, he said. The new
counties are Onslow, Pamlico,
Greene and Jones counties. Other
counties in the organization arc
Wayne, Lenoir and Craven.
Chamber advertising chairman
Ben Alford announced that the
new budget for advertising will
include $3,500 for public relations
and increased funds for promotion
al literature. Mrs. Ken Wagner
and Mrs. Ben Alford gave short
talks on the Charlotte Boat and
Travel Show in January, where
the Chamber of Commerce placed
a booth.
From the 50,000 persons attend
See SPEAKER, Page 3
Three County Motorists
Lose Permits to Drive
Three county residents lost their
driver’s licenses in January, ac
cording to the North Carolina De
partment of Motor Vehicles. All
three were charged and convicted
of driving under the influence of
alcohol.
The revokees were Carl Daniel
Bowen, Cedar Island;.James Lewis
Forbes, route 1 Morehead City, and
John Edward Nolen, Beaufort.
Police Check
Four Accidents
In Morehead
A five-month-old child was slight*
ly injured in an auto accident in
Morehead City Thursday. The
baby, Pamela Jo Gilliken, was in
the car of her father, Horace Dean
Gilliken, Midway Park, when the
car skidded on a wet street while
trying to stop, and struck another
car in the rear, police said.
The other car, a I960 Ford, was
driven by Mary Mann Fuller, New
port. Both cars were traveling east
on Arendell street near 24th at
about 2 p.m.
The Fuller car had stopped for
a stop light when the collision oc
curred. Damage to it was about
$150 and Gillikin’s 1960 Opel got
about $200 dantage. The Gillikin
child was given emergency treat
ment at the Morehead City hos
pital. Patrolman Edfred Gaskill
investigated.
In another accident Thursday at
1:45 p.m., Betty Lillian Gray, route
2 Newport, was charged with fail
ing to stop at a stop sign at 24th
and Evans streets. Her car, a
1958 Buick, was struck in the right
rear by a 1957 Chrysler driven by
James Lee Johnson of Morehead
City, according to patrolman Gas
kill.
Johnson's car, damaged in the
front end, was traveling north on
24th street and the Gray car was
! going east on Evans. Damage to
the Johnson car was about $150 and
to the Gray cat about $250.
No charges were brought in two
similar accidents Friday. At 3:30
p.m., William Thornton Davies,
Morehead City, backed out of a
parking space on 7th Street and
hit the car of William Felton Gil
likin, route 2 Beaufort, who had
stopped for a stop light, police
said.
The Davies car, a 1960 Chevrolet
station wagon was not damaged.
The Gillikin car had $45 damage.
At 11 a.m. Thursday, a Navy
jeep from Little Creek, Va., also
backed out of a parking space at
3th and Arendell and bit a 1959
Buick driven by Olive Ennis Coats,
Benson, N. C., police report.
The jeep wasr driven by Victor
F. LCario, USN, Chicago Heights,
111. The Coats car, which had
stopped for a red light, was dam
aged in the right rear fender to
the extent of $45. The jeep was
not damaged.
Lions Hear
Report on Blind
Members of the Moreheftd City
Lions club heard a report on the
club’s efforts to aid the blind when
they met at the Hotel Fort Macon
Thursday night. J. E. Crowe, sec
retary, gave the report.
He said that the club bought 46
pairs of glasses for people who
could not otherwise afford them, ''
paid for eight eye examinations,
sent $600 to the state association
for the blind, secured six dona
tions to the eye bank through wills
and worked 52 man hours on proj
ects aiding the blind.
O. J. Morrow, white cane chair
man, reported that the $600 sent
in was raised in the white cane
drive this year. Mr. Morrow pre
sided in the absence of George
Mizesko, president.
Dinner was served prior to the
meeting.
Marines to Leave
From Mo rehead
For Caribbean
Camp Lejeune — Approximately
1,600 men of the Second Battalion
(Reinforced), Eighth Marine Regi
ment, Second Marine Division,
commanded by Lt. Col. C. S. Rob
ertson, are scheduled to leave
Morehead City this week foe the
Caribbean.
The battalion will form tb
ground element of a landing tet '
for the 34th Marine Expeditionary
Unit, commanded by Col.
White, and wiH relieve
Landing Team 1/6.
duty in the Caribbeai
blt i/8 is scluaied to
here in the ■ _
the 34th MEU will
May.
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