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<)?n MERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Washington, D. C. 20006 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 AMERICAN LEGION NEWS BRIEFS FOR WEEK ENDING 10-4-68 The Fall Meetings of The American Legion's National Executive Committee in Indianapolis, Oct. 12-17, is expected to attract 700 Legion leaders from throughout the nation and seven foreign countries. On hand to participate in the 1968 baseball World Series, now in progress will be 35 graduates of The American Legion Baseball program, 19 members of the St. Louis Cardinals and 16 on Detroit Tigers teams. Members of The American Legion and its Auxiliary are being invited to contribute $1 each to help finance permanent lighting at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, as the Legion's 'Gift to the Nation" on its 50th Anniversary. * * *************************** ************* * * * WANTED: FILM FOOTAGE FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY DOCUMENTARY * * Any Post, Department or individual American Legionnaire owning film * * * footage pertaining to The American Legion's first half century could make * a substantial contribution to the preparation of a 50th Anniversary docu- * mentary film. The film is being prepared for the Legion by William Hendricks, * Warner Brothers-Seven Arts, Inc., 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91505. * * National Headquarters film files have yielded much material, but there is a » * * need for more historical footage. Hendricks is working closely with the National Public Relations Commission in preparing the film. * **************************** ************ * Miles D. Kennedy, 71, former National Legislative Director of The American Legion,died in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Sept. 26, following a lengthy illness. Burial was at St. Joseph's Church Cemetery, Millbrook, N.Y., on Sept. 30. -a Ins - 50 YEARS OF 100% AMERICANISM -- A COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM □ MERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Washington, D. C. 20006 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 10-4-68 INDIANAPOLIS —(ALNS)—More than 700 American Legion leaders from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and seven foreign countries will attend the annual fall meetings of the Legion here over a six-day period starting Saturday, Oct. 12, through Thursday, Oct. 17. Climaxing the session will be the fall meetings of the National Executive Committee to be conducted Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 16 and 17, at the National Headquarters building, 700 N. Pennsylvania. These sessions will be presided over by National Commander William C. Doyle, of Vineland, N.J., and highlighted by the Commander's banquet for the NEC at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Featured speaker for the banquet will be Charles Holleyman, Superintendent of Public Schools at Mustang, Oklahoma, who will speak on the subject: "Arrows to Atoms." Holleyman is a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. Two major meetings will be taking place this coming Saturday and Sunday as approximately 100 persons gather for the annual Boys' State Conference, which will open at 9 a.m. Saturday at National Headquarters, and approximately 350 will gather at the Sheraton Lincoln for the Uniformed Groups Congress. The latter is one ot the guiding organizations for the Legion's Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, F^ing Squads, Choruses and Quartets, Color Guards and Motorcycle Drill team contests. Each meeting will be featured by a Saturday evening dinner session. Major National Commission and Committee meetings will be in progress at National Headquarters on Monday and Tuesday at the same time as the annual meeting of Commanders and Adjutants will be taking place in the NEC room. The C. & A. Conference is for the purpose of familiarizing newly-elected Department (State) Commanders with the Legion's national program for the year. While most Department Adjutants are holdovers, the annual briefing sessions serve to emphasize the changes which have taken place each year. Theme of this year's C. & A. Conference will be The American Legion's 50th Anniversary observance, which is a 15-month program starting with the 50th Annual National Convention last September, and will feature significant dates and Pjflces through Nov. 11, 1969, with special emphasis on the actual birthday, March 15-17, 1969. -alns- 50 YEARS OF 1007. AMERICANISM — A COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM QMERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Washington. D. C. 20006 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 10-4-68 INDIANAPOLIS—(ALNS)--Miles D. Kennedy, former National Legislative Director of The American Legion died in a Poughkeepsie, N.Y., hospital on Sept. 26, following a lengthy illness. He was 71 years old. Kennedy was National Legislative Director fr*m 1950, until his retirement from the Legion in 1962. He was a member of Parker Haight Post 260, Dutchess County, Milbrook, N.Y. A World War I veteran who saw service with the 18th Infantry Div., and, later, the 504th Aero Squadron, Aviation Section, Army Signal Corps, Kennedy was a ^ practicing lawyer in New York, from 1923 until his appointment as the Legion s National Legislative Director. He became an active Legionnaire in 1923, when he became affiliated with the James C. Sullivan Post 75, Bronx, N.Y., and held offices at the Post, Department and National levels. Kennedy was named an alternate National Executive Committeeman in 1945-46 and held membership on the National Legislative Coomisaion, from 1945 to 1950, of which he was vice chairman in 1948-49. Burial was in St. Joseph's Church Cemetery, Milbrook, N.Y., on Sept. 30. -alns- INDIANAPOLIS—(ALNS)— Thirty-five graduates of The American Legion Baseball pro- gram on the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers teams are eligible to compete in the 1968 World Series, now in progress. Nineteen men on the Cardinal roster, certified for competition by the office of Baseball Commissioner William D. Eckert, and 16 members of the Tiger aggregation are former American Legion Baseball players, according to the Legion's National American- ism Commission records. Members of the Cardinal team who played American Legi«n Baseball ft» s stepping - stone to the major leagues are: Nelson Briles, Steve Carlton, Ron Davis, John Edwards, Curt Flood, Phil Gagliano, Bob Gibson, Wayne Granger, Richard Hughes, Larry Jaster and Tim McCarver. Also Roger Maris, Charles Maxvill, Melvin Nelson, Dave Ricketts, John Schofield, Mike Shannon, Ray Washburn and Ron Willis. The following Detroit Tiger players formerly played American legion-Baseball: William Brown, Harry W. Comer, Bill Freehan, Al Kaline, Mike Lolich, John Matchick, Richard McAuliffe, Dennis McLain, Jim Northrup, Ray Oyler and Jim Price. Also, Joe Sparma, Mitchell StanLey, Richard Tracewski, Don Wert and Ed Mathews. -alns- □ MERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION —THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Washington, D. C. 20006 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 10-4-68 INDIANAPOLIS-CALKS) -Featured speaker at the Annual ^"^.^^'here Banquet during The American Legion National Executive Committee Fall Meetings here Oct. 12-17 will be Charles Holleyman, Oklahoma Education Association president. Holleyman will speak on "Arrows to Atoms" during the banquet, scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. As superintendant of the Mustang, Okla., public schools Holleyman directs one of the nation's five most modern school systems. He previously served as P«>«dent r of the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators and is a J« f' "T^f j^ue corporate board of the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M. A full-blooded Cherokee Indian, Holleyman has been referred to as "the American Indians' Billy Graham," and maintains that tomorrow belongs to the youth of America. He served with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific and Japan, during World War II. Following the war, he earned a B.S. degree from East Central State College, Ada, Okla., and holds a masters degree from the University of Oklahoma. Before joining the Mustang Schools in 1965, Holleyman was superintende^ Comanche, Okla., for eight years. He began his teaching career in 1951 at Velma Alma, Okla. More than 700 leaders of The American Legion from throughout the nation and seven foreign countries are expected to attend the six-day meetings surrounding the fall sessions of the National Executive Committee. The meetings will be presided over by newly-elected Legion National Commander, William C. Doyle of Vineland, N.J. -alns- INDIANAPOLIS-(ALNS) -Twenty-four sheet outdoor billboard posters for use in publicizing The American Legion's 50th Anniversary will be available through the National Internal Affairs Division at National Headquarters, following the Novembei elections. Cost of the billboard material is $6 each for the billboards. An additional 25 cents charge is made for those Departments, Districts or Posts of The American Legion which want individual identification added to a billboard. Order blanks are being made available through Department Adjutants. In many cases, outdoor advertisers will make unused billboard space available to Departments, Districts or Posts at little or no cost. -alns- □ MERICAN LEGION NEWS SERVICE NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION—THE AMERICAN LEGION C. D. DeLoach, Chairman James C. Watkins, Director HEADQUARTERS P. 0. Box 1055 1608 K St., N. W. Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Washington, D. C. 20006 (317) 635-8411 (202) 393-4811 For release 10-4-68 INDIANAPOLIS-(ALNS) -Every member of The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary is being invited to contribute $1 to finance permanent lighting at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.