Word: 133rd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spent the last two weeks at Travis Air Force Base, Ga., on his first summer stint with the 133rd Nation al Guard Tactical Fighter Squadron, where his regular assignment was to work in a clerical section under a Negro master sergeant. His superiors and buddies alike were unanimous in pronouncing him a regular guy and a hard worker. He handled requests for interviews by not giving any. He was photographed on KP duty, and pictures of Nugent tromping down garbage and washing dishes got wide circulation...
Nonetheless, Mormon leaders have been slow to speak up in favor of civil rights. Recently, Negro leaders in Salt Lake City threatened to picket the Mormons' 133rd semiannual conference unless church leaders broke silence and formally denounced segregation. N.A.A.C.P. leaders finally heard what they had been waiting for last week in an address by Hugh D. Brown, newly chosen First Counselor to David O. McKay, 90, who is the Mormons' First President, Prophet, Seer, Revelator and Trustee-in-Trust. "We would like it to be known," said Brown, "that there is in this church no doctrine, belief...