Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, July 25, 1966

U.S. Wounded Slain

Communist troops ambushed a Marine company and executed at least six wounded Leatherneck captives, American survivors said today. “It was darn near a massacre,” said Cpl. Raymond Powell, 22, Kansas City, Mo.

Stilwell Missing

Brig. Gen. Joseph Stilwell Jr., head of the Special Forces training center at Fort Bragg, N.C. was reported to be aboard a DC3 lost on a flight to Honolulu. His wife, Mrs. Mira McPherson Stilwell, is a native of Columbus.

Lema Dies

Golfer Tony Lema, the delightful Champagne Kid, died as he had lived — on the golf course. Lema, 32, his wife, Betty, and two others were killed Sunday night when their light plane plunged into the manicured turf of a golf course straddling the Indiana-Illinois state line.

This story was originally published July 24, 2016 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Looking Back."