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| Baudilio Sanchez: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early to Mid 60's | |
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A Los Angeles businessman and one of the craziest, funniest and most brilliant men Jack Mulvain has ever known | |
| Last known Location: | Currently in Southern California. | |
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{Donbaudili0aolcom}
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| Capt Newel E. Sawyer: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1965 - ? | |
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Designation: |
USAF. SCN OIC | |
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He arrived at SCN at the time the new radio antenna crashed to the ground. Capt Sawyer reported to HQ Southern Command as the new OIC for SCN. |
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| Trivia: | Capt Sawyer was married to Kristin Hesser of Norman, OK who had remained behind in Lakewood, CA with their daughter who was 2 at the time. | |
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Native to Oklahoma, Newel attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M where he was assistant public relations director and editor of the college newspaper for 2 semesters. In 1960, he received his bachelor's degree in journalism from OSU and was commissioned a LT in the USAF. He was protocol and Public information Officer with NORAD and ADC division HQ in GA, OK and NY. In 1963, he attended the USAF public relations school at Boston University and in 1964, he attended Squadron Officers School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. |
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| J02 Chuck Schroyer: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Mid 60's | |
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Designation: |
News | |
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NA |
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| Ike Selig or Selik: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early 60's | |
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Designation: |
TV production | |
| Duties: | NA | |
| Trivia: | He and Phil Jacobs were great buddies, and was the only one who was ever able to break Phil up while on the air. | |
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| SP4 Ben Shapiro: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
Summer of 1964 to 1966. | |
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Designation: |
TV cameraman, director & Cosmo the Crew Chief TV host | |
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Starred as "Cosmo the crew chief" on the SCN Afternoon Children's TV program. Hosted SCN's "Dance Party" TV cameraman and Director. Hosted Saturday Night Record hop on SCN Radio |
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| Trivia: | NA | |
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Born in Chicago, IL. After HS, his family moved to St Petersburg, FL where he entered the St Petersburg Jr College to study Radio and TV. Attended University of FL in 1961 and received a BS degree in Broadcasting in 1963. After SCN, Ben worked in TV production until '93. Has been in Grand Rapids, MI since '66. |
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Most recent info: |
Currently, Ben and his wife, Anne own a cruise travel agency in Grand Rapids, MI - GalaxSea Cruises. | |
| Last known Location: | Grand Rapids, M | |
| Last known EM: |
{BenEdShapiroaolcom}
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| Richard (Dick) Snow: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Mid 60's | |
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Designation: |
Puppeteer on Cosmo | |
| Duties: | Ron was the puppeteer on Cosmo the Crew chief afternoon children's show. | |
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| Steve Stalker: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1963 - 12/1964 | |
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Designation: |
Army. Engineering, DJ, TV announcer | |
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Since he had worked in commercial broadcasting for a few years prior to his stint in the military, he did engineering in the mornings and jocked the Pop Shop (rock) show in the afternoons on SCN. While preparing to depart the CZ, He was ably succeeded by Steve Glassman who he describes as "a real hoot on the air." Steve Stalker was also on the Friday afternoon Dance Party TV show, hosted by Lee Bailey, that featured CZ teens. Steve also did a show with Dave Overton on SCN-TV called Close Up, which was a compilation of the week's news. Steve describes it as a poor mans version of Huntley-Brinkley. |
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Steve claims he was one of the characters that occupied
the third floor during the mid 60's.
Steve remembers the pies at the little lunch room just up the street... and not to forget the fried rice etc. they called in to the station. |
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| Biographic Details: | When Steve got out, he went to work for a rock station in St. Joseph, Missouri, then moved to a hard rocker in Kansas City. | |
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From there he worked for another rocker until moving to the duties of chief engineer and ultimately on to the computer work which he is doing now | |
| Last known Location: | living in suburban Kansas City | |
| Last known EM: |
{dldsrsbirch
net}
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| Sid Stark: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early 60's | |
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Designation: |
Announcer | |
| Duties: | Great voice and on-air presence for both radio and TV. | |
| Trivia: | NA | |
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Believed to be from Indiana Graduate of Drake University. |
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| Roland Stearns: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 60's - early 70's |
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Designation: |
USAF. TV Camera Technician | |
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TV camera technician. Very intelligent. Attended Canal Zone college classes during his tour. |
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Nicknamed Rollie by the crew. |
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Came from the Spokane Washington area. Has a doctorate degree. |
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Classical guitarist. Currently teaching guitar and Lute in Germany where he has been living since 1992. | |
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Currently living near Stuttgart, Germany |
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{RAHStearnsLiutot-onlinede}
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| Gordon Stone: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early 60's | |
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Designation: |
NA | |
| Duties: | NA | |
| Trivia: | "Stoney" | |
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| PFC Rich Storer: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
aprox 1964 - 1966? |
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Designation: |
SCN Newswriter & newspaper | |
| Duties: | At SCN, Rich produced and wrote the original program, "Close-Up" as well as its successor, "Chronicle." | |
| Trivia: | Rich was rumored to be part of the Storer Broadcasting family, although that was never confirmed. | |
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From Cincinnati with a penchant for writing. Before SCN, Rich had been a free lance writer. His articles were published in several national magazines and was under commission to Crosley Broadcasting Company where he had created a series of original Religious programs. After leaving SCN, he was headed to his home in Cincinnati for 6 months prior to traveling to Europe for a year or more abroad where he would focus on his writing and perhaps some time for his second love, Painting. |
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| PFC Bill Strong: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Mid 60's | |
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Designation: |
Radio & TV News Anchor | |
| Duties: | While at SCN, in addition to Radio & TV news anchor, he was also a DJ, Sportscaster, cameraman and newsman. | |
| Trivia: | NA | |
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Born in Brooklyn, NY but called Norfolk, VA home. Worked at Radio station WITH in Baltimore, MD before SCN, as well as WGH in Norfolk. After SCN, he planned to return to commercial broadcasting and to finish his education at Old Dominion College in Norfolk. |
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| Don Sullivan: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Mid 60's | |
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Designation: |
TV Director | |
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Capt Adventure on Nicky the Crew Chief; the Children's afternoon TV show for a short time. Later moved into directing the program in preference to being on the air. |
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| SGM Sam Sumner: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
60's & 70's | |
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Designation: |
Army. SGM of SCN | |
| Duties: | NA | |
| Trivia: | Known as "Super Sam the Exercise Man," when he was with AFRTS in Europe. | |
| Biographic Details: |
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| Last known Location: | Has retired to Florida. | |
| Last known EM: | NA | |
| Jim Suttles: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
60's | |
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Designation: |
NA | |
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| Biographic Details: | Was from Ft Payne, Alabama. | |
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