February draft call lowest since 1965
The Defense Department announced the February draft quota dropped to 30,900, the smallest since March 1985, with a plan to train 150,000 new National Guard and Reserve enlistees in early 1967 to clear a long training backlog. The move speeds up Reserve training and aims to mobilize forces faster while reducing untrained personnel.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
National Guard
Pentagon
Defense
Army
Army Reserve
Robert S. McNamara
Guard
Elwood Officer Fired By Board On Theft Charge
Leroy Barmes, 45, longtime Elwood police officer, was fired by the city Board of Works and Safety and later charged in Madison County Circuit Court with second degree burglary. He is accused of taking a $10 coat from Lord's Apparel Shop, and authorities say he was seen entering the store with a key. Bond set at $2,000, with potential prison terms up to 25 years for burglary or six years for theft if convicted. Barmes previously filed a suit alleging the board is illegal due to political bias. The case names Stockdale, Graham, Hadley, Byrne, and Owen as defendants.
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Leroy Barmes
Elwood
City Board of Works and Safety
Madison County Chiscuit
Barmes
Luther Stockdale
Lee Graham
Lord's Apparel Shop
Barnies
Elwood Board of Works and Safety
Barmies
Graham
Stockdale
Glen Hadley
John T.byrne
Mary Jane Owen
Richard Wirt
Harries
Good Morning Start The Day With a Chuckle
In Rome AP a boy named Cennte Fla voni eight years old attempted a prank at school by climbing a fence to slip away. A guard stopped him as he tried to descend back down, and Cesare was reportedly brought down by the guard's efforts.
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Rome
Flavoni
Cesare
Republicans Attend Victory Dinner Amid Weather Warnings
Madison County Republican leaders expect about 700 guests for the GOP Victory Dinner at Linder's tonight. Honorees include elected officials such as Donald Hunter, Alan Helms, Kenneth Bays, Joseph C. Clark, and Robert Humphrey, with several defeated candidates also listed. Weather hazards loom as driving conditions worsen and preparations forewarn travel difficulties.
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Madison County
Myron Seybert
Linder
GOP
Donald Hunter
Anderson
Indiana State Supreme Court
Harold Ac
Indiana Bell Announces New Lower Rates for 132 Exchanges
Indiana Bell and the Public Service Commission of Indiana report a reduction of more than 1 million dollars yearly starting January 1. The plan cuts charges for two party residential service and expands long distance timing allowances, saving nearly 140,000 Bell customers across 132 exchanges. The move follows plant and revenue reallocations from intrastate to interstate.
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Torace Hays
William J. Wood
Arthur H. Atwell
Pad Fletcher Ferguson
Everett E. Smith
Madigan
Cassell H. Otto
Cliffton Dock
Itorder
W. L. Ho
Indianapolis
Anderson
Chesterfield
Evansville
Gaston
Jeffersonville
Middletown
Muncie
New Indianapolis
UPL
Alethany
Osceola
Saide
Indiana Bell
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Merton Stanley
Phillip Bayt
Patrick Clancy
Stanley
Commission
Indiana Hell
Bell
Airways Strike Threat Ends With Tentative World Agreement
Pan American World Airways and the Transport Workers Union AFL-CIO reached a tentative work contract Friday night after hours of talks. The deal awaits ratification by union members, ending a strike threat that had been set for noon and then delayed hour by hour. Matthew Guinan, TWU president, announced the agreement but did not detail terms.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
U.S
Transport Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Mem
Matthew Guinan
Information
Marion Man Sees UFO After Dismissing Them
Marion Indiana residents reported UFO activity after radio newscaster Mike Jenkins of WMRI said calls poured in about a sky object near the town. He described two orange lights joined by a small distance, likened to two bells.
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Marion
Ind
UPI
Mike Jenkins
Marion Radio Statin
WMRI
Uni
Jenkins
Hem
Ution
Guinan
Thant Reappointed UN Secretary General for Five-Year Term
U Thant was elected to a new five year term as United Nations secretary general. He said the decision shows no new element intended to limit the long term. He noted support from developed nations and the need to end the war in Vietnam. He also thanked nations for their truce at Christmas and in Vietnam.
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United Nations
U Thant
U.N
Unand
France
Nam
Viet Nam
Thant wins new term after secret ballot vote in UN Assembly
U Thant received a standing ovation as he was elected to another term expiring December 31 1971 by a 120 to 0 vote in the General Assembly with one ballot declared invalid. The Burmese leader spoke on peace efforts and urged continued talks amid mounting global tensions.
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Thant
General Assembly
St. Solin'y Hoxpiatta
Jon Dietrich
Middletown
Community Hospital
Hurmese Din
Pred Busby
Pirsa
Snettiey
Airview
Ines
Pendleton
David Storch
Mrs Schmidt Faces Premeditated Murder Charge In Slaying
An affidavit in Grant Circuit Court alleges Edith Louise Schmidt 25 killed and dismembered her husband Larry Lee Schmidt 29 at their Marion home on May 7. The filing also mentions Glenn Stewart as a necessary party in the case, with authorities detailing the alleged motive and sequence of events.
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Schmidt
Marion
Grant
Jour
Vriday
Edith Louise Schmdt
Larry Lee Schmidt
Vallidavit
Glenn &, Stewart
Fle
Aloyree
Lo Hw
Weather Summary From A Murky OCR Snippet
Fragmentary weather note reports highs around 19 day mild and 20s tonight with low 20s. Mentions yesterday high 3 low 12 and tomorrow sunrise 7 12 am with sunset.
UC Berkeley clash endangers demands amid campus chaos
Chancellor Roger Heyns rejected several student demands and refused to meet with nonstudent leader Mario Savio. Savio was named to a negotiating committee despite no longer attending the university as rains drenched the Berkeley turmoil. Police were supported to quell disturbances and amnesty was not granted for arrested students. Reagan urged obedience or withdrawal from campus.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
Roger Heyns
Mario Savio
Savio
Heyns
Studen
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Europe battered by gales and floods across the continent
Gales and heavy rain sweep Europe with Britain and the Italian Riviera hardest hit. Ships drift and crews are rescued off England and Ireland while Florence floods again and Venice endures high water. Officials fear continuing flood danger as port towns brace for storm seas.
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London
Europe
British Isles
Halian Peninsula
Britain
Maly
St. Mark's Square
Venice
Ria
Florence
Piero Bargellini
England
Kent
Warne
Dover
Isle of An
Wyandotte Cave Purchase Approved by Branigin
Indiana officials announced the purchase of Wyandotte Cave and 1 100 acres for 350 100 from Rothrock and Wyandotte Cave companies. Negotiations began under Governor Welsh and concluded recently. the cave sits in Crawford County and was once state owned before sale in 1819 to Rothrock descendants.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Branipin
Jack Booker Finday
Wyandotte Cave
Matthew E. Welsh
F. M. Rothrock Company
Wyandoller Cave Company
Indiana
Crawford County
Rothrock
State Resolves to Curb De Facto School Segregation
Indiana policy resolution aims to limit de facto segregation in new school sites and additions. State Superintendent William E. Wilson says it does not bar construction in segregated areas and cases will be evaluated individually. The measure, adopted Nov. 18, urges school officials to consult the Division of Schoolhouse Planning before approving sites to assess segregation impact.
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Indianapolis
Sstate
Commission On General Education
State Supt. of Public Instruction
William E. Wilson
Willson
Gary
Charles K. Rochelle
National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
Indiana State Board, of Education
Schoalhouse Planning
Church of God Completes 1967 International Convention Program
The Church of God finished its programming for the 1967 International Convention. The event on the Anderson College campus featured a week of sessions, with the theme Jesus Christ is Lord. The program committee led by Rev James C Burchett announced 20 readers invited to speak and named Bill Galther to chair the convention music committee along with other appointees.
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Church of God
Tass
Warner Auditorium
James C. Burchett
Sfuntington
We Wau
Jesus Christ
Charles V. Weber
Executive Council
di Weler
Tana Ave
Area Scores Incomplete High School Basketball Night
Readable lines show district score results with teams and players barely legible. Notable figures include Madison Teipits and Noblesville, plus Hive River at Marhlevine and Kiyightstawa تشير.
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Morion
Anerson
Elwond
Manule Sodhe
Madison Teipits
Anitorsom
Wigiland
Noblesville
Pondeton
Hive River
Marhlevine
Last Aronson Quintuplet Dies in Pittsburgh
The final Aronson quintuplet, born premature to a kindergarten teacher and her law student husband, died Friday in a hospital class. Private funeral services were held late Friday afternoon. The still unnamed quintuplet died at 2 pm PST at Magee Women’s Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Aronson
Finneral
Rani Sie Avanson
Magee
Women's Hospital
Airliner Skids Off Runway at Mexico City Airport
Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 skidded off a Mexico City runway during a practice landing. Spokesman says there were no injuries but the aircraft was badly damaged. The flight came from Los Angeles and was to return there next day. A Canadian editor Ralph Allen led a Toronto hospital report in a separate item.
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Mexico City
Mexicana Airlines
Airlne
Milliscay
Los Angeles
Calif
Cyfornia
Muxicg Travel
Ates Toronto
UPD
Ralph Allen
The
Toronto Daily Star
MacLean's Magazine
Toronto 4
Four Foot Snow Blankets New York Region
Frigid conditions from the Midwest to the Northeast dumped heavy snow across New York Pennsylvania and Ohio. Up to four foot drifts in parts of western and northern New York plus 18 inch accumulations near Ashtabula Ohio slowed traffic and closed sections of the New York Thruway. Snow plows and crews worked around the clock while cold temps lingered with zero or below readings expected in several states.
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United Piester National
Great Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rockies
New England
North Pacific Coast
Oregon Cascades
Mercury
Glendive
Moat
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Maine
North ‘Atlantic Seaboard
Mayville
Adlantg
Ashtabula
New York State Thruway Authority
Auper Highway
Pennsylvania Line
Silver Creek
N.Y
Buffalo Skyway
San Francisco Bay Area
California Sierras
Oregon
Washington Cascades
Klamath Falls
Ore
California
Yal Erie
Mio
Erie
Celine
Winter Weather Hampers Travel in Central Indiana
Central Indiana endures heavy snow with 1.5 inches at the Anderson station and more forecast. Street crews spread over 100 tons of sand and 25 tons of salt to treat slick, icy roads. Police report several minor accidents as winds rise and temperatures stay in the 20s.
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Indiana
Wonderland
Anderson
Herbert “Pete” Smith
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