Pentagon weighs six month draft plan to bolster reserves
The Pentagon studies options as a six month training program for 100000 yearly volunteers faces a draft loop hole that lets many avoid service. Officials consider making all young men subject to active duty or enforcing compulsory service while preserving current reserve goals.
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Washington
NEA
Army
America
Congress
Army Reserve
Ford Ord
Calif
Venezuela Opens 20 Mile Lake Maracaibo Canal Suez Alternative
Maracaibo unveils a 20 mile canal through the lake barrier to tanker access, dredged for 35 million dollars with a two mile breakwater. The project aims to boost national production to 3.5 million barrels daily by 1965 and attract major concessions, aided by new refining and port infrastructure.
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Venezuela
Lake
Maracaibo
Europe
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Barinas
Lake Maracaibo
Insulation Trends Bring Light Warmth to Winter Wear
The insulation concept shifts from bulk to insulated linings, likened to house walls. U. S. Rubber Company's Insulair offers light weight warmth and buoyancy. Available garments include waist length jackets, finger tip or hip length jackets, hunting vests, vest warmers, and a full outdoor suit with Insulair lining across jacket trousers vest and hood.
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New York
NEA
U. S. Rubber Company
Runaway Girls Lead Long Montrose Chase
In Montrose Michigan Barbara Lawrence fourteen and Martha Sackrider thirteen sparked a 24 hour chase after state and local police deputies and citizens pursued them on horseback across fields ditches and rural roads. Undersheriff Jack Turner said a school marks reprimand started the spree. The girls rode away again after bedrolls were tossed. They were over ten miles from home when sighted.
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Montrose
Mich
Barbara Lawrence
Martha Sackrider
Jack Turner
Ringling Circus Era and the Enduring Big Top Spirit
Veteran observer recalls Ring ling Bros and Barnum Bailey's decline in 1970s style, but argues the touring circus lives on. He cites legends like Lillian Leitzel and Alfredo Codona, disasters from arsenic poisoning to Hartford fire, wars, and labor shortages, and praises a new generation balancing modern methods with traditional family showmanship. The piece frames the circus as a national treasure that should not fade with a single farewell.
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Lillian Leitzel
Leitzel
Copenhagen
Merle Evans
Alfredo Cadona
Lalo
Codona
John Ringling
Ringling
Atlanta
Cleve
Mail slang aids massive mail flow says Summerfield
Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield explains a new Postal Term Glossary listing 1250 terms for slang used by mail clerks. Terms like NIXIE BUM SLUG HASH are defined to speed routing and accuracy in delivering over 56 billion pieces of mail annually.
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Washington
NEA
Arthur Summerfield
POD
Post Office Department
Summerfield
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