Mid aged lions second armed forces niches found for young men
In 1942 Navy trained men with little sea experience for officers and crew. J Hamilton Napier Jr a 32 year old lawyer rose to lieutenant and executive officer of minesweeper USS STAFF. The ship’s crew learned shipshape and nerve through eight week courses and hazardous turns on Lake Erie to Norfolk then escort duty and hush rumors of invasion.
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Navy
J. Hamilton Napier Jr
Gulf of Mexico
America
Ham Napier
Northwestern University
Ham _ Napier
Yorktown
Cleveland
USS Staff
Hamilton Napier
Napier
Annapolis
Scott
Mr. Napier
Lake Erie
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Norfolk
North Africa
Gulf of Arzea
Sicily
Medal of Honor for Marine in Viet Nam War
President Johnson awards the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Robert Emmett O’Malley of Woodside New York for gallantry near Chu Lai on August 18 1965. O’Malley attacked Viet Cong in a rice paddy trench killed eight and saved wounded Marines while three times wounded, he refused evacuation to help his unit reach a helicopter extraction.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert Emmett O’malley
Woodside
N.Y
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
O'Malley
Austin Post Office
O’malley
Economists argue for voluntary army over draft costs
At a Chicago national draft conference, Milton Friedman and Wal ter Oi urged a voluntary force as cheaper and less disruptive than conscription. They estimated a 2.7 to 3.3 million volunteer force could cost about 4 billion dollars annually, and warned the draft burdens fuel inequities amid Viet Nam War pressures.
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Chicago
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Walter Y. Oi
University of Washington
Friedman
Defense Department
Armed Services
Faculty backs UC chancellor in face of student boycott
In Berkeley, 795 professors of the Academic Senate approved Chancellor Roger W. Heyns amid a campus boycott. Heyns rejected student demands for open hearings and amnesty, and said police would not be barred in all cases. The meeting followed a senate vote of confidence and framed plans for a faculty student governance commission.
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Heyns
Board of Regents
Mario Savio
Savio
Heyn
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Mill Cillan Dies in 1 Car Mishap
Minneapolis youth David Bruce Kendrick, 23, is killed when his car loses control and strikes a divider at an intersection. The fatality raises Minnesota 1966 traffic deaths to 884, 90 more than last year and surpasses the previous yearly high of 877 set in 1965.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
David Bruce Kendrick
Kosygin Congratulates French Textile Man
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, long connected to textiles, congratulated a French capitalist on his firm’s advances in synthetic textile fiber manufacture.
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Lyon
France
Alexei N. Kosygin
No Inaugural Ball For Alabama Governor Lurleen
In Alabama the planned inaugural events for Governor elect Lurleen Wallace will omit an inaugural ball due to costs tied to the Vietnam War. The parade and ceremony on January 16 will honor Alabama servicemen serving in defense of the state and nation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
John Pemberton
Viet Nam
LeVander weighs budget asks from three commissions
Gov elect Harold LeVander reviewed budget proposals from the GHRC the IAC and SCAD. SCAD asks 401660 for the biennium to expand staff to 23 with offices planned in Duluth Bemidji and Rochester. GHRC requests 174503 up from 49231 to add six staff. IAC seeks 83306 up from 30000 with one additional worker.
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ST. Paul
Gov
Harold LeVander
State Commission
GHRC
Indian Affairs Commission
IAC
SCAD
Duluth
Bemidji
Rochester
Britain Plans Economic War on Defiant Rhodesia
London reports Britain will wage an economic war against Rhodesia despite costs. Prime Minister Wilson vows to crush the rebel white settler regime, with sanctions, oil embargo debates, and possible force considerations. The Bank of England mobilizes dollars while diplomacy targets the U N, and South Africa may trade limited oil for support.
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London
Rhodesia
Africa
Commonwealth
Harold Wilson
Jan Smith
Wilson
Smith
Bank of England
New York
Britain
George Brown
U.N. Security Council
Washington
U.S
United Nations
Moussa Leo Keita
Mali
Keita
Mohamed Fakhreddine
Sudan
South Africa
South African Governa
House of Commons
Balthazar J. Vorster
Traffic Deaths State Today and in Past Year Comparisons
A concise report notes traffic death figures for Iowa with current year totals and comparisons to the previous year. It lists 884 versus 794 state deaths and contrasts 865 with 752 in the prior period, indicating a year over year change.
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Iowa
Rhodesian White Paper Condemns British Settlement Plans
The Rhodesian government denounces British terms for crisis settlement as a bid to set up a Quisling government. The white paper claims unconditional surrender of armed forces police and budget and control of executive services. Business leaders fear UN sanctions could worsen the economy.
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Rhodesia
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Britain
Ian Smith
Harold Wilson
Smith
Wilson
Court rules minister exemption not guaranteed
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recognition as a minister by a religious sect does not automatically grant draft exemption. The decision stems from an appeal originating in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
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Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court For
Northern District of
West Virginia
Rockefeller in Harlem joins VISTA training program
Laurance Rockefeller, 22, heir to a fortune, enters the Black Communities Inc. office in Manhattan to begin an eight week Harlem slums training for the government VISTA program. He is the son of conservationist Laurance S. Rockefeller and is photographed by AP.
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Laurance Rockefeller
Black Communities Inc
Manhattan
Laurance S
Rockefeller
Harlem
VISTA
Volunteers In Service of America
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F. Lee Bailey
Carl Coppolino
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Army
William E. Farber
Cal
Mill Cillan
Lurleen
LeVander
Commonwealth Sanctions Committee
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Forest Lake
James Nelson
Minn
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Union Carbide Metals Co
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