Army opens training centers at three bases for Viet Nam buildup
Washington reports the Army will establish new training centers at Fort Bragg Fort Campbell and Fort Lewis to accelerate paratroop training as 15 000 troops return from Europe for re assignment. Air Force will shorten basic training to four weeks and six day workweek. Public defense plans project Army strength to rise to 1 229 000 by June 30 1966 with total forces over 2 987 000 and then 3 093 109 a year later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Army
Europe
U.S
Viet Nam
Easter Riots Quiet In Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach hosted about 90,000 college students as the Easter migration began. Beach scenes showed beer, bikinis, and rock music with surprisingly calm crowds. one minor incident near Fort Lauderdale drew a quick police response and six arrests. Police credit crowd-control training and community cooperation for the peaceful turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Daytona Beach
McNamara Asked to Rescind Springfield Armory Closing
Senate preparedness subcommittee chief Sen. John Stennis asks Defense Secretary McNamara to reconsider the Springfield Armory closing order in light of the Vietnam War. Defense Dept ordered the armory phased out by April 1968, Stennis said in a letter to McNamara.
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Stennis
Springfield Armory
Springfield
Charles V. Ryan Jr
Leverett
Massachusetts
McNamara
Senate
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Viet Nam
Department
Two BCHS seniors attend Vermont Allied Youth Conference
Catholic High School sent Leona Boutin and George Hoyt as unofficial delegates to the Vermont State Allied Youth Conference at Windsor High School with BCHS staffer Edward Mulligan. The trio joined discussions on alcoholism and drug abuse, observed by a national group aiming to inform teens about these dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont
Edward Mulligan
BCHS
Leona Boutin
George Hoyt
Windsor High School
Catholic High
AYC
Windsor
Washington
D.C
Leona
George
Leona Bou
Students Participate In Three Day Retreat At BCHS
BCHS held a three day annual retreat with retreat masters and faculty guiding juniors seniors and underclassmen through conferences discussions and spiritual activities. Father Brooks and Father Feldmann led sessions with Masses and optional confessions library chapel and individual chats. The Friday final program featured a moving Bible Vigil The Death of a Hero and concluded with a Mass and congregational singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BCHS
William Brooks
O.M.I
Father Brooks
Harold Feldmann
Collette Sausville
Carl Joseph
Benjamine Rusolowski
John Dias
C.S.C
Mary Elizabeth
Eleanor Shepard
Frank Bizzarro
Kay Toomey
Diane Gauthier
James Lowery
Henry Bourgeois
Douglas Hawkins
Mov
Ing
Donald Whipple
Chemistry Students Hear Dr Parks at Williams College
Thirty Bennington Catholic High School chemistry students and teachers traveled to Williams College for lectures by Dr. Robert E. Parks on Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Postgraduate Williams students led small discussion groups after each talk. The program was arranged by BCHS Bennington North Bennington Arlington and a Ford Foundation representative, which sponsored the project.
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Bennington
Mary Margaret
S.J
Williams College
Robert E. Parks
Williams
BCHS
Bendi
North Bennington
Arlington
Ford Foundation
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Rabli
Bellemare
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Nichols
By Justin
Springfield, Mass
Armory
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Tin
Rutland
Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Upi
Rock Island Arsenal
Illinois
Easter Ham
Better Tv, Inc
S of
Main Street
Dr. Parks
Alan Legacy
Country Casuals
Main St
Noveck-Shultz
Your MuSic Headquarters
Germany
She Candle Mill
East
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