Army Says West German Guns Had No Direct Armory Link
Washington UPI reports the Army testified there was no direct relationship between plans to procure 20 millimeter guns from West Germany and the decision to shut Springfield Armory in Massachusetts. The subcommittee heard questions about licensing Swiss or German production and the timeline to produce domestically.
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UPI
Army
West Germany
Springfield
Mass
House Appropriations
R. E. Waines Jr
U.S
Springfield Armory
Haines
Edward Boland
D-Mass
Armory
Springfield Arsenal
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
Flood
Hispano-Suiza
New York
McNamara
Two Army Air Units Earn Presidential Unit Citations
For the first time since the Korean War two American units receive presidential unit citations for heroism in combat in South Vietnam. The 197th Aviation Company and the 1st Air Commando Squadron were cited for outstanding and heroic performances against Viet Cong guerrillas. The move follows President Johnson declaring Vietnam a combat zone, exempting enlisted troops from federal taxes with officers receiving a $200 monthly deduction. South Vietnamese units also honored. actions cover Aug 1964 to Apr 1965 and earlier Duc Hoa operations.
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Army
197Th Aviation Company
Air Force
1St Air Commando Squadron
U. S
Viet Nam
197Th
Duc Hoa
A J Martel Dies Theater Organist
Arthur J. Martel 78 of Warren Rhode Island died Saturday after private services to be held Tuesday He was once the nation's highest paid theater organist and began at the Metropolitan Theater Boston in 1925 remaining ten years He later signed a 1920 contract with Olympic Theater Inc to play for theaters in the Olympic chain for 100000 over ten years
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R.I
UPI
Arthur J. Martel
Warren
Martel
Metropolitan Theater
Boston
Olympic Theater, Inc
Olympic
Teenage sniper kills two then takes own life
A 16-year-old boy armed with a high powered rifle fired on cars along U S 101 in Santa Maria Calif killing two men and wounding 11 before engaging officers in a 14 hour gunfight and dying by suicide. The victims were Charles Hogan 21 of San Luis Obispo and Joel Kocab 28 of Los Angeles. Authorities said the boy, who ran away from home with his parents Forrest and Joyce Clark of Long Beach, used a 30 06 Swedish Mauser with telescopic sight. Two seriously wounded victims were Bill Reida 42 and his son Kevin Dean 5. A daughter was uninjured and the other child was wounded lightly. Police halted traffic and secured the area with help from Sheriff deputies and CHP officers.
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Calif
U.S
Michael Andrew Clark
Forrest
Joyce Clark
Long Beach
Charles Christopher Hogan
San Luis Obispo
Joel W. Kocab
Los Angeles
Bill Reida
Norwalk
Kev
Dean
Santa Barbara
Cottage Hospital
Kim Allen
Kelly Ann
Susan
Reida
Lucille Reida
Arson Seen In Boston School Fire
Police guard two schools in a predominantly Negro neighborhood after School Committee Chairman Louise Day Hicks called a very strange coincidence that one was damaged by fire. A $30,000 blaze Saturday night followed a civil rights march protesting housing and job discrimination and school imbalance.
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Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Everett School
Northampton Street
Everett
Kiernan
Massachusetts
Flood Crews Battle To Save Last Dike
ROCK ISLAND WI UP I Work crews shore up a leaking last-ditch dike to save a large residential area from the Mississippi flood. About 800 to 1,000 residents fled as the centennial bridge dike buckled, while 200 high school volunteers filled sandbags under high winds. Crests moved upstream toward Dubuque and Minnesota. Davenport Betendorf Moline East Moline all reported dikes holding. Downtown Rock Island faced isolation as water rose and city hall became a command post.
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UPI
Dubuque
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fulton
Missouri
Arsenal Courts
Civil Defense
James Taylor
Mississippi
Davenport
Iowa
Raymond Botch
Bettendorf
Moline
East Moline
Ilc
Maddox Leads Parade Of Atlanta Racists
In Atlanta more than 1,000 whites march behind segregationist Lester Maddox to protest private property rights. A smoke bomb reddened the street as police diverted the crowd. Maddox warns of future marches in Atlanta and Washington, while recalling his civil rights act conviction for refusing service to Black patrons.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Maddox
U.S
Johnson
Congress
Washington
J. T. Marler
Oppenheimer Steps Down as Institute Director
Princeton New Jersey Dr J Robert Oppenheimer will retire as director of the Institute for Advanced Study in June 1966 at age 62. He will remain as senior professor of theoretical physics a post previously held by Albert Einstein. He led the institute for 18 years amid controversy, once labeled a security risk in 1934, while receiving the 1963 Fermi Award from President Johnson for work on the atomic bomb.
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Princeton
N.J
Robert Oppenheimer
Institute For Advanced Study
Institute
Albert Einstein
Johnson
President Johnson to Hold News Conference Tuesday
Washington UPI reports President Johnson will hold a news conference Tuesday open to live television coverage. The time and location were not announced immediately.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
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