Draft calls to target married men 19 to 26 next year
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey said after January the draft will extend beyond single men to married men without children in the 19 to 26 age range. He warned deferment rules will tighten for students and conscientious objectors and noted new scrutiny of men who marry to avoid service. He also backed drafting political pacifists and said an end to the draft is not foreseen even if Vietnam is resolved.
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Rayburn's Vote For LBJ Said Caused By Nixon
New York AP report says Johnson won the 1960 vice presidential nomination only after Speaker Sam Rayburn was assured of support. The Times cites Arthur Krock in a Washington dispatch noting two Democrats Hale Boggs and Edward Foley urged Rayburn to back Johnson. Corcoran aided the effort.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Louisiana
Edward H. Foley
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Thomas G. Corcoran
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Military manpower doubts on voluntary service rise
A speaker argued the United States remains so rich that a time may never come when enough people would join the military on a purely voluntary basis. He emphasized the persistence of recruitment challenges despite prosperity and urged consideration of alternative approaches to sustain armed forces.
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U.S
Cooper and Conrad regain weight after Gemini 5 flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr rebuild weight after an eight day space mission. Doctors say they are in good condition and tests will continue for weeks while medical reviews plan for future flights.
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Berry
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Houston
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Cooper- Conrad
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Mice Achieve Space Walk in Cape Alfalfa Mission
Reluctant space mouse Black and pilot Mc Dermott II completed a caper from a homemade Ranger rocket at Cape Alfalfa. The mission featured a 20 inch tether and a risky space walk with Black briefly suspended and later recovered by a second parachute.
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