Nixon Seeks National Lottery Draft System
President Nixon asked Congress to create a random lottery for military conscription. He proposes 19-year-olds face the first call but remain vulnerable for only one year, seeks to minimize disruption, and favors an eventual all volunteer force. A six point plan would shift to youngest-first, apply lottery nationally but locally, and aim to abolish the draft.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
National Security Council
Selective Service
Foster says Soviet missile program growing faster than thought
Pentagon chief scientist Dr John S Foster Jr warns in a prepared talk that the Soviet Union is expanding its missile program faster than anticipated and may be past a leveling off. He addresses critics of a Safeguard defense system and outlines timelines for deployment and retraining.
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Dayton
Ohio
Soviet Union
United States
Pentagon
John S. Foster Jr
Defense Department
Aviation Space Writers’ Association
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Dr. Foster
Jerome Wiesner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abram Chayes
Harvard
Foster
Polaris called invulnerable in Navy admiral interview
Washington AP reports Rear Adm. Levering Smith, director of Navy strategic systems projects, asserts the Polaris submarine fleet remains invulnerable to Russian attack now and in the foreseeable future. He cites lack of follow-on anti-submarine methods, limited satellite detection undersea, and high missile reliability as reasons for confidence amid debate over Safeguard and Minuteman plans.
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Washington
Levering Smith
Navy Strategic Systems Projects
Globe
Adm. Smith
Melvin Laird
David Packard
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laird
Packard
Nixon
Stuart Symington
D.mo
General Electric
Pittsfield
Poseidon
Polaris
Adm
Smith
America
Sargent Brings Democrats To Heel on Convention Call
Boston ap Gov Francis W Sargent gains court backing to call a joint constitutional convention with the Massachusetts Senate and House to consider trimming the House from 246 to 180 members. Speaker Bartley reversed himself and agreed to the plan, a caucus was planned, and a deadline loomed for action before a forced joint session.
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Francis W. Sargent
House
David M. Bartley
State Supreme Court
Sargent
Bartley
Senate
Maurice Donahue
Holyoke
Statehouse
Boston
Doolyoke
Masachusetts Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Chambers
Supreme Court
Maurice A. Donahue
David H. Locke
Wellesley
Kevin B. Harrington
Salem
Highway Fund For Mass Transportation
Rockefeller's quick Guatemala trip draws sharp press blast
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller arrived in Guatemala for a three and a half hour visit as part of Nixon's Latin America mission. Local papers condemned the brevity as useless, with Prensa Libre charging Latin Americans pay for recent U.S. ship strikes. Rockefeller stressed listening, not announcing policy, after stops in Mexico City and brief meetings with officials and journalists.
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Guatemala
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
la Hora
Clemente Marroquin Rojas
New York
Rockefeller
Mexico City
United States
Prensa Libre
U.S
Latin America
Mexico
Heaviest DMZ Shelling Since Bomb Halt Reported
Saigon AP United States headquarters reported North Vietnamese forces conducted their heaviest coordinated rocket and mortar attacks from inside the DMZ since the bombing halt began. Eleven DMZ positions fired over 45 rounds into southern allied positions while U.S. ships and Marines bombarded gun emplacements. US HQ noted direct hits on ammunition stores as shells silenced. North Vietnamese forces also attacked American paratroopers near the Lao border, killing 20 and wounding 63, with additional Marine casualties and helicopters shot down in two days of fighting. Brig. Gen. James V. Galloway praised South Vietnam’s armed forces amid transfers of war effort to Vietnamese control.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S
Dmz
Hanoi
A Shaw
Vietnam
da Nang
South Vietnam
James V. Galloway
Apollo 10 crew undergo final health checks before moon flight
Apollo 10 astronauts Air Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan face major physical exams as they near a Sunday launch for an eight day moon mission. The tests measure heart rate respiration and data to compare in flight and post flight. The crew aims to avoid illness that troubled earlier Apollo crews and prepare for a Saturn 5 launch at 12 49 pm EDT. They will deploy the lunar lander and descend twice to 50 000 feet to scout a site for future Apollo 11 landing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy Cimdrs
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
Young
Cernan
Moon
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Cambridge
League of Women Voters
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Rockefeller Group
Antonio Carrillo Flores
Foreign Trade Council
St. Paul
Tonkin Gulf
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