General Hershey Retires After 28 Years In Draft System
General Hershey, the longtime chief of the U S draft system, announced retirement effective February 16 after more than 28 years in the post. He faced antiwar critics and protests, while defending local draft boards and his approach to conscription amid Vietnam War era opposition. He was born in Indiana in 1893 and has endured a career marked by controversy and public scrutiny.
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Student Organizers of War Moratorium Find They Have a Tiger
A young student staff built a nationwide Vietnam Moratorium Committee with 50 to 60 under 25 staffers on Vermont Avenue. They organized speaker bureaus with NSA leaders, arranged rallies in Memphis and the South, and coordinated money raises with names like Ben Spock and Jay Rockefeller slated to speak.
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Welfare fraud claims quashed in Holyoke Puerto Rican influx
A Massachusetts official said there is no wholesale recruitment of Puerto Rican families to welfare in Holyoke. The preliminary report found welfare rolls reflect a normal rise and found no fraud or conspiracy. Language and housing improvements for Puerto Rican families were highlighted as needed supports.
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Atmospheric Tests Raise Radioactive Deposits Worldwide
United Nations scientific panel reports atmospheric nuclear tests since 1966 increased long lived radioactive nuclides on Earth's surface. Debris from tests remains the major man made contaminant, doubling atmospheric content since 1956 and contributing to deposition since the mid 1900s. Small leaks from underground tests add minimal global impact.
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Students Protest University Research at MIT Center
About 150 youths marched to MIT’s Center for International Studies in Cambridge demanding the center be closed and its records opened. The protest, led by SDS, followed a similar Harvard action, and involved nonviolent discussion and slogans opposing war-related research and imperialism.
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