Draft Laws Face Key Reforms For Selective Service
Babson Park Mass a regional perspective on United States Selective Service reform as Congress debates the draft law set to expire July 1. The piece notes calls for changes, including student deferments limits universal service proposals and broader participation including Peace Corps options, with uncertain odds for passage within four months.
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Babson Park
Mass
Congress
Selective Service
Vietnam
Johnson
National Advisory Commission On Selective Service
Congressional Study Commission
Mark W .Clark
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
McNamara
Margaret Mead
Peace Corps
Ipeo
Drafts on conscription and youth discipline in a divided world
The piece argues extending the draft beyond June rather than hastily amending it, urging a stronger military system with fairer civilian impact. It contrasts ideological divides with calls for a balanced program amid global tension and economic concerns.
Henry C. J. Dumas Joins US Marines
Henry Charles Jack Dumas, son of Mr and Mrs Henry C Dumas of 2 Stockman Ave Saco, enlisted in the Marine Corps. He left March 3 for eight weeks of recruit training at Parris Island SC. After that he will complete four weeks of advanced infantry at Camp Lejeune NC and then 20 days home leave before further duty. He entered the Marine Corps through the Biddeford Recruiting Office at 159 Main St Biddeford.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Henry Charles Jack Dumas
Henry C. Dumas
Stockman Ave
Saco
Dumas
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.C
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Pvt
Biddeford
Main St
Leonard Vigneault Promoted at Camp Kaiser Korea
Leonard J. Vigneault 20 son of Mr and Mrs Adelard J Vigneault Biddeford Maine promoted to Army four at Camp Kaiser with the 7th Infantry Division as a chaplain assistant in the 1st Brigade headquarters. He entered active duty February 1966 after basic at Ft Dix arrived Korea last August a 1965 graduate of St Joseph Seraphic Seminary Callicoon New York. Bolivia is a town in North Carolina.
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Camp Kaiser
Korea
Leonard J. Vigneault
Adelard J. Vigneault
Pike St
Biddeford
Maine
Area
7Th Infantry Division
Vigneault
Ft. Dix
N.J
St. Joseph Seraphic Seminary
Callicoon
N.Y
Lt Harlow L Brown Finishes Army Engineer Course
Lt Harlow L Brown 22 completes a nine week engineer officer course at the Army Engineer School Ft Belvoir Virginia. He earned his B.S.C.E. from Norwich University and is a 1962 Thornton Academy graduate who previously worked for Maine Highway Department in Augusta.
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FT. Belvoir
Harlow L. Brown
Janice
Linwood L. Brown
Moody St
Saco Maine
Army Engineer School
Brown
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Norwich University
Northfield
Thornton Academy
State of Maine
Augusta
Army
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A. H. Benoit & Company
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York County Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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Women's World
Muriel Lawrence
Henry C. J. Dumas
Leonard Vigneault
Bolivia
North Carolina
Harlow Brown
Cheracol D
Gheracol
Percy
Rexall
Main Street
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