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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1967

Page

23

Census shows 10 percent drop in local governments

Census Bureau data show total local governments fell by more than 10 percent in five years due to school reorganizations and consolidations cutting school districts from 34 678 in 1962 to 21 782 in the current year. Overall local governments numbered 81 253 in early 1967, down from 91 186 in 1962, with special districts rising by about 3 000 to 21 264.

Washington United States Census Bureau Bureau

Viet to Draft 18 Year Olds Decree Lowers Draft Age

South Vietnam lowers minimum draft age from 21 to 18 and tightens deferments under a partial mobilization decree announced in Saigon. The maximum draft age remains 34, with 34 to 45 year olds now subject to conscription and education, health, religion, travel, and civil service deferments tightened.

Saigon Nguyen van Thieu South Vietnam

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