Plan outlines tentative 50,000 call up amid US forces gap
The Joint Chiefs of Staff sketch a plan to mobilize about 50,000 National Guardsmen and Marine reserves to bridge the Vietnam war manpower gap with potential for an additional 130,000 reservists on alert. Some sources note other options being explored to reinforce US-based forces as Wheeler travels to Vietnam for on-the-ground updates.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Army
National Guard
Pentagon orders 48000 draft calls for April
The Pentagon targets 48000 inductions in April, the highest monthly draft in 18 months, with about 4000 for the Marines and 44000 for the Army to maintain force levels and replacements. The surge follows a 1965 buildup and ongoing Vietnam force expansion, aided by voluntary recruitment averaging around 8000 monthly in early 1968.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
United States
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Billy's Fort Rebuilt Despite City Action
In Topeka, a 10 year old boy with cerebral palsy gains a new fort built by Mayor Charles Wright Park Commissioner Lauren Nash and five firemen after city workers removed the previous structure for occupying a city easement. The mayor called the earlier handling improper and praised the volunteers who completed the project.
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Topeka
Kan
Billy
Charles Wright
Lauren Nash
Tioga Barber Shop plate glass window broken
Police received a midnight call from a Tioga hotel night clerk reporting a broken plate glass window at Tioga Barber Shop. The cause of the breakage was not determined. Floyd Arnold placed a temporary cover over the opening.
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Tioga Hotel
Tioga
Floyd Arnold
Meteorites Found in Rice County Confirmed
Two meteorites were found in Rice County Kansas and confirmed by the American Meteorite Laboratory in Denver. A 25 pound 12 ounce stone was found two miles west of Little River and an additional 9 pound 12 ounce specimen six miles southwest of Lyons. Farmers Raphael Fuller and Jay Brothers discovered the rocks more than five miles apart.
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Lyons, Kan
Rice County
American Meteorite Laboratory
Denver
Colo
Little River
Kan
Lyons
Kansas
Raphael Fuller
Jay Brothers
Intercepted Letter Chides Husbands Over Delays
A clipped note warns that husbands procrastinate while wives learn to repair sewing machines. It jokes that soon the toaster and leaky faucet may fall to wives as self sufficiency grows.
Weather Year Ago and Forecast for Kansas Areas
Weather recap notes highest and lowest for this date in 1918 and 1910 with humidity and barometer details. Area forecast continues mostly cloudy and cold through Saturday with light snow chances and light winds. Topeka reports a warming trend after dry light snow across parts of the state with highs in the 30s and overnight lows 15 to 20.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Russell
Olathe
Hill City
Pittsburg
Belleville
Riley Woman Killed Near Keats
Mildred M. Nudson, 45, of Riley Kansas, died in a head on collision on a county road near Keats. A 19 year old Manhattan youth Donald Goff was wounded. The crash occurred at the crest of a hill with both vehicles traveling alone. Mrs Virgil Nudson of Keats, 45, sister of Mrs Elsie Ramsey, was killed in a separate car accident nearby yesterday.
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Keats, Kan
Mildred M. Nudson
Riley
Kan
Keats
Highway Patrol
Donald Goff
Manhattan
Virgil Nudson
Yserday
Elsie Ramsey
S. Plummer
Cavalry Aids Marines in Hue Citadel Battle
U S and South Vietnamese forces press to break siege of Hue as 1st Air Cavalry Division troops reach within 600 yards of the Citadel west wall. Reports indicate heavy fighting with 163 enemy killed and 92 gas masks captured. 12 Americans killed and 137 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
1St Air Cavalry Division
West Wall
da Nang
Vietnam
Vietnam Proass
George McArthur
Brezhnev Says U.S. Main Cause of World War in Kremlin Address
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev told about 6,000 at the Kremlin Palace that the United States is the main force of war and vowed to strengthen defense. He cited no figures but said the Red Army has the most modern rockets and nuclear weapons and urged unity with East bloc leaders in Prague.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Kremlin Palace of
Congress
Prague
Pskov
Leningrad
Red Army
Safety Meeting For Area Pilots
An area pilots safety meeting will be held Monday at 7 30 p m in the community room of the First National Bank building. Ray Arvin director of the state's aviation division will speak and a film titled The Is Yours will be shown. The meeting is sponsored by Dickerhoof Flying Service and the Chanute flight service station. Refreshments will be served.
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First National Bank
Ray Arvin
Will
Dickerhoof Flying Service
Chanute Flight Service
Car Collisions Reported In Local Streets
Cars driven by Beth Hutchison and Harry Gier collided at 12:15 p.m. at 5th and Highland with minor damage. Hutchison’s 1966 Dodge and Gier’s 1958 Ford sustained $100 and $50 in damage respectively. Earlier, W Bodley reported a minor backing accident with Dr. R A Cook at 4:20 p.m.
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Beth A. Hutchison
N. Forest
Harry W. Gier
5Th
Highland
W. G. Bodley
Tennessee
R. A. Cook
Bodley
Cash Register Taken In Elsmore Burglary
Burglars struck the Don Huffman filling station in Elsmore and removed a cash register. Parts of the register were later found abandoned along the roadside. Entry was gained through the front door. the register reportedly contained about $10. The Allen County sheriff's office in Lola is investigating.
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Elsmore
Don Huffman
Allen County Sheriff's Office
Lola
Break-ins across Stark and St Paul likely by same thieves
A trio of overnight break-ins at Brown Oil Co service station Stark B M Drive In Erie and Joe Smith Liquor Store St Paul followed identical patterns. Doors were kicked in, 20 dollars in cash and 85 dollar door damages reported, 17 bottles whiskey taken at St Paul. Sheriff George Neely suspects one culprit or group.
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ERIE
George Neely
Stark
Neely
Uss9
Jay Samples
Joe Smith
St. Paul
Smith
Women Learn to Fix and Care for Their Sewing Machines
A sewing machine clinic in the Central Park Community Building drew 35 women from Neosho County. Led by Elwyn Holmes of Kansas State University extension, the session covered maintenance, cleaning, and adjustment with each participant disassembling machine parts under supervision. Lois Carlson organized the event, which was free and open to nonmembers with registration for future clinics.
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Central Park
Neosho County
Elwyn Holmes
Kansas State University Extension
Engineering Department
Manhattan
Lois Carlson
Erin
Lynn Erickson
Ronald Olson
Eric
Go Go Dancer Implicated in 120 MPH Police Chase
In San Diego Margaret Ann Cocio, 22, an unemployed go go dancer, fled in a stolen police car after being stopped for erratic driving. She used siren and red lights, forced vehicles off the road, and was finally halted after a 40 mile chase. She faces auto theft hit and run driving and resisting arrest charges.
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San Diego
Calif
Margaret Ann Cocio
Miss Cocio
Miss Code
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log
Kansas traffic accident death log details fatalities for 24 hours to 9 a.m. February 28 1968 and 1967 comparable period.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Earle G. Wheeler
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Westmoreland
Robert §. McNamara
Sen. J
W. Fulbright
Secretary of Defense
Gulf of Tonkin
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nash
William George
George
Mr. George
Cha
Yours
Citadel
US. Marine
Khe Sanh
Stark and
Brown Oil Co
Holmes
Chanute
Earlton
Thayer
Humboldt
Marvin Wolfe
S. Central
Pee Wee
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