Enlistment Prospects Hold Across U S Armed Services
Army Marine Navy and Air Force enlistment figures show quotas met or exceeded for September and October despite Nixon's draft moves. Army 20 525 of 17 900 October 6 027 volunteers September 38 percent of goal. Navy signed 8 046 in September and October 7 482 mid October. Marines exceeded September 6 100 by 68 and October more than half filled. Air Force September short by 9. October figures pending.
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Washingson
Armed Services
Nixon
Army
Marines
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Vietnam
Army Recruiting Command
Marine Corps
Selective Service
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Turner Blocked Army Graft Probe
Retired Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner testified before a Senate subcommittee investigating charges he blocked an Army probe into alleged graft by top enlisted men. The hearing reviewed Turner's gun transactions with Chicago and Kansas City police, and alleged loot of NCO clubs led by Sgt. Maj. William Wooldridge.
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Washington
Carl C. Turner
Senate
Army
Turner
Chicago
Kansas City
James B. Conlisk Jr
Conlisk
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jack Pruett
Criminal Investigations Division
William Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Pruett
Augsburg
Germany
CID
Ft. Benning
U.S
Warren County Denies Stalling Scotts Crossing Safety Plans
Warren County commissioners rejected a PAC claim they delayed a hearing on Scotts Crossing safety after an on site inspection on October 17 1968. County chair Dr David Rice cited prior commitments and noted the crossing lies on a state highway and railroad under state and federal responsibility.
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Warren County
PAC
Scotts Crossing
Forest Hopkins
North East
George S. Bloom
Public Utility Commission
Bloom
PUC
David Rice
Warren County Commission
The
Journal Today
Rice
Jordan Christensen
Columbus Township
General County
State Highway Department
the Journal
Hopkins
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Venture Inn Owners Lose Second Suit in Week
Venture Inn Inc and Liberty Street Development Corp lost a second civil suit in Venango County. A jury awarded 2405.38 to Franklin W. Kiser for work on the 100 room motel complex. A separate consolidated case awarded 40951.13 to four plaintiffs against Voyager Inn with four defendants.
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Venture Inn, Inc
Venture Inn
East Columbus Avenue
Voyager Inn
Franklin
Venango County
Franklin W. Kiser
Kiser Welding Service
Clarion
Liberty Street Development Corp
Kiser
Voyager
William E. Breene
Michael Pugliese
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Asphalt
James Lumber
Hood Electric
Republic Steel
Pugliese
Breene
Dale and Woodard
Driver Arrests Cops For Tailgating Him
Oxnard California report shows Richard Blase, a lawyer, attempting citizen arrest after tailgating officers Ken Budrow and Richard Staniland issuing a ticket. He is ordered to stand trial. officers face charges for interference and other infractions.
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Oxnard
Calif
Richard Blase
Blase
Ventura County
Robert J. Soares
Ken Budrow
Richard Staniland
Budrow
Audrow
Kopechne Inquest Planned Despite Autopsy Question
Dist Atty Edmund Dinis will proceed with an inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death whether or not a court allows exhumation for an autopsy. Judge Brominski reserved ruling after a two day hearing on the disinterment petition amid conflicting medical testimony and a taped Kennedy TV account.
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Wilkes-Barre
Edmund Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Massachusetts
Dinis
Edward M. Kennedy
Donald R. Mills
Duke County
Mass
Brominski
Miss Kopech
Brussels
North Atlantic Assembly
Kennedy
Joseph A. Kopechne
Larksville
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Kopechne
Christopher Look Jr
Edgartown
Dyke Bridge
HUD approves Corry urban renewal grant increase
The city reports HUD raised the Corry Part 1 loan and grant by 111 398 to a total of 587 398 after a Washington inquiry. Mayor Furst weighs local participation impact as 1970 budget decisions loom while plans move to Part 2 land acquisition relocation demolition and sale.
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Hugh Scott
Joseph Furst
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Washington
Fourth Ward
The
Journal
Joseph Vigorito
Corry
Marius Pelladeau
Vigorito
Pelladeau
Sen
Scott
Donald Snyder
Snyder
Furst
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