Nixon Panel Recommends All Volunteer Army
A presidential commission led by Thomas S. Gates Jr recommends an all volunteer armed force with costs of 2 to 4 billion dollars annually. The group says the shift would not greatly raise Black enlistment and should not alter current racial composition. The Gates Commission plans to deliver a final report to President Nixon in mid January 1970.
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New York Times
Washington
Defense
Thomas S. Gates, Jr
Nixon
William Mecklin
University of Rochester
Commission Studies
Army
Marine Corps
Louis R. Barba
Home Builders Group
Congress
Barba
Federal Reserve Board
Pease
Indiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
South Dakota
Virginia
District of Columbia
Morgan County man drowns in floodwaters near Hopewell
Lonnie D. Warren, 51, of Danville, drowned about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday when his car was swept from Hopewell Road into a flooded ditch by heavy rains. The body was recovered about 7:30 p.m. after water prevented earlier removal. The coroner noted five inches of rain caused the creek to overflow. Warren was a father of five and resided less than two miles from the disappearance site. The car will be removed after the water subsides.
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John McBride
Lonnie D. Warren
Danville 1
Hopewell Rd
Hopewell
McBride
Warren
Hartselle Ambulance Service
Vera Orr
North Alabama
Morgan County
Lonnie McDaniel
Housing loan rate hike takes effect next week
Rep Wright Patman vows investigation and new legislation to offset the higher ceiling after George Romney boosts FHA and VA loan rates from 7 to 8 12 percent. Patman, banking committee head, calls the measure irresponsible and pushes for Fed mortgage purchases at 6 percent.
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Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration
Romney
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
National Association of Home Builders
Robert H. Pease
200 Enemy Killed Amid Viet Cong Cease Fire
SAIGON AP reports a 24 hour New Year truce followed by clashes that left more than 200 enemy dead in the prior hours, the highest toll in over a month. U S and South Vietnamese forces suspended major operations while continuing recon as B52s hit routes in Laos and the A Shau Valley. Two Americans killed and three wounded, with paratroopers near the Cambodian border sustaining casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
A Shau
Action Q and A from The Decatur Daily columns
The reader questions cover origins of eating hog jowls and black eyed peas for good luck, licensing of Gold Star Insurance in Alabama, a gravestone date mixup with a Lawrenceburg Tennessee company, and blood alcohol standards. Answers note old English tradition in Virginia, not licensed in Alabama, company follow up, and a guideline of .10 percent+.
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Decatur
Wheeler Basin
Virginia
George Washington
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Athens
Lawrenceburg, Tenn
Monument Company
M. T
Courtland
C.D.M
Window cleaners rescued after two hours atop Toronto tower
One of two window cleaners hoisted to safety from Simpson's Tower in Toronto after a two hour ordeal. A rescuer climbed to the top as the trapped men reached safety when their cradle jammed under an overhang. CP Wirephoto shows the relief.
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Toronto
Harry Harrison
Agnew to Meet Thieu in Saigon and Visit Troops
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will fly from Manila to Saigon on Thursday to confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu and visit some U S troops, according to official sources. Five French gunboats completed their voyage from France and tied up in Haifa, Israel. H. Ross Perot sought Soviet approval to fly his Peace on Earth jetliner to Moscow with 9,000 gift parcels for U S prisoners of war in North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Spiro T. Agnew
Manila
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Haifa
France
Mediterranean
Copenhagen
Denmark
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Soviet Union
Moscow
North Vietnam
Court Martial Set For My Lai Soldier
S. Sgt. David Mitchell faces a court martial on charges of assault with intent to commit murder from the My Lai incident. Maj. Gen. John K. Boles Jr. ordered the proceeding with no date set, noting possible restricted testimony to protect classified information. Mitchell remains free on duties at Fort Hood while prosecution and defense prepare.
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FT. Hood
Tex
David Mitchell
My Lai
Vietnam
Mitchell
Pentagon
William L. Calley Jr
John K. Boles Jr
1St Armored
Texas
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George Romney
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Veterans Administration
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
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