Hershey Says Sweeping Draft Changes Rejected
Draft chief Lewis Hershey says President Johnson rejected a White House advisory commission plan to overhaul the Selective Service System. A three member presidential task force including Hershey recommended keeping the current system with state operated boards and rejected centralization and broad mechanization. Hershey noted the task force concluded the present structure should stay and that mechanized processing would be of little use in a decentralized system.
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Stan Benjamin
Associated Press
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Lewis B. Hershey
Johnson
White House
Hershey
Atty
Burke Marshall
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Charles L. Schultze
Defense Department
Illness Strikes 99 Cadets at Air Force Academy
An outbreak forces closure of Air Force Academy classes as 99 cadets are hospitalized since Sunday. Over 600 cadets report sore throats and fever. 22 more cases require hospital care in five hours. Authorities identify a streptococcus strain with help from CDC experts.
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AIR Force Academy
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Academy Hospital
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National
Air Force
Million Tar Heels May Vote
Raleigh AP reports about 800 000 Democrats and 250 000 Republicans are expected to vote in North Carolina's primary elections Saturday. Alex Brock, executive secretary of the State Board of Elections, bases this on county chairmen reports. Turnout could reach 1 050 000, surpassing 1964's 832 905 with more candidates, especially for district judge posts.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alex Brock
State Board of Elections
Brock
Army Uses Premium Prices To Speed M16 Rifles To Vietnam
The Army pays up to 316 per rifle to add Harrington & Richardson and General Motors Hydramatic to Colt as producers of M16s for South Vietnamese forces. The March 31 White House decision aims to speed equipment to Vietnamese units, with contracts for 60 000 and 180 000 rifles over two years. Wage differences between Detroit and Worcester cited as factor in cost disparities.
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Colt Industries Inc
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Johnson
Vietnam
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Worcester
Mass
General Motors
Ypsilanti
Mich
Harrington & Richardson
Army
Detroit
Worchester
Labor Department
Davidson Students Vote to Ease Campus Drinking Rules
Davidson College students recommended allowing drinking in private homes and fraternity houses on campus by a 527 to 14 vote and a faculty vote was planned. The measure also seeks medical unsupervised drug limits, women’s dormitory access, upholding the honor system, and creating a joint student faculty judiciary.
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Davidson
N.C
Davidson College
Woman Alive When Set Afire near Raleigh Field
Wake County Coroner M W Bennett reports an unidentified woman about 28 years old and 120 to 130 pounds was alive when set afire after her badly burned body was found in a field six miles south of Raleigh. Dr Dewey Pate at Wake Memorial noted soot in the windpipe, hindering identification.
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Wake County
M. W. Bennett
Bennett
Dewey Pate
Wake Memorial
Ling
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