Help Is Coming and Local Road Safety Concerns
A reader asks action on Harvey Road off Vickery near Jamestown Junior High after repeated damage to yards and car incidents. The note urges drivers to be warned and responsible, cites dangerous curve and past crashes, and appeals for community action.
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Powers That Be
Harvey’ Road
Harvey Road
Vickery, Chapel’ Juet
Jamestown Junior High School
Centro
Natty
Jamestown
GTI
South Viet Forces Grow by 88000 in Six Months
AP reports Saigon announced the South Vietnamese armed forces have risen to about 1,090,000, up from 1,002,000 six months earlier. Breakdown includes army 374,000. navy 28,000. air force 32,000. marines 70,000. regional forces 252,000. popular forces 178,000. paramilitary and development cadres 235,000. Navy and air force gains offset a slight drop in the regular army amid intensified Mekong Delta fighting.
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Saigon
Nixon
Gaid
Army
Navy
South Vietnam
Mekong
Della
Secret Inquest Opens After Kopechne Autopsy Refusal
Wilkes-Barre AP says judge bans exhumation and autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne, the 28 year old secretary who died in the Kennedy car accident at Chappaquiddick Island. Mass prosecutor sought autopsy for inquest. court notes drowning as cause, parents oppose grave disturbance.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Edmund Dinis
New, Bedford
Mass
Brominski
Brominfe
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Wilkes- Barrenor
Tax Bill Delayed By Import Quotas Amid Debate
The Senate added an amendment allowing the President to impose import quotas on foreign goods if they injure U.S. companies and if the exporting country restricts U.S. exports. The move, led by Sen. Norris Cotton, drew Nixon administration opposition and delayed the tax reform bill amid speedier voting doubts.
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Senate
Nigen “Administration
Senate House
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
U.S
Nixon
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Ing
Russell B. Lonr
D-La
Poison Gas Shipments Barred Debate In Northwest
Washington lawmakers urged blocking Army shipments of mustard and nerve gas from Bangor Washington to the Uma tilla Oregon depot. Senator Magnuson wrote Defense Secretary Laird seeking safety precautions before any transport. Senator Hatfield urged destruction of chemical weapons, citing Nixon’s pledge against first use and treaty approval. The gas stockpile has roots on Okinawa after a near-miss incident.
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Washington
White House
Pentagon
Bar
Army
Pacific ‘Northwest
Sens
Warren’ G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Mark C. Hatfield
R-Ore
Bangor
Wash
Umatilla
Magnuson
Melvin R. Laird
Hatfield
Nixon
Senate
Diphtheria Breaks Out In Miami
An emergency shipment of 32,000 doses of serum arrived from Philadelphia to stem a diphtheria outbreak in Miami. Six medical teams will inoculate about 41,000 school pupils in the northwest section, where several cases have appeared since October. Dr Milton Saslaw of the Dade County Health Department warned it is a serious outbreak not seen since 1962.
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Miami
Philadelphia
Severia
Milton Saslaw
Dade County
Blacks Invade Akron State University Building
A small group of Black students reportedly armed entered Buchtel Hall at Akron State University on Wednesday. Gov. Rhodes mobilized 50 state highway patrolmen and readied a 700-man Ohio National Guard unit to remove the students. No injuries were reported as shots were heard. officials locked down offices and sought court protection to order the students out.
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Akron
Ohio
Akron State’ University
James A. “Rhodes
Buchtel Hall
Norman P. Auburn
Auburn
Summit County Common Pleas Court
Rhodes
145Th Infantry
Akron and
Wooster
Sylvester T.del Corso
Columbus
Draft Lottery Loopholes Under Study
The White House orders a study of loopholes in the new draft lottery system to assess potential problems and remedies. Possible flaws include a deferment strategy by students and a 1-A class deferral, with boards possibly limiting repeat reclassification while men might still try to game the numbers.
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White House
National Security Council
Defense Department
Selective Service
Bernard J. Franck
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Franck
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Berkeley Heights, N.J
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John J. Williams
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