Soldier Dies Of Meningitis At Fort Bragg
Pvt. Roland E. Paul, 20, after seven weeks of basic training, died at Womack Army Hospital from meningococcus. His father Roland A. Paul of Harrison, Pennsylvania, is next of kin. Two other soldiers were admitted with a milder form. they were in satisfactory condition. The hospital commander called the illness occurrences normal for this time of year and said preventive measures are in effect.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Roland E. Paul
Womack Army Hospital
Roland A. Paul
Harrison
Paul
David E. Thomas
Col. Thomas
Civilian Attack Inquiries Grow In Vietnam War
Reports from Saigon indicate Westmoreland's command is probing a series of alleged civilian attacks while Marines, warplanes, and artillery strike near the DMZ. Casualty tallies differ with sources citing 83 to 95 dead and 175 to 200 wounded, amid disputed accounts of Lang Vei bombing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
North Vietnam
Lang Vei
Garrison's Kennedy Inquiry Seen as Witch Hunt by Critics
Victor Lasky reports New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison pursues a conspiracy theory linking Kennedy's assassination to rightwing extremists. U.S. officials doubt his evidence, while leftist factions hail his investigations, and commentator Mark Lane praises his courage amid ongoing debates over Warren Commission findings.
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Victor Lasky
Alliance
New York
Kennedy
Jim Garrison
New Orleans
United States
U.S
Garrison
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Mark Lane
Lane
Rome
U Thant limits talk on Vietnam peace efforts in Rangoon
U N Secretary-General U Thant declined to discuss Hanoi's conditions for peace talks amid a three hour personal meeting with North Vietnamese delegates in Rangoon. He said it was not in the public interest to disclose background of talks and denied receiving a personal message from Ho Chi Minh.
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Rangoon
Burma
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
Hanoi
Thant
U. S
North Vietnam
U.S
United States
Ha van Lau
Ho Chi Minh
Draft inequities noted in selective service study
A National Advisory Commission report released by President Johnson finds that a Negro classified 1A in the draft is nearly twice as likely to be inducted as a white youth with the same status. The study says Negroes face inequities rooted in broader social and economic injustices.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
National Advisory Commission On Selective Service
Congress
Easing Of China Purge Reported
Tokyo dispatches say the Peking Military Control Commission ordered policemen and Security Bureau workers to return to posts within five days and barred further exchange on Mao Zedong's cultural revolution. Reports from Hong Kong note growing pressure on peasants as Red Guards resist moving to farms.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Mao Tsetung
Hsieh Fuchih
Peking Military Control Commission
Peking
Security Bureau
Kyodo News Service
Mao
Hsieh
Hong Kong
Johnson Names Betty Furness Consumer Protector in Housing Push
President Johnson released 380 million to back 27 000 new homes and housing units and to ease mortgage money through FNMA and the Home Loan Bank Board. Betty Furness becomes special assistant to lead consumer protection efforts in government, aiming to ensure honest deals and safe products for Americans.
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Betty Furness
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
Fannie Mae
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Johnson
Miss Furness
America
Scientists Urge Halt In Bombing
The Federation of American Scientists, a 2000 member group, called for an immediate end to bombing North Vietnam and a peaceful path to resolve the war. Dr. Marvin Kalkstein noted broad member support in a poll, with about 70 percent backing the statement and a minority opposing government policy.
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Washington
Federation of American Scientists
North Vietnam
U.S
United States
Marvin I. Kalkstein
State University of New York
Federation
Kalkstein
End To Student Deferment Sought
A presidential advisory commission recommended major changes to the draft including a limited lottery and end to most student deferments. The plan would place 18 year olds in a vulnerability window in the first year and reorganize local and regional boards to improve fairness and predictability.
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San Antonio
Tex
Commission
Johnson
Court of First Appeal
Area Board
National Advisory Commission
Burke Marshall
U.S
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