U S Plans To Dump Red Arrow Division
The Defense Department announced a realignment that would eliminate about 1 275 National Guard and Reserve units, including Wisconsin's 32nd Division, cutting total strength from 685 000 to 640 000. Draftees finishing two years of service could not be assigned to reserve units for four more years, affecting roughly 30 000 men.
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Ments
Vietnam
Middle East
Pentagon
Army National Guard
Defense Department
Guard and Reserve
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Stanley Resor
Army
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Congress
Vance
State Guard Faces Review of Pentagon Order
Wisconsin National Guard will spend a week to ten days evaluating the Defense Department plan that would cut about 1,300 units and remove Wisconsin’s 32nd Infantry Division. An unattached brigade could be established in the state, with governors and adjutant general awaiting Olson’s return to assess unit allocation and strength.
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Madison
Wisconsin National Guard
Wisconsin
Defense Department
Ralph J. Olson
Warren P. Knowles
Olson
Indianapolis
National Guard
Billiards Bet Ruled Not Gambling by Milwaukee DA
Milwaukee County district attorney ruled that betting on one’s own pool game is not gambling since it rests on skill rather than chance. The opinion, by Assistant D A John J Koenig, follows a report of a police detective seen playing pool with no substantiated betting.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Asst. Dist. Atty
John J. Koenig
Milwaukee Sentinel
Harold Breier
Army Captain Levy Disobeys Orders and Is Jailed
Capt. Howard B. Levy a 30 year old dermatologist and Army doctor who refused to train Vietnam bound Green Beret medics was dismissed from the Army and sentenced to three years in prison for disloyalty and disobedience. The court martial ordered forfeiture of pay and three years hard labor. Bail or parole pending appeal was denied.
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Columbia
S.C
Howard B. Levy
Levy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles Morgan Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
Earl V. Brown
Brown
Weepee Levy
Jeoffrey Hancock
Vietnam
Boar
Shusterman
Ft. Jackson Army Hospital
Two Wisconsin Soldiers among Vietnam Casualties
Army Pfc. Charles W. Krueger of Menasha and Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas R. Burns of rural Freemont were added Friday to the Defense Department list of Vietnam casualties. The report notes their families’ names and hometowns as part of the official casualty list.
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Washington (Ap
Army
Charles W. Krueger
Lynus A. Krueger
Menasha
Wis
Marine Lance Cpl
Thomas R. Burns
Raymond T. Burns
Freemont
Defense Department
Vietnam
U S Air Raids Target Soviet Vessel North Vietnam
Soviet charges say two U S jets bombed the Turkestan off Cam Pha near Haiphong, killing one crew member and wounding six. Moscow warns that repeated attacks will force the Soviet Union to safeguard its ships, while the United States denies and cites Vietnamese anti aircraft fire. Tass reports two planes hit from opposite sides. damage includes hull holes and casualties. Pravda prints the protest, warning of a “fitting rebuff” for provocation.
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Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Turkistan
Andrei A. Gromyko
John C. Guthrie
Washington
United States
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Pravda
Communist Party
Provocateurs
Tass
Vladivostok
Rybachuk
Turkestan
Vietnam
Black Sea
City Man Dies After Being Hit By Automobile
A La Crosse man Arthur D. Belling 30 of 2916 S Losey Blvd died in St Francis Hospital Saturday morning hours after being struck by a car while crossing downtown 38th Street about 2 am Police initially listed it as a hit and run and sought a 1959 black Chevrolet Ronald Decorah 23 of 723 Ferry St identified himself as the driver and said he swerved to avoid the pedestrian but Belling stepped into the path Investigators took blood samples to test for alcohol content This marked the second city traffic fatality this year and the 11th in the county with most deaths occurring within a month.
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la Crosse
Arthur D. Belling
S. Losey Blvd
South 38Rd Street
St. Francis Hospital
Ronald C. Decorah
Ferry St
Belling
Decorah
Kiesinger Hopes For Big Vote In Lower Saxony
In Hannover ap news Kiesinger party faces election with two major parties in coalition both locally and nationally The CDU led by Kiesinger aims to become the largest in Lower Saxony while the Social Democrats seek to extend their long leadership The election pits eight parties against each other with FDP and National Democrats as notable challengers.
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Hannover
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Christian Democrats
Lower Saxony
Kiesinger
Willy Brandt
Social Democrats
Bonn
Free Democrats
National Democrats
Weekend weather outlook with cooling showers
Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday night with a low in the mid 50s. Continued partly cloudy conditions Sunday with a chance of thunder showers and a high near 80. Monday looks cooler with a chance of showers.
Marines Press Red Defenders Near Da Nang and Hue
Marine forces backed by air and artillery pressed a veteran Communist regiment along a three mile ridgeline in Quang Tin Province near Da Nang, with 372 Reds killed in 24 hours and 571 total in a week of fighting. Another Marine force landed northeast of Hue to block infiltration routes as air war escalated and jets were shot down.
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Saigon
Quang Tin Province
da Nang
China Sea
Hue
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Navy
Leatherneck
Demilitarized Zone
Bigelow
Quang
Vietnam
State Demos To Begin Sessions Here June 9
Wisconsin Democrats open their annual convention in La Crosse with sessions at 6 p.m. in the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. Sen. Gaylord Nelson will give the keynote at 8 p.m. Intro by Sen. William Proxmire, with Atty. Gen. Bronson La Follette addressing at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Main business includes adopting a statement of principles, resolutions, and officers’ elections. Registration runs 12:30 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Wisconsin Room.
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Wisconsin
J. Louis Hanson
Lynn E. Stalbaum
Warren Loveland
la Crosse
Ida Learner
la Crosse County
Democratic Party
Daniel Flaherty
Flaherty
Harold Ristow
Credentials Committee
Constitution Committee
Resolutions Committee
Statement of Principles
Hanson
Young Democrats
Wisconsin Room
Dayan Says Israel Will Fight Arabs Alone
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan declares Israel will rely on its own troops in any Arab war and opposes foreign forces. The statement comes as the UN Security Council debates Middle East crisis and Jordanian and Egyptian actions unfold amid calls for restraint.
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Israel
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
New York
Jordan
Hussein
Brazil
Egypt
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Hussein Zulfikar Sabri
Nasser
Jose de Magalhaes Pinto
Sabri
Jerusalem
Ahmend Shukairy
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine
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Harold K. Johnson
Cyrus Vance
Stanley R. Resor
UPI
Red Arrow
By Jack Bell
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John Stennis
D-Miss
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Stennis
Senate
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
The
Armed Services Committee
State Guard
D. A. Rules
Fort Jackson
Gines Perez
Levy Friday
Richard Shus
Terman
Capt. Levy
By Henry S. Bradsher
Red
China
Viet Nam
Hoa Binh
Icam Pha
Nam Dinh
Thanh
Nanning
Gulf of
Tonkin
Haiheni
Hainan
Oo Yulin
UPI Telephoto
George McArthur
Shukairy
Amman
Soviet Union
Minnesota
Walter F. Mondale
Mississippi
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