Army Reserve Faces Major Equipment Shortages
The Army reports strategic reserves in the United States lack about 18 percent of major end items such as trucks and tanks. Four divisions remain in the reserves at Fort Hood Fort Carson Fort Campbell and Fort Bragg with one new infantry division forming at Fort Campbell.
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Washington
USS
Defense Department
Army
Continental
United States
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Associated Press
1St Armored Division
2Nd Armored
Ft. Hood
Texas
5Th Mechanized Division
Ft. Carson
Colo
82Nd Airborne
Ft. Bragg
N.C
6Th Infantry
Ft. Campbell
Vietnam
Camp Lejeune
Camp Pendleton
Calif
5Th Marine
Mediterranean
Caribbean
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Inmates Confess Strangling Three In State Hospital
Four inmates at St Louis State School and Hospital admit strangling three fellow patients, using sheets to lash ropes. Victims Allen Jackson, Henry Miller, and Gary Boenker were described as severely retarded. Suspects, aged 16 to 24, were sent to Fulton State Hospital. Superintendent Baker cited staffing shortages and an error in judgment led to a two hour gap without checks.
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ST. Louis
F. J. Vasel
St. Louis State School and Hospital
Allen Jackson
Henry Miller
Gary Boenker
St. Charles
Fulton State Hospital
Vasel
Cecil G. Baker
Baker
January photography exhibit at Lawrence Public Library
The Lawrence Public Library hosts a January photography exhibit by Constance Scheerer featuring 14 prints 22 by 30 inches from a 35 mm camera. The works include informal portraits landscapes and interiors created locally with special processing at Custom Laboratories New York. The exhibit runs through January 22 sponsored by the Lawrence Art Guild with Herta Galton as library exhibits chair.
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Lawrence Public Library
Constance Scheerer
Lawrence Art Guild
Herta Galton
Swift & Co packing plant blaze leaves main building a total loss
EAST ST LOUIS Ill AP a stubborn grease fed fire destroyed the Swift & Co packing plant main building and damaged adjacent sections No injuries were reported among 50 to 60 workers on site The plant employs about 1000 and operations may be curtailed Much of the four story 200 by 400 foot brick main building was lost with walls collapsing Firefighters faced low water pressure and frozen hydrants while combating the blaze
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Swift & Co
H. B. Ripley
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