Pentagon Plans August Draft 29500 as Army Shrinks 13000
The Pentagon announced an August draft of 29 500 men and a plan to reduce Army strength by 13 000 as part of Nixon era Vietnam pullout. About 8 000 of 15 000 leaving Vietnam will not be replaced. 1 5 000 more posts will be cut due to lower needs. Domestic savings estimated at about 130 million dollars. The first units to return include the 9th Infantry Division 3rd Battalion 60th Infantry leaving July 8 arriving at McChord AFB.
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Newlywed Kansans Die in Colorado Road Crash
A New ton Kansas couple Frank Wiebe 21 and Beverly Wiebe 20 married just a day earlier were killed when heavy equipment fell from a truck bed into their car. The tool carrier driven by Donald Herschberger 41 clipped a bridge on Colorado 96 thirteen miles east of Eads.
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Rockefeller Says Results Pleasing For Latin Junket
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller reports satisfying outcomes from his third fact finding mission in Latin America and plans a fourth. He toured Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay as President Nixon’s special envoy and will visit Argentina Haiti the Dominican Republic Jamaica Barbados and Guyana before finishing next week. He postponed Venezuela Peru and Chile at their governments’ request.
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Canada tops sulphur exports with 3 million ton output
Canada, the world’s leading sulphur exporter, produced 3 million tons last year and exported 2,017,000 tons. This highlights Canada’s dominant role in global sulphur trade and the volume moved abroad.
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De Gaulle Policies Likely to Continue in New French Cabinet
Paris AP Maurice Schumann, new foreign minister, says Gaullist policy will endure under Pompidou Chaban-Delmas government. Cabinet includes centrists in key posts with Debre shifted to defense and Giscard d Estaing push for broader European integration.
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