Mental standards for draftees lowered to increase annual intake
The Pentagon announced a revision lowering induction thresholds to add about 20,000 draftees yearly starting Oct. 1. Men scoring 10 to 15 on the armed forces qualification test will no longer need the general technical pass, but must meet two other aptitude areas. The 1-Y pool remains about 2.4 million. physical re-screening not required for current 1-Ys.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Ashington
Pentagon
National Selective Service
Robert
GOP Delegates Back Tower and Endorse Farm Wage Plank
State Republican convention delegates in San Antonio roared approval of Sen. Tower’s bid to win big in the reelection race and adopted a 24 page platform endorsing modest increases for farm worker wages while reaffirming right to work laws. The platform also backs police funding aid, opposes tax hikes, favors single member districts and urges action on air and water pollution.
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Lee Jones
Antonio
John Tower
Texas
Tower
Waggoner Carr
Carr
San Antonio
GOP
Celebration: A festive occasion when a man takes a day off
The item notes a man takes a day off for a celebration and humorously adds he needs another day off to recover. It appears in a humor column with other light notes on social events and leisure.
Shop Early Post Chief Calls Jingle Bells Season Start
Postmaster General Lawrence F O'Brien urges early mailing with ZIP codes to ensure on time Christmas mail. Overseas surface by Nov 10 overseas air by Dec 10 gift parcels far by Dec 5 near by Dec HH greeting cards far by Dec 15 near by Dec 15.
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Lawrence F. O'Brien
Post Office Department
O'Brien
Joe
Soviet Izvestia Brands Chinese Cultural Revolution a Tragedy
Izvestia harshly attacks China's cultural Revolution calling it a tragedy for the Chinese people and accuses Beijing of waging open political struggle against the Soviet Union and other Communist countries. The piece warns of a future return to rational paths led by healthy forces within the Chinese Communist Party.
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Red China
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Izvestia
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Moscow
Red Guards
China
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Lenin
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
Prayer for Children Amid Back-to-School Blessings
A brief devotional note asks for divine blessing on children returning to school. In global news, Izvestia criticizes Chinese policy amid continued Red Guards violence in China, including reports of a ransacked home of Sun Yat-sen’s widow in Shanghai.
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Red Guards
China
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Sun Yat-sen
RED China
Surveyor 2 Tumbling Threatens Moon Mission
Surveyor 2 entered a non standard tumbling state after a midcourse thrust, complicating America’s second soft landing attempt. Caltech’s JPL reported the craft failing to damp the roll and the command was halted to conserve gas as engineers reassess for a safer trajectory.
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Avalanche-Journal News
Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 2
America
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Moon
Earth
Suveyor 2
Cape the Kennedy, Fla
Rusk to Host Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko at Dinner
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will host Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at a dinner in Rusk’s Waldorf Tower suite. The meeting occurs as the U.N. General Assembly opens and marks the first formal talks between U.S. and Soviet foreign affairs leaders at the event. Details of discussion were not disclosed by the U.S. spokesman.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Waldorf Tower
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Cold ice core drilled 10 000 years old at Camp Century
Army researchers reached rock bottom 4 562 feet deep after drilling through near a mile of polar ice cap on Greenland. Ice samples reveal seasonal layers and 2 000 year old ice used to chill Pentagon drinks, marking a rare scientific milestone amid international ice drilling efforts.
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Seymour M. Nhersh Ashington
Polar
Yesteryears
Pentagon
Christ
Army
Camp Century
Greenland
Army Material Command
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Labratory
Latin American Tour Set For Astronauts
President Johnson announced a 10 nation goodwill mission to Latin America. Cmdr Richard Gordon from Gemini 11 will be joined by Neil Armstrong from Gemini 8 on the tour.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Latin America
Cmdr
Richard Gordon
Neil Armstrong
Ispace
Connally Forces In Command All Way
Texas Democrats adopt a bold 61 point platform at the state convention repudiating a $1.25 minimum wage raise but endorsing a right to work and a utilities commission. A Houston liberal walkout and Harris Midland County tensions marked the event as Gov. Connally’s forces held firm.
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Garth Jones
USTIN
Texas
OAL Po
Houston
Midland County
John Connally
Joe Kilgore
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Harris
Harris County
Carr Snub Threatened By Harris County Delegates Walkout
A rowdy Harris County group of Democrats walked out of a convention meeting on Tuesday to protest perceived dilution of their strength and blamed John Connally and Waggoner Carr. About 150 of the 824 delegates stayed for an improvised rally at the Capitol while roughly 20 Midland members joined the walkout.
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Jack Keever Astin
Harris County
Midland
John Connally
Capitol
Connally
Waggoner Carr
Carr
NEW Cotton Strains Show Progress Against Verticillium Wilt
At the South Plains Research and Extension Center near Lubbock more than 1,000 people toured the field day and observed a verticillium wilt nursery screening 30 cotton strains for resistance. Officials said several strains show high tolerance and may reach growers in two to three years. A test area used 40 gallons per acre of a chemical on March 5 to attempt wilt control, with last year’s infection noted as severe.
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Avalanche-Journal
South Plains Research and Extension Center
Lubbock
South Plains
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