Inquiry Into Death At Ft Wood After Forced March
Army officials investigate the death of Pvt. Steven P. Gasser and hospital treatment of 14 others after a four and a half mile forced march at Ft. Leonard Wood. Gasser died of heat stroke Aug. 4. seven recruits were treated and seven remained for longer care. Lt. Robert C. Reuter led the march. investigations were ordered. officials say no wrongdoing found. Temperature was 66 at 5 p.m. Aug. 2.
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FT. Leonard Wood, Mo
Army
Steven P. Gasser
Madison
Wis
Paul E. Sieber
Gasser
Willis Haas
Haas
Robert C. Reuter
William ©. Child
The
Post-Dispatch
Child
Reuter
Brown named commander at NSA Fort Meade
Washington AP reports Col Norma E Brown age 46 of Madison Florida is appointed commander of about 2000 personnel at the National Security Agency based at Fort Meade Maryland.
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Washington (Ap
Norma E. Brown
Madison, Fla
National Security Agency
Ft. Meade, Md
Nixon bottle-cap crown may be barred from Berlin exhibit
USIA considered shipping a crown made from bottle caps to the Berlin industry fair with the theme garbage is beautiful to protest recycling. Gerhard Drechsler said the plan lacked authorization and was rejected. A mock crowning of a Nixon look-alike was planned in New York despite the setback.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Berlin
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
Paul Kervin
Eddie Jaffe Associates i
New York City
New York
Former Senator Ralph Smith Dies in Illinois
Former Illinois Senate appointee Ralph T. Smith died Sunday night at 56 from an apparent heart attack in Alton. A former speaker of the Illinois House, he was appointed to the U S Senate in 1969 to fill the late Everett Dirksen’s seat and lost the 1970 election to Adlai Stevenson III.
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Alton
Ralph T. Smith
Illinois House of Representatives
U. S
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Smith
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Hannibal AMP Center to Handle Mail for 41 Towns
The Hannibal Post Office will become an Area Mail Processing Center on Aug. 19 handling mail for 41 surrounding towns plus Hannibal. Postmaster W. H. Garrett says centralizing mail speeds delivery and reduces costs by routing non local mail to the AMP center for postmarking canceling sorting and dispatching.
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Hannibal
W. H. Garrett
Federal
Garrett
AMP
U.S. Postal Service
Satellite To Check On Meteor Hazards
The United States launched Explorer 46 from Wallops Island Virginia to study hazards from tiny space particles. It carries 78 detectors to record meteoroid impacts and will orbit Earth every nine minutes at altitudes of about 506 miles at apogee and 305 miles at perigee.
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Washington
United States
Wallops Island
Earth
Dockers Allow Vital Supplies Amid National Strike
Militant stevedores relaxed their nationwide dock strike on day 18 and sent emergency shipments to Orkney and Shetland from Aberdeen while major ports stayed idle. No settlement prospects were reported for the dispute over job security and severance pay affecting Britain’s 42,000 port workers. Thousands have been laid off as modernization continues. employers offered about $9,800 per laid off worker, which was rejected.
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London
Britain
Aberdeen
Orkney and Shetland Islands
AEC Eyes Carlsbad Dump For Nuclear Waste Disposal Near Carlsbad
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a 25 million pilot waste disposal operation near Carlsbad to bury radioactive material in deep salt beds. Senator Montoya cites local support and 100 to 150 jobs, with safety checks emphasized and possible expansion to 50 to 60 million if successful.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Atomic Energy Commission
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
ABC
Chamber of Commerce
Montoya
Frank Pittman
AEC
ARC
Congress
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Geologic Survey
Carlssbad
$1 500 000 Plymouth Mail Heist Dies Without Prosecution
The 10 year Massachusetts statute of limitations expired today on the $1.5 million Plymouth mail robbery. No one has been prosecuted or money recovered though an $200,000 reward remains unclaimed. Three indicted. two acquitted, one disappeared before trial. The Aug 14 1962 holdup began near Plymouth as two men blocked the truck and overpowered the driver and guard.
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Phillip A. Gasser
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Army
Boston
Massachusetts
Plymouth
U.S. Post Office
Federal Reserve Bank of Bos
Hyannis
Federal Reserve Bank
William Barrett
Mansfield
Patrick Schena
John J. Kelly
Watertown
Patricia Diaferro
Thomas R. Richards
Weymouth
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Fife
Russell Niedergerke
Metropolitan Life
Life Eee
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Citizens Savings Association
Jefferson & Liberty Sts
Mexico, Mo
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Missouri Power F~ & Light Company
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Missouri Power
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