Army To Test TRI CAP 3-Way Division At Fort Hood
The Army will form a TRI CAP experimental division at Fort Hood to combine tanks and armed helicopters with air mobile infantry to counter Soviet armor in Europe. About 12 000 men, formed from the 1st Cavalry and 1st Armored divisions, would replace current force structures in a bid to cut size while boosting firepower amid Vietnam winddown and tighter budgets.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Army
Europe
Ft. Hood
Tex
1St Cavalry Division
Vietnam
1St Armored
82Nd Airborne
Air Force Aims to Suppress Antihelicopter Weapons
The Air Force plans to field sufficient striking power to suppress antihelicopter weapons and shield helicopter units from attack by enemy jets.
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Sion
Truman Gets More X Rays At Kansas City Hospital
Former President Harry S. Truman underwent additional gastrointestinal X rays at Research Medical Center in Kansas City. His condition was upgraded from fair to good as he improves from colitis, with appetite and sleep returning to normal and Truman joking with nurses. Mrs. Truman says he is fine and has been sitting up today.
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Kansas City
Harry 8. Truman
Research Medical Center
Wallace Graham
Truman
John Dreves
Webb
J. R. Webb
Wiliam Haas
Naval Depot Blast Kills 3 at McAlester
An explosion at the McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot killed three civilian workers and injured three others. Cmdr. Dana Peckworth said 20mm shells exploded in a deactivation facility trapping six men, rescued within 30 minutes. Cause under investigation. Names of the dead and injured are listed as McAlester area residents.
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Mcalester
Okla
McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot
Dana Peckworth
Sammy D. Lane
Savanna
Herman L. Roop
Samuel Agee Jr
Fred Mass Jr
Harry Goodman
Philip Milner
Legislators Skeptical Of Hearnes Urban Tax Plan
Jefferson City AP report notes lawmakers uncertain on Gov Hearnes proposal to divert the state intangible tax from local units to cities to fund urban needs, with schools fearing revenue loss. Some support city aid and a constitutional convention, while President Johnson revenue sharing ideas also draw interest. Mrs Webb sustains a leg fracture after a fall, now hospitalized.
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Jefferson City
Warren & Hearnes
Hearnes
Peter
Paul
A. Basey van Landingham
Bi-State Development Commission
St. Louis
King
John T. Russell
Lebanon
Day Care Center Name Change and Expansion Plans
The Happy House Inc name has been changed to Child iCare Center Inc to enable expansion to new forms and locations. The center now runs one facility on Promenade Street and plans after school care for elementary students. Community support followed Christmas gifts from Mrs. Patrick McGoon and various groups including Girl Scouts, Human Development Corp, Harald Tompkins, Terry Hall, Economy Lumber, Cook Paint and Varnish, and Rutter Appliance.
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Happy House, Inc
Child iCare Center Inc
Promenade Street
Mexico
Child Care Center
Patrick McGoon
Girl Scouts
Ernest Lehto
Human Development Corp
Harald Tompkins
Terry Hall
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Alan Coatsworth
David Griggs
C. C. Rutter
Rutter
Charity Drive Items and Donors Listed for Community Event
Jack Mirts of Kroger contributes eight boxes of Kool Aid while Kaiser Refractories provides boxes of food and toys totaling 60 dollars in donations. Garfield School supplies chairs tables and toys through Laff A Lot Club and Methodist Church Women furnish art and craft items and bazaar foods. Additional gifts include Methodists WSCS 76 dollars, Friend ship class 12 dollars, Church Women United 100 dollars, Mrs R Griffin three pillows two blankets, Mrs Lowell Fisher refrigerator, Mrs Monroe Penick swing climbing set, transported by Boy Scout Troop 57. Dr J EB Taft five jamboree tickets and Mrs Frank Kramer a small table and chairs.
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Jack Mirts
Kroger
Kaiser
Garfield School
Methodist Church
Methodist
Methodist Wscs
Methodist Friendship
Church Women United
R. Griffin
Lowell Fisher
Tunney To Be Mo. Speaker At Jackson Day Banquet
Springfield Missouri Democrats announce California Senator John Tunney will be principal speaker at the 48th Jackson Day banquet on April 3. Tunney, 36, son of Gene Tunney, defeated Senator George Murphy in the last general election.
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Springfield
California
John Tunney
Tunney
Democratic
Gene Tunney
George Murphy
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