Pentagon weighs cash bonuses to lure young veterans
Washington AP reports the Pentagon is considering special cash bonuses for prior service personnel to enlist or reenlist in the National Guard and reserves. Officials hint bonuses could be enough for a down payment on a car, aiming to keep the guard and reserve at full strength as draft calls decline.
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Personal News of Paris (Continued on Page 3)
Paris residents report property transfers as Mr. and Mrs. W H Gregory sell to Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmore with possession in late summer. Gilmores plan to vacate an apartment of RI Golborns. Gregorys to spend winters in New Mexico. Mini-Migraine Mothers Club met with Mrs. Joe Hultz. bake sale planned for July 23 and bike tickets to be sold for a Christmas gift. Stephen Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller, begins basic training at Fort Leonard Wood and may move to Fort Monmouth for electronics training. Paris Jaycees seek parent help at Little League concession stand for the Fair Grounds, profits aiding the League. Heathmans expect return to Arizona after visits to Granville area. Holliday Pentecostal Church service tonight with Sonny Brown of Old Mexico. Marvin and Helen Bailey co-pastors. public invited.
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Nixon As President Scares Chet Huntley
NBC Newsman Chet Huntley in a Life interview says Nixon’s presidency frightens him and that Spiro Agnew appeals to the base. He recalls Lyndon Johnson as kind and funny despite insufferable traits and criticizes network coverage of astronauts as dull.
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Life Magazine
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Huntley
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Spiro Agnew
WWII GIs Lose Home Loans Soon
Congress moves to extend and broaden VA home loan guarantees for World War II, Korea, post Korea and Vietnam veterans. Bills would lift all eligibility deadlines, extend authority to 1971, and allow guarantees up to 12500 with no loan cap, while current eligibilities era and timing details vary by service and discharge dates.
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Nixon Returns to White House After Camp David Weekend
President Nixon arrives in Washington by helicopter with Mrs Nixon after a weekend at Camp David Maryland. He meets aides including George P. Shultz Jom Ehrlichman and H R Haldeman while relaxing at Aspen Lodge and the swimming pool.
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Aspen Lodge
George P. Shultz
White House
Jom D. Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Ecology Study For Thomas Hill to Use $52,000 Grant
COLUMBIA Mo AP Two members of the University of Missouri Columbia ecology faculty will use a grant of 52 000 to study the effects of heated water on ecology within the Thomas Hill Reservoir northwest of Moberly Mo The three year study for the Missouri Cooperative Fishery Unit is directed by Dr Arthur Witt Jr associate professor of zoology and Dr Robert S Campbell professor of biology The study covers growth and reproduction of fish growth of bottom organisms and cultur ing catfish in floating cages It also examines water chemistry inflowing acid mine water primary production and growth of attached algae The reservoir built by the Associated Electric Cooperative of Springfield is used as a cooling reservoir for turbines at its power plant
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Thomas Mil Reser
Moberly
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Springfield
Newport Jazz Festival Draws About 40 000
Newport R T AP The 1970 Newport Jazz Festival ended after two days of afternoon and evening concerts with total attendance around 40 000, down from over 60 000 in prior years. The event returned to traditional jazz, omitting rock and folk groups promoted last year to lure youth. Consequently most audiences were older and quieter.
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George Wein
McGovern Says Bill Is 10 Votes Short
Senator George McGovern said the amendment to force withdrawal of all U S forces from Vietnam by July 1 is 10 to 12 votes short of Senate approval. He noted possible last minute votes in a month but warned House chances are slim. A Senate pass would exert restraint on President Nixon.
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Hickel denies Nixon push to quit
Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel says he has received no indication that President Nixon wants him to quit. In a TV interview he stated he has no intention of leaving and believes the administration’s direction is moving the nation’s priorities forward.
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