Doctor Draft Likely to Refill Armed Forces Medical Staff
Washington AP The Defense health chief recommends a renewed doctor draft this year due to too few medical school graduates volunteering. If approved by Secretary Laird, a February call could press 1,000 plus doctors into two years active duty as Army Navy or Air Force officers to replace hundreds set to leave active duty after 1968.
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Swishing Sound Brings Family Heart Case to Light
Ten-year-old Steven Neumann compared his six year old brother Jackie's heartbeat and another boy, noting a swishing sound. The physician diagnosed an enlarged heart with a pinched main artery and a hole between lower chambers. Jackie will undergo open heart surgery at University Hospitals in Madison after tests this month.
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Soviet Leader Pledges Cash to Egypt in War Support
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny vowed to offset Egypt’s material losses from a future war with Israel and to help raise living standards. He spoke to 5,000 shipyard workers in Alexandria amid plans to fund electrification and reclaim 300,000 acres, with Egypt to receive all equipment and knowhow. Al Fatah threatens armed action against leftist rivals amid regional tension.
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Cold spell to continue with frigid temperatures
Weather outlook calls for continued cold tonight and tomorrow with temperatures dipping to 5 to 10 degrees above zero and daytime highs in the lower 20s. Yesterday reached 25 and this morning opened at 5.
New Attack On Seniority System In Senate Reform Hearing
A bipartisan, unofficial hearing opens on Senate reform led by Sen. Charles Mathias and Sen. Fred Harris. John Gardner of Common Cause urges democracy in selecting committee chairs, proposing recorded votes every two years to curb chairman power and keep senior members from always winning chairmanships. The panel has no official authority and earlier votes rejected similar reform by wide margins.
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Oklahoma
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McGovern Campaign To Rest On Reason
Senator George S. McGovern announced his 1972 presidential bid promising candor and reason. He urged appealing to Americans better angels and timed his kickoff with a national TV address and letters to editors and donors.
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Miami Architect Plans Large Protest Traffic Drive In
Miami University architect Peter Seidel and students announce a nationwide traffic demonstration titled The Great April 2 Drive-In. April 2 seeks to show car congestion in Detroit Washington and later suburbs to pressure for mass transit and curb environmental damage. Seidel expects spontaneous turnout and will notify police in Detroit and Washington ahead of time.
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UAR Mission Bombed in New York
An assailant firebombed the United Arab Republic mission to the United Nations in New York. Glass shattered and a door was set afire but was smothered by staff with extinguishers before police arrived. No injuries reported. Three patrolmen were assigned to guard the mission afterward.
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Deadlock in New York police talks and city woes grow
New York faces grave deadlock in talks to end a patrolmen strike as a wildcat sympathy walkout spreads to transit officers. About 25 percent of transit police refused to work, with 63 federal agents aiding in protecting Soviet offices amid broader labor unrest, and no sign of a settlement in wage disputes across patrolmen firemen sanitation workers and sergeants.
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