Little England Shrinks as Britain Cuts Armed Forces
The 1960s drawdown shifts Britain from empire to reduced global presence. By 1971 Singapore departs, Hong Kong, Malta and Cyprus missions end, and manpower falls from a postwar peak. Projections show thousands reassigned, a pared budget, and shifts in Navy Air Force and Army roles amid retraining and civilian work plans.
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London
Suez
Rudyare Kipling
Isle of Wight
England
Hong Kong
Cyprus
Malta
Gibraltar
Harold Wilson
Queen Victoria
Whitehall
Singapore
Britain
Germany
Royal Air Force
Navy
Man
Territorials
Treasury
Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst
Ohio Man Gets Long Jail Term
An Ohio man, Ora Charles Duncan, 21, was sentenced to 15 to 25 years for the 1966 murder of Derrell Williams in Chicago. Williams' body was dumped in a quarry near Van Wert, Ohio, after Duncan pleaded guilty to strangling him in the Chicago apartment. Duncan's codefendant, John Sparks of Indianapolis, faces further court action in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ohio
Ora Charles Duncan
Derrell Williams
Williams
van Wert
Duncan
John Sparks
Indianapolis
Ind
Sparks
WISHING WELL ERE gives daily fortune puzzle game
A short description of a numerical puzzle. Count letters in your first name, adjust by rules to get a key number, then check that many letters across the rectangle from the upper left to read a message from the checked figures. © 1968 King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Meetings This Week At Local Clubs And Organizations
Exchange Club meets at noon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Industrial Council at noon, Evening Optimist Club at 6 30 p.m. Circle C Restaurant hosts SPEBSQSA at 8 p.m. Legion Home. BPOE Lodge 257 Elktones gathers 8 p.m. Elks Temple. FOE Lodge 528 at 8 p.m. Eagles Hall. Alcoholics Anonymous session at 8 30 p.m.
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Exchange Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Industrial Council
Optimist Club
Circle C
Spebsqsa
Legion Home
Bpoe Lodge
Elktones
Elks Temple
FOE Lodge
Eagles Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Community club meetings and city events listed
Civitan Club at noon and ROTARY at noon. City Commission at 6 pm at City Building. Sertoma at 6 30 pm. SOUTH Middletown Fir Association at 7 pm at Amanda Fire House. Central School PTO at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium. IOOF Miami Lodge at 8 pm at Monroe IOOF Hall.
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Civitan Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Rotary Club
City Commission
Sertoma Club
South Middletown
Amanda
Central School
Iooof Miami Lodge
Monroe Ioof
Planning Head Resigns From Regional Commission
Akron AP reports James E. Farmer resigned as executive director of the Tri County Regional Planning Commission. He will quit February 29 after failing to win financial support from Summit County commissioners John Poda and Victor Herbert for the commission serving Summit Medina and Portage counties.
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Akron, Ohio
James E. Farmer
Tri- County Regional Planning Commission
Farmer
Summit County
John Poda
Victor Herbert
Summit
Medina
Portage
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Little
Old England
British Empire
Defense Department
Highlands of
Scot
Soulion
Salisbury Plain
West Country
Stonehenge
Eer
McAlpin
Seventeen
U. S. Patent Office
Kaya
France
Orig
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