Army Reserves Merged Into Guard Units Under McNamara Plan
Defense Secretary McNamara approves a plan to merge 150000 Army Reserve troops into the National Guard and place another 150000 in a manpower pool. The result would abolish the Organized Army Reserve, expand the Guard to about 550000, and create high priority brigades ready within 60 days. A similar Air Force Reserve/Guard merger is considered.
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Robert S. McNamara
National Guard
Army
Air Force Reserve
Air Guard
McNamara
Defense Department
Congress
Pentagon
Organized Army Reserve
Stock Market Recovery Seen
New York reports a moderate market recovery with slack early trading. Steel stocks rebound from an oversold phase while airlines chemicals aerospace and tobacco issues lift indices. investors seek a next big move amid subdued volume and cautious sentiment.
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New York
Wall Street
Evening With AFS To Be Held Monday At High School Here
An Evening With AFS will be held at 7 30 p m Monday in Monroe High School lecture hall open to all Featured speakers are Ulrika Wagner from Germany and Miss Donna Swiggum daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen A Swiggum both will discuss their countries Germany and Turkey with slides They aim to widen community access to AFS talks and recruit more members E O Evans retired Monroe school superintendent is president of the local AFS chapter
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AFS
Monroe High School
Ulrika Wagner
Afser
Germany
Donna Swiggum
Glen A. Swiggum
Turkey
David Schulman
Argentina
David
George Barry
Wagner
Lester M. Johnsons
Miss Swiggum
Duke of Windsor to undergo arterial surgery in Houston
The Duke of Windsor departs Saturday for Houston Texas to receive corrective arterial surgery from a renowned heart specialist. The procedure aims to address heart condition amid ongoing public interest in the royal figure.
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New York
Duke of Windsor
Houston
Tex
Dairy Queens Set To Brighten Event
Two Queens of Dairying will highlight the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association meeting at Turner Hall. Attendees include Beth Bartosh and Pat Easter, with Lafayette County Farm Bureau Queens Kay Hillery and Mary Reichers also slated for a cheese demonstration. The morning business covers resolutions such as tax treatment and labeling standards. Dr. Harold E. Calbert of the University of Wisconsin will speak in the afternoon.
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Queens of Dairying
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Turner Hall
Beth Bartosh
Burlington
Wisconsin
Alice In Dairyland
Pat Easter
Juda
Green County
Dairy Queen
Lafayette County Farm Bureau
Queens
Kay Hillery
Mary Reichers
James Ula
Blanchardville
Wilbert Strahm
Monticello
Dale Merriam
Darlington
Herman Pluss
Albany
Ray T. Silver
William Lauper
Hollandale
Willis Wittner
Belleville
Victor Hendrickson
George Hillery
Harold E. Calbert
Department of Dairy and Food Industries
University of Wisconsin
20th Man Freed By Commissioner Stuns Lawyers
In Biloxi Mississippi a woman U S commissioner freed James Edward Jordan 38 on a conspiracy charge in the slayings of three civil rights workers. nineteen other white men were released in Meridian when another commissioner rejected a confession as hearsay. Government lawyers called the action unprecedented and planned to seek a federal grand jury. Jordan a construction worker at NASA NAS testing facility and Ku Klux Klan member did not attend the Biloxi hearing.
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Biloxi
Miss
Justice Department
U.S
Mississippi
Verta Lee Sweatman
James Edward Jordan
Meridian
Esther Carter
FBI
Philadelphia
Horace D. Barnette
Shreveport
James Barton
Barnette
Barton
Cullen
Jordan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hancock County
Ku Klux Klan
Tragedy in Milwaukee claims 1000th highway death
Milwaukee records its 1000th highway fatality as Lee O Bricko 24 dies in a car truck crash. His wife Josephine 23 and sons Timothy 5 and Paul 4 are injured. Bricko a bus driver described as an average man leaves behind a large family and farm roots in Shawano County.
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Lee O. Bricke
Wisconsin
Bricko
Josephine
Timothy
Paul
Kenneth
Lee
Josephine Mulej
Milwaukee Transport Co
Yugoslavia
Wittenberg
Shawano County
Monroe Schools Plan Shorter Winter Breaks
Monroe public schools will start vacation on December 23 with 180 actual instructional days this year after a 190 day year was adopted. St Victor s parochial pupils begin Friday December 18. both return January 4.
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St. Victor’s Parochial School
D. J. Huenink
Huenink
Opposition at hearing over North Western Railroad curtailment
Strong opposition emerged at a Public Service Commission hearing on the North Western Railroad plan to cut service in southwest Wisconsin. If approved nine stations in Grant and Iowa counties would close, leaving only Lancaster and Dodgeville. Mining firms and the State Department of Resource Development opposed, citing growth potential in the region.
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Public Service Commission
North Western Railroad
Wisconsin
Grant
Iowa
Fennimore
Montfort
Benton
Cuba City
Platteville
Livingston
Cobb
Ridgeway
Barneveld
Lancaster
State Department of Resource Development
Children Share Shrine Spotlight at Green County Party
Shrine Club Christmas party at Swiss Wheel honored two Shriner Hospital children from Chicago. Terry Tschanz and David Slack received gifts and dolls from Rainbow Girls and Girl Scouts. Local leaders and out of town guests attended. Santa distributed presents amid performances by Girl Scouts and troop leaders.
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Chicago
Green County Shrine Club
Swiss Wheel
David Slack
Richard Slack
Terry Tschanz
Joseph Tschanz
Santa Claus
David
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Terry
Times
Rainbow Girls
de Molay
Girl Scout Troop 208
Shrine Hospital
Monroe
Vicki Wild
Marian Maurer
Stanley Olson
Olin Flisram
Mmes
William Gyure
Robert Keith
Doran Zwygart
DeMolay
Marion Laubie
David Deininger
Walter Ludwig
Eastern Star
Shrine Club
Ben Tweet
Arthur Emerson
Madison
Johnson pledges equal opportunity drive with Humphrey
President Johnson tells the Urban League he will charge Vice President elect Hubert H. Humphrey with coordinating and pressing government programs for equal opportunity. He vows to make emancipation of Negroes a fact and seeks full assimilation of more than 20 million African Americans into American life.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Urban League
U.S. Offers Military and Economic Aid to South Vietnam
Washington said the United States agrees with Saigon on plans to step up the war against Communist guerrillas by boosting military and economic assistance inside South Vietnam and to curb infiltration from the north. Officials declined to detail funding or manpower, noting 22,000 U.S. troops there and signaling possible air strikes on supply lines in Laos without immediate action against North Vietnam.
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United States
Saigon
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Laos
Johnson
Taylor
Percy Kilbride dies at 76 starred Pa Kettle
Los Angeles actor Percy Kilbride aged 76 known for Pa Kettle films died today at Chase Sanitarium. He was injured in a Sept 21 auto accident and underwent brain surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Hollywood on Nov 11.
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Los Angeles
Percy Kilbride
Pa Kettle
Chase Sanitarium
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hollywood
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