Secret vote plans big cuts to National Guard divisions
A committee of regular Army National Guard and Reserve generals narrowly approved a plan to drop 15 National Guard divisions and four reserve brigades. The move would cut Guard divisions to eight, shifting combat units into first line status and signaling a major Pentagon effort to streamline reserves. {Names and dates omitted in OCR fragment.}
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Maryland
32Nd
Wisconsin
Tenois
Ohios
46Th” Infantry
Michigan
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Congress
Reserve Forces Policy Committee
Regular Army
Guard
Army
National Guard
Quisita
Illinois Senate passes 250000 game farm renovation bill
The Illinois Senate approved a 250000 appropriation for statewide game farm rejuvenation, including quail-raising facilities. Senator Paul W. Broyles of Mt Vernon led the drive, saying no dissenting votes and predicting swift House action with Rep. Ben Blades of Fairfield backing the measure. The bill aims to fund broader facilities and garner support from southern Illinois sportsmen clubs.
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Mt. ‘Vernon
Ben ‘Blades
Fairfield
Illinois
Broyles
Senator Broyles
Springfield
Register-News
Southern
Gliinois
The
Demonstrators Spend Night In Pentagon Hall
A group of youthful antiwar demonstrators kept an overnight vigil inside the Pentagon. Sixteen protesters remained outside the Joint Chiefs of Staff offices discussing strategy while about a dozen spent the night in the corridor guarded by security officers. Some were fasting, with three choosing the Pentagon cafeteria for meals.
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Pentagon Hall
Washington
APY
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
100 Years Old On Mother’s Day in Denver
Sarah Wofford, mother of six, will turn 100 on Mother’s Day. The widow will celebrate at Mt. Gil.ead Baptist Church where she is the congregation’s honorary mother. Born May 14, 1867 in Atlanta, she was the second of ten children and has 12 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a great great grandson. Her motto: you’ve got to be bad and good too.
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Sarah. Wofford
Mt. Gilead ‘Baptist Church
Atlanta
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Sens
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
J.W. ‘Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
California
Fulbright
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hubert A. Humphrey
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
John R. McCormack
D-Mass
Oval Room
John F. Kennedy
Mount Vernon Joins Southern Illinois Parade in Capital
Southern Illinois staged a colorful capital parade led by Mt. Vernon with floats and bands. The event showcased regional pride, drew thousands along downtown routes to the Illinois Armory for a day of tours, a barbecue, announcer shows, and a talent show, while leaders urged General Assembly participation.
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Southern
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Capital
Springfield
Southern Illinois
Illinois Armory
State Capitol
General Assembly
Armory
Minnesota
State Senate
House
Ilinois
Otto Kerner
Bes
Chatham
Waltonville
Jefferson County
6Th Street
Adams
5Th
Capitol
6Th and
Edwards
Els
Union County
Perry
Haiphong Area Raid Hits MIG Base and Power Plants
A strike from three U.S. carriers bombed the Kien An MIG airfield near Haiphong and two major power plants, with one Skyhawk shot down. The operation, part of ongoing ground battles in South Vietnam, involved Enteprise Hancock and Kitty Hawk and followed earlier raids on other MIG bases. The pilot remained missing.
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Haiphong
U.S
North Vietnam
Kien An
South Vietnam
Air Force
Enterprise
Hancock
Kitty Hawk
ATUST
S. Major
Hoa Lac
Phuc Yen
Gia Lam
Cat Be
Hanoi-Haiphong
Florida Drought Is Disaster
Florida seeks federal drought relief for animals and crops as Gov. Claude Kirk asks Senator Smathers to push a disaster declaration for 24 counties. The Everglades show dry riverbeds, Miami hits heat records, and the Suwannee River runs low while the Weather Bureau forecasts scattered showers with little overall rainfall.
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Fla
Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
George “Smathers
Dfla
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Claude Kirk
Everglades
Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster Memorial
Bobby Tiger
Weather Bureau
Illinois July draft quota tops 1,270 men for Army
Springfield AP reports Illinois sets a July draft quota of 1,270 men all for the Army, the year's second highest call after 1,326 in June. State Selective Service HQ notes a special July call for 135 physicians through August and September to fill internship and residency slots.
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Springfield
Army
Selective Service
John H. Hammack
Illinois
Can't Find Beep Beep Noise Source Sedro Woolley WA
Residents of Sedro Woolley report a nightly beeping sound for a month. The noise begins around 9 30 each night and lasts until dawn, silencing frogs and crickets. About 400 people flocked to investigate while two deputies redirected traffic. Sheriff John Boynton urged residents to stay home. The source remains unidentified and unlikely to be dangerous.
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Sedro Woolley
Wash
John Boynton
Boynton
Barechested Cellist Moorman Found Guilty in Times Square
New York AP report states Charlotte Moorman, 28, was found guilty of indecent performance after playing the cello semi nude at the Times Square theater on February 9. Judge Milton Shallock suspended the sentence, calling the act a vulgar bid for arousal and noting the nude form has appeared in art but not in live performance.
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Square
Charlotte Moorman
Times Square Theater
Criminal Court
Milton Shallock
Shallock
Papandreou Accused of High Treason in Aspida Plot
Athens AP reports Andreas Papandreou, son of ex Premier George Papandreou, charged with conspiring to commit high treason in the Aspida Shield plot to overthrow the monarchy and make Greece a socialist state. Immunity canceled by coup. maximum penalty is death. U.S. officials seek assurances he won’t be executed.
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Athens
Andrelas Papandreou
Aspida
Greece
Socrates Socratidis
George Papandreou
Papandreous
Aspida — Shield
Andreas
U.S
First Lady Lyndon B Johnson Honored by ILGWU at Carnegie Hall
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson arrived from Washington to receive an award and attend a concert at Carnegie Hall. The event sponsored by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union honors its retired members.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Carnegie Hall
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Washington
Soviet warship harasses US destroyer in Sea of Japan
The Pentagon reported a minor collision as Soviet destroyer approached to overtake the US Navy destroyer Walker. repeated warnings were issued after several close passes within 50 feet during antisubmarine task group maneuvers. No injuries or major damage were reported. Commander S W McClaran, based in Santa Barbara, led the Walker. The incident heightened potential US-Soviet tensions.
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Sea of Japan
Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Walker
U.S
Cmdr
S. W. McClaran
Santa Barbara
Calif
United States
Heavy casualties reported in Chinese struggle
Tokyo based AP dispatch cites wall posters and Chinese frontline reports of large peasant resistance in Szechwan and other provinces. Several thousand killed or wounded in four weeks as Maoists clash with Chiang Ching and Liu Shao-chi factions.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Szechwan
Peking
Chengtu
Sinkiang
Henan
Mao
United Action Committee
Chiang’ Ching
Liu Shao-chi
Teng Hsiao-ping
Seven Killed In Texas Auto Crash Near Goldthwaite
An Alabama couple and six others died in a central Texas crash on U.S. 84 fifteen miles east of Goldthwaite. Earl T. Waller 36 and Pauline Waller 31 of Athens Alabama were among the seven dead including four children Eugene 11 Linda 5 Frank 3 and Michael 2. Robert Anderson 40 of Hickory North Carolina was a truck driver passenger.
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