Wirtz proposes peacetime plan to replace draft
Labor Secretary Wirtz outlines a peacetime plan offering all youths education and two years of national service with lottery based military duty for some men. The plan shifts from the current draft, aims to reduce unequal burdens, and envisions civilian service or schooling options for two years.
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Michael L. Posner
Washington
UPI
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Catholic University
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Peace Corps
Head tax debate pits lawyer against resident pleas
Joseph Solomon city school board solicitor said it would be foolish to move against residents unable to pay the $10 per capita tax and asked those claiming hardship to file forms. He stressed the tax funds school purposes, acknowledged possible state law changes, and urged cooperation while denying imminent liens. The board also discussed band uniform fund subscriptions.
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Joseph Solomon
City School Board
George A. Gregg
Grace Skoog
Solomon
Skoog
Walter H. Jessel
Jessel
Johnson celebrates 32nd wedding anniversary after surgery
President Johnson, recovering well after throat and abdominal operations, marks his 32nd wedding anniversary with family at Bethesda. Eisenhower visits and says Johnson looks good while discussing Westmoreland. Also reports on the Leonid meteor shower with a strong display in the Dallas area.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Eisenhower
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
New York
Europe
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tex
Ike
LBJ
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Sadie Bawkins Day at Youngstown University
Sadie Bawkins Day is scheduled at Youngstown University. The notice appears among daily campus events with events listed on page 6 and page 11.
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Sadie Bawkins
Youngstown University
Jury Frees Dr Sam Sheppard In Not Guilty Verdict
Dr Samuel H Sheppard proclaimed American justice the greatest in the world after a jury cleared him of the murder of his first wife. He spoke of gratitude and freedom following about a decade in prison for the crime.
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Haskell Short
Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sam
F. Lee Bailey
Sheppard
Bailey
Strange birdlike creature startles West Virginians
In Pt Pleasant West Virginia two couples described a tall grey birdlike creature with red eyes and a 10 foot wingspan that roared by them at about 100 miles an hour near the McClintic Wildlife Reserve The sighting near an abandoned power plant left witnesses shaken and police unsure though not dismissive.
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W. Va
UPI
McClintic Wildlife Reserve
Roger Scarberry
Searberry
Steve Mallette
Mallette
Pt. Pleasant
Saigon Black Market Crushed by Combat Police Crackdown
Viet Nam's oldest black market in Saigon was torn apart and burned by combat police. Dealers, including women and children, fled as authorities closed the market near the American Embassy and Street of Flowers. Premier Ky had warned of a reckoning on Nov 17. Estimates say the market siphons 33 to 75 million dollars in annual aid.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S. Military Post Exchange
Chamber of Black Commerce
Bguyen Mong Hung
Scranton Names Jordan and Byers to Trusteeships
Mayor John C. Jordan was reappointed to the Western Youth Development Center Board of Trustees by Gov. William W. Scranton. Samuel H. Byers, former county commissioner and vice president of sales at Associated Box Co., was named to the Slippery Rock State College Board of Trustees.
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John C. Jordan
Western Youth Development Center
William W. Scranton
Jordan
Samuel H. Byers
Associated Box Co
Slippery Rock State College
Viet Nam to switch to pacification role in 1967 announced
Viet Nam defense minister Lt Gen Nguyen Huu Co said the 275,000 man army would shift to a pacification role in 1967. The regular forces will focus on clear and hold operations against the Viet Cong while American troops act as the striking force. The Vietnamese forces will provide security for pacification and win peasants over to the government.
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Saigon
UPS
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Huu Co
Deaths: McCluskey Grooms and Fulkerson Obituaries
Death notices for Mrs. Merle I. McCluskey 72 of West Middlesex Robert Lee Grooms 51 of Wampum and Mrs. Edward P. Fulkerson 76 of 919 West Washington Street list their ages and hometowns in the regional record.
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Merle I. McCluskey
West Middlesex
Robert Lee Grooms
Wampum
Edward P. Fulkerson
Washington St
Students Honored by Fire Dept for Heroic Rescue
Two 19 year old students from New Castle Business College Jerry Chaimberg of Montreal and Paul Mattila of Scarsdale were cited for pulling three children and an elderly man from a burning house on Wallace Ave on Nov 5 They then went back inside to fight flames until firefighters arrived Fire Chief John L Oberleitner credited their actions with preventing another tragedy linked to the Jan 14 Meyers fire and noted the family name similarity in the two blazes Parents of the rescued children thanked the two workers for their bravery
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New Castle Business College
Jerry Chaimberg
Montreal
Que
Paul Mattila
Scarsdale
N.Y
Wallace Ave
John L. Oberleitner
New Castle
Norman Meyer
E. Sutton St
Gene M. Myers
Joseph Myers
Mary Jane
Gene Jr
New Castle News
Center
Weather Summary for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a high in the 60s. Mostly cloudy tonight with scattered showers and minor temperature change. Tonight low 45 to 55. Friday turning colder with showers changing to snow flurries north in the afternoon. Observed 24 hour period highs 55 and lows 48 with no precipitation and Shenango River at 5.9 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
County Mulls Food Stamp Switch Amid Redevelopment
Lawrence County commissioners seek state permission to convert surplus foods to a food stamp program as a three month lease on the depot expires. The plan hinges on eligibility rules not met locally, but officials aim to save taxes by administering stamps at the courthouse rather than the warehouse.
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State
Surplus Foods Bureau
S. Beaver St
Castle Distributing Co
City Redevelopment Authority
Lower Neshannock Creek
George F. Bolinger
Willam C. Houk
Lawrence
Bolinger
Pennsylvania
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Mont
Presidio
Cross Word
Weee
Eenee
Ellwood
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Sam Sheppard
West
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