18 Year Old Draft Okayed by Senate Panel
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a universal military training plan including lowering the draft age to 18 and extending service terms to 26 months. The 13 to 0 vote backed a system prioritizing inductions and delaying 18-year-olds until after non-veteran men without children. House committee may offer a rival version as debate continues.
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Senate panel reshapes draft age and service term in bill
The committee approved lowering induction age to 18 by 12 to 1, with Morse opposing. A 24 to 26 month service term was set, depending on leave. An amendment requiring four months basic training before combat or overseas duty was approved, applying to volunteers as well. Also police officer Pestridge fired for drinking on duty after Baltimore inquiry.
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Police Cruiser Pilots Plane To Safe Landing
A Montgomery County Police cruiser piloted a small plane to Congressional Airport after a fuel blockage forced a forced landing. Vernon Denison, 26, of Baltimore, landed in a muddy field near Viers Mill Village and urged his companion Jerome Morton, of Dundalk, Md., to circle away due to boggy conditions as both planes were traveling from Baltimore to Bailey's Crossroads, Va.
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Orphans Court approves three administration accounts
The Orphans Court on Wednesday approved three administration accounts. Gaynell Smith, the Yanan in the estate of Martin C. Young, reported $1,454.29 in her first and final account, distributing $600.60. Alton Bennett, administrator in…
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Estate Accounts Highlight Shorb and Wachter Administrations
The estate of Joseph Edna Shorb shows a first account of 3408.90 dollars with 891.03 reserved for a later account. In Martin L. Wachter Sr.’s administration of Virgie Wachter’s estate a first and final account totals 1608 dollars with 1418.27 distributed.
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Martin L. Wachter
Virgie Wachter
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