Army uses people sniffers to locate enemy hot spots in Vietnam
In LONG BINH Vietnam three army personnel claim a new device, a human odor detector, helps locate guerrilla trails camps and bunkers. Capt Kervin Sellers Lt Forest Sweitzer and Lt Lyle Paratt work as a sniffing team for the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. The machines remain secret but commanders demand their use.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
Kervin Sellers
Texas City
Tex
Forest Sweitzer
Springfield
Ohio
Lyle Paratt
New Orleans
Sellers
Sweiter
Paratt
U.S
U.S. Command
Saigon
Area Woman Injured In Collision on West South Street
An area woman received a right arm abrasion after a collision on West South Street near Burek Street. Grace Michael of Frederick was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Alva Michael’s eastbound car was struck by Catherine V. Soper 56 of South Carroll Street who backed from a private driveway. Damages to both 1961 cars totaled 450 dollars. Private details note Pvt. Robert Baker charged the operator for failure to yield right of way. A separate incident in Frederick Shopping Center lot involved Michael J. Gastley 17 causing damage to a 1966 car after hitting a pole while changing lanes. no charges were filed by Pvt. Robert Brown.
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West South Street
Grace Michael
RFD 2
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Burek Street
Alva Michael
Catherine V. Soper
South Carroll Street
Michael
Robert Baker
Michael J. Gastley
East Third Street
Gastley
West Frederick Teacher Earns NSF Science Program Stipend
Melvin G. Whitfield, seventh grade life science teacher at West Frederick Junior High, received a National Science Foundation stipend to attend a two course summer program at Western Maryland College from July 21 to August 9. The program covers Principles of Biology and Fundamentals of Modern Chemistry with topics in evolution embryology genetics radiation biology and biological techniques. Field trips include the National Institutes of Health and other Washington DC museums. Whitfield is among forty two teachers nationwide selected to participate.
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Melvin G. Whitfield
West Frederick
National Science Foundation
Western Maryland College
National Institutes of Health
Washington
D.C
Whitfield
United States
Defense Cuts To Trim Jobs By 150,000
The Defense Department plans to reduce its civilian payroll by more than 150,000 positions to save about $1 billion annually. The move aims to cut spending by a third of the anticipated $3 billion slice this year, with attrition the primary method. Congress has barred filling more than 75 percent of vacancies, impacting defense jobs nationwide.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Congress
Armed Services
Defense Agency
Meely Promoted to Airman First Class
Ronald L. Meely son of Mrs. Nellie J. Meely of 150 W Patrick St Frederick has been promoted to airman first class in the U S Air Force.
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Ronald L. Meely
Nellie J. Meely
W. Patrick St
Frederick
U.S. Air Force
Airman Meely and Charles Banks Promoted in Air Force News
Airman Meely at Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam serves as an aircraft aneudraulic repairman in the Pacific Air Forces. Charles D Banks promoted to staff sergeant. he is a food service specialist at Offutt AFB and a member of Strategic Air Command.
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Meely
CamiRach Bay AB
Vietnam
Pacific Air Forces
O Frederick High School
Charles D. Banks
Mia
Betty J. Williams
RED 7
Frederick
U.S. Air Force
Banks
Offutt Afb
Seb
Strategic Air Command
Frederick Haigh School
Ricker College
Loring Afb
Maine
Dora
Ruth Anders
W. Third St
Robert Forbes
Purcellsville
Sergeant Banks
Charles W. Banks
Penn Ave
Walkersville
Rotarians Hear Report on Babe Ruth Baseball
Frederick Rotarians hear Richard Ray president of the Babe Ruth League of Frederick County speak at the Francis Scott Key Hotel luncheon. Ray notes growth since 1952 to 10,299 teams and 163,784 players ages 11 to 15 by 1967 and recalls Frederick’s 1963 regional title in Farmington.
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Herb Bloom
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Babe Ruth League
Frederick County
Richard Ray
Clarence Cooper
Rotary
Babe Ruth
Ray
Farmington
Carl Fink
Chet Pele
Charlie Nicodemus
Frank Myers
Leesburg
Haile Chisholm
Potomac
Jack Bucheimer
Jim Henderson
Philadelphia
Martin Bowers
John Nicodemus
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Heck
Charles E. Hicks I
Hicks Funeral Home
Community Action Committee
Jac
Quelyn Bowins
Mary Jane Johnson
Defense Establishment
Leon Calderon
New York
Sheroken House
Hair Fashion
New York City
Louise McCauly
Linda Jenkins
Dawn Moser
Joyce Schroyer
Demaris Crum
COAL
Hillside Coal & Oil Co
Misses Jr. Jr
Petite
Fantastc
John Meyer Villager
Bermuda Bags
Sandles
Sportempos
Field Myles
Chargits
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