Draft plan shift eyed to require 19 to 20 year olds
The Clark commission and President Johnson's panel back a draft system prioritizing 1-A inductions for 19 to 20 year olds. Older 1-A registrants keep induction risk but at lower priority. student deferments would end when undergraduate degrees or age 24 are reached, with postgraduate deferments limited to critical occupations.
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Congress
Special Study Commission
House
Armed Services Committee
Mark W. Clark
Johnson
Clark
National Manpower Resources Board
Congressional
Collapse of China cultural revolution signals setback
Millions of Red Guards ordered back to school as Mao’s cultural revolution collapses six months early. Premier Chou En-lai denounces it for appointing incompetents and harming China’s standing. Liu Shao-chi remains chief of state while the party apparatus stays intact. Damaged production and crops prompt Mao to halt the purge to save the economy. The episode shows a revolutionary dictatorship cannot dismantle its system at will.
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Mao Tse - Ting
Mao
Chou En - Lai
Liu Shao - Chi
Red Guards
Henry Luce Pioneer of Time Life and Fortune Dies
Henry R Luce, founder of Time, Life, and Fortune, died of heart disease at 68 shortly after stepping down from his publishing empire. His work reshaped journalism through group reporting, concise writing, and the pictorial view in Life. His influence will endure as a testament to modern media.
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The
New Yorker
Time
Henry R Luce
Luce
Life and Fortune
Rostow Sees Shifts in Soviet Tactics in Vietnam Conflict
Rostow, top adviser to President Johnson on national security, argues the Soviet Union is moving from romantic revolutionary rhetoric to pragmatic nationalism as it aids North Vietnam. He notes continued Soviet troop presence in Hungary and East Germany and warns against underestimating Moscow.
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Walt T. Rostow
Johnson
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Rostow
Hungary
East Germany
United States
Khrushchev
Downtown Renewal and Main Street Modernizing Push
A column reviews national efforts to revitalize downtowns and curb deterioration. Retail, banking and civic leaders urge comprehensive, coordinated action beyond parking, stressing store magnetism, traffic policy, and public relations to sustain downtown vitality and community economies.
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New York
Main Street
Visitor lauds Frederick area in church magazine
A West Coast visitor to the Frederick area praises local beauty and hospitality in the Reformed Church Messenger. He notes Frederick County as among the nation’s wealthiest and friendliest, and commends Hood College as a leading citadel of higher education.
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Hood College
Twenty Years Ago Rems From The News Post Files
Twenty years ago in Frederick County Maryland the Lynch Lodge of Masons met with 27 members and guests in Frederick City with Rev Francis E Reinberger delivering the sermon on Masons high ideals and Christian service. Compulsory daylight saving in Maryland failed in the House of Delegates after a heated debate. The Frederick County delegation split on the measure with farmers in opposition while Baltimore County received a permissive bill to start daylight saving.
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Lynch Lodge of Masons
Lodge
Frederick City
Francis E. Reinberger
Walkersville
Maryland
House of Delegates
Annapolis
Frederick County
House
Baltimore County
School Commissioners Face Growing Education Clash
The Board of Education is split after a January election leaving Charles E. Collings and Russell Z. Horman in opposition to education funding, while Wallace E. Hutton seeks clearer financial figures and stronger cooperation. A forthcoming executive session on March 7 will test tensions over public school construction and information disclosure.
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Charles E. Collings
Russell Z. Horman
Wallace E. Hutton
Court House
Hutton
Horman
Collins
Valley Elementary School
Catoctin High School
Board of Education
Mary Condon Hodgson
Tho School
John L Carnochan Jr
Carnochan
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Are, CO Mane
Great Southern PT
North Court Street
Frederick Md
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Frederick
the News
Henry Robinson Luce
Joe Eisenhauer
National Downtown Services Inc
Legion
America
West Coast
the “Reformed Church
Mes
Senger
Tion
By the
Way
Lee Baylin
Berry's
Cheries
Marshall McLuhan
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