Cantle Flaps Stir Budget Skirmish Across Services
The Comptroller General Joseph Campbell attacks wasteful spending on cantle pieces for raincoats once used on horses. The Army uses modified flap designs while the Air Force and Navy reject full cantle pieces, saving money though sparking friction. Marines honor tradition as McNamara pushes toward belt buckle unity.
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The Sixteen Year Old Giant Lew Alcindor Chooses UCLA
Lew Alcindor, towering at sixteen and a half feet, has declared he will continue his basketball education at UCLA after high school. Coach Jack Donohue shielded him from reporters and recruiters to preserve childhood, arguing limited time for youth moments matters more than early fame.
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Not So Stuffy Astronaut John W Young in the Spotlight
NASA officials debated John W Young's Gemini humor after he shared a corned beef sandwich with his twin aboard the capsule. NASA director James E Webb called the act not an adequate performance, while House Appropriations Committee members discussed the incident in a closed session. Webb’s critique stood alongside praise for Young’s other qualities.
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Rusk outlines regional development to ease decolonization
Secretary of State Dean Rusk outlines a policy dilemma with underdeveloped nations seeking autonomy yet relying on the US for development. He proposes regional development banks and multilateral aid, modeled after the Marshall Plan, Alliance for Progress, and regional groups in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, to reduce dependence while preserving independence. The plan envisions broader Western support, including Europe Canada and Japan, to back regional programs without direct US control.
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LBJ Ranch Amid South Viet Nam Rustler Fight
A U S Army Special Forces team on the LBJ Ranch near Da Nang protects villagers from Viet Cong rustlers. Led by Capt William A Hicks with 375 Montagnards and Vietnamese troops and 25 Nungs they patrol about 50 square miles. Nungs earn about $40 monthly. no American fatalities reported though Viet Cong have fallen. Air strikes aid operations as enemy usa along the Ho Chi Minh trail detours infiltrators.
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Waterloo
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Fifty Years Ago Items From The News-Post May 18 1915
A visit to the Frederick City Abattoir Company plant shows progress since Rothwell and Company leased the property with S B Dorn as manager. The German reply to Wilsons note on the Lusitania will be sent to Washington Thursday. A new garage company may form in Frederick to operate a modern facility on North Market Street purchased by William V Wolfe and J Harry Grove. A silver medal contest and W C T U entertainment were arranged by Misses Janie De Lashmutt Hester and Carrie Morsell at Yellow Springs Hall Saturday night.
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J. Harry Grove
W.C.T.U
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Hester
Carrie Morsell
Yellow Springs Hall
Former harness trainer Joseph Royer visits from Pinehurst
Joseph Royer a noted trainer of pacers and trotters stopped in the city en route from Pinehurst North Carolina to track at Westbury Rhode Island. The item notes his return and places him among horse racing figures.
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U S Role in Caribbean and Southeast Asia: A Call for steadiness
Washington argues that continued U S intervention in Santo Domingo and firm stance in Vietnam are essential to prevent a new world war. The piece criticizes pacifist critiques and asserts that keeping Communist influence in check protects Latin America and the hemisphere, while defending U S self preservation and alliance goals.
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Dwight H. Mohr
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Herbert R. O’conor
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