Draft Overhaul Gains Steam in Congress
Sentiment for overhauling the selective service system grows in Congress with early action expected next year. Senator Russell pushes universal military training, possibly six months, while Senator Clark proposes limited two-year service with college deferment. Defense Sec McNamara urges two years of service, military or civilian, to fix draft inequities ahead of the 1967 expiration.
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Congress
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Russell
Jos
Eph
Clark
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Jack Miller
Iowa
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Korea
Vietnam
Lebanon
Dominican Republic
Aid Scrutiny Lags as Early-Year Traffic Deaths Rise
National first quarter traffic fatalities reached 10,680, up from 9,900 a year earlier, signaling danger ahead for the upcoming three day holiday weekend. Officials urge drivers to exercise extra caution to avoid becoming part of the statistic.
Debate on Great Society Echoes from 1787
Delaware delegate George Read advocated uniting the states into one great society at the Constitutional Convention. Rep Donald Rumsfeld, then Illinois Republican, argued the Great Society idea faced rejection in 1787 and has since incurred rising costs while limping along today.
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George Read
Delaware
Donald Rumsfeld
Illinois
The Poor Man's Philosopher Plattsburgh Letter Page
A collection of satirical rants on modern annoyances from longer telephone numbers to loud jet pilots and fashionably critical social habits. The piece blends humorous complaints with a reader letter defending Seneca cabinowners against government land sale and eviction actions near the canal.
Law change urged over Seneca cabins eviction case
Bill Connell of Seneca Maryland pleads in a letter to a lawmaker urging rapid reform of property title and park service policies. He argues current statutes let buyers acquire full title to cabins on park land, condemning hardships on fourth generation occupants and ill effects from eviction notices. He asks for the original landowner to resolve cabin removals or for the park to pre clear undesired structures.
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Seneca
U.S.G
National Park Service
Thay
District Court
Baltimore
C and D Canal
Park Service
Law Maker
Bill Connell
Negro vote grows for Romney and Rhodes in era of civil rights
Bruce Bross reports that Romney could win up to 40 percent of Michigan’s Negro vote in a 1966 re election bid, with Ohio Governor Rhodes also seen as gaining large Negro support. The piece notes rising Republican appeal among urban Negro voters, signaling a shift from Democratic dominance and urging more Negro friendly GOP candidates to capitalize on the trend.
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Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Detroit
James Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
John Lindsay
New York
Kenneth Schmeid
Louisville
Arlen Spector
Philadelphia
U.S. Senate
Charles Percy
Clinots
Fifty Years Ago items From the News-Post Files
Fifty years ago the Ponties were pressed to win a third game this week to secure a series. City officials deny plans to sell commercial electricity via a municipal plant, while insisting they might operate commercially if allowed. Mayor and Aldermen approve 3038 dollars for engineer Reeder’s work on the proposed light plant. Heavy rains flood streams. May becomes the wettest month in 36 years with rivers rising. Monocacy and Potomac within banks but rising. Catherine Smith of Lancaster named Hood College White Blazer for 1946-47. Middletown leads Tri County Baseball League by beating Damascus 6-5. Doubs loses 9-3 at Buckeystown. Walkersville 11-2 over Creagerstown. Brunswick 8-0 over Lovettsville in a rain shortened game.
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Charles L. Reeder
Potomac
Middletown
Damascus
Doubs
Buckeystown
Walkersville
Creagerstown
Brunswick
Lovettsville
Washington Today on Campaign Power and Federal Funds
Washington Today examines how executive actions and powerful political blocs influence policy, arguing the Constitution limits using federal funds as punishment. It cites Gardner warnings on desegregation funding and AFL-CIO pressure on defense contracts, urging adherence to due process and congressional control of funds.
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Washington
Republic
Congress
John W. Gardner
Afl-Cio
Defense Department
J. P. Stevens & Co
Southern
National Labor Relations Board
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Seneca, Md
Bruce Bross
GOP
News-Post
Morrison
Catherine Smith
Lancaster
Hood College
Athletic Association
Coblentz Hall
Washington Today
By David Lawrence
United Press International
The
Wall Street Journal
Organized Labor
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