Nixon Orders Blueprint For Ending U.S. Draft
President Nixon directs a 15 member Gates Commission to draft a plan to eliminate conscription and move to an all volunteer armed force with a deadline in early November. He preserves standby draft machinery for national emergencies and stresses careful, gradual transition to maintain national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Secretary of Defense
Commission
Vietnam
Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed Nearing a Year by Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Side
Washington UPI reports Mamie Eisenhower, 72, has remained at her husband General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s bedside at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for nearly a year as he battles heart disease. General Hughes lauded her as a constant source of strength and encouragement to the general and medical team. She has shown resilience with a brave smile despite weight loss and the strain of her long vigil since May 14 screening the presidents’ health crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Walter Reed
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frederick Hughes
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Mamie
Army
White House
Gettysburg
Willard High adopts dress code for students
Willard High School Student Council issues a dress code aimed at grooming and personal appearance. The proposal covers hair make up jewelry and clothing for boys and girls to foster pride and neatness at school. Huron County Commissioners and deputy Health Commissioner Clarence Ellett met in New Philadelphia to discuss solid waste removal and noted a county landfill between Norwalk and Willard operating for about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WILLARD — _ Willard High School
Willard High School
Huron County
Clarence Ellett
New Philadelphia
Northwest District County Commissions Association
Norwalk
Willard
Bits Of Good News: A Marine Beat Grenade Attack
Sgt. Howard Johnson a 24 year old Marine from West Point Kentucky survived a grenade attack near Da Nang Vietnam. He crawled through underbrush as a grenade bounded off his back then caught and threw back a second grenade which exploded in the air. Johnson credits luck and quick thinking for his survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Howard Johnson
West Point
Johnson
da Nang
Vietnam
Ross family blood donor tradition grows in Fiddler cast
Alfred Ross a drummer with the road company of Fiddler on the Roof has donated 120 pints of blood in 26 years. His son Alfred Jr. has given five pints so far, following his father's example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Alfred Ross
Alfred, Jr
Ross
Unitarian Church Harbors Two AWOL Sailors in Whittier
Two AWOL sailors sought sanctuary at the Whittier Unitarian Society as protests against the Vietnam War escalated. Hospitalman 3c Robert Hamburger, 20, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pvt Jacky Eugene Lunsford, 20, Tulsa, Oklahoma, joined after another sailor, Craig Murphy, 18, Miami, was dragged from the church. Hamburger defended Craig’s antiwar stance, while Lunsford had previously spent time in Seattle during his AWOL period. In Washington, Botswana President Sir Seretse Khama plans talks with World Bank officials next week over a proposed 50 to 60 million dollar loan, hosted by Secretary of State Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Calif
UPI
Unitarian Church
Whittier Unitarian Society
Camp Pendleton
Robert Hamburger
Cincinnati
Ohio
Craig Murphy
Miami
Hamburger
Craig
Pvt
Jacky Eugene
Lunsford
Tulsa
Okla
Seattle
World Bank
William P. Rogers
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Defense Department
Gates Commission
Hollywood
Ote
Wo SF
Rca Cie
East Main ST
Helen Thomas
Hollis Alpert
Arthur Knight
Saturday Review
An. Art
Time Magazine
Beluze Panavision
J&d
American Legion Hall
Old Rt
West
Pierre—N.y.c
Bank Americaid
USDA
Royal Gay Eat
Far
Manila
Philippine National Bank
Vedas
Cahilo
San Jose
Santa Clara
California
University of Santa Clara
Susan Bartolomei
Ukiah
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Chicago
South Side
The
Dontays
Khama
Sretze Khama
Botswana
American
Westgate
Toledo
Peter O'Toole
Katharine Hepburn
Joseph
Levine
AVCO
Henry Ll
King of
England
Panavision
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Keidan Jewelers
Miracle Mile
Southland
Grinnell
la Telede
Menree
Adrian
Mich
Centre Drug Store
Green
Gilbert and Herr Drug Steere
Nepoileen
Hker
Wely and Sonaay
Covema
Secor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!