Johnson outlines lottery draft system for younger men
President Johnson told Congress he will order younger men drafted first under a lottery type system as part of a draft overhaul. Deferments for fathers essential workers and most graduate students would end, while hardship deferments continue. Undergraduate student deferments may be kept pending further study with a four year extension to the draft law. The reform, to start within two years, may require months or even 1969 for full adoption.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Texas White House
Coast Guard Plane Missing with six aboard off Florida coast
A Coast Guard Grumman amphibian Hul 240 carrying six crew members is missing in the Gulf of Mexico after receiving a distress call from a 40-foot sport fisher near Carrabelle Florida. Fog and near zero visibility hampered search efforts as cutters and patrol boats joined the hunt. A second Coast Guard aircraft and other ships were asked to assist.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
First Massachusetts higher ed chancellor borrows spare office
AP reports Dr. Richard M. Milland began as the first chancellor of higher education in Massachusetts by taking a small, sparse office in the State Office Building. He works alone, with no other staff.
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Bostox
Richard M. Milland
Massachusetts
Peace Not Yet in Sight in Thant Remarks
U N Secretary General Thant said Hanoi would withdraw support from the Viet Cong if the United States ends backing the Saigon government. He described the conflict as a civil war with opposing sides supported by the two states and noted no new peace guarantees or prospects emerged from his Burma trip.
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New York
U.N
U Thant
Hanoi
United States
Saigon
Thant
Burma
North Vietnam
Marines Fight Near Buffer Zone Amid Heavy Fire
A U.S. Marine company engaged a battalion of North Vietnamese troops about 3,000 yards south of the DMZ. Reinforcements were called as the small arms clash escalated into a larger assault with artillery. The action occurred as U.S. forces report 46 enemy dead and 24 Americans killed or missing in 48 hours.
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Saigon
Marine
da Nang
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S
Do San
Air Force
Navy
South Vietnam
Bombing Error Acknowledged In Lang Vei Raid
SAIGON AP The U S military command admitted two U S Air Force Phantom jets accidentally bombed Lang Vei killing about 10 civilians and wounding 175 with higher unofficial counts of 83 dead 10 missing and 176 injured. No explanation was given for the mistake. A board to investigate was to be appointed. Captain John J. Duffy of San Diego said the jets came from Laos near the Laotian border east of Lang Vei near the DMZ. The Montagnard villagers had sought protection amid fighting near the DMZ and showed no hostility to U S troops since the raid.
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Lang Vei
Saigon
U.S
Mlitary Command
South Vietnam
U.S. Army
America
South Vietnamese
North Vietnam
Air Force
U8. Army
John J. Duffy
San Diego
Calif
Laos
Ohio airliner crash kills 38 in Lake Central tragedy
An airliner piloted by Lake Central’s Captain John Horn exploded after entering a storm near Kenton Ohio killing 38 aboard. Wreckage covered snow fields near Marseilles with bodies recovered by 150 rescuers. Investigators from Lake Central and the Civil Aeronautics Board gathered as the flight recorder was found intact.
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Kenton, Ohio
Lake Central
Vilat
Convair
Marseilles
Ohio
Indianapolis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Falls City
Neb
Cleveland
John Horn
Horn
Irene Heckathorn
Redding
Tex
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Lafayetite
Ind
Columbus
Roger Skillman
Barbara Littman
Tucson
Ariz
Slayings Hit Hard In Wisconsin Quiet Town
Wattoma Wisconsin a county seat with 1500 residents reels after four people are found shot to death Sunday in a lakeside cottage. Sheriff Virgil Batterman notes the victims were well liked and the community faces a long recovery. A man is held for questioning in the Behr family shootings tied to local auto sales and a restaurant adjoining Behr's repair shop. The case recalls the 1957 Plainfield slayings linked to a farmer later judged insane.
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Waltoma
Wattoma
Wisconsin
Virgil Batterman
Waushara
Plainfield
Batterman
Marvin Behr
Barbara
Carol McBrair
Gein
Behr
Frederick Hauer
Wautoma
Hoffa Makes Last Effort To Avoid Prison
Washington AP James R Hoffa head of the Teamsters Union seeks to remain free one day before an eight year prison term He must report to federal marshals Tuesday and be sent to prison if his habeas corpus appeal to block his conviction fails His lawyers planned a 930 am hearing in the appeals court with no other tactics disclosed.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U.S. Court of Appeals
Four Slain In Cottage Near Fish Lake Waushara
James D. McBrair of Plainfield was arraigned in Waushara County Court on four counts of first degree murder in the Fish Lake slayings. Police found four victims inside the year round cottage owned by Marvin Behr. two children, Christine and Kathy, survived. Behr’s auto and a McBrair car were found at the scene, as autopsies were ordered and an attorney appointed for the defendant.
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Waushara
Virgil Batterman
James McBrair
Plainfield
McBrair
UPL Telephoto
Wautoma
James D. McBrair
Fish Lake
Ail Meremahawered
MC Blan van Charpon
Carol
Marvin Behr
Behr
Barbara
Cheryl Oleson
John Oleson
Gerald Jeffers
Virgil Ratterman
Behr Auto
Oleson
Marvin Baitsgre
Carol McBrair
Alga d
14 Orphans Killed in Fire at French Orphanage
In Grenoble France UPD reports a 70 year old orphanage housing 118 boys caught fire at 3 30 am. Fourteen boys died and six to ten missing while two boys and teachers were injured. Many jumped from third story windows as beams collapsed from the roof. Serious condition injuries include one boy and five teachers. Police fear missing boys may be in surrounding woods. The orphanage overlooks Lake Geneva near Taninges.
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Grenoble
France
UPD
Polite
Garmesters
Lake Geneva
Taninges
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