Marines to shrink force and raise selectivity
Marine Corps leaders welcome planned size cuts as a path to higher quality volunteers. A force around 200,000 would allow three divisions and aircraft wings in readiness, with previous peaks near 315,000 during Vietnam. Draft use ended with 1965 buildup, and reductions aim to end the draft while keeping rapid crisis response across three divisions.
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Washington
Armed Services
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
1969 Year Of The Spaceman
Washington notes that 1969 featured two manned Moon missions Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 plus Lunar and planetary programs. Nimbus 3 Mars Mariners 6 and 7 and Soviet Venus probes are outlined along with the Nixon space program proposals for a shuttle and space stations and SST development. Also covered are hijackings, FAA security tech, and FAA quotas easing air traffic congestion at major airports.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
United States
U.S
Mars
Earth
Soviet
Russia
Venus
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Trans World Airlines
San Francisco
Denver
New York
Bangor
Maine
Shannon
Rome
FAA
ACLU Pushes End to Anti Promotion Rule in Civil Service
The ACLU urged cancelletion of a Kansas Civil Service policy barring conscientious objectors from promotions and raises. It cites 96 objectors at KU Medical Center facing limited advancement in six to seven job categories, warning of religious freedom and equal protection violations. Puffin Island, three miles long and half a mile wide, has been entrusted to Britain's National Trust as a coastal nature preserve.
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Topeka
Kansas Civil Service
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
State Finance Council
Western Missouri
Irving Achtenberg
Robert Docking
University of Kansas Medical
Achtenberg
Lundy
Britain's
National Trust
Puffin Island
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Marine Corps
2Nd Marine Division
1St Marine Division
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Hawaii
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Far East
Ottawa Herald
Cuba
Eastern Air Lines
Federal Aviation Administration
Welborn
J.T. Armstrong
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
Keneeu Inter
Toad
Walker
Wallo
Aper
Pa Maude
Lloyd
Lint
Betty B's
Baldwin City, Kansas
Berneice
Admiral
the Keen Co
Wayne Lewis
SAAG
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