Reserve Cutback Plan Draws Fire From Congress
Washington lawmakers express strong opposition as Defense announces realignment of the Army National Guard and Reserve reducing units and total strength. The plan would raise eight week readiness, affect about 30,000 draftees, and face potential congressional action to maintain local armories and drill-pay floors. Senator Stennis vows to press for a strong ready reserve while Middle East tensions loom.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Middle East
Pentagon
Army National Guard
Defense Department
Guard and Reserve
Stanley Resor
Army
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Congress
Vance
John Stennis
D-Miss
Johnson
Stennis
Senate
United States
Soviets Warn of Action After US Ship Bombing Claim
Moscow reports US jets bombed a Soviet ship Turkestan off North Vietnam killing one crew member and injuring six. Foreign Minister Gromyko delivered a sharp note to the US embassy warning Moscow will take appropriate measures to ensure ship safety if such actions recur.
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Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Turkesetan
Andrei A. Gromyko
John C. Guthrie
Ottawa University Class of 1912 Reunion Reveals Campus Changes
Eight of eleven living members of the OU class of 1912 gathered for a 55th reunion in Ottawa. They recalled a tiny campus with an administration building Tony Jones Hall and Charleton Cottage, debated enrollment estimates from 200 to 300, and shared photos of long-hem dresses and student life.
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Ottawa University
Lena E. Hasse
Wayne Gilliland
Gilliland
Emma Griffith
R. Chester Roberts
Hamilton
N. Y
Mabel Stannard
Ottawa
Hasse
Ellinwood
Lena Scheufler
Leonard Scheufeler
Weather outlook for Topeka weekend warms up
AP weather forecast for Topeka Kansas predicts sunny skies and rising highs around 80s this weekend. Today will see a high near 75 with a low around 51, and weekend highs in the 80s with fair to partly cloudy skies.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Ottawa editor Clarence Moody dies after brief illness
Clarence Moody retired editor of the Hawkeye at Burlington Iowa and former Ottawa newspaper man died this morning in a Burlington hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Episcopal Church Burlington with burial at Aspen Grove Cemetery. Moody born Sept 24 1892 in Skidmore Missouri. He moved to Ottawa at age 12 and worked on the Herald as a printer's devil before a long career including editor and publisher roles at Chanute Tribune and the Burlington paper. He retired Sept 1 1957 as a noted Master Editor of Iowa. He was survived by his widow Bess Sutton.
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Clarence Moody
Hawkeye
Burlington
Iowa
Ottawa Newsp
Christ Episcopal Church
Aspen Grove
Moody
Bess Sutton
Ottawa
Skidmore
The
Herald
Chanute Tribune
Tribune
Marines try to cut off big Viet Cong unit near Hue
About 1,200 U.S. Marines conducted an amphibious assault 21 miles northeast of Hue to sever an infiltration route used by North Vietnamese forces. The operation, code named Bear Bite, involved boats and helicopters with landing at two inland zones. U.S. command said no significant contact with the enemy yet and reported initial air and artillery support with early casualty tallies unconfirmed.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
3Rd Marine Regiment
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Song O Lau
Okinawa
Tam Ky
Princeton Youth Injured In Kansas City Crash
Dennis Kimball a 14 year old Princeton youth is listed in poor condition after a Monday morning accident near Neosho Rapids Kansas. He sustained a concussion and brain injury when a pickup he rode in overturned at the intersection of old US 50 and K 130. He was treated at Emporia hospital and later moved to the University of Kansas Medical Center where a throat operation was performed to ease breathing. The other driver Lee Richmond of Lebo was pinned beneath the wreckage and is in serious condition at Emporia hospital with multiple injuries and burns.
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Princeton
Kansas City
Kan
Neosho Rapids
Dennis Kimball
Harold Kimball
Cole
Emporia
University of Kansas Medical Center
John Burkdoll
Oak
Lee Richmond
Emporia Hospital
Seventh Main Grains Another Volkswagen Sandwich at Seventh and Main
At about 8 46 p m Friday three northbound vehicles in the 700 block of South Main collided at a red light. Donald W Henricks 38 of 803 S Pecan drove a 1964 International tractor truck. Kathleen Sheldon 16 of 707 ft 1ith drove a 1961 Volkswagen. Thomas H Weber 26 of Cene terville drove a 1967 pickup and was charged with careless driving after stating he did not realize the stopped traffic. Bond posted. Henricks’ truck undamaged. Volkswagen sustained extensive damage. No damage estimates given for the pickup or bumper.
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South Main
Donald W. Henricks
S. Pecan
Kathleen Sheldon
Volkswagen
Thomas H. Weber
Ceneterville
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Amos Childears
Canon City
Colo
Flora Brown
Baselior
Alma Grass
la Crosse
Bigelow
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Fred
Bonnie Nickland
Bonnie
Frank Kirkland
Fred Kirkland
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