Army opens combat support positions to women soldiers
The Army will assign women to missile units and other combat support roles including Hawk and Hercules systems and ground to ground missiles, signaling a major shift. Women remain barred from direct infantry and front line units, but may serve in areas backstopping frontline troops and even join the 82nd Airborne Division.
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Army
Washington
82Nd ‘Airborne
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Hawk
Hercules
Signal
GIs in Germany tighten belts amid dollar drop
In West Germany, 210,000 U.S. servicemen struggle as the dollar slides from 3.20 to 2.11 marks. Many low ranking GIs with families pay higher rents, face food shortages, and rely on emergency loans. Some abandon cars, seek jobs, and spouses seek work while locals note rising costs and tensions at Hawau and Ramstein.
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Associated Press
Bonn
West Germany
U.S
Pfc
Franklin Dungan
Frankfurt
Hawau
Dungan
Waynesboro
Dorothy Ogilvy-Lee
American Community Services Center
United States
Miss Lee
Hatton
Hans Sandrock
Air Force
Ramstein
Judge revokes bail for reputed mobster in extortion probe
Los Angeles. Judge Paul Breckenridge revoked the bail of Thomas Ricciardi 46 of Canoga Park after transcripts showed he allegedly tried to extort an undercover FBI agent at the Forex Co. of Van Nuys. Ricciardi is appealing a 1976 fraud conviction tied to a porn film scheme.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Ricciardi
Canoga Park
Paul Breckenridge
Thomas King Elden
Ricciardi
Breckenridge
FBI
Forex Co
van Nuys
Social Security Medicare and Champus eligibility questions
Q and A from the Copley News Service explain that when a Champus beneficiary 65 or older becomes entitled to Medicare hospital insurance, Champus ends. Baby-sitting in a private apartment home is not reportable for Social Security wages. coverage as self employed may apply. For 62, contact the Social Security office about three months before birthday. filing may be by phone with proof of age and W-2. Questions to Copley News Service via the Progress.
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Copley News Service
Social Security Office
San Diego
Calif
Service GI earns highest honors in medics course
Pvt. Jess Cuevas Jr. and several other service members from the area are named for completing military training and assignments. Cuevas Jr. earned highest honors in the Army basic medical specialist course at Fort Sam Houston. Other honorees include Airman John G. Cozad at Keesler AFB and Airman Gregory M. Odell at Lackland AFB. Navy personnel participated in Unit as XVIII exercises aboard USS Mahan and completed submarine and naval training in Groton. National Guard Pvt Avtar S. Khalsa received outstanding trainee honors at Fort McClellan. Additional notes cover Airman Wesley E. Phillips Jr. and Pvt Dennis J. Knapwurst’s training and assignments, and Coast Guard member David W. Gasper departing on an Alaskan patrol aboard Jarvis.
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Jess Cuevas Jr
Jess Cuevas
E. Sage Drive
Army
Academy of Health Sciences
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Grevas
Hei
Saguaro High School
Wesley E. Phillips Jr
Wesley E. Phillips
Pasadena Ave
Sheppard Afb
Air Force Medical Service
Lackland Afb
Phillips
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Liquor Oasis
Scottsdale Fashion SquAre
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Arizona
Scottsdale Area
E. Earls Drive
P.O
Scottsdale
Ariz
John G. Cozad
Laurence Cozad
Granite Reef Road
Keesler Afb
Miss
Cozad
Gregory M. Odell
Loraine J. Anderson
E. Keim Drive
Lackland
Odell
Michael P. Dunne
Aurthur R. Dwyer
E. Highland Ave
Hemisphere
Charleston
S.C
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Dunne
Peter G. Goolsby
Floyd A. Goolsby
E. Edgemont Ave
Naval Submarine School
Groton
Conn
Coronado High School
Jorge A. Fernandez
Mrs
Angel A
Fernandez
de la Escuela
Chanuty Afb
Ill
Colegio Regis
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Dennis J.knapwurst
Lowell C. ‘Knapwurst
E. Wilshire Drive
7Th Infantry Division
Fort Ord
Knapwurst
Coast Guard
David W. Gasper
Willard D. Horton
E. Laredo Lane
North Pacific Ocean
Jarvis
Honolulu
Uevas
Arizona Chiropractic Physicians
Mercer Jn
N. Marshall Way
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