McNamara orders mass base closures amid political pressure
Defense Secretary McNamara announced 80 of 95 bases to be closed or cut back, eliminating about 63,400 jobs. Key sites include Brooklyn Navy Yard and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, with overseas bases to be named later. He defended the move as irreversible barring new evidence, drawing mixed congressional and business reactions.
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McNamara
Brooklyn
N. Y
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
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Naval Shipyard
Springfield
Mass
Strategic Air, Command
Kennedy
Russell
Department of Defense
Russell Committee
Pentagon
U. S. Chamber ‘of Commerce
Walter F. Carey
Air Force Proram
Brooklyn Navy” Yard
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Missile Role Spotlighted As Bases Cut Sharply
Washington report notes the Air Force plans to eliminate 150 ballistic missiles and close six Strategic Air Command bases as part of a broader shift to fast firing missiles like the Minuteman. The action saves $348.8 million annually and keeps total ICBM numbers at 854, with 150 Minuteman additions and 96 Atlas plus 54 Titan removals by June 30.
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Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Air Defense Command
McNamara
United States
Titan
His Last Words She Won t Shoot
Augusta Georgia deputy swore his wife faced a pistol confrontation on October 4. He told another deputy she loved him and did not know how to cock the weapon. Moments later a shot was heard and he died. A jury found the shooting justifiable homicide.
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Augusta
UPI
Charles M. Swint
Swint
Leroy Canady
Canady
Railroad Strike Threat Grows Across Nation
Chicago reports the threat of a nationwide railroad strike as six shopcraft unions representing about 140 000 workers set a 6 a.m. Monday deadline. Embargoes on perishable goods may begin today while Francis A. O'Neill Jr. of the National Mediation Board meets with both sides and keeps Washington informed.
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Chicago
UPI
Francis A. O’neill Jr
National Mediation Board
O'Neill
O’neill
Washington
Barry Goldwater Wins Big In Mississippi Election
Mississippi voters turnout a record 409,146 as Barry Goldwater amasses about 85.2 percent of the vote. The secretary of state reports Goldwater 356,525 to 52,618 for Johnson, noting 1964 turnout far exceeds 1960. Mississippi is among five states carried by Goldwater.
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Jackson, Miss
Secretary of State
Goldwater
Johnson
Mississippi
Godwater
Glenn signals world barnstorming after Marine Corps exit
Col John Glenn Jr the first American to orbit the earth says he may barnstorm around the world in a jet after his January retirement from the Marine Corps He plans international travel as a Royal Crown Cola Co director and as a consultant for NASA and the U S Information Agency He is 41 and will stay in civilian flying to avoid hazards while pursuing space story telling roles and Apollo moon flight work
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el: Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Calif
Glenn
Royal Crown Cola Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S. Information Agency
Thant Opens Way for Communist Observers at U.N.
Secretary General Thant proposed granting observer status at the United Nations to non members including Communist states such as East Germany North Korea North Viet Nam and possibly China. He noted observers already exist for several nations and suggested the assembly act to allow broader participation despite political objections.
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General Assembly
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South Korea
Monaco
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South Viet Nam
East Germany
North Korea
North Viet Nam
China
Peking
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