U S to Hold Vietnam Troop Level. Europe Seen for Cuts
The Johnson administration told Congress there will be no increase in Vietnam troops beyond 550,000 while Western Europe forces may be reduced. Defense Secretary Clifford backs shifting more war duties to South Vietnamese forces and hints at eventual withdrawals from Europe, though no timetable is set. Some lawmakers say Europe deployment worsens the balance of payments.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U. S
Vietnam
Europe
Capitol Hill
White House
Congressional
Clark W. Clifford
Clifford
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SIU Engineer Wins NASA Grant for Squeeze Film Research
Philip K. Davis, assistant professor of fluid mechanics at Southern Illinois University, receives a 19790 grant from NASA to study flow bonding and damping of a squeeze film under space conditions. He has worked at Langley Research Center and researches slosh forces in space vehicle liquids.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Southern Illinois University
Philip K. Davis
Davis
SIU
School of Technology
NASA
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Virginia
Sparta High selects Bond as Spring Dance queen
Sparta Chris Bond, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Bond, wins the Spring Dance queen title at Sparta High School. Jana Frazer hands the crown. maid of honor is Terry Korando. Candidates were chosen April 27, with voting May 17. Attendants are Susie Brosche Eileen Bierman Marsha Rust as Viscounts of Carbondale provide music. The week featured Sesquicentennial Day Irresistible Boy Day Campaign Day Sattie Hawkins Day and Senior Day.
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Chris Bond
Mark Bond
Sparta
Sparta High School
Jana Frazer
Lana Rosendahl
Terry Korando
Pat Korando
Susie Brosche
Eileen Bierman
Marsha Rust
Viscounts of
Carbondale
Phil Preusse
Captn Bligh Leads Open Boat Voyage Across Pacific
Capt William Bligh and 18 seamen were set adrift by mutineers from the Bounty. He steered a small boat 3 618 nautical miles across the Pacific through the Fiji isles to Timor, a voyage remembered as a legendary feat.
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William Bligh
Bounty
Pacific
Fijis
Timor
Law books given to SIU libraries
Clyde Flynn Jr of Rosiclare donated his law collection to Southern Illinois University Libraries. Flynn, legal aid to Senator Everett Dirksen, has moved to Virginia and closed his Rosiclare office. The collection will be divided between the Carbondale and Edwardsville libraries.
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Clyde Flynn, Jr
Southern Illinois University
Ralph E. McCoy
Flynn
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Pekin
Virginia
Carbondale
Edwardsville
McCoy
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Capt. Bligh
Cornfield
Junction 127
Murphysboro
Norelco
Bae Rod Speedsmha
Granny’s Ice Cream Parlor
Orson Ribbed
Aerowax
DR. Scholl
Men’s Perma Press
Olin Automotive Emergency
Fortres
John
H.p
Gumout
Ee Weller
Ais Bce
Donmoor
MANN
Murphy’s
Ameriego
Locust
Court House Murphysbore
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