Army tests new barbed steel spring obstacle
The Army introduces a razor barbed tape obstacle called a barbed tape obstacle. A single soldier can deploy a 65 foot long barrier in seconds using a doughnut shaped plastic container, with tape feeding from two coils. Weighing 40 pounds, it is reusable and reportedly five times more effective than conventional wire yet lighter and easier to deploy.
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Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center
Ft. Belvoir
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Defense Supply Agency
Republic Steel Corp
Chicago
Dmz
South Vietnam
Murphysboro Native Capt. Hagler Heads to Southeast Asia
Capt Ronald E Hagler 34 formerly of Murphysboro reports for duty with the U S Air Force after completing combat crew training at Shaw AFB S C where he was named outstanding pilot in the RB66 Tactical Reconnaissance Courses He also attended Deep Sea Survival School at Homestead AFB Fla He is the son of Mrs Gene Gillooly and married to Dolores Pope with three children.
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Ronald E. Hagler
Murphysboro
Southeast Asia
U. S. Air Force
Hagler
Shaw Air Force Base
S.C
Homestead Afb
Florida
Gene Gillooly
Southern Illinois University
ROTC
Dolores Pope
Two Die In Plane Crash At Bethalto Cemetery
A father Daniel M. Green 57 and his son Joseph 17 of Creve Coeur Missouri were killed when a twin engine plane piloted by Joseph plunged into a cemetery near Civic Memorial Airport Bethalto witnesses said the craft banked left and hit ground short of the runway Officials from Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved a letter of intent to join future OEO community action programs Correction issued for a headline misidentifying the federal agency.
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Bethalto
Daniel M. Green
Joseph
Creve Coeur
St. Louis
Civic Memorial Airport
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Illinois
More Troops to Vietnam Seen by Sources
Reliable sources say the Johnson administration will send a moderate increase to Vietnam troops, likely about 35 000 men with supporting units, potentially including one more division. Some reservists may be called up as the Army cannot spare more without weakening the strategic reserve.
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Robert IT. Phelps
New York Times
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Texas
Johnson City
Sheraton Park
National Alliance of Businessmen
Vatican denies reports on canon law change
The Vatican rejected press claims it would alter canon law forbidding Catholics from joining Masonic bodies under pain of excommunication. The denial, issued by the Vatican Press Office likely for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, calls reports baseless. A stray line notes per capita ice cream consumption as 16 quarts annually.
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New York Times
Rome
Vatican
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Holy See
Hiller to Leave for Army Service in Southeast Asia
John Otis Hiller son of Mr and Mrs William Hiller of 520 North Springer Street Carbon dale is assigned to depart April 2 to join the U S Army 84th Division of Transportation in Southeast Asia. He recently returned from Germany and France in June 1967 and has been at Fort Polk Louisiana. His wife and two children reside in Marion.
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John Otis Hiller
William Hiller
N. Springer St
Carbondale
U.S. Army
84Th Division of Transportation
Southeast Asia
Germany
France
Ft. Polk
Marion
U S to cut civilian staff in South Vietnam
American civilian workforce in South Vietnam faces a substantial 10 percent reduction led by the U S Agency for International Development, with Ambassador Bunker directing all agencies to review staffing. Despite increased demand from the conflict, Johnson aims to stem overseas spending while reassessing embassy and CIA civilian rosters.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Johnson
U.S. Agency For International Development
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Bunker
Embassy
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Department
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Smith-Alsop
Helleny
West Frankfort
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General Motors
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