Army VOLAR program shows optimism for volunteer force
The Pentagon reports broad soldier support for the VOLAR reform after 18 months of trials at 13 posts in the United States and Germany. Enlistment in combat arms jumped to about 3,000 a month, though the target remains 5,000. the plan aims to improve professionalism and living conditions as the Army moves toward a wholly volunteer force on July 1, 1973.
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New York Times
New York
Pentagon
United States
Germany
Army
Hamilton H. Howze
James L. Waldeck
Fort Benning
Volar
Fort Carson
Colo
Racial Harmony Council
Colorado Springs
VOLAR reforms reshape Army units and enlistment choices
The article outlines VOLAR experiments across Fort Benning Fort Lewis Fort Ord Fort Knox and Fort Carson detailing unit composition by volunteer choice and Europe deployments. It notes policies easing training abstaining from corporal punishments and beer in barracks with mixed effects on morale and discipline.
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197Th Infantry Brigade
Fort Benning
Third Armored Cavalry Regiment
212Th Artillery
Fort Lewis
Wash
192Nd Infantry
Fort Knox
Europe
Fort Ord
Calif
VOLAR
Wallace faces potential third party run after Miami Beach
Political observers in Alabama say Gov George C Wallace may switch to a third party if he is rejected at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. Wallace advisers keep options open with talks of uniting American Party votes or pursuing a separate third party bid in November.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Miami Beach
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Brer Rabbit
Briar Patch
Miami
American Party
Charles Snider
Snider
Capitol Hill
Taylor Hardin
Jere Beasley
Airline Hijack Plot Foiled On Hughes Air West Flight 775
A Tacoma man Daniel Carre 25 was arrested in Portland after a stewardess reported his demand for $50 000 and a parachute during a Seattle to Salt Lake City leg. He was held without bail at Rocky Butte Jail. no weapon was found and U S marshals detained him upon landing.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Hughes Air West
FBI
Rocky Butte
Daniel Bernard Carre
Tacoma
Wash
Bob Stevens
Carre
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Stevens
Judy Frasier
Pocatello
Miss Frasier
Leonard Hipp
U.S
Fischer balking for more money in world chess match
In Reykjavik Bobby Fischer urged for 30 percent of gate receipts for the Spassky match, delaying the richest chess showdown. Icelandic federation rejected the demand though talks with Andrew Davis yielded some progress. The match starts Sunday with a 5 p.m. local time schedule and a 12 percent victory threshold to dethrone or defend the title.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Soviet Union
Fischer
New York
Boris Spassky
Russia
Icelandic Chess Federation
Federation
Gudmundur Thorarinsson
Andrew Davis
Shapp Withdraws as Democratic National Convention Delegate
Gov Milton J Shapp of Pennsylvania withdraws as a Democratic National Convention delegate, citing the catastrophic flood disaster in Pennsylvania in a letter to party chairman Lawrence O Brien. He had been a Muskie supporter and said he could not attend the convention due to the emergency.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milton J. Shapp
Edmund Muskie
Lawrence O’brien
Shapp
Pennsylvania
ManBuys Antique Five Cent Machine For 20
Willard Wilson owner of a Logan taxi firm bought a vintage five cent dispensing machine for 20 despite his wife’s objections. He found several small bags of old coins inside some dating to 1888 and has received a $1,000 offer for them.
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