Draft age may be extended to 35, Hershey says
At Washington, Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey urged expanding the draft pool to include men aged 26 to 34 who are not fathers. He said the move could be done by presidential order, with a training program to add up to 500000 more draftees yearly by correcting deficiencies. He warned of rising rejection rates and suggested ending the 1965 cutoff on married men without children.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Armed Services
Hershey
Johnson
Copter downed four GIs in North Vietnam actions
Four American soldiers were killed as a helicopter went down about 30 miles northwest of Pleiku amid battles around a rice storage area and a Communist supply dump. US Navy jets were downed off Vinh, rescue helicopters recovered crews, with one radar operator missing. One Constellation AG jet and an Ad jet from Ranger were struck during the air war with Communist forces.
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Pleiku
North
Viet Nam
Vinh
Constellation
Hon Mat
Ranger
New Mumps Vaccine Nears Universal Effectiveness
A live virus vaccine developed by Dr Hilleman and Dr Buynak shows 98 to 99 percent effectiveness in preventing mumps in children, with antibodies persisting for months. Trials at University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia hospitals involved 809 children, comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. The Jers Lynn strain is reported to meet requirements for broad immunity though government licensing awaits broader testing.
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Maurice Scientis
R. Hileman
Merek Tystiel
Kate Jer
St. West Point
Jers
Lynn
Daugher
Hitleman
American Therapeutics Society
Hilleman
Eugene Buynak
Merck
Robert E. Weibel
Joseph Stokes Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of
Associated Prcna Wirerboy
Lynn F Hilleman
Kirsten
Robert Weibel
University of PennasTyanta
Jeryt
Senate OKs auto safety standards and funding
Senate approves interim auto safety standards covering seat belts padded dashboards and door latches with a plan to test and develop prototype cars. The bill directs notification to first buyers of safety defects and requires recalls for nonconforming vehicles. It also expands highway safety funding for state plans research and local programs over three years.
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Bil
Sven Thinns
Istates
Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes Amid Brief Ceremony
New York AP reports the Brooklyn Navy Yard, once the New York Naval Shipyard, ends its lengthy era with a small ceremony. The vast 7 acre yard began in the 19th century as a bustling shipbuilding site.
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New York Naval Shipyard
East River
Brooklyn Navy Yardy
Ohio
NEW York
Samuels slams Rockefeller Medicaid plan at Carso event
Samuels accuses Governor Rockefeller of pushing a political Medicaid program, calling it a hollow show while recalling yard shutdowns that forced 9,500 layoffs at a naval facility. He cites stalled promises and lists vessels and medical staff affected, naming Canandaigua figures and Franklin D Roosevelt as context.
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Woodbury
L. I
Howard Samuels
Rockefeller
Samuels
Frank Carso
Canandaigua
Arizona
Pearl Machor
Vila
Medical Petrr
Missouri
Bon Homme Richard
Sonnel
Constellation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Minimum wage bill trims farm worker coverage
A Senate labor subcommittee rejected extending minimum wage coverage to about 207,000 farm workers. In an eight to four vote the panel excluded commuting day workers on four traditional peacework boats and refused to reduce the 500 annual farm days required for eligibility.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
King Faisal has unruffled visit to New York
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia plans a private day in New York with no public events. He will dine with David Rockefeller in Tarrytown on Sunday and praised at a UN luncheon with U Thal, while New York officials criticized his Washington remarks about Zionists.
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Faisal
Saudi Arabia
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N.Y
John V. Lindsay
Washington
United Nations
U ‘Thal
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Capita
Lindsay
State Department
Meredith March Resumes Amid Tensions and Police Barrage
The Meredith march, led by SNCC head Stokely Carmichael, faced a tentative split over revivalist tents as Canton authorities barred the installation. Police tear gas repulsed a Thursday night rally while protests continued in Philadelphia and Canton. A Hollywood fundraiser featuring Sammy Davis Jr. was planned at Tougaloo, with a large Sunday march anticipated.
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Stokely Carmichael
SNCC
Tanton
Carmichael
Canton
Andrew O. June
King's
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Stanley Matthews
Tougaloo
Philadelphia
Miss
Wear
Philaelphia
Tougs
Fae College
Sammy Davis Jr
Jackson
King
Curiosity Outweighs Cartwheels in Vegas Theft Tale
An El Cortez Hotel casino reported a heavy trunk with about 2100 dollars in half dollars found by a clerk who suspected a crime. Police noted the odd cargo and action at a Las Vegas scene, while investigators pursued how the coins were moved.
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Ney
el Corter
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