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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Page
3
The Daily Mail presents a Q and A on Selective Service. It covers how to request deferments or reclassification, the board's authority, and how volunteers may induce entry. It notes there is no fixed priority for reclassification and advises contacting the local board for individual guidance.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Diehl, deputy director of Military Instruction at West Point, received the Legion of Merit for developing a four year military sciences program. The citation lauded his judgment and effort in shaping a comprehensive instructional system during 1965 to 1968 while at the Department of Tactics. Col Diehl, a former West Point instructor and now basic training battalion commander at Fort Bragg, is the son of Mrs Crown Diehl of Hagerstown Maryland.
Gov. Agnew faces a crowded field as governors debate participating in the GOP platform drafting. He says he will not join the platform committee due to state fiscal problems and favors a favorite son move to the convention. Agnew mentions possible support for Nixon, Rockefeller, or Reagan and wonders about Kennedy as Democratic vice president.
The soldier joked after two days in service that he would weigh 357 pounds at discharge. Agnew and Kennedy references appear, with Agnew weighing in on state fiscal issues and future spending cuts. The Daily Mail reports from Hagerstown on a June 12 edition in 1758.
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