Westmoreland Seeks 100000 More Troops This Year
Senator Peter Dominick, returning from Vietnam, said Gen Westmoreland wants 100000 additional U S troops this year to wage the Vietnam War. There are 453000 American servicemen in Vietnam. Dominick cited Cambodia as a growing sanctuary and discussed potential bombardment and a Haiphong harbor quarantine.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Peter Dominick
Westmoreland
U.S
Johnson
Dominick
Cambodia
United States
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Worl
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Gulf of Aqaba
Doctor denied ethics defense in court martial
Capt Howard Levy lost his main defense when a military judge ruled medical ethics did not justify his refusal to train Special Forces medics bound for Vietnam. Col Earl V Brown, the law officer, said the order was legal, though the board could view it as illegal if tied to punishment. Levy, 30, a physician, faces a 10 officer court martial with deliberations expected to begin.
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FT. Jackson
3.C
UPI
Howard Levy
Vietnam
Col
Earl V. Brown
Levy
Brown
Brooklyn
Army Medical Service
Green Beret
United States
Army bans drinking parties after paratroop officer death
At Fort Bragg a young paratrooper Lt Ronald Reeves died after a drunken initiation party. The Army ordered clamps on ceremonial drinking bouts and urged commanders to prevent heavy indulging. Reeves had just completed air borne training and was part of an unofficial officers club initiation.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
UPI
Ronald Reeves
Charleston
White youths deny attacking Negroes in Grenada case
In Grenada Miss federal court testimony, two white youths Archie Larry Campbell and Donald Wayne Bain denied taking part in violence during school desegregation. Campbell claimed he slept at home Sept 12 while Bain said he was nearby only to observe. Prosecutors said Bain and Campbell attacked Negro students. others named include James Ricard Ayers Duke Reynolds William Bryant Flanagan Clyde Perry Robert Shields and Jerome Shaw as eight white defendants face a jury.
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Oxford
Miss
UPI
Grenada
Archie Larry Campbell
Donald Wayne Bain
Memphis
Tenn
Bain
Kcking
Poindexter Harvie
Rundle High School
William Campbell
Campbell
Harvie
U.S
Claude Clayton
Dorothy Allen
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Paris
Charles A. Lindberg
Westy
Army
Harold K. Johnson
Army Chief of Staff
Green Berets
South
John
Lian
Luna
Realtalian
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