Army speeds draftee discharges to save millions
The Army plans to discharge 235,000 draftees by December 31 and has 200,000 others on terminal leave or en route home. Total force drops from 1,745,000 to about 1,310,000 by year end as the drive toward an all volunteer Army continues. Officials estimate savings near 50 million dollars through the end of the year.
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Lt. Runkle Returns Home After Four Years in Army
First Lt. Albert D. Runkle has come home to Tucson after four years in the Army. Commissioned in 1943, he served in the photographic center at Long Island and the film distribution branch at Fourth Service Command HQ. He spent 22 months overseas covering many European theatre missions and later led the Frankfurt, Germany, film division before redeployment.
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Aircraft Makers Launch Noise Reduction Campaign
A research campaign by America’s aircraft manufacturers to reduce the noise produced by airplanes is now under way.
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Gas death by own action sparks city alarm
A Manhattan apartment dweller’s gas suicide caused an explosion that wrecked the building and rattled the neighborhood. The incident prompts calls for a safety device to prevent similar blasts and questions about abandoning gas in apartment homes.
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