Pentagon to Train 150000 Reservists in 1967 Draft Plan
The Pentagon proposes active duty training for 150,000 National Guardsmen and reservists in early 1967 to cut backlog from the six month program. About 60 percent of untrained personnel are in the National Guard with 7,600 in the Guard reserve. Officials expect the backlog to drop to 15,000 to 20,000 by June while new six month enlistees begin training sooner.
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UPI
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Army Reserve
National Guard
Army
Guard
Organized Army Reserve
Iowa to seek 60 more highway patrolmen over two years
Iowa Safety Commissioner Gene Needles announced plans to request 60 additional highway patrol officers in the 1967-69 biennium. He cited rising highway travel and more interstate miles as justification, noting training and equipment costs about 10,000 dollars per officer per year and a total near 1 million dollars for 60 new troopers.
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Des Moines
UPL
Iowa
Gene Needles Friday
Needles
Harold E Hughes
Numbef
General Assembly
Weather outlook for Iowa: cool Saturday and snow likely Sunday
Partly cloudy and not very cold Saturday with lows from 9 to 10 degrees northeast to 13 to 18 southwest. Highs near 20 to northeast and about 30 in the southwest. Sunday forecast calls for likely snow across the state impacting travel and outdoor plans.
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Iowa
Bandits Miss $40,000 In Dutch's Bar Robbery Twist
DETROIT UP I reports a five hour robbery at Dutch's Bar where 31 customers were robbed. The bandits missed $40,000 hidden in a beer case and washroom cupboard, while owner Schultz was robbed of $42 and later placed in the washroom with patrons.
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Detroit
UPI
Chultz
Schultz
Eleven airmen missing in Hanoi raid and jet losses
Six US fighter bombers with eleven American airmen aboard were reported missing after raids near Hanoi. Four Phantoms and one Thunderchief were shot down or crashed, while two other planes fell for unknown reasons. Nearby Haiphong and Dien Bien Phu areas saw follow-up fighting and MiG-21 interceptions.
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UPS
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Hanoi
U.S
Haiphong
Dien Bien Phu
Moscow
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Ooth
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Viet Nam
AAS
Lth Armored Cavalry Regiment
Highway One
Johnson to visit Mexico for Amistad Dam tour
President Johnson heads to Mexico with First Lady Lady Bird on a goodwill visit to Diaz Ordaz. They will cross by International Bridge at Rio Grande for a motorcade to Acuna and tour the Amistad Dam, a $78 million binational project nearing completion in 1969.
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Tex
UPI
Johnson
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
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Mexico
United States
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del Rio
Acuna
Diaz Ordaz
Lady Bird
Mexico City
Jordan's King Hussien calls unity against Israel in radio address
In Amman King Hussein used radio to urge Arab states led by Egypt and Syria to halt feuding and unite against Israel. He accused Cairo and Damascus of exploiting Jordan and distracting Arab forces from the Yemen war, while vowing to keep the state of war until Palestine's right of return is achieved. Pope Paul VI urged peace among all faiths during his Holy Land visit.
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Jordan
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Yemen
Hussein Id
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Egypt
Syria
Palestine Liberation Organzation
Isreal
Israel
Pope Paul VI
Hol Land
Last of quints dies on Friday
Pittsburgh doctors confirmed the final quintuplet died Friday after a sequence of premature births and complications. Five babies born 24 weeks early to Michael and Mrs. Aronson faced brain damage and respiratory distress. three died Sunday, another Monday, and Roni Sue died Friday after jaundice revealed brain injury. Parents faced blunt prognosis, while hospital staff described their honesty and parental resilience amidst tragedy. Michael Aronson, a 22 year old Duquesne law student, and his wife had planned a quiet future before the loss.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Michael Aronson
Lee Bass
Roni Sue
Bass
Aronson
Pittsburst
Duquesne University
Four Feet of Snow Hits Northeast in Severe Weather
United Press International reports widespread winter storms grip the Northeast with four feet of snow in Adams New York and sub freezing temperatures across the Midwest. Heavy snow warnings extend to mountains in southern Oregon while gusty rain turns to snow along the Rockies. Two storm deaths recorded in New England and record low temperatures tied in Pittsburgh. Glendive Montana registered 23 below zero as gale warnings affect the San Francisco area.
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Adams
N.Y
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midwest
Texas
Oregon
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Plains
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Erie
Pittsburgh
Bismarck
N.D
Maine
Great Lakes
Louisiana
Carolinas
Glendive
Mont
San Francisco
Riots erupt after Red Guards beat Chinese official Li Bao-hua
Tass reports protests by thousands of workers in Anhwei province after Red Guards beat and tortured Li Bao-hua a top Chinese Communist Party official and son of a founder. Clashes with Red Guards occurred November 16 and 17 leaving many injured and some killed.
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Communist Party
China
Tass
Anhwei
Li Bao-hua
Central Committee
Red
Peking
Li Baoshua
Red Guards
Li Bao- Hua
Schwengel Opposes Tax Checkoff for Political Parties
In Burlington Iowa Republican Congressman Fred Schwengel announced plans to introduce a bill to repeal a new tax checkoff allowing taxpayers to donate one dollar from their income taxes to a political party of their choice. The measure would not make mandatory use of tax funds.
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Burlington
Iowa
UPL
Fred Schwengel
Secrecy in Rhodesia talks as Wilson and Smith meet at sea
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian premier Ian Smith pressed near endgame talks aboard the cruiser HMS Tiger off North Africa over Rhodesia independence and majority rule. Officials reported three long sessions with no clear progress while London awaited word on outcomes and timing for a possible return.
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Gibraltar
Iger
Whitehall
London
Wilson
Smith
Oldest twins reach the century mark in Florida
Grant and Sherman Evans, aged 100, are considered the nation’s oldest twins. Born in 1866 in Kentucky, they credit hard work and clean living. Grant remained on the family farm while Sherman moved to Dayton, Ohio to run a jewelry business before retiring to Winter Haven. They received birthday greetings from President Johnson and Kentucky Colonel honors.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Grant
Sherman Evans
Sherman
Winter Haven
Carter County
Dayton
Ohio
Johnson
Kentucky
Edward Breathitt
County to Start Food Stamp Program in Washington County
Washington County plans a January 10 1967 start for a federal food stamp program. Milan Thompson says the program, run with the state welfare department and USDA, will provide coupons to low income families to buy $0.50 and $2 denomination stamps at local grocers, with eligibility based on residence income and assets.
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Milan Thompson
Hero
State Department of Social Welfare
Consumer and Marketing Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Usba
Court House
Consumer Food Programs
Centerville Iown
USDA
Evening Journal to Publish Q&A on $10 Million Revenue Bond Issue
The Evening Journal will begin a series of questions and answers about the industrial revenue bond issue funding a new Crane Company plant in Washington. Readers are invited to submit questions as the paper covers basic facts and the issue’s community impact. Answers will be factual and not opinion.
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Washington
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