Pentagon eyes small draft after war ends
Pentagon planners say the draft could be cut to a few hundred men monthly if money and effort go into recruiting morale and image. A lottery system may replace conscription, with calls by age class targeting 20 year olds, as the department projects 100000 draftees annually to maintain postwar force levels.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Congress
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Capitol Hill
Vietnam
Weather forecast and local sale notices in town paper
Little precipitation is forecast over the next five days with less than a quarter inch expected mainly over the weekend. Temperatures will run near or slightly below normal. Sale promos offer 20 percent off perms and colors, Stayman apples priced at 3 dollars per bin, Butler's Packing House eggs four dozen for a dollar fifty, and Russell's Egg Market listing.
Match Stick Hobby- A Church in 2 Weeks
Bruce Jackson spent two weeks constructing a near scale model of the Montague Avenue Methodist Church from 150000 matches. The two foot structure features 18 window panels that glow like stained glass when lit. Jackson, a Korean War veteran, based the design on the church interior provided by Rev Norman Compton and copied the altar and pews with match boxes.
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Bruce Jackson
Winchester
Montague Avenue
Lulu Williams
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
St. Paul A.M.E
Jackson
Norman Compton
Gls Clash With enemy near Saigon in Vietnam war flare
American Air Cavalry clashed with North Vietnamese troops 35 miles northeast of Saigon with brief combat and reports of 145 enemy killed. Casualties included six Americans and 13 South Vietnamese killed with additional wounded and missing.
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Saigon
Mekong
Laos
A Shau
da Nang
Hue
U.S
Ameri
Damages Sought In Oil Slick Case By California
California and federal authorities face a 1.3 billion claim alleging negligence caused the Santa Barbara oil spill. Charles A. O'Brien seeks 500 million against Interior, with 800 million against Union Oil Texaco Mobil Gulf for damages to fish wildlife beaches and tourism. A scientific panel begins a two day probe as Udall testifies on offshore leases.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Sealife
Department of Interior
Charles A. O’brien
O’brien
Union Oil Co
Texaco, Inc
Mobil Oil Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Union
Carpinteria
Nixon
Washington
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Senate Air and Water Pollution
Udall
Walter Hinkel
Interior Department
Sacramento
Union Oil
John Fraser
Surplus May Be Retained Amid Budget Projections
Budget Director Robert P. Mayo told a Senate House committee that federal outlays may exceed Johnson era estimates for 1969 and 1970 but the government is expected to retain a surplus. He warned a 1 percent receipts error could wipe out the small surplus, though he anticipates remaining in black ink.
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Washington
Robert P. Mayo
Mayo
Joint
Senate House Economic Committee
Treasury
David Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Kennedy
Continental Illinois National Bank
Congress
Residents Return After Ammonia Gas Train Derailment
Crete Nebraska residents return to homes after deadly ammonia gas from a derailed Burlington freight train spread like fog. Eight people died and three unidentified transients were found among the wreckage of nineteen derailed cars in the 94-car Denver to Chicago consist.
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Crete
Neb
Denver-to-Chicago
Burlington
Bridge misalignment blocks I-79 project near Pittsburgh
A 600 foot bridge to carry Interstate 79 in Collier Township is 13 feet out of line with base lines, halting construction. Engineers found the mismatch during pier work and two private consultants had drawn plans that did not match. The error will require redesign of ramps and roadways.
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Pittsburgh
Collier Township
Highways Department
W. P. Dickerson, Co
John McCasick
McCasick
Fires Damage Two Buildings In Winchester
Two separate blazes were fought by Winchester firefighters in the last 24 hours. A 5 am fire at 418 and 418 1/2 Highland Ave caused by hot ashes in a cardboard box damaged the second floor apartment of Harley Grim Jr. The Allied Investment Corporation owned the buildings and investigators noted extensive damage.
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Winchester
S.R. Dyke
Highland Ave
Allied Investment Corporation
Harley Grim, Jr
Missing Gamblers Special Plane Vanishes Over Nevada
Ground crews search desert near Hawthorne for Mineral County Airlines DC3 with 35 aboard returning from gambling junket to Burbank and Long Beach. Civil Air Patrol weather delay. plane last seen near the California Nevada border 200 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
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Hawthorne
Nev
Gamblers
Civil Air Patrol
California-Nevada
Los Angeles
California
Burbank
Long Beach
Jerry Thornburg
Walker Lake Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Mount Montgomery
Fred Hall
Ray Haner
Mineral County Airlines
Russian Dissenter Sentenced in Moscow Leaflet Case
Irina Belogorodskaya a 30 year old Moscow engineer and member of a dissenting intellectual circle was sentenced to a year in a labor camp for possessing protest leaflets about the arrest and trial last summer of another group member. The court gave credit for over six months already served and rejected acquittal.
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Moscow
Irina Belogorodskaya
Virginia Signs Equal Employment Pledge Amid Road-Project Stall
Virginia's highway program stalls as Douglas B. Fugate signs federal equal employment pledges under protest. He cites coercion and calls for immediate revision of contractor pre qualifications. The NAACP criticizes the move as adherence to civil rights delays.
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Richmond
Virginia
Douglas B. Fugate
John R. Jamieson
Fugate
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia State Conference of the
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Correction to suit coats price at Burton's Ward Plaza
An amendment notes the price on suit coats in our page 34 advertisement should read nine dollars and twenty two cents. The item is offered at Burton's Ward Plaza.
Retaliation Threat After Zurich Airliner Attack
After a second guerrilla strike on an El Al Boeing 720 at Zurich Kloten, Israeli Transport Minister Moshe Carmel warned Arab governments to curb saboteurs or risk Middle East airways destruction. Six of 27 aboard were wounded, including trainee pilot Yoran Peres. One attacker was killed by an Israeli security agent during the assault.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Carmel
el al
Zurich
Switzerland
Carmel
Maariv
Middle East
Lebanon
Athens
Beirut
U.S. State Department
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Semerhav
Hayom
Gahal Party
Israel
Kloten
Yoran Peres
Zurich Cantonal Hospital
Weather Update from Richmond on Atlantic Storm
Eastern Virginia stays cloudy and windy as a storm remains nearly stationary about 400 miles east of the Virginia Capes. The forecast hints at continuing unsettled conditions with gusty winds inland and over coastal areas.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Capes
Washington's Birthday Sale Buys All Half-Size Attire
Macy's Loudoun Street advertises a Washington's Birthday Sale offering half price on all half-size dresses and skirts. The store located at 181 North Loudoun Street promotes savings across women’s wear.
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Worth
Loudoun St
Washington
Correction notice lists store hours and promo details
The message adjusts weekday hours to 9 am to 4 pm and Saturday hours to 9 am to 1 pm for Virginia Loan and Thrift. It advertises free Coke and a hot dog with a coupon from today’s page 3 ad. Details reference Thurs to Fri times and a Sears Roebuck Co mention.
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Virginia Loan & Thrift
Sears, Roebuck’ and Co
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Aeria By Laws
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Howard Johnson
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O’sullivan Rubber Corp
Ramona Martin
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Jackson Was
Piedmont, W.va
Mrs
Robert Jackson
Piedmont High School
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Thailand
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Japan
Piedmont
Southern Scrap
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O’sullivan
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Miles
Missing ‘Gamblers
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Sierra
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Loudoun
Burton’s Ward Plaza
George Washington
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