First 24 Months Are the Toughest By Tom Tiede
Fort Polk Louisiana profile on new draftees and volunteers facing Army training. Recruits endure harsh discipline, learn to identify ranks, and prepare for possible Vietnam service as decades of reform yield sharper, more educated soldiers.
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Buxom-Bosomed Belle Back in New York
AP reports a rise in bra sizes across the U S and abroad with 36B and 34C growing popular and C and D cups gaining. Pill links are debated by manufacturers and officials while health authorities note possible temporary breast swelling from birth control pills.
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Former Lee High coach to stand trial on assault charges
John Robert Morrison, 28, former track coach at R. E. Lee High School in Staunton, was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing on two counts of felonious assault and highway manslaughter after being deemed mentally competent. He allegedly attacked Mr. and Mrs. James L. Conger, then was involved in a fatal highway crash on March 28. Conger is the athletic director at R. E. Lee.
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City Center Names Joffrey Ballet Resident Company
The City Center of Music and Drama will make the City Center Joffrey Ballet a permanent resident on 55th Street. The Robert Joffrey Ballet performed there March 30 and April 3 to rave reviews. The New York City Ballet now performs at the New York State Theater under City Center auspices, and the Joffrey Ballet will perform at least six weeks next year.
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Suttee Practice Persists in India into 19th Century
The suttee custom, demanding wives to join husbands on funeral pyres, continued in parts of India well into the mid-1800s despite British outlawing it earlier, reflecting ongoing cultural resistance to colonial reforms.
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