Senate votes 2 year extension of draft and pay raise
The Senate approved a two year extension of the draft and a 2.7 billion dollar pay increase amid debate on a phased Indochina withdrawal. The bill limits annual drafts to 130 000 and 140 000, retains conscientious objector service, and adds drug treatment training for servicemen. A Mansfield withdrawal amendment faces a cool reception in conference and on the House floor.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Congress
Ffré
House
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Nixon
Defense Department
Probers to Press Charges If CBS Chief Defies Subpoena
House Commerce Committee chairman Harley Staggers orders CBS president Frank Stanton to hand over outtakes from The Selling of the Pentagon. Stanton declines saying material cannot be compelled, raising contempt questions and possible Justice Department action.
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Washington
Congress
House
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Commerce Committee
Frank Stanton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Pentagon
Stanton
Staggers
CBS
Staunton
Network
Justice Department For Prosecution
America
Stephens City Man Gets Term In Martinsburg
James Lewis Tobin 22 of Stephens City was sentenced to six months in jail for carrying a revolver without a state license. He received a $50 fine and costs and 90 day sentence for brandishing a weapon. He was arrested after a Martinsburg Shopping Plaza shooting incident with no injuries.
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Martinsburg
W.va
James Lewis Tobin
Stephens City
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Dingler
Berkeley
Tobin
Berkeley County
Los Angeles Leads Nation in Counterfeit Money Seizures
The Secret Service reports about half of the counterfeit currency seized nationwide in seven months was found in Los Angeles. The latest haul totals 2.5 million dollars in uncut $20 notes, discovered in a car and a residence, boosting area bogus-bill seizures to about 10 million since December 1.
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Los Angeles
Secret Service
Camp Lee Among U.S. Largest WWI Posts
In World War I Camp Lee, later Fort Lee, located in eastern Virginia, grew into one of the United States' two largest military posts.
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Camp Lee
Fort Lee
Virginia
U.S
LBJ Memoirs Reveal 1964 Prep for Heavy Vietnam Involvement
LBJ describes in unpublished memoirs that his administration prepared in early 1964 for expanded American military involvement in Vietnam. He cites internal debates over bombing, stepped up pressure plans, and decisions leading to major troop increases, framing his stance from a vantage point after Kennedy’s assassination.
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LBJ
Garden City
N.Y
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Newsday
New York
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Johnson
North Vietnam
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
America
China
South
Eisenhower
North
Glassboro
N.J
Kosygin
United States
Boming
Junk Dumps Into Yard After Mountain Flooding
In Dublin Virginia a hillside slide filled the Ellis Flinchum yard with hundreds of pounds of junk from a hollow above. Torrents washed beer cans dirt and debris into the yard while a rusty refrigerator television stove and discarded poles lay amid damaged crops and a shocked family plans to haul the mess away. Tim Ransdell notes a tractor aid and says they will use the dirt to concrete a porch.
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Dublin
Ellis B. Flinchum
Parrott Mountain
Pulaski County
Tim Ransdell
Tim
Memorial Service at Bethel United Methodist Gore
Memorial services will be held at Bethel United Methodist Church Gore on Sunday. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. and morning worship with the Rev Homer at 11. Lunch at 12 30 followed by afternoon worship with Mrs Louise Barrett at 2 30 p.m. The program includes special singing.
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Bethel United Methodist Church
Gore
Homer
Louise Barrett
Sacred Heart Academy sets leaders for first horse show
Sacred Heart Academy names Tom White overall chairman with Mrs. Ellerby Mrs. Vermillion as area chairs and James Finan as ticket co chairman. Judges Jack Prestage Frank Warrel ring master Matt McHale and Evva McGuigan assist. Categories include Large Pony Small Pony Junior Riders Working Hunter Knockdown Bareback Western and most points trophy. Parking on Amherst and Merrimans Lane. pony rides and refreshments available.
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Sacred Heart Academy
Tom White
Marcella Ellerby
Ann Vermillion
Ticket Cochairman
James Finan
Joan Smallwood
Mildred Cary
Judy Chisholm
John Jones
Home School Association
Sacred Heart Church
Knights of Columbus
Sacred Heart Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Jack Prestage
Frank
Amherst St
Merrimans Lane
Organ Silenced By Rattlesnake in Tucson Home
Mrs. June F. Young and four children found a sidewinder rattlesnake occupying their home organ in Tucson Arizona. Deputies sprayed mace into the instrument but failed to remove the snake. The family will not play the organ until the reptile relocates.
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Tucson
Ariz
June F. Young
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Hillcrest Nursing Home
Homer Whitling
Lebanon Church
Mr. Whitling
National Nursing Home
Mary Helen Massie
Jesus
Stephens
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Sacred Heart Names
Warrel
Matt McHale
Evva McGuigan
Burton's Ward
H.W. Ebert
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Oldsmobile
Loudoun St
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