Navy Restores Policy For Sole Surviving Sons In Combat Roles
The Navy restored a policy allowing sole surviving sons to be kept out of combat after a formal request. Enlistees or officers may seek noncombat assignments once their service obligation ends. The rule, canceled over three years ago, also covers Viet Nam tours with extended consideration for next postings.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
Stoddard’s Steam Calliope Named for Eloquence Muse
Joshua C. Stoddard of Pawlet Vermont patented the steam calliope in 1855 and named it after the Greek muse of eloquence and epic poetry.
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Joshua C. Stoddard
Pawlet, Vt
Public Hearings Set on Ku Klux Klan Ties
The House Un American Activities Committee will open public hearings Tuesday in the Cannon Building to probe the Ku Klux Klan. Don Appell leads the probe with Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton named as the chief target. The inquiry will span background on Klan structure and leadership before examining the Imperial Klans and its smaller units.
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Washington
Don Appell
House Committee On Un-American Activites
Appell
Klavern
Klnd
Wizard
Dragon
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
House Committee On un-American Activities
Robert Shelton
United Klans
Invisible Empire
Willis
Khin
Olds Cannon House
kPins
De Valera Plans Return to Ireland Presidency
Dublin AP reports 83 year old Eamon De Valera plans a second seven year term as president. Observers expect his victory while Gen Sean Mac Eoin is unlikely to run again and the Easter 1916 anniversary adds significance to the race. De Valera, born in New York, led Ireland as prime minister from 1938 to 1948.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Dev
Sean Mace Eoin
Labor Party
Ireland
Britain
de Valera
New York
John A. Costello
Headway Reported in Reducing Balance of Payments Deficit
Secretary of the Treasury Hene y H. Fowler told Business Council members that the United States is making headway in reducing the balance of payments deficit in the second half of 1965. He projected continued improvement into 1966 though warned the annual deficit may not reach $1.3 billion due to higher tourist spending abroad and revised import/export trends. Experts in July and August were noted as more favorable.
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Hot Springs
Treasury
Heney H. Fowler
United States
Fowler
Business Council
Soviet Writer Wins 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature
Soviet author Mikhail Sholokhov, 60, awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for literature for his epic Quiet Flows the Don. The Swedish Academy praised his artistic power and historic portrayal of the Russian people amid socialist realism.
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Stockholm
Mikhail Sholokhov
Sholokhov
Supreme Soviet
Swedish Academy
Pletely
Tolstoy
Veshenskaya-on-ethee
Opposition Seen At Virginia Hearing On Safe Driver Discount
Opponents planned to attend a State Corporation Commission session as officials consider trimming the safe driver discount from ten to five per cent. The SCC insurance bureau proposed the cut to boost premium income, while insurers seek a 6.8 per cent rate hike for private passenger cars, potentially the third rise in three years.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Insurance Bureau
Gaver K. Adams Et al
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Hunting Ridge Road
Gainesboro
Christmas in September Sale Staged in Cody
In midsummer Dick Wilder advertised a Christmas in September sale at his Cody drug store offering decorations and wrapping paper at cut rates. A late summer storm dumped eight inches of snow, helping the gag with the weather to match the theme.
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Cody
Wyo
Dick Wilder
Antique sign on highway advertises sale near Torrington
A roadside sign along U S Highway 26 near Torrington Wyoming advertises new and used antiques for sale puzzling motorists.
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Torrington
Wyo
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