Word: ayers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most of the nation has tired of flogging the question of long hair, but not the U.S. Army. In the face of ever-dwindling numbers of volunteers, the Department of the Army asked the N.W. Ayer & Sons advertising agency to launch a recruiting campaign. One theme: WE CARE MORE ABOUT HOW YOU THINK THAN HOW YOU CUT YOUR HAIR...
...credible indication that the Army was changing and placing emphasis on more important aspects of service. It was not anticipated that the change in haircut policy would become an issue in some units and between various groups within the Army." What is more, although the youth pictured in the Ayer ad looks well trimmed by contemporary standards, the circular emphasizes that he "does not repeat does not illustrate a soldier meeting the standards set by AR 600-20." The offending ad will soon be dropped "because of the possible misinterpretation that the Army is more permissive-which...
Yesterday's action was organized by the Ayer, Mass. Common Sense Bookstore Collective and a group of G.I.'s from the base here. A total of 23 persons participated in the distribution of the paperback edition of the Pentagon's massive study of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Leaflets containing excerpts from the study were also handed...
MARC RONDEAU Ayer, Mass...
Thirty-five members of the Nonviolent Direct Action Group plan to distribute leaflets concerning he GI's rights and the Indochina war at Ft. Devens, in Ayer, Mass., this afternoon. The action does not have the required approval of he base Provost Marshal...