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...Seniors interested in Officer Candidate Schools, early application is absolutely essential. In the current crush of applications, Naval OCS has stopped accepting applications temporarily, and has filled up classes for OCS candidates until Sept. or Oct., 1966. The Air Force also has many applications pending and may be forced to do the same thing. Men are then left with minimal choice as to how they can best serve their country and themselves...
Fortnight ago, Akintola and the Sardauna of Sokoto met secretly in Ibadan, decided to call in the army to crush the growing rebellion. As far as the junior officers were concerned, that was the last straw. They launched their long-planned coup. "Our enemies," said Nzeogwu, "are the political profiteers, the men that seek bribes, those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so they can remain in office as Ministers, tribalists and nepotists, those that have corrupted our society and put the political calendar back...
...river waters. Announced Aram: "The Iranian government regards the agreement as breached." With that, Iran ordered a mobilization of its forces along the border, alerted its elite Kermanshah Division, scrambled its U.S.-built supersonic F-5 jet fighters, vowing to "silence the voice" of Iraqi artillery and "crush" any further Iraqi aggression...
...college crush continues. According to the U.S. Office of Education, 5,967,411 students are enrolled in the nation's colleges and universities this academic year, an increase of 12.2% over 1964 totals. Freshman enrollment last fall was up 18%, reflecting the fact that 45% of 1965's graduating high school seniors continued on to college...
...Capitol theater for the premiere of Doctor Zhivago, but the crowd saved the rave for Sophia, who didn't even play in the picture. She just tagged along in white mink cape and Dior gown with Producer Carlo Ponti, her once and future husband. In all the crush, Sophia and Carlo were beaming because of some moral support they'd got from the French government the day before. Carlo, a new-vintage French citizen, obtained a Paris divorce from his first wife, can now marry Sophia legally, even though those bigamy charges against him still haven...