European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Foge 2 Thi stars and stripes a South Viet Nam s Fouse of representatives overwhelmingly approved Friday general mobilization Bill that makes men Between the Ages of16 and 50, almost without exception eligible for military service. Ninety two of the 100 representatives present voted for the Bill which makes men 18 to 38eligible for drafting into the regular army and regional an local militia. Men 16 and 17 and 39 to 50 would be participate in local required to self defense forces organized by the govern ment. Reservists also would be called up. The few exemptions include veterans with More than eight years of service and veterans Over 33 with five or More of the Bill came one Day after president Nguyen Van Thieu urged the legislature to act quickly. The House had been Dis cussing the measure for almost a month after declining to give Thieu unchecked Powers to decree general Senate will Start work on the Bill Early next general mobilization is expected to give South vie Namas Many As one million men under arms. There Are 778,000 now. Flights of restricts f111a pending probe Washington a Theair Force on thursday restricted All f111a flights in the United states and in Southeast Asia pending investigation of the lat est crash of one of the swing Wing f111a operating out of Nellis air Force base crashed wednesday on a training flight 60 Miles North of Las vegas Nev. Three of the planes have Bee lost on flights out of Thailand where they recently started con ducting War missions. The instructor and student Pilot escaped in wednesday s Accident. They Are being questioned about the cause of the crash and the wreckage is being examined. A defense department spokes Man said the grounded in a planes Are nontechnical Sens because grounding refers to halting All flights to make a specific modification or fix to All planes. The restriction could however Lead to the grounding of All fellas depending on what the investigation of the Nellis crash shows. Wilson party Virttie qty . I i. 9 of Ittu sex. Just of 1 1 Jajua Safur Doy May Lonbon
