Fifty Years Ago Today, September 17, 1965

Training Center Coming to Post

An Army basic training center will be established at Fort Benning next month to absorb 1,300 trainees a week, the Army announced today.

Some 3,000 permanent personnel -- some of whom already are at Fort Benning -- will be used to receive and train the inductees joining the Army under the increased draft.

Drinks Vote

Opponents of mixed drinks Thursday ended weeks of speculation on whether they would try to block the Oct. 13 referendum here on drinks by the glass.

A Swainsboro, Ga., lawyer retained by "a group of private citizens" filed a petition in Superior Court asking that the city of Columbus be enjoined from holding the upcoming election.

Hunger Strike

A soldier with the U.S. Army's lst Cavalry Division has been imprisoned on charges of disobeying to prepare to move to South Viet Nam, a U.S. Army spokesman said today.

Four men, all Negroes, attempted a hunger strike on the U.S. troop ship Buckner on the way over to South Viet Nam, but "all are eating well now," the spokesman asserted.

This story was originally published September 16, 2015 at 3:22 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, September 17, 1965 ."