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Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Physical Description
[1] p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Original script untitled.
Transcript of script: "(PRIVATE) A CONTROVERSY IS DEVELOPING OVER AN ARMY PRIVATE WHOSE PARENTS CONTEND HE HAS THE MENTAL AGE OF A TEN-YEAR-OLD. HIS FATHER SAYS 21-YEAR-OLD ROBERT HINKLE DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN TO READ OR WRITE. THE ARMY PLANS TO GIVE THE OREGON SOLDIER SIX WEEKS OF TRAINING AND THEN SEND HIM TO EUROPE. --DASH-- (HINKLE, WHOSE HOME IS IN OREGON, WILL TAKE REMEDIAL READING AND OTHER SUBJECTS AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY, BEFORE SHIPPING OUT TO EUROPE. ORIGINALLY, HINKLE WAS DUE TO GO TO VIETNAM BUT HIS FATHER, ROBERT HINKLE, PROTESTED. A MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS THE ARMY BELIEVES HINKLE MEETS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS. AS FOR THE SWITCH FROM VIETNAM TO EUROPE, THE ARMY SAYS THAT'S WHERE HE'S MOST NEEDED AT THE PRESENT."