House committee eyes per crop subsidy cap at 55000
Washington AP reports the House Agriculture Committee backs a three year farm subsidy plan with an individual cap of 55000 per crop. The dairy wool wheat feed grain and cotton program for 1971 72 and 73 would cost over 3 billion dollars annually, similar to the present program. Chairman Poage favors ceilings to pass a farm bill.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
Dtex
Sammy Cahn to wed Tita Curtis on August 2
Sammy Cahn 56 and Tita Curtis 32, both previously divorced, plan to marry August 2 in Santa Monica. He jokes about writing a new song if the second time around theme works, testing lyrics for Love Is Lovelier the Second Time Around.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Sammy Cahn
Tita Curtis
School districts face greatest challenge as new system prep looms
State Superintendent Cyril Busbee told the Aiken County Board of Education that the 93 districts must prepare to reopen in August under a unitary school system. He praised Aiken’s negotiable plan and outlined textbook adoption, with free texts for grades 1–8 and a rental system for grades 9–12. Bids for East Aiken Elementary construction were set for August 6, and district summer programs, including migrant and Head Start activities, were reviewed as 30 schools prepare to reopen on August 16 with teachers reporting earlier.
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Cyril Busbee
Aiken County
Busbee Added
G. T. Myers
East Aiken
Board of Education
Ridge Hill
Monetta
Office of Economic Opportunity
Neighborhood Youth Corps
OEC
Guessing Game Ends as Short Declines Minnesota Governor Bid
Bob Short, Minneapolis businessman and owner of the Washington Senators, chose not to file for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor nomination before the 5 p.m. deadline. He said he could not visualize winning a large enough majority to govern effectively.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Bob Short
Minnesota
Short
Minneapolis
Washington Senators
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Treacher to Leave Griffin Show
Arthur Treacher, long known for a dour English butler, will depart the Merv Griffin show to resume acting and devote more time to his restaurant business. He marked his 76th birthday during a taping and his last regular appearance is set for August 14.
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Treacher
Griffin
New York
Arthur Treacher
Merv Griffin
Patty Duke and Michael Tell Divorce Ends Hollywood Marriage
Actress Patty Duke, who wed Michael Tell on June 24 and spoke of eternity, announces divorce from Tell, a Las Vegas concert promoter. Duke, 23, won the 1962 Oscar for The Miracle Worker and an Emmy for My Sweet Charlie. Tell, 25, had no previous marriages.
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Hollywood
Patty Duke
Michael Tell
Miss Duke
Tell
Las Vegas
Helen Keller
My Sweet
Charlie
Draft Law Study Sought on Catholic Conscientious Objection
A U S District Court judge ruled the draft law unconstitutional for forcing religious choice between faith and imprisonment. James McFadden, 26, a San Francisco Catholic, refused induction arguing the Vietnam War violates his conscience. The Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to weigh Catholic theologians' views on just versus unjust wars, with the church not taking a position.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
US. Dist
Alfonso J. Zirpoli
Zirpoli
James Francis McFadden
San Francisco
McFadden
Justice Department
Micronesia Offered Commonwealth Status Similar To Puerto Rico
The Nixon administration proposed granting the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Micronesia commonwealth status like Puerto Rico. The plan requires U N approval and U S and Micronesian legislative consent, with Micronesians seeking possible free association instead. The territory of about 100000 people covers 2100 islands with land area smaller than Rhode Island.
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Washington
Pacific Islands
Micronesia
Puerto Rico
Interior Department
U.S
United States
United Nations Security Council
Rhode Island
Tomorrow Puzzle Seeks Winner From Rainy Day Entries
Time marches on to the answer of the $160.00 Stumper puzzle which will appear in tomorrow's paper. Many entries have been pouring in on these rainy days and there just might be a winner.
Inside Today Comics Editorials Deaths TV Sports Want Ads
Inside Today compiles brief items across comics, editorials and society pages. It lists TV guides, sports snippets and classified want ads for readers.
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Women’s
New Director Praises Force At Aiken Public Safety Dept
J B Brown was fired as chief and J R Busbee appointed to head both police and fire departments. Busbee told officers the department must be built by standards set by each man and that resignations had not materialized. Rumors of friction and high turnover are noted though no criminal charges were filed.
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J. Carroll Busbee
Aiken
J. B. Brown
Roland Windham
Busbee
Brown
Windham
Jets strike North Vietnamese gun positions in early morning raid
American fighter bombers attacked an anti aircraft battery about seventy miles west of Dong Hoi after a U S reconnaissance jet was fired upon. The raid marked the first U S strike inside North Vietnam in a month with no losses to the escorting Phantoms.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Defense Department
Phnom Penh
Laos
South Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Hue
Cambodia
Nasser Rejects Peace Proposal Amid Middle East Talks
Egypt presses for full Israeli withdrawal and Palestinian rights as the basis for any settlement. Al Ahram said Nasser’s reply to a U.S. peace plan was delivered to Donald Bergus in Cairo. Israel denied wide American troop claims and said no American nationals serve in its air force.
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Egypt
al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S
Middle East
Donald C. Bergus
Cairo
United States
Israel
Jordan
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Security Council
Mideast
Tel Aviv
America
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
Menahem Eini
Army
Eini
Thurmond hails Nixon reversal on carpetbagger move
Thurmond says Nixon reversed the Justice Department plan to send carpetbagging lawyers and marshals into the South to enforce desegregation. He credits the president for understanding Southern concerns and criticizes IRS rulings on private schools.
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Columbia
Len Strom Thurmond
R. C
Nixon
Washington
Justice Department
South
South Carolina
Thurmond
Sen. Thurmond
Internal Revenue Service
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San Juan
Miami
Luis A. Ferre
UPI Telephoto
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Kiri Rom
Sre Khiong
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