Senate approves 2.9% pay raise for 8 million workers
The Senate on Monday approved a 2.9 percent pay increase for eight million government employees. Debate featured attacks on President Johnson for tying economic policy to election-year strategy.
12 Jul 1966
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1966
Page
1
The Senate on Monday approved a 2.9 percent pay increase for eight million government employees. Debate featured attacks on President Johnson for tying economic policy to election-year strategy.
A Washington Center study backed by Johns Hopkins experts concludes the U S plan for general disarmament is unworkable after two years and $87308. Center director Dr Robert E Osgood says states cannot be wholly deprived of force. The piece notes public reaction and related commentary from Wes Izzard.
A chaotic, dispatch driven front reports US air raids against Viet Cong troop concentrations near Saigon and Hanoi fighting as B52s pound targets in Phu Bon Province. The piece also covers a deadly car heat incident in Florida involving three young children and a mother’s medical visits, with ongoing casualties and military losses highlighted.
Phil Newsom, foreign news analyst for United Press International, predicts a real turn in Viet Nam within six months and a US troop presence for about ten more years as a police role. He cites comparisons to Europe Korea and Japan deployments and says militarily the U.S. is past defeat with a possible path to victory.
The Amarillo Globe News reports a claimed forecast that Russia and China may clash, shared by Phil Newsom at a Living Textbook Conference in Canyon. Speakers included Dr Lee Williamson and Al Capp, with Capp’s arrival delayed by an airline strike.
The New York stock market held steady Monday despite high interest rates and an airline strike. Trading was moderate as more stocks rose than fell, with the Dow hovering near the 900 mark before a late report of Defense Secretary McNamara planning a cutback in air munitions production within 90 days.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said despite gains in Vietnam there is no near end in sight. He noted increased U S forces may be required and warned of rising costs. A cutback in bomb production aims to save about four and a half billion dollars, with no expectation of a brief war.
A small band of striking Mexican-American farm workers led by two clergy members completed the first leg of a 400 mile march to the state capital of Austin. They held a rally in Weslaco on the first leg and plan further stops through Elsa Raymondville Corpus Christi San Antonio and Austin. The Rio Grande City union demands 1.2 per hour for seasonal field hands and expects growing support. a Labor Day rally on the capitol grounds is planned with an AFL-CIO estimate of over 50 000 attendees.
The Senate passed a bill by 81 to 0 to give federal employees a 2.9 percent raise and fringe benefits, delaying its effect to next year failed, with total costs around 503.8 million annually for Civil Service and postal workers.
In Dundee Scotland on June 13 1965 Angus Barbieri under Maryfield Hospital supervision stopped solid foods for a year losing 293 pounds from 473 to 180. He ate only tea water milk vitamins and occasional milk sugar while planning a three week Spain vacation to celebrate the end of the diet.
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