Repair Cruelty Loophole and Fund Lab Animal Welfare
The Christian Science Monitor advocates restoring funding for P L 89 544 to 1 200 000 after Rep Jamie Whitten cut a prior request to 300 000. It urges a Senate House conference to resolve differences, emphasizing inspection of laboratories and dealers to enforce registrations and licenses and prevent reoccurrence of cruel conditions. The piece stresses the Agriculture Department’s capacity to implement the act with adequate funds.
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House of Representatives
Jamie Whitten
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
P.L
Whitten
Tax Rise For Aged Benefits In Social Security Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee drafts a new bill raising the Social Security tax base from 6600 to 7800 and increasing cash benefits by about 13 percent. The revised plan also lifts the maximum tax to 358.80 for 1987 on a 7800 base, with implications for workers and employers and potential adjustment before passage.
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House
Ways and Means
Johnson
Allies May Boost Vietnam War Effort Through Mission
President Johnson sends two advisers to seek reinforcements from allies as South Korea leads regional help with 45,000 troops. Thailand, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand are pressed to expand aid while South Vietnam’s 700,000 under arms could rise, with shifts after elections and evaluation of the Taylor-Clifford mission.
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Prsident Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Clark Clifford
Vietnam
South Korea
United States
Thailand
South Vietnam
Philippines
The Quality Debate on How to Improve Institutions
Washington Insight by Joseph Kraft argues that the Quality Debate reframes centralization versus decentralization as how to raise performance in local government and other large institutions. He cites wealth, youth, and criticism sensitivity as key success factors, noting modern governance must adapt to change and welcome critique to remain effective.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
Harvard Corporation
Telephone Company
New World Revolution and Castro’s Rising Reach
William F Buckley Jr dissecting Havana conference after October crisis. He argues Kennedy erred in 1962 and Khrushchev confirms a US pullback pact with Castro. The piece warns guerrilla warfare as the West’s real challenge and predicts Latin American revolutions from Bolivia to Venezuela under Castro Maoist influence.
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Havana
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
United States
Fidel Castro
Mao Tse-tung
Che Guevara
Castro
Sierra Maestra
Vietnam
Stokely Carmichael
Bolivia
Chile
Columbia
Venezuela
Batista
Johnson faces mounting troubles before 1968 election
James Marlow outlines President Johnson’s growing political woes as the Vietnam War intensifies, urban riots rise, and a tax increase request looms. He notes Dynman Dirksen’s measured critique, lack of a clear Republican rival, and Johnson’s need for a decisive win ahead of the election.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Congress
Washington Post
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Lyndon
Six Nazi saboteurs electrocuted in DC jail
The Messenger reports six Nazi saboteurs, landed from a German submarine two months earlier, were executed at the District of Columbia jail in Washington. Mayor Krodel says Point Pleasant motorists approve the new parking meters which yielded $109.94 in four days. The Chronicle, a society magazine, began in New York at $12 yearly. Dr Pritchard of Nelsonville chaired the Athens County Medical Association annual picnic at Infirmary Grove.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Krodel
Point Pleasant
the Chronicle
New York
Pritchard
Nelsonville
Athens County Medical Association
Infirmary Grove
NIH awards study of birth control pill to Dr Victor Wynn
The U S National Institute of Health granted Dr Victor Wynn a 43120 yearly stipend to examine birth control pills. Wynn, a Briton, links rising births to social unrest and war, while warning of pill hazards. He argues funds could better fund land use for underdeveloped regions.
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U. S. National Institute of Health
Victor Wynn
Wynn
Reader thanks Marian Reed for My Favorite Recipe column
A reader from Athens Route 2 expresses gratitude for Marian Reed er's My Favorite Recipe column and says she has enjoyed many of the recipes.
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the Messenger
Marian Reeder
D. N. Wilson
Athens
Alan Keyes Wins Boys Nation Presidency at 16
Alan Keyes, 16, of Memphis, becomes the American Legion Boys Nation President this year. He also captured the Legion national high school oratorical championship, signaling a bright future in national leadership and public service.
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American Legion Boys’ Nation
Alan Keyes
Memphis
Keyes
Legion
The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger operates daily except Saturdays with AP affiliation. Prices: daily 10 cents, Sunday 15 cents. Mail rates listed for Ohio, W.Va., and U.S. deliveries. Subscriptions: weekly, monthly, and yearly plans with varying prices. Postal info notes second class status under 1918 act.
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Associated Press
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
Ohio
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