Johnson seeks global hunger war with food for freedom plan
President Johnson asks Congress for a food for freedom program to lead world efforts against hunger. He orders a 10 percent 1966 rice allotment increase, aims to boost soybean production, and allows limited dairy purchases while stressing foreign aid must accompany recipient self help.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Food For Freedom
U.S
United States
Asia
Senate OKs Cold War GI Bill by 99 0 Vote
The Senate approved a permanent education and benefits program for veterans serving more than six months in a 99 to 0 vote. The measure, retroactive to Jan 31, 1955, preserves earlier programs and adds eligibility for those without high school diplomas. President Johnson was expected to sign.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Austin School Board approves pay increases for teachers
The Austin School Board approved a 1966 67 pay raise boosting payroll by 172000 dollars. Increases reach up to 62 percent with an average around 542 percent across steps. Salaries rise across categories from B A to six years training, on a 13 step schedule after hours of negotiation with the Austin Education Association and teachers groups.
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Austin Education Assa
M. A
C. D. Sitz
Labor Leaders Threaten General Strike in Dominican Republic
Labor leaders and left wing extremists threatened a general strike after seven people were killed and at least two injured in Santo Domingo riots. They accused police brutality following a Communist led student protest and urged removal of armed forces chiefs.
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Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Revolutionary Social Christians
Juan Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Kennan Urges Quicker Exit From Vietnam Policy Debate
Senators said attacks on U.S. Viet Nam policy push North Vietnam toward continued fighting. George Kennan told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that withdrawal should happen promptly but not rashly to avoid greater harm. He warned against deliberate expansion of hostilities in pursuit of victory. Muskie and Dodd argued antiwar criticism strengthens Hanoi and Beijing by signaling American indecision. Kennan’s testimony precedes his appearance before committee on Viet Nam policy.
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Washington
George F. Kennan
State Department
U.S
Kennan
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
North Viet Nam
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Foreign Relations Committee
Hanoi
Peking
George Kennan
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Death Comes to Last of Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker and Billy Rose
Noted entertainers Sophie Tucker and Billy Rose died within hours of each other. Tucker aged 78 died in her Park Avenue apartment after a long stage career. Rose 66 died in Montego Bay Jamaica after heart surgery and recovery. Both shaped vaudeville to modern show business and left multi‑million fortunes and enduring hits.
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Billy Rose
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Tucker
Park Avenue
Rose
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Houston
Tex
Two Soviet Authors Plead Not Guilty in Anti-Soviet Writings Trial
Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuri Daniel faced trial in Moscow on charges of anti-Soviet propaganda, written under pseudonyms Abram Tertz and Nikolai Arzhak. They pleaded not guilty as Tass signaled likely conviction, with possible penalties up to seven years in prison and five years exile. Western writers protested and urged their release after arrests Sept. 13.
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Fred W. Coleman
Moscow
Soviet Union
Boris Pasternak
Andrei D. Sinyavsky
Yuri M. Daniel
Abram Tertz
Nikolai Arzhak
Tass
Siberia
U.S.S.R
Senate Knocks Down Filibuster Ban 14B Dies in 1966 Session
The Senate refused to invoked cloture to limit debate on the Bill to repeal Taft-Hartley Section 14B. The vote fell 50 49 with Mansfield declaring the measure dead for the 1966 session. House had passed the measure amid administration support. Senate leaders failed to advance it. Also reported were Minnesota soldiers Pfc Kenneth Arvidson Minneapolis and Pfc Devryn Lehmann Clarkfield killed in Viet Nam, named among 22 Defense Department reports.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
R.I.P
Ment
Army
Kenneth Arvidson
Minneapolis
Devryn R. Lehmann
Clarkfield
Minnesota
Viet Nam
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Erving A. Arvidson
Lehmann
Bernice Lehmann
Defense Department
Olson and Stalbaum back milk program expansion
Washington lawmakers Rep. Alec G Olson and Rep. Lynn E Stalbaum advocate expanding federal funding for the school milk program rather than cutting back Johnson administration proposals.
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Washington (Ap
Alec G. Olson
D-Minn
Lynn E. Stalbaum
D-Wis
President Johnson
Minnesota Council of Churches Names New President
Dr. Clifford F. Perron executive minister of the Minnesota Convention of American Baptist Churches is elected president at the council annual meeting in Minneapolis. Leonard L. Harkness and Andrew W. Ho life and casualty union and a Presbyterian are named to top posts.
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Clifford F. Perron
Minnesota Convention of American Baptist Churches
Minnesota Council of Churches
Leonard L. Harkness
Andrew W. Ho
State witness says Candy and nephew lived together
A Miami trial witness says Candace Messler moved into an apartment with her nephew Melvin Land Powers posing as his fiancée. Testimony described affectionate behavior and introductions as wife, while other statements detailed threats of violence by Powers toward Jacques Mossler in the postulated motive for the murder.
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Miami
Fla
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Melvin Land Powers
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Dino) Thompson
Houston
Mossler
Jacques
Powers
Martin
Messler
Key Biscayne
Tex
Messler Financial Empire
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George Nize
Lincoln
House Ways and Means approves Johnson tax bill with changes
The committee backed President Johnsons 4.8 billion tax measure with minor revisions. It includes a new withholding system for individuals and higher taxes on cars and telephones for two years.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Newark Teachers Strike Forces Dismissals Across Nine Schools
Striking Newark, New Jersey teachers forced the public school system to dismiss pupils in nine of fifty one elementary schools and one junior high. At one school only ten of seventy teachers reported for duty amid a salary increase dispute. The walkout defied a court injunction, marking the city’s second major strike in just over two months. Miles W. Lord, 46, nominated by President Johnson for U.S. district judgeship to replace Dennis F. Donovan.
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N. J
Miles W. Lord
U.S
Minesota
Johnson Today
Dennis F. Donovan
Minnesota
Planned Parenthood Plans Mobile Birth Control Clinic
Plans for a mobile birth control clinic were announced as the first step toward establishing permanent suburban clinics. The mobile unit, sponsored by Planned Parenthood affiliates, will begin in the summer with a truck ordered to transport equipment to suburban sites for day long clinics.
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Minneapolis
Planned Parenthood
NLRB Orders Union Election at Litton Duluth Plant
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a union election at Litton Systems Duluth avionics and control systems plant. The UAW had appealed a regional director’s ruling merging Duluth and Hibbing plants into one unit. The board found geographic separation minimal staff interchange distinct supervision and separate labor activity warranting separate consideration. The Duluth plant employs about 690 hourly workers and Hibbing about 82.
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Minneapolis
National Labor Relations Board
Duluth
Litton Systems
United Auto Workers Union
NLRB
Litton
Hibbing
Iowa Today Scores From 53 and 61 Years Ago
A compact recap notes Iowa Today games from 53 years ago and 61 years ago, listing scorelines 79 to 53 and 71 to 61, highlighting differences in outcomes and team performance between eras.
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Iowa
Flood Threat Eases as Rains Stop in Southern Minnesota
Heavy rains eased flood threats across southern Minnesota with cooler temps. Root River runoff fell at Rushford prompting four evacuations from inundated low areas. Ice breakup occurred along streams near Lanesboro and New Ulm, while several roads remained closed and load restrictions were in effect on southern routes.
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