Farm bill debate outlines wool and grain provisions
The committee rejected the administration wool program, extending the National Wool Act to 1969 with changes. It kept feed grain price support loans and diverted-acreage payments, while proposing wheat and rice adjustments, cotton reforms, and cropland retirement contracts to 10 years, aiming to boost farmer income and control costs.
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Findley
of Agriculture
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Fed’ Grains
Secretary of Agriculture
Jess Thanton
Aere
Italian, French Leaders To Open Mont Blanc Tunnel
Courmayeur Italy AP reports that French President de Gaulle and Italian President Saragat will jointly open the Mont Blanc auto tunnel linking France and Italy. The two nation leaders seek renewed European unity hopes as the 7.2 mile route promises faster freight and travel, tourism gains, and easier Alpine access.
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Italy
Europe
France
Mont Blancauty
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Giuseppe Saragat
Alps
Mont Blanc
Chamonix
St. Bernard
Tunnels Save Viet Cong From War Hazards
In Saigon South Viet Nam civilians and Viet Cong rely on underground life as a refuge from air strikes and shelling. Tunnels and trench systems extend across the country with elaborate networks up to 20 miles long and 30 feet deep, challenging U.S. forces using bombs and artillery. flamethrowers and gas are limited by safety concerns.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mother Earth
Viet Nam
D" Zone
South China Sea
Sai;Zon
U.S
Pair Charged In Sandia Holdup
CORPUS CHRISTI AP Two men charged after Sandia bank robbery. Charles Smith Jr 25 of Kenner Louisiana and Harvey Norton 28 of El Centro California arrested with 12 000 stolen cash. Bonds set at 500 000 each. Norton arrested in a Texicab here. Smith captured on a highway near Corpus Christi after fleeing a car. Witnesses say the pair entered Sandia State Bank before 2 PM, forced three employees to lie on floor and obtained cash from teller and vault. vault employees confined in the vault while others were bound. The robbery ended after about 10 minutes. Smith carried 3400 cash. Norton 1200 plus 5225 found in a car.
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Sandia
Charles Smith ,Jr
Kenner
Harvey Norton
el Centro
Calif
Norton
Smith
Corpus Christi
Authorities Seek Two Jailbreakers in Baird Texas
Police search for Weldon Waters 23 and Thomas Murray 45, both convicted June 24 of narcotics possession, after escaping Callahan County jail Wednesday night with help from a trusted inmate. Authorities describe the suspects as Birmingham, Alabama men.
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Baird, Tex
Birmingham
Ala
Callahan County
Weldon Waters
Thomas Murray
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Married Leading Ladies Don’t See Hubbies Much
Hollywood’s Angie Diehingen and Burt Bacharach wed in a Las Vegas ceremony and planned to keep their careers from interfering with marriage. Angie notes she has spent little time with Burt since the wedding but says they have already turned down offers to stay together.
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Hollywood
Angie Diehingen
Burt
Angie
Frank Singiva
Charlie Feldman
Poser
Burt Bachard
Las Vegas
Palm Springs
Columbia
Marlon Brando
Marlon
Bert Bacharach
Airman Survives Jump With Parachute Failures at Eglin
Airman André Guillet, from Eglin Air Force Base, survived a July 2 parachute jump after both main and reserve chutes failed to open properly. He landed hard, suffering a chipped vertebra and compression fracture, but described the landing as not seriously painful. Hospitalized, he is expected to be released in about a week.
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Eglin Air Force
Base
Pha
André Guillet
Air Commando
Guillet
Nico
Hurlburt Field
Lightning Kills Two at Ft Hood in Rainstorm
Two sons of Ft Hood soldiers were struck by lightning while playing under a tree during a rainstorm. Paul Parker, 13, from Boynton Beach Florida, and Steve Yale, 12, son of MSgt Melvin Yale of Eugene Oregon, were not believed to be critically injured.
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Killeen
Tex
Ft. Hood
Paul Parker
Sgt
John Parker
Boynton Beach
Fla
Steve Yale
Melvin Yale
Eugene
Ore
Congress approves cigarette warning requirement bill
Congress has completed passage of a bill requiring health warnings on every pack of cigarettes. The Federal Trade Commission is barred from ordering the tobacco industry to include warnings in cigarette ads.
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Congress
The
Federal Trade Commission
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