Federal Farm Officials Testify On Rising Cost of Food Staples
Washington dispatch reports federal farm officials told House investigators that the cost of feeding the American family rose five percent from a year ago. For the three months ending in June households spent about $1,095 annually on food, up from $1,038, with price increases across most items in the average market basket except fruits and vegetables.
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Whitman murder case: lab report finds no alcohol or barbiturates
A Texas lab report to the grand jury found no trace of alcohol or barbiturates in Charles J. Whitman's blood, noting only a possible trace of pep pills carried to stay awake. The shootings left his wife and mother dead and 14 others wounded from the UT tower. The finding accompanies the bread price surge linked to the ongoing bread price investigation.
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University of Texas
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Military Bases Bill Approved
The House passed a 1 billion defense measure authorizing construction at 280 bases worldwide over the next year. A key provision would require the President to notify Congress 30 days before closing or shrinking domestic bases employing over 250 people, potentially inviting a veto. The era's broader notes include gun sale hearings and satellite programs with timelines toward global systems by 1968.
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Senate Economy Debate Fails To Trim Spending
In two days of debate budget cutters failed to win support to trim funds across programs. The final 14.1 billion appropriation passed 82 to 2 with only Williams and Young opposing. The Senate bill covers independent federal offices for the year ending June 30. The largest item was 5.9 billion for the Veterans Administration.
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Ohio
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United States proposes plant by plant reactor shut downs
UPI reports U S disarmament chief Adrian S Fisher proposed Moscow initiate global limits by closing plutonium reactors one by one. He said simple safing tape seals and infrequent inspections would verify closures and invited 16 conference nations and other observers to Haford Washington for a demonstration later this year.
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Unnamed Congressman Accused of Blackmail and Extortion
Senator Clifford P Case accused a unnamed New Yorker congressman of blackmail and extortion for soliciting paid attendance from federal employees at a reception. A civil service employee letter described a biography followed by an offer of four tickets and a request for more. Case denounced the solicitation as a mockery of democracy and a loophole in the Corrupt Practices Act.
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UPI
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
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New York
Rights Bill Needs Help Of Dirksen
Senate Leader Mike Mansfield says the southern filibuster can only be cracked with GOP Leader Everett Dirksen. Dirksen opposes the open housing clause as unconstitutional, while the House approved the bill 259 to 157 with a watered down housing provision covering about 40 percent of U.S. housing. President Johnson calls the House action a milestone in race relations and urges timely Senate action. Mansfield plans to keep the bill on the calendar for about two weeks as he weighs debate timing. In Leicester, England, a South American alligator nestles in a garden after being hauled away by local SPCA and expert Robert Osborne, who is bitten by the animal.
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