Soviets Expand Aid and Bases in Egypt Under Nasser
London report says Moscow escalates aid to Egypt in exchange for broader controls and bases. Moscow backs Gamal Abdel Nasser as leader of the United Arab Republic and Arab world, pledges refinery, wheat, and economic support, and deploys thousands of advisers to Egypt and Syria to train the army. Alexandria and Port Said naval facilities cited, with talk of further bases in Yemen. The West European Union warns Egypt’s political independence eroding under Soviet armaments reliance.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Moscow
Israel
Nasser
Alexandria
Port Said
Latakia
Syria
Yemen
Kremlin
United States
West European Union
Social Security Bill Advances With 13 Percent Benefit Rise
Congress moves to fast track a $3.6 billion compromise bill boosting Social Security benefits 13 percent for 23.8 million recipients and freezing AFDC funding. The plan raises minimum payments to 55 dollars, broadens the payroll tax base to 7800 dollars, and phases in higher rates through 1971 with a 1987 cap. Medicare premiums rise by one dollar monthly for 18 million seniors in Medicare.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways & Means Committee
Senate
Johnson
Medicare
Spellman Rites Held In New York
The body of Francis Cardinal Spellman was interred in the St. Patrick's Cathedral archbishop's crypt as a televised state funeral drew crowds led by President Johnson. Archbishop Luigi Raimondi led the Solemn High Pontifical Requiem Mass with cardinals and bishops in attendance, while Protestant, Orthodox, and Jewish dignitaries joined in the service for the late archbishop known for his priestly ministry.
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New York
UPI
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
President Johnson
Fifth Avenue
Luigi Raimondi
United States
Paul VI
Spellman
John J. Pegnam
Raimondi
Cardinal Spellman
Ecumenical Council
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John V, Lindsay
Jacob K
Javits
R-N_Y
French intellectuals condemn Leningrad arrests in secret trial
Fifty leading French intellectuals wrote to Soviet Premier Kosygin expressing profound alarm at the arrest and secret trial of 28 Leningrad University teachers editors and experts. The Soviet Union has not confirmed the arrests, though French papers have mentioned them for months.
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Paris
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Leningrad
Soviet Union
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