McNamara Freezes New Military Construction Amid Budget Battle
President Johnson presses Congress to enact spending cuts and tax increases while Defense Secretary McNamara orders a freeze on all new military construction contracts except weapons programs. The move targets about 350 million in unawarded projects and potentially affects a 2 billion fiscal year military construction bill. the pork barrel civil works also faces delays.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
House Ways & Means Committee
Army Corps of Engineers
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Army
Stanley RR. Resor
Capitol Hill
Lack of Oxygen Blamed Astronaut Plunges to Death in Jet Trainer
Marine Maj. Clifton C. Williams, 35, an astronaut, died when his T38 trainer crashed near Tallahassee after reporting oxygen deficiency. Investigators note oxygen factor in previous fatalities, with authorities citing a blackout from low oxygen before the plane nosed into a plantation crater northeast of the city.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Clifton C. Williams
U.S
Williams
C,c
Cape Kennedy
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Ala
Joe Johnson
Air Force
Alan Shepard
America
Astronaut Corps
Virgil Grissom
Roger Chafee
Edward White
Space Center
Houston
Clifton C. Williams Sr
Mobile Water Works
Du Pont Offers 200000 Ransom For Coin Collection
Miami based millionaire Willis Harrington du Pont offered 200000 in cash to ransom his 1 million dollar Russian coin collection stolen by five bandits who forced entry to his estate. He hired private detective William Stanton as go-between while the FBI leads the investigation.
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Miami
UPI
Willis Harrington du Pont
du Pont
William Stanton
FBI
U.S
Union Officials Order Halt To Violence in Haulers' Strike
The strike by independent steel haulers prompts a vow from the National Steel Haulers Protest Committee to halt violence and ban nonsteel shipments as violence disrupts trucking across eight states. State police report a grain truck windshield shattered by a bullet on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset. no injuries. Governor Shafer sends 100 more troopers while talks seek a settlement amid potential broad layoffs and construction slowdowns valued hundreds of millions.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset
National Steel Haulers Protest Committee
Skip Burkett
Ohio
FBI
Raymond P. Shafer
Cooper Bessemer Co
Grove City
Pennyslvania
Buckeye
Teamsters Union
De Gaulle Seeks Support To Avoid Censure Motion
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle seeks support from minority parties to block a censure motion as farmers protest and leftist critics mount pressure. Premier Pompidou met Jacques Duhamel of the Modern Democracy Party to win backing for Tuesday’s vote.
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de Gaulle
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Modern Democracy Parliamentary
PDM
Jacques Duhamel
Duhamel
Pompidou
Center Progress Party
France
Hoff Requests Retention of ASCS Offices
Governor Philip H Hoff urged U S Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman to re study plans to consolidate ASCS county offices in Vermont. He warned closure could endanger farmer participation in Essex and Grand Isle Counties and cited high local involvement in ASCS programs.
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Victor
Lammot
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Thompson
Hall
Alan Beane
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Beth
Navy
Solid State
Rockwood’s
Main St
Bennington
Arlington
Gerald E. Morrissey
Beech ST
DIAL
Mi Rysdale
Hoff
ASCS
Benni
Bennington Banner
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
Main Street
North ST. Bennington, VT
Vermont Bank & Trust
Vermont Bank and Trust
F.D.I.C
Real Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Brattleboro
Rutland
Rutland Drive-in
Bellows Falls
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