Weather Eye keeps watch as Betsy stalls far at sea
Hurricane Betsy—906 miles east of Florida—remains stationary as officials weigh seeding with silver iodide to reduce its strength. Gordon Dunn of the National Hurricane Center says Betsy is not threatening land for now while Project Storm Fury teams fly to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico to decide on seeding. Weather Bureau reports Betsy poses no current threat to land today or Wednesday.
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Johnson, Eisenhower Meet Over Vietnam and Steel Deadlock
President Johnson spoke for 45 minutes with former President Eisenhower at the White House. The talks covered Vietnam and the ongoing steel negotiations deadlock, following Eisenhower's arrival in Washington for a Republican Coordinating Committee meeting.
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UPI
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Republican Coordinating Committee
Farm Prices Down for Month But Up for Year
Washington reports that farm produce prices fell about 1 percent from mid July to mid August due to early harvested crops like potatoes and dry beans, while also noting a 8 percent year over year increase. Milk, oranges, hogs and eggs offset some declines as wheat rose slightly and corn fell a little. Parity reached 78 percent in mid August, unchanged from the prior month, with a year ago at 74 percent. Potato prices dropped sharply amid higher late summer and fall crop marketing.
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Agriculture Department
Lee Captain Steadman Awarded Degree
Lee Capt Gordon S Steadman earned a master's in civil engineering from Purdue University and will serve with the U S Army Corps of Engineers in Korea after a week with his parents in West Park Street He is a 1956 Lee High graduate and 1960 UMass civil engineering graduate who was commissioned as a second lieutenant prior to assignments in Nuremberg and Ft Belvoir He is married to Doris Piercy and they have two children The Lee Sportsmen's Association meets Wednesday at 7 30 at the clubhouse and the Lee Golden Age Club picnic is planned for next Tuesday at the Risin camp with members meeting at Grange Mall at 10 30 bringing basket lunches.
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Germany
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Soviet Union congratulates Americans on Gemini 5 flight
Moscow officially congratulates Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad on their Gemini 5 mission. Soviet leader Mikoyan sent Johnson a cable praising the astronauts and noting the US now leads in total time in space. The Soviet press and radio earlier saluted the crew for courage and for breaking Soviet endurance records.
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Russia
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Drydock Likely For Destroyer After Collision Near Naples
AP reports a collision between the destroyer Norman K. Perry and the carrier Shangri-La 115 miles southwest of Naples. The Shangri-La has holes in the hull being repaired while the Perry may enter drydock to rebuild its bow. One Perry sailor died, Fred L. Greene Jr., and another, John Shelly Byats, was injured but improving after hours trapped. The body of Greene will be sent to Portsmouth, Virginia for burial. A naval court of inquiry investigates the night maneuver incident.
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Americans Spend More On Newspapers Than Books
AANR research committees report Americans allocate higher yearly expenditure to newspapers than to all books and magazines combined, reflecting strong reader demand for print news and periodicals across the country.
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