Higher Crop Quotas Urged for Aid Abroad
Senator George McGovern led a push in Congress to ease food production controls so farmers can grow more for shipment overseas to hungry nations. A plan would fund 500 million dollars yearly to buy food for abroad, build distribution facilities, and aid farming methods in underdeveloped countries, with President Johnson showing support in principle.
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Insurance Setup Under Attack
Washington AP Government crop insurance, a cornerstone New Deal program, is under sharp attack after 27 years of trial. Critics in and out of Congress push to abolish it, led by the American Farm Bureau Federation which claims to have more farm members than any rival group.
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Money Expert For Senate To Retire
Washington AP reports Everard H. Smith, 75, retires as chief clerk of the Senate Appropriations Committee after 53 years. He began April 1, 1914, overseeing federal appropriations totaling over $2.19 trillion. The committee has handled budgets from $1.1 billion in 1914 to $119.3 billion in 1963.
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Wilkins Backs Shift For CBS
Washington AP report says Roger W Wilkins 33 endorses bringing the Community Relations Service into the Justice Department The nomination follows earlier resignation of acting director Calvin Eytle amid debate over the move Wilkins notes morale concerns are exaggerated and cites two resignations for better jobs as he works with Attorney General Katzenbach on the reorganization plan
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Humphrey on Tour Abroad Across Far East Nations
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey begins a four nation Far East mission from Andrews Air Force Base to Manila for Marcos inauguration, then to Formosa, Korea and Japan. He will not visit South Vietnam but will reaffirm U.S. aims and seek an honorable peace in the war.
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Krock to Present Papers to Princeton Center
Arthur Krock longtime Washington correspondent for the New York Times announced he would donate his personal papers to Princeton University joining the archives of Adlai Stevenson Bernard Baruch John Foster Dulles James Forrestal and David Lilienthal at the Center for Studies in 20th Century American Statecraft in Princeton New Jersey.
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Cut in State Payroll Seen Saving Millions
Massachusetts could save 27 million on the state payroll through investigation and new procedures. Commissioner John J. McCarthy said a 10 percent reduction in unnecessary state jobs is possible, with hundreds of positions likely to be eliminated in January while others are redeployed. Travel and automotive cuts have already saved about 500 thousand.
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GOP Launches Attack on Johnson's Policies
Washington: Republican leaders criticize President Johnson's Viet Nam strategy and domestic programs. Nixon says 1966 can be a Republican year, while Ford and Romney blast inflation and federal control. Taft urges faster action on voting rights and tighter election laws.
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Accidents Claim 36 Lives Across New England
A 78 hour holiday span brought at least 36 deaths in New England. Twenty four highway fatalities accounted for most losses, with four due to fires, two from a plane crash, and six from other accidents. Massachusetts led with 13 deaths, followed by Connecticut eight, Maine five, Vermont five, New Hampshire three, and Rhode Island two.
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Longtime Times columnist Krock retires from Washington post
George Krock, influential Washington correspondent for the Times since 1952, retires from that beat in 1993 and continues his Nation column on the newspaper’s editorial page, reflecting a long career in public policy coverage.
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Luci Johnson to be White House wedding star
A spokesman said Luci Baines Johnson may have the fifteenth White House wedding. The 18 year old daughter of the President plans to wed Patrick Nugent, 22, after Christmas. They would need church dispensation to marry in the White House this late summer. Lynda Bird Johnson also plans a trip to Evanston with her boyfriend Brent Eastman.
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Holiday Death Toll Nears All-Time High
Holiday traffic deaths surge toward an all time high for the Christmas weekend with reports showing 678 people killed between Thursday evening and Sunday night. Texas leads states with five deaths and Oregon sees a fatal bus crash near Rogue River. A Newark fire claims eight lives in an apartment blaze Friday.
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N Y City Head Start Granted Six Million
A 364 million grant announced by the Office of Economic Opportunity will fund head start training for 11 843 children from low income families in New York City. The City Board of Education will receive 2 6 million to enroll 7 380 children in a new five month program and coordinate follow through for 20 000 children from last summer’s program.
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Woman Engineer From Springfield Armory Retiring
Springfield Armory announces the retirement this week of its only woman engineer Miss Mary Bransfield. A Springfield native, she has worked as an engineer since 1934 and is among the few women professional engineers in armament production.
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Korean Party Head Retiree Elected
In Seoul Korea Kim Chong Pil ended 18 months of retirement to be elected chairman of South Korea s ruling Democratic Republican party More than 2000 delegates chose Kim for the No 2 post by acclamation and President Chung Hee Park was unanimously reelected party president for two more years
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