Maine Power Project Passed in House Amid Debate
President Johnson signed to start the St John River hydroelectric project in Maine, part of a $2 billion Rivers and Harbors bill. The measure faced opposition from New England lawmakers and private power interests but was embedded in a compromise bill after initial defeat. The Maine project aims to develop 140 dam and flood control projects across 41 states, with planning dollars already approved by the Senate and awaiting House action.
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UPI
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New England
Northeast
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Western Mass. Electric Co
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Tupper
William D. Lathaway
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Edward P. Boland
Torbert H. MacDonald
Massachusetts
United States
MacDonald
O'Neill
Boland
Far West
Appropriations Committee
Struck Steel Plant for Sale by Pittsburgh Firm
Frank B. Rackley, president of Jessop Steel Co., placed a for sale sign at the strikebound Washington Pennsylvania plant and invited the United Steelworkers to buy if they think they can operate it. The union dismissed the move as a gimmick, with no formal offer received. The strike idled 1500 workers at Washington and 700 at Owensboro Kentucky.
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Beame Criticizes Presbyterian Statement in Mayoral Campaign
New York Democratic candidate Abraham Beame attacked the city Presbyterian Church for a statement he saw as endorsing John Lindsay. He urged Lindsay to repudiate church support while noting the clergy did not endorse Lindsay after debate. The issue followed Beame remarks about voting along religious lines and a Powell remark about electing a Jew as mayor, prompting reactions from Lindsay aides.
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Lindsay
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Presbytery
New York City
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Timothy W. Costello
William F. Buckley
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
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O'Donnell Announces Run For Massachusetts Governor
Kenneth P. O'Donnell, former JFK appointments secretary, will seek the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts governor next year. He plans a formal announcement at a January 22 testimonial dinner in Boston with Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield as the featured speaker.
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Mass
UPI
Kenneth P. O'Donnell
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
O'Donnell
Boston
U.S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Approves Sugar Quota Bill
The Senate approved a modified sugar bill by a 69 to 16 vote with 23 Republicans and 46 Democrats for. The measure expands domestic quotas by 580000 tons through 1971 and splits foreign and domestic quota considerations, sending the bill to conference with the House. Also reported, about 5.7 million elderly signed up for voluntary Medicare insurance starting July 1, covering doctor bills at $3 a month.
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UPI
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House
Social Security Administration
Alabama rights murder trial nears end in Hayneville
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers aims to conclude the Liuzzo civil rights killing case against Klansman Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. in Hayneville. The second trial follows a hung jury. star witness Gary Thomas Rowe testified Wilkins fired the fatal shot that killed Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit mother of five, on March 25 during a civil rights march return trip to Selma.
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Viola Liuzzo
Alabama
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Hayneville
Ala
Atty
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Liuzzo
Selma
Montgomery
Flowers
Alabama Supreme Court
Leroy Moton
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Maton
Liuzza
Congress Passes College Aid Bill With Landmark Programs
Congress sent President Johnson an education bill authorizing about 2.387 billion dollars to colleges over three years. It creates federal scholarships for low income students, federally insured loans for middle income families, and a National Teacher Corps to serve poverty areas. The measure, expanded beyond Johnsons request, passed House 319-63 and Senate by voice vote after a conference contest.
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Congress
Johnson
Quest
House
Senate
Redfield Dies Landscape Artist in New Hope Area
Edward W. Redfield, 96, a pioneer landscape painter who settled along the Delaware Canal in Bucks County, died at his Center Bridge home. He held more than 30 major honors including awards from the Paris Salon the 1900 Paris Exposition the 1910 Buenos Aires Exposition and several U S world fairs.
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Edward W. Redfield
Center Bridge
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