Senate Farm Bill Faces Higher Price Tag Than Asked
Washington UPI The Johnson administration backs the Senate farm bill but seeks cuts in costs. Conferees likely to trim wheat and cotton sections with next week meetings. Senate approval was 72 to 22 with four year price supports for major crops and a plan to retire croplands. House and Senate costs differ on wheat and cotton, prompting administration hopes for a lower final price.
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UPI
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Senate House
Senate
Allen J. Eliender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Leverett Saltonstall
Radio Station Set Afire as Walker Speaks
A radio announcer at WANS in Anderson South Carolina was knocked unconscious as a fire gutted the station during a speech by former Maj Gen Edwin A Walker Police reported two threatening calls warning against broadcasting the speech Harris said someone entered the station hit him from behind and set the building ablaze He was hospitalized briefly with no injuries found Burns and equipment were destroyed and an estimated 723 million dollars in assets were damaged
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Harris
Gemini 5 Astronauts Begin Peace Mission Tour
L. Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr depart on a goodwill tour of the Middle East and Africa in civilian dress as military officers. Johnson awards medals at a brief White House ceremony and the pair receive flags flown over the Capitol. In Alabama Eastmont Jaycee chapter forms with 37 members, all in white, including convicted burglar William C. Simmons holding the charter.
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House of Representatives
Humphrey
House
John McCormack
D-Mass
Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Athens
Washington
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Middle East
Africa
Johnson
White House
Constitution Avenue
Senate
Montgomery
Ala
Eastmont Jaycee
New Jaycees
Kilby
William C. Simmons
Draftees Won't Go To War Now
Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus Vance told the Southern Governors Conference that accelerated draftees will not be used in the Viet Nam war unless the situation worsens. The Defense Department plans to use regulars and add draftees to temporary reserves, not to Viet Nam unless needed. Secretary Dean Rusk urged restraint and commitment to peace, warning against reckless moves toward war.
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Viet Nam
U.S
House and Senate Agree On Water Pollution Plan
Washington conferees reached a compromise on a national water pollution control bill ending a four month stalemate. States would set standards by July 1, 1967 or face federal action. Large polluters could appeal via a water conference leading to modifications accepted by the secretary of health, education and welfare. A company could seek a court order to halt enforcement once standards begin.
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Washington
Senate House
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Betsy Storm Causes Louisiana Flood Costs Soar
Giant Hurricane Betsy roared into Louisiana with 140 mph winds and 30 foot tides, leaving an estimated billion-dollar toll. Gov. McKeithen called it an earth quake like disaster as 74 people died across four states and a 600 ton chlorine barge sank near Baton Rouge. Military divers searched the Mississippi River for the barge while Coast Guard crews warned of river traffic delays. Insurance losses were projected at 300 million, the highest on record for hurricanes.
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John J. McKeithen
Johnson
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Mississippi
Eithen
Coast Guard
Russell Waesche
McKeithen
Gulf
Dudley Guglielmo
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