Freighter Johannes Frans Sinking in Heavy Atlantic Seas
The Dutch freighter Johannes Frans, 18,000 tons and 633 feet, was listed as slowly sinking about 650 miles east of New York in 10 to 15 foot seas. A Coast Guard cutter and merchant tug could not tow or pump water out, and an amphibious rescue plane joined the effort as the ship took on water from an unknown source. Continued on Page Two.
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Coast Guard
Johannes Frans
Atlantic
Here
Record Cut Recommended For Foreign Aid Program
The House Appropriations Committee urged a 45 percent cut in new financing Johnson seeks for foreign aid. The $1.619 billion approved for the fiscal year ending next June 30 is $1.3 billion below request and $355 million under an earlier ceiling. The panel said funds will still support a reasonable level of effort and called aid important to national interest amid a serious fiscal situation.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
Otto E. Passman
D-La
United States
Bath Iron Works Gets Maine Aid In Two Billion Navy Contract Bid
In a brief session the Maine legislature approved three bills to back Bath Iron Works in a possible 2 billion Navy destroyer contract. Gov. Curtis urged up to 32 million in state loan guarantees to expand the Bath shipyards. BIW predicts payroll growth from 3000 to 10500 and annual payroll from 22 million to over 50 million if successful. The bills include a constitutional amendment to raise guarantee capacity to 80 million and a 25000 appropriation for a referendum on the measure in the upcoming election.
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Augusta
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Kenneth M. Curtis
Bath
Bath Industries, Inc
Litton Industries
Pascagoula
Mass
General Dynamics
Quincy
Curtis
BIW
Maine Industrial Building Authority
Columbia Students Storm Building In Protest
Hundreds of Columbia University students and supporters stormed Schermerhorn Hall for a three hour unauthorized meeting. SDS leader Mark Rudd urged a campus march, while university officials prepared to resume registration after disruptions. Andrew Cordier, acting university president, faced calls amid the tense evening.
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Columbia University
Schermerhorn Hall
Radical Students For A Democratic Society
Mark Rudd
SDS
Cordier
Italy
Mexico
Canada
France
Germany
Switzerland
Andrew W. Cordier
Soviets Ring Prague With Armaments to Pressure Leaders
Thousands of Soviet troops install artillery and rocket batteries around Prague in a display meant to intimidate Czechoslovakia’s liberal leaders. Tanks, missiles, and hundreds of guns across north south east and west form a doorstep of force. Officials say 90 000 occupation troops are deployed as Moscow seeks renewed censorship and other concessions amid ongoing talks with Prague.
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Czechoslovakia
Dubec
Strasnice
Horomerice
Bess
Vassily Kuznetsov
Moscow
Doves Pressing For Bombing Halt at National Convention
Democratic doves press Humphrey to oppose Vietnam bombing. Sen Pastore says Humphrey must speak out to win dissidents, while Sen Harris notes platform flexibility and Johnson still controls policy. Mondale’s view on halting strikes is seen as personal, not official. Muskie leans toward risk for peace. Pastore cites prior halts failing to win talks, calls for renewed talks if Hanoi shows restraint.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
John C. Pastore
Rhode Island
Johnson
Humphrey
Pastore
Hubert Humphrey
Vietnam
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Harris
Minnesota
Walter F. Mondale
North Vietnam
Paris
Mondale
Hanoi
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Eugene J. McCarthy
Witty Quip on Thawing Meals Sparks Home Life Laughs
A tired husband longs for the days of meals carefully thought out rather than just thawed out. The lighthearted gag turns on kitchen chaos and the humor of domestic routine.
Interim Rabbi Named For Etz Chaim Congregation
Congregation Etz Chaim of Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Sanford and Old Orchard Beach hires Rabbi Harlan Wechsler of New York City as interim rabbi for the upcoming Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement observances. He is a native of New York City.
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Congregation
Etz Chaim
Biddeford Saco
Kennebunk
Sanford
Old Orchard Beach
Harlan Wechsler
New York City
Rabbi Wechsler
Tax Code Searching Study Due Next Year
Washington report says regardless of who holds power in the House, a full scale review of the Internal Revenue Code is favored by House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills and potential chair John Byrnes. They plan hearings and yearlong scrutiny, with changes to tax rules as the aim, though Treasury cautions on timing prior to the November elections.
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Washington
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Congress
Treasury
Democratic Party
Catholics Seek State Aid for Nonpublic Schools
The Roman Catholic Diocese of New Hampshire urged public financial assistance for nonpublic schools. The Diocesan Board of Education warned that rising costs have reduced enrollments at parochial schools and financial support is now a real need to maintain operations. Continued on Page Five.
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Manchester
N.H
New Hampshire
Diocesan Board of Education
Public
Senate approves gun control bill despite NRA opposition
The bill backed by President Johnson passes the Senate but does not meet his full aims and moves to a conference committee. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield notes that one casualty of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia could be the broader political balance and momentum in Congress.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Czechoslovakia
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