Congress Keeps Redevelopment Administration Alive
The Senate approved a temporary extension of the Area Redevelopment Administration to keep it operating while Congress studies broader reforms. The House had backed the extension 224 to 167, amid debate over funding and the program’s direction under President Johnson’s new economic development proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
William B. Widnall
R.N.J
John A. Blatnik
Minnesota
College aid boost approved by House panel
The House Education and Labor Committee backed a 501 million measure to aid higher education, doubling funding for college facilities, libraries, and programs. It would create 800 grant aid for needy students and guaranteed government subsidized loans for middle income families, plus extensive work study and library funding.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Library of Congress
Crested Butte Chronicle Editor Puts Motto on Masthead
Dominic J. Crolla, editor and publisher of the weekly Crested Butte Chronicle, has written this on its masthead: A Relatively Independent Newspaper.
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Policy OF Truth
Crested Butte
Colo
Dominic J. Crolla
Crested Butte Chronicle
UFG Appeals Its Tax Debt
United Fuel Gas Co filed a petition in Kanawha County Circuit Court to appeal the state tax commissioner's ruling for 1.3 million dollars in gross sales taxes and penalties. The company says it has reported taxes in the same way for decades, arguing its large industrial sales to manufacturers were misclassified as ordinary utility sales with a higher tax rate.
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Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co
Kanawha County
United Fuel
Virginia Tech Board Approves Tuition and Fees Hike
Virginia Polytechnic Institute raises tuition by $30 and room, board, and laundry by $132 for the Blacksburg campus for the fall session. Virginia students face a $420 basic instructional fee plus $420 out of state, with branch campuses unchanged.
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Blacksburg
Tech
Virginia
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Bituminous Output Above Last Year's National Coal Output
The National Coal Association estimates bituminous production for the week ended June 19 at about 10,780,000 tons, up from 10,143,000 tons the same week last year. For Jan 1 to June 19, output was about 223,925,000 tons versus 223,094,000 tons a year earlier. Week ended June 12 produced 10,880,000 tons. A note mentions the thigh bones of Brachiosaurus measuring seven feet.
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Washington
National Coal Association
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