Bars Over News Now Breaking FOIA Barriers
Five months after the freedom of information act became law its chief sponsor says it is breaking down barriers to routine government data. Rep John Moss cites releases led by court challenges and agency rulings improving access in dozens of cases and notes elivery of sought records such as USIA trip correspondents lists and draft board member names.
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Washington
Moss
John Moss
Calif
House Foreign Operations and Government Information
J. Edward Murray
The
Arizona Republic
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
Reds Renew Assault on Beret Camp near Cambodian Border
Communist gunners renewed an attack on the Bu Dop Special Forces camp 80 miles north of Saigon, firing rockets mortars and bullets as reinforcements arrived. Eight Special Forces troopers were wounded in the first mortar barrage, while a Second barrage targeted field positions of the First Division. No casualties reported among the infantry. Reports from Beijing accused U S pilots of a savage dive bombing of a Chinese freighter near Hai phong with eight crew wounded, while Washington reviews the claim.
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Saigon
Green Beret
U.S. First Infantry Division
Bu Dop
China
U.S
Haiphong
New China
Hong Gai
State Department
Washington
Communist Magazine in Hong Kong Renames Chairman Mao
The Eastern Horizon magazine recalled its November issue in Hong Kong after printing Chinaman Mao for Mao Tse-tung. Editors blamed a typographical error and apologized. Corrected editions with the offending page removed appeared on newsstands.
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Hong Kong
Eastern Horizon
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Cedar Rapids weighs low rent housing on 26 acre site
The Cedar Rapids mayor's commission took an option on a 26 acre site for 200 low rental units for elderly and others under the 221(d)(3) FHA program. A five member executive committee was appointed to meet a December 27 deadline to secure $4.8 million in federal rent supplements.
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Cedar Rapids
Mayor’s Commission
J. Thomas Hoegen
Robert Wickman
Omaha
Don Decker
Decker Companies, Builders and Developers of
Wickman
Decker
Hoegen
Federal Housing Administration
Spending Cuts Now Set To Begin Without New Law
Washington reports the Johnson administration plans to implement 4.1 billion dollars in spending cuts without special congressional authority and despite the 10 percent surcharge, though 1.5 billion of the cuts already face a congressional mandate. Officials say the final size could change if the tax bill fails, with a review by the president.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Tornado kills two in Forest Mississippi area
A killer tornado sweeping a small community near Forest Mississippi on Saturday left two dead Yvonne Anderson and her daughter Susie Amos age six both died at a hospital Ten others were injured with several suffering head injuries The事件 was part of a wider 100 mile line of wind damage across central Mississippi prompting a tornado alert for 43 of 80 counties.
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Forest, Miss
Mississippi
Ringo
Forest
Yvonne Anderson
Susie Amos
Vicksburg
Weather Bureau
Chuckle Woman golf star advances with playful feud remark
The chuckling golfer quips about acceptant coaching saying if anything is wrong the critic should keep quiet. The remark mirrors a light heated moment between a sports figure and a rival or commentator during coverage.
Makarios Pressed as Cyprus Peace Plan Surfaces
Greece and Turkey announce a peace package to withdraw troops from Cyprus while U S envoy Cyrus Vance seeks Makarios approval. The plan aims to end the crisis but faces Cypriot resistance who fear partition of the island and loss of its integrity.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Makarios
Ankara
Zurich
Island Republic
George Ball
Ball
U.N
Vance
Athens
Shoes of Iowan Touring Britain Are Disinfected
Des Moines farm machinery salesman W. A. Hinkle underwent a foot and shoe decontamination at Chicago O Hare after returning from London amid Britain's foot and mouth outbreak. He wore his shoes through a soda ash bath and officials brushed powder on luggage. Similar procedures were conducted at New York and Washington airports. The last U S outbreak was Chicago stockyards in 1916.
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Chicago
API
Des Moines
Britain
W. A. Hinkle
U.S. Department of Agriculture
O’hare International
London
Hinkle
England
Agriculture Department
U.S
New York
Washington
Britons Bet on Imaginary Races in Newsmarket Numbers
British newspapers publish mythical horse race cards with real form and jockeys, while wins and payouts hinge on actual old races. The scheme, tied to a ban on racing due to foot and mouth disease, involves bookies paying out for fictitious races in a market branded Newsmarket.
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London
Daily Mail
Daily Sketch
London Evening News
Associated Newspapers
Newmarket
Newsmarket
Evening News
The
Lorelei
Ron Akehurst
Plumpton
Akehurst
Grand Repair
Britain
St. Cloud
France
McCarthy Appeals to Concerned Democrats in Chicago
Sen Eugene McCarthy addressed 400 to 500 anti Johnson Democrats at a Conference of Concerned Democrats in Chicago. He argued the Vietnam War is morally wrong and rejected being a stalking horse for Robert Kennedy. He plans 4 to 6 primaries and noted possible runs in Illinois Indiana and New Jersey.
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Chicago
UPI
Eugene McCarthy
Vietnam
McCarthy
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Hilton
Sen
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Illinois
Indiana
New Jersey
Senate
Vance Hartke
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Mich
Short Way Lines
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Communist Magazine
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Nicosia
Leonard J. Fisher
Minnesota
Sheraton- Blackstone
Conrad Hilton
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