House Appropriations Approves 10 Day Emergency Spending
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 10 day emergency measure to finance federal departments near running out of funds. It rejected a GOP demand to attach a $5 billion spending cut plan for the president. The vote 30 to 20 party line followed by weeks of debate over whether Johnson or Congress should cut spending.
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Ohio
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Texas
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Edith Strengthens Prompting Caribbean Hurricane Watch
Tropical Storm Edith intensified toward hurricane strength on Thursday prompting forecasters to issue a hurricane watch from Dominica north to the Leeward Islands. The system was forecast to strike Caribbean islands late Friday.
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Romney Gets Nerves At Chester Breakfast Gaffe
Margaret Rizzo, Chester anti poverty council head, told Gov. Romney how residents help their conditions but misnamed him as Gov. Grumley and later as Mayor Colby as Romney joked about being nervous. The incident drew laughter from about 50 attendees.
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Margaret Rizzo
Colby
Texas Feud Tests Johnson Tour in Disaster Visit
President Johnson faces a delicate summit with Gov. John Connally and Sen. Ralph Yarborough aboard a jet to inspect storm battered Texas as Connally seeks disaster area designation for about 20 counties. Yarborough urges faster action while Connally defends delays and seeks further aid. Senator Tower joins the discussion on relief policy.
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UGN Shows Increase at First Report in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids firms boost United Good Neighbors pledges by three percent or more, reporting $140,510 with some employee gifts included. Goal is $914,000. major firms divisions show varied progress while loans and film promotion receive note. Assam derailment in Calcutta reports 11 dead, 25 injured.
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Ted Lloyd
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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YMCA
Bob O'Meara
Rio Grande Flood Deluges Harlingen Homes
In Harlingen Texas the Arroyo Colorado floodwaters rose as more than 800 homes lay beneath the water. Hundreds of residents were evacuated Wednesday night and dikes were rebuilt after midnight. Governor Connally dispatched 300 more national guardsmen to join 600 already on duty.
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Texas
Arroyo Colorado
Rio Grande
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Connally
Gunmen Ransack Cou Falls House
IOWA CITY Special to The Gazette The Cou Falls home of C. D. Schlesselman was ransacked Wednesday night by three armed men who held him at gun point while they searched the house. They sought a safe but found only a 30 06 rifle with scope and a camera. Schlesselman unharmed, police investigate leads from his descriptions as the gun was recovered Thursday morning in a ditch near Fairfax by Vernon Kutchra.
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Johnson County
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Fairfax
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Chlorine Blast Kills One as 60 Hospitalized in LA
A chlorine gas explosion at the American Chemical Co. plant near the San Diego and Harbor freeways killed one person and sent about sixty to the hospital. Lightning and heavy rain disrupted power and triggered accidents, but evacuation orders were lifted after five hours as plants reopened.
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Five Negroes Named to 9 Man Washington D C Council
President Johnson swore in Walter Washington as Washington DC chief executive and announced a new nine member city council with five Black members and four whites. Walter Fauntroy was named vice chair and Max Kampelman leads as chair. The reorganization shifts DC from a presidentially appointed three member commission to a single commissioner and a nine member council subject to Senate confirmation.
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National Capital
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District of Columbia
White House
Walter Washington
Thomas Fletcher
Max Kampelman
Walter Fauntroy
Congress
Senate
New York Teachers End Walkout On Contract Vote
New York public school teachers accepted a 135.4 million dollar contract on Thursday, ending a fourteen day strike. The vote was 18 171 in favor and 3 442 against.
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Gardner May Boost Medicare Fee to Four Dollars
Welfare Secretary Gardner told the senate that the monthly fee for the voluntary Medicare program may rise from three to four dollars. Actuaries estimated costs would push toward three eighty, while a house bill under Senate review could add twenty cents more, totaling four dollars. The three dollar charge has applied since Medicare Part B began July 1, 1966.
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Gardner
Senate
John Williams
R-Del
Social Security Actuaries
Senate Finance Committee
New Tax Ruling Raises Alarm Over Equal Refunds
County officials protest a new method dividing household goods replacement funds among taxing bodies. Equal shares, not pro rata, would cut Cedar Rapids and school districts by large amounts, with Linn county slated to receive 403,160 and local districts sharing 80,395.
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Stewart Shank
Shank
Linn County
Lin County
Marvin Selden
Linn
Selden
Leatherneck Supply Fleet Grounded Over Defect
In Saigon UPI reports almost half of the U S marine helicopters used to deliver food water and ammunition to embattled Leathernecks along the demilitarized zone have been grounded due to a structural deficiency.
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U. S
U S. Reported Vietnam War Losses Last Week
The U S command announced that 128 Americans were killed in the Vietnam war last week, 1,434 wounded, and four missing.
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Saigon
U.S
Suit Asks Court Bar Collection
A petition filed in Scott county district court seeks to halt the new Iowa sales tax on services arguing it is unconstitutional and vague. Plaintiffs include newspapers, radio and TV stations, ad agencies and advertisers. A hearing was set for 1:30 p.m. next Wednesday on a temporary injunction to stop collection as the 3 percent service tax takes effect at midnight Saturday.
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UPI
Scott County District Court
Nathan Grant
Iowa
U. S
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Tax Commission
Turner
Legislative Rules Review Committee
Rolling quake rattles San Francisco Bay Area
A morning tremor measured over 5 on the Richter scale shook downtown San Francisco and was felt across the bay area to Watsonville. University of California seismologists in Berkeley reported the quake as moderate with no damage reported.
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