Food Stamp Extension Advances Senate Passage and Costs
The Senate approved a three year extension and expansion of the federal food stamp program, authorizing about 75 million dollars initially and rising to 250 million by fiscal 1970. The plan includes a 20 percent state matching requirement after July 1, 1969, with West Virginia facing about 24 million dollars in annual matching funds.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Byrd
Congress
District of Columbia
Six Month Study Launched On Drug Costs In Medicare
Washington officials announced a six month blue ribbon task force to study including prescription drug costs in Medicare. The probe will examine current prescribing patterns, patient payments, drug distribution, and the role of generic equivalents versus brand names. Dr Philip R Lee leads the panel with no industry or consumer group members.
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Seymier M. Herste
Washington
Secretary of Welfare
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Russell B. Long
DeLa
Philip R. Lee
Lee
Joseph Steer
Pharmaceutical Manfacturers Assn
Tax ruling could endanger West Virginia AFDCU program
Welfare Commissioner L L Vincent said IRS guidance may tax work earnings for AFDCU recipients, potentially affecting about 7000 people in West Virginia. He warned of possible Social Security implications if earnings are taxable. Gov. Hulett Smith noted discussions but did not see the ruling halting the program.
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L. L. Vincent
Internal Revenue Service
West, Virginia
Vincent
IRS
West
St Offen
Hulett Smith
U S strikes on ground and by plane near Haiphong
U S Navy jets and Marine units pressed two major battles in the Haiphong area. The Conway My complex near Haiphong was struck for the first time in the war, with million pound bombs hitting storage, piers, rail sidings, and fuel tanks. Radar sites northwest of Haiphong were also targeted as pilots reported thick smoke and a large secondary explosion. One A-4 Skyhawk from the Hancock was listed as missing, with three U S planes said shot down near Hanoi.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Cong My
Lai Dong
Maiphong
Hancock
U. 5
Jos
Tissing
Hanoi
U. S
Play Up S Viets Westmoreland Asks Play Up S Viets
SAIGON The United States military command appears to have begun a campaign to discourage unfavorable reports about the South Vietnamese Army. Gen Westmoreland directed subordinates to emphasize positive combat achievements and to “improve the image” of the Vietnamese army while critics in Saigon and Washington say the force is plagued by corruption, leadership failures, and weak pacification efforts.
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W. Apple Jr
New York Times
Saigon
United States
Millitary Command
William C. Westmoreland
Rodger R. Bankson
Westmoreland
Washington
Arab front solidifies as troops reinforced in Middle East
Cairo reports Iraqi and Kuwaiti troops arrive in Egypt to bolster border defences with Israel. Egypt seeks Syria's backing for the Egypt Jordan mutual defence pact while Jordan’s Hussein faces Syria’s denunciations. Western powers discuss blocking the Gulf of Aqaba amid tense U S Soviet naval activity in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Damascus
Syria
Jordan
Sussein
Abdul Rahman Aref
Wilson
House of Commons
George Brown
Britain
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Portugal
Netherlands
U.S
Egyp Mun
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Derac
Mediterranean
Defense Department
Washington
United States
Strait of Tiran
America
Spirat
Magomet Gadzhiev
Black Sea
Turkey
Bosporus
Marmara Sea
Dardanelles
Totepind
Suez Canal
Vietnam
Cairo Radio and
Said
Hussein
Nas
Nasser
Jordim
U S Renews Peace Bid at United Nations
United States asked the United Nations Security Council to urge Israel and Arab states to show restraint, seeking a diplomatic solution. The council adjourned without voting as India planned to sponsor a resolution, while Soviet and Arab reactions followed the U.S. move. Iraqi foreign minister voiced reservations pending fuller explanation from Goldberg.
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United Nations
Adbassadur
Arthur J. Goldberg
Secuity Council
Priday
Israel
United States
U.S
Mauve
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U. S
Council
Adnan Pachuchi
Goldberg
Chamber Abandons Guthrie Airport Plan Shift in favor of Putnam site
The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce abandoned its push for a regional jetport at Guthrie six miles north of Charleston and endorsed the Kanawha County Court and FAA preference for a Putnam County site between Charleston and Huntington. Chamber President Fred A. Otto said the board adopted a resolution reaffirming past support of the county court’s stance.
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Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce
Guthrie
Kanawha County Court
Midway
Fred A. Otto
Chamber
Kasawha
Putnam County
Charleston
Huntington
We Federal Aviation Administration
Hurricane
Chamber of Commerce
FAA
Putnam
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Kep
U. S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
S. Viets
CAMO
United Front
Harold Wilsuny
Ser
Damtastus Radio
Mohamed Awad el-Kony
Mixed Armistice Commission
Middle East
India
Roger Seydoux
Imhassador Hans 1, Tabor
Denmark
Lin Chick
China
Soviet Union
Liu
Yeeli
Mandelbaum Gate
Jerusalem
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