Lighter Side of Congress Adjourment Rush
Washington UPI report recalls the 1967 adjournment rush as dull as paint drying. Rep Thomas Rees calls it typical, noting conference committees cause stalemates over where to meet, with past row over location solved by a room in the capitol center.
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Dick West
Washington
UPI
Congress
Thomas M. Rees
D-Calif
Rees
House
Senate
Capitol
Demiliarized Zone
Language and politics mix in wartime style debate in 1960s memo
The piece contrasts President Johnson's tax dispute with Mills and Long amid looming adjournment, calling it a Christmas truce. It shifts to humor about hippie and astronaut jargon, referencing Time magazine glossaries and a Sputnik anniversary, then tests readers on slang terms.
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Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways & Means Committee
Russell G Long
Senate Finance Committee
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Southeast Asia
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Washington
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Time Magazine
Random House Dictionary
Confusion Continued From Page 6e Draft Law Violations Not Immediate Induction
The article notes that only violations of the draft law such as failing to carry a draft card or missing a physical lead to immediate callup. It mentions President Theodore Roosevelt and references the first 51 wildlife refugees in the United States.
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