Congress Reacts to Los Angeles Tragedy Calls for Law Enforcement
The House swiftly passed the crime bill amid anger over violent crime. Critics urged strict enforcement of existing laws, warning that conferences or new laws alone cannot curb crime without stronger government action and accountability.
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Committee On Ways and Means
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Department of the Treasury
Paul C. Jones
White House
America
Storm Strikes Frankfurt Causes Flooding and Derailment
A thunderstorm lashed Frankfurt for about thirty minutes dumping heavy rain and hail. Firefighters handled hundreds of calls as floodwaters swamped streets and a trolley car derailed after large hail clogged tracks.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
The Lighter Side of Generational Gaps Satirized
Washington humorist Dick West parodies the generation gap with a mock trial about a man accused of contributing to a sick society. The judge questions responsibility while the defendant argues guilt by association and cites his daughter's recollections of his advice.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Charlie Inkman
Hunger Study findings dispute widespread US hunger
Washington report shows 7% Hunger Study documents from W R Poage and Page Belcher indicating most so called emergency hunger counties lack actual hunger. Officials cite education gaps and unawareness of federal food relief programs as key malnutrition factors, with parental neglect and misperceptions driving border line cases.
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Bob) Poage
Tex
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Apache County
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Paige
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Reicher
America
Caution on hormone herbicides and pecan leaf sampling advised
Farmers are urged to avoid drift when applying hormone type herbicides like 2.4 D and 2.4.5 T and to apply in calm conditions. June is ideal for collecting pecan leaf samples to assess zinc deficiency, with potential yields up to 20 to 30 pounds per tree after zinc sulfate treatment.
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Childress County
Texas A&m
Texas A&m University
67 Net Farm Income Totaled 14.5 Billion
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman announced that realized net farm income for 1967 reached about 14.5 billion dollars, the highest since 1951 though down nearly 2 billion from 1966. Net income per farm averaged 4,576 dollars, below the 1966 record of 5,049.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
June Dairy Month celebrates Nature's perfect food nationwide
The feature spotlights June Dairy Month, now in its 32nd year. Extension dairy specialist A. M. Meekma notes milk supplies 100 percent of calcium needs per quart and provides substantial riboflavin, phosphorus, protein, thiamine, vitamin A, and vitamin C, urging readers to take home an extra quart.
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A. M. Meekma
Meekma
Quirks in the News from San Francisco and Britain
San Francisco recreation officials install no adults unless accompanied by children signs at Golden Gate Park playgrounds amid complaints of hippie misbehavior. In Flintham England eight mothers join a math class to relearn arithmetic with their children. In England Centurion tanks fail to load and one guns salutes skyward during a royal inspection. In Workington railway workers face a lost goat that ate its label.
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UPI
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Workington
Almanac notes for June 18 1968 historical events
Today marks the 170th day of 1968 with 196 to follow. Notable on this day are wartime events and political changes such as the 1812 U S declaration of war, Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, Hitler's naval accord, and Egypt becoming a republic in 1953. A thought from Walter Pater closes.
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United States
Britain
Napoleon
Waterloo
Adolf Hitler
Egypt
Army Council of the Revolution
Walter Pater
Field Test Of Boll Weevil Control Begins
The Rolling Plains area launches the world’s first large scale field test using sterile male boll weevils released on 90 acres at the Bill Glenn Farm in Dickens County under Dr. Ted David. Releases proceed on a two per week schedule to prove the principle and assess results amid a broader push for nonchemical weevil control.
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U.s.c.a’s
State College
Mississippi
Bill Glenn
Dickens County
David
Rolling Plaine
Glenn
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Zambia Ends Four-Day Rail Strike After Decree
A four day nationwide rail strike in Zambia ended when 7,000 workers returned to work after President Kenneth Kaunda declared the strike illegal. Rail officials promised to review union demands for a 50 percent wage raise.
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Lusaka
Zambia
UPI
Kenneth Kaunda
Tens of thousands join antiwar protest in Tokyo
About 10 000 demonstrators marched near the US Embassy in Tokyo on Saturday to protest the Vietnam War. Some Americans wore McCarthy badges. Police reported 16 arrests in similar protests in other Japanese cities.
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UPD
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
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