Johnson to Scale Back Domestic Proposals after GOP Gains
President Johnson said he will offer fewer Great Society proposals to a newly empowered Republican Congress and focus on financing already authorized programs. He noted cooperation on Vietnam and defense, while GOP leaders promise tighter spending and scrutiny of welfare programs.
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Michigan
Shipyards Shut as Electrical Workers Strike Halts Newport Fleet
San Francisco AP reports electricians strike against West Coast shipyards continues despite mediation warning of danger to defense needs. Talks set in Washington Tuesday with IBEW demanding retroactive raises totaling 1.60 per hour by 1967. About 11,000 workers idled. 2 ships idle, mostly cargo vessels.
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Washington, D.C
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Pacific Coast
Shipbuilders Association
Scott urges overhaul of Job Corps program
U S Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania calls for a major overhaul of the Job Corps. Speaking at the Germantown Jewish Center he criticizes mismanagement and improper use of funds and advocates giving governors veto power over state operations.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Germantown Jewish Center
Scott
Johnson
Viet Cong training frogmen feared for ships in Saigon
Navy sources in Saigon report Viet Cong frogmen trained for attacks on U S amphibious and ammunition ships. Mines tethered to anchor chains and floating mines five to six feet deep threaten vessels along the Saigon River and at Vung Tau and Cam Ranh Bay.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
South China Sea
Vung Tau
Cam Ranh Bay
Navy
U S consider missile defense amid Soviet ABM threat
Secretary McNamara says the Soviet Union is deploying an antimissile system and the United States weighs a Nike X defense. He notes costs could reach tens of billions, with deployment possibly next year, while China remains a longer term threat. Poseidon submarines eyed as a later upgrade with multi billion costs.
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Washington
Robert 5
Mel Namara
Soviet Union
United States
McNamara
Red China
U.S
Congress
Mediators Still Working On W E Contract Offers
Federal mediators say talks with Westinghouse Electric Corp and the AFL CIO International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are ongoing in Washington as contract deadlines loom. The 8000 workers at 30 plants threaten defense production, with a decision on extending the Baltimore aerospace division contract due soon. Martha Raye receives Army appreciation for Viet Nam entertainment missions in Saigon from General Westmoreland.
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Washington
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
Aerospace
Baltimore
Area Women Push End to Food Gimmicks in Petitions
Meadvill e area women press for lower food prices by asking store managers to drop stamps games and gimmicks. Mrs. Neal W Ferris reports petitions due tomorrow with volunteers canvassing door to door and 77 names added in two days. A cashier remarked sign the petitions as crowds waited to be checked out. Fumes Fatal in Altoona Car Deaths Coroner says carbon monoxide killed two people found in a parked car in Blair County.
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Meadville P Petiions
Neal W. Ferris
Altoona
D. Harold Troxell
Blair County
Trooper James Conrad Killed In Route 15 Crash NY
State trooper James Conrad, 30, died when his patrol car collided with a tractor trailer on Route 15 near Bath New York. He was married with five children and had served 4% years with the force, most recently at the Bath substation after earlier duty at Painted Post. The truck driver Christie Fisher, 29, of Witmer Pennsylvania, escaped injury.
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Bath
N.Y
James Conrad
Route 15
Conrad
Painted Post
Christie Fisher
Witmer
Prattsburg
Hooper and Lengyel Die in Altoona Incident
Deborah K Hooper and Ernest R Lengyel both 19 from Altoona died in an incident ruled accidental by the coroner The Spoken Word Is Like the Air The Printed Word Is Always There.
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Deborah K. Hooper
Ernest R. Lengyel
Altoona
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