Congress on Spot In May May 1968 Poverty Debate
Washington column notes Congress hesitates to embrace a generalized Sense of Congress on aiding the poor amid domestic unrest. Senate leaders urge action over words, citing bills on equal employment, housing, migrant workers aid, and welfare review. Lawmakers stress job training partnerships with state and local authorities, warning government cannot provide all jobs.
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Washington
UPI Congress
Tonkin” Gulf
Congress
Formosa
Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Avontana
Mansfield
Dear Heloise tips and home craft hints collected
A reader correspondence excerpt covers practical kitchen tricks onion peeling plastic wrap window wedges and bead restringing plus gardening plant care and storage hacks. It includes tips on saving steps using chair wheels to move items watering baskets with ice cubes boat of miscellaneous household ideas and a note about Veterans of Foreign Wars applications.
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Heloise
Rain Makers Aim to Reform Cloud Bases in Texas Study
Aggie researchers at Texas A&M University plan a three month rainmaking study using hygroscopic smoke to seed rained out clouds within a 200 mile radius of College Station. John Carr of the Water Development Board notes potential regional benefits.
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Austin
Cart
Stes
Grand Canyon
Carr
College Station
Texas A&m University
College of Geosciences
Former Ministers to Stand Trial in Special Court
Two former Sukarno ministers, former Information Minister Achmad and former Resettlement Minister Achad, will go on trial Monday in a special antisubversion court. They were arrested in March 1966 on charges related to subverting government via the abortive Communist plot.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Achmad
Achad
Drag Race Charges Filed Against Four Drivers
Four individuals Harvey Krejer Daniel Harotenson Daniel Macias and Benny Ruiz faced drag racing and speed charges on a roadway at the Highway Patrol post. Patrolman Meath cited the docket listing contest for speed with Ruiz also charged for speeding in a 200 mph zone and Macias for riding on the roadway. Heath listed April 39 as the speed contest date.
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Highway Patrol
Charles Meath
Albert Ley
Harvey Lewis Krejer
Daniel Harot?enson
Daniel Macias
Benny Ruiz
Ruiz
Macias
Heath
Four Minors Charged With Drinking Under Bridge Incident
Four cases of minors consuming alcoholic beverages filed with Peace Justice Albert Jaw. Two Cuero males Robert George Ward and Dennis Ward were charged April 2 after being found with alcohol under the Heard bridge over the Guadalupe River by Highway Patrolman Eomlf Gendke. Fines listed as 40 dollars for the named individuals. other cases processed by local officials with unspecified fines.
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Albert Jaw
Robert George Ward
Dennis Ward
Heard Bridge
Guadalupe River
Eomlf Gendke
Rlod
McFarland
Lier Control Board
Victoria
Almanac Brief May 6 Historical Highlights
On May 6 notable events include 1935 WPA creation to create jobs, 1941 Stalin becoming Soviet premier, and 1967 Greek military flotilla halting parliament. Also notes a moon phase and planetary mention with a short vanishing headline style.
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United Press International
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Works Progress
Soviet Union
Voom
Molotov
Flotnta
Try and Stop Me Here’s an OSU student and a maestro
An OSU undergraduate wins praise for sleeping in class in a spoof course titled How to Relax. A Philadelphia critic jokes a famous maestro receives about two hundred fan requests monthly for hair, while the maestro notes his sheepdog. John Daly is humorously described as worn out after a broadcast day, with his daughter asking how to subtract a quarter from a fifth, and he replies he is about to do it.
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Oregon State
Philadelphia
Armerica
John Charles Daly
Garden City
Kanana
Federalsburg
Maryland
Aritamede
Pep
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicata
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Axtraworld
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Electric Motors
N. Esplanade
Tel-A - Win Co
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Esplanade
Aggie
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Hold On
Elecka Drug
E. Main
Ope
A. J. Migura
York
T. Coys
Beeville
the Almanac
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NASCO
Cuero DiscOunt LuMber CO
S. Esplanade
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