Controversy Over Watson Nomination To High Military Court
Washington lawmakers react to Albert W. Watson’s bid for a 15 year post on the U S Court of Military Appeals. Senate Republicans resist citing civil rights records, while Strom Thurmond seeks a compromise position for the former Democrat turned Republican ally.
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Antiwar Lobby Plans Drive to Swing Senate Votes
Washington supporters of the antiwar Lobby of Ameri cans aim to corral at least 1 additional Senate votes to back a proposed amendment requiring U S withdrawal from Vietnam by December 31 The push includes ads radio and mail campaigns starting June 7 and a Washington conference week Led by two coalitions the Committee for Peace and New Priorities and the National Council for an Indochina Deadline with Dr Edwin Reischauer Harvard professor and former U S ambassador to Japan as leaders.
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Millions for Congressional Record Price Up Again
Washington reports the Congressional Record will cost $140 per page, pushing this year's total toward $7 million. Public Printer A N Spence cites late revisions by lawmakers as fuel for rising pages and costs, and envisions a future tape-based system to print at three pages per minute.
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U.S. Lawmakers Meet Mexican Counterparts in Pacific Coast Talks
Twenty one U.S. congressmen and senators met with Mexican officials in Puerto Vallarta to discuss sixteen topics of mutual interest. The Colorado River salinity issue topped the agenda as Sen. Mike Mansfield noted the ongoing series of meetings dating from Guadalajara in 1961 and highlighted desalinization as the key topic. The U.S. delegation arrived in Mexico City, was received by President Luis Echeverria, and laid a wreath at the Benito Juarez monument.
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Meat-cancer charge challenged by USDA official
Agriculture official Richard E. Lyng disputed Sen. William Proxmire's claim that beef tainted with the cancer-causing designer hormone DES is widely sold. He cited 20.3 million cattle inspected and passed, with 192 tested and only one showing any DES residue in the liver, not in red meat.
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FDA says it is improving to aid the consumer
FDA reports it is sharpening practices after criticism by a scientific advisory panel and says it is screening out political and economic pressures. Commissioner Edwards says taxpayers may need to double the agency budget to meet full safety assurances, while the panel urges decisions based on science and notes morale and transparency issues.
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Government retrains 400 engineers as local government administrators
The government will recruit 400 unemployed aerospace scientists and engineers from 10 communities to retrain for state, county, and city government administration. A $1.3 million HUD and Labor Department program aims to place 10 in Boston and 100 across California communities including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Jose, and San Diego, with 74 from Seattle and 40 from Washington.
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Gala Kennedy opening Gala Kennedy Center preview
The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts held a preview with 3,500 guests ahead of the Sept 9 opening. Tour participants included Andy Williams Polly Bergen Fred Fields Mrs Joseph Kennedy and Mrs Dwight Eisenhower as dignitaries toured the marble Hall of Nations beside the Potomac River.
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