Congress Won't Act On Farm Aids Before 1969
Washington ap reports that Congress is unlikely to act on Johnson administration farm aid programs before 1969. Farm leaders expect debate during the 1968 presidential year but anticipate keeping these issues out of campaign fodder. The administration may push for action in the current Congress to avoid a shift with a new one after the 1968 elections.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
John Son
Agricultre
Orville LE
Freeman
VLA
Canaries
Nyank Joni Hmope
Spatiaret Latim
John So
Myer Iit
American Farm Bureau Feder
Nesiurane
Thei
National Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
National Farmers Organization
Sonotones
Sonotone
Five Per Cent Sales Gain Seen For 1968 Five Per Cent
New York AP reports the National Retail Merchants Association predicts retail sales will rise 5 percent to a record 330 billion dollars this year. The 59th annual convention opens Sunday drawing 3,000 store representatives from department chain and specialty sectors and 48 other countries. Three people will be honored Tuesday for their contributions to the trade group, which includes about 15,000 stores.
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New York
National Retail Merchants Association
Vietnam War Battles Continue with Civilian Toll and Air Strikes
Reports from Vietnam describe continued engagements near Tan Yen and Que Son Valley with American advisers and South Vietnamese militiamen targeted by mortar fire and rockets. Major attacks killed village leaders, while U.S. forces incurred casualties in heavy fighting around Da Nang and Dalat. Air operations over North Vietnam intensified with 104 strike missions, and Soviet charges accused the United States of harming ships near Haiphong, prompting a U.S. apology note from Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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Ings
Tan Yen
Maj
Miles
Que Son
da Nang
U.S. 196Th Light Infantry
Dalat
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Lang
Hanoi
Rep
Soviet Union
United
Washington
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Hailphong
Tass
Vietnam
Haiphong
Cam River
Hai-piong
Haiphong Port
Suburus
Johnson Greets Israeli Minister at Texas Ranch
President Johnson will welcome Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of Israel to his Hill County ranch to discuss Middle East issues and potential peace. The visit, labeled private, centers on money raising for a Tel Aviv bond campaign and may include assurances of American arms support if needed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Levi Eshkol
Israel
Hill County
Middle East
John Macy
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Eskkal
Texas
Eshkol
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas White House
Palmetto
New York
Herstate
John
Fom
U.S
Pickah
Russialens
Pickens
Pane
Randolph
White House
Johnsons
Supreme
Ismail
Chamber of Commerce
Weather, travel warnings amid ice and polar cold front
Hazardous driving warnings stretch from New Mexico to the Mid Atlantic as freezing rain and snow grip the central states. Temperatures near 50 below zero hit Minnesota while Chicago sleet slows traffic. Meanwhile in Texas, officials report minor Greenville County accidents from ice, with colder air spreading east as Eshkol plans a Randolph visit and White House talks.
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Associated Press
W Bureau
Greenville
Pickens
Te Bureau
State Highway Patrol
Minnesota
Mid-Continent
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic
Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Canada
United States
Weather Bureau
Roseau
Minn
International Falls
Great Plains
Midwest
Idaho
Utah
New England
Kansas
West Virginia
Georgia
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Plains
California
Virginia Assembly Faces New Look In Republican Shift
The Virginia Senate will open with Lt Gov Fred Pollard presiding as 32 of 40 seats change hands in a new legislature. Godwin aims to push pay as you go finance while budget bills cut agency requests. Republicans hold six Senate seats and 14 in the House with Middleton’s seat in a Jan 9 special election. The governor plans two major messages, one in person to a joint session and a detailed budget outline.
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Senate
Fred Pollard
Richmond
Godwin
House
Del
Richard H. Middleton
Charlottesville
Assembly
Middleton
Fargek
Two Murder Counts Filed In Shooting West Virginia
In Lewis County West Virginia 21 year old ex convict William Andrew Snyder was charged with two counts of murder after a Friday night shooting spree that left Emory Snyder 62 and Frank Grogs 44 dead. Snyder held Gregg family at gunpoint for over an hour before being wounded in a firefight with police and surrendered. He was arraigned and held without bond in the county jail.
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William Andrew Snyder
Moundsville
Emory Snyder
Frank Grogs
Menere
Dry Fork
Here
Groge
Weston
Hugh Clem
Snyder
Gregg Boy
Clem
Grogs
Gregg
Andricky
Tom
Lewis County
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