Red tape costs millions in perishable items
A congressional subcommittee reports that multiple federal agencies have wasted millions in short shelf life goods over recent years. About 703 million dollars of perishable property await action through transfers or repurposing to schools, hospitals, and other charities. The Public Health Service holds 8 million in emergency medical stocks, with GSA and the Defense Department also bearing large shares. Agencies must report next year on utilization, transfers, donations, sales, or destruction of these stocks.
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German army defense spending and orders strain NATO ties
The piece reports an annual army cost near 2 billion dollars including US expenses. Secretary McNamara pressures West Germany over lacking German orders, warning of possible American troop withdrawals. Germany’s Von Hassel says the force is in a consolidation phase, unable to expand its 12 NATO divisions or commit new U.S. purchases.
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Robert S. McNamara
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
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Germany
Dean Rusk
von Hassel
NATO
Battle losses mount as Viet Cong war continues
Military reported 609 Viet Cong structures damaged and 50 bunkers knocked out. Viet Cong ground gunners shot down two planes, a Marine, Skyhawk and F4C Phantom. One Phantom crewman parachuted to safety and was rescued after the hit 310 miles northeast of Saigon in Kontum Province. The Skyhawk pilot and another crewman are missing. Total aircraft losses rise to 362 since expanding air war 16 months ago, with 107 in the south and 259 in North Viet Nam. B52s from Guam carpeted Quang Ngai Province as two Viet Cong battalions were sighted 325 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Quang Ngai
Soviet Regime Attacks Baptist Sect Threat to Children
In Moscow Izvestia accused a Baptist sect of antistate activities and fueling violent acts. The report cited a case in Mtsensk where Maria Rikova allegedly killed a neighbor’s two year old after attending a secret sect prayer meeting. The piece said sect leaders inflamed followers and opposed state education, while noting the sect’s roughly 25,000 adherents and limited public information.
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Gemini 9 spacewalk delayed as rendezvous tests continue
Gemini 9 missions directors postponed a spacewalk for 24 hours and planned a first excursion at 11 10 a m EDT Sunday. Cernan and Stafford faced shroud and target docking problems but pressed on with rendezvous trials as U S space program eyes a moon voyage by decade's end.
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Weather maps show slow warming through Sunday
The Weather Bureau forecast a gradual rise in temperatures through Sunday as heavy winds and rains formed from the clash of warm and cool air across the nation. Kansas City reported 74 mph winds in a morning thunderstorm, while Wisconsin showed a 42 degree chill in Superior and Milwaukee remained humid at 84. Temperatures reached the 90s from Texas to Kansas, showers lingered in southern Florida, and Miami logged another near daily rainfall. Much of the west stayed sunny and cool though a gray Pacific coast haze persisted.
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Rusk presses NATO pullouts amid De Gaulle clash
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged withdrawal of NATO military HQ and bases from France by April 1 as 37 U.S. sites and a Canadian base near Paris move. He spoke after arriving from Oslo amid talks with 14 foreign ministers on De Gaulle’s decisions and cost of relocations.
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