White House plans Saigon trip by two aides
Washington AP report says amid rising unrest in South Viet Nam the White House will send two top aides to Saigon. Press Secretary Moyers confirmed he will go but did not specify timing, aiming to depart sometime this week.
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Costs Rise As Inflation Bites Consumers Hard
February price increases hit household budgets with the cost of living rising 2.5 percent from a year earlier and overall CPI up driven by food costs. Government officials caution the surge may ease, though food prices face further shifts while farm product forecasts predict declines in vegetables and poultry. Moyers and Komer delays in Southeast Asia travel spark questions about Viet Nam policy and potential antigovernment demonstrations.
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Funding bills for education and housing aid in 1966
The spending measure allocates 10 million dollars for the teacher corps project and 12 million for a rent subsidy program to aid low income housing and tutoring for poor children. Local communities must cover at least 10 percent of teacher costs, and funds run only through the current fiscal year. Opponents argue the rent subsidy limit could block minority access to suburban housing.
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Smoking and health reform linked to cancer risk findings
At a Tuesday American Cancer Society science writers seminar Dr Louis F Fieser Harvard chemist and ex adviser said carbon molecules form cancer links while noting a 1964 federal panel found smoking a health hazard. The discussion covered a 42 000 household survey from 1964 65 showing more illness and restricted days among smokers and a continued decline in male smokers and physician smokers since the 1950s.
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Some Forms Of Transport In Shocking Decline
Senate Commerce Committee hearing notes a looming transport decline as population is expected to double in 35 years. Magnuson defends past system and urges federal action to coordinate transportation, warning plans must grow as big as current networks.
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Senate hearing opens on Johnson plan for a single transport department
Washington AP Senate hearings begin on President Johnson's plan to bring all US transportation under one cabinet department. Senator Magnuson warns of a 50 percent decline since 1950 in railroad passenger miles and urges improvement of the merchant marine. The plan, proposed March 2, would unite independent agencies employing about 100,000 people with a $6 billion budget. First Lady Johnson postpones Texas trip due to viral laryngitis, aiming to attend San Antonio River lighting dedication and a Big Bend visit after rest.
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Foundations give away half a million daily
Frank Swicegood of Swicegood Funeral Home in Danville Va notes that large philanthropic foundations sponsor billions yearly and give away about a half million dollars every day. He urges readers to see the good in people and hints at future column by his brother Dewey.
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