Senate Extends Federal Antipoverty Program Two Years
The Senate approved a two year extension of the antipoverty program, voting 50 to 36 against cutting the current year funding. The measure would authorize up to 2.25 billion dollars for the Office of Economic Opportunity this year and 2.4 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. The action shifts to the House with uncertain prospects as debates continue over the level of funding and program scope.
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Defense Budget Cuts Fight Over Extra Spending
The article details ongoing congressional battles over federal spending, with emphasis on defense budget constraints amid Vietnam War costs. It covers calls to rescind or trim appropriations, potential policy riders tied to emergency funding, and a broad freeze on military and civil works construction valued at billions, affecting projects nationwide. The piece notes positions from Senators Kennedy, Williams, Mansfield, and others, plus President Johnson’s stance and McNamara’s memo on spending reductions.
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Vietnam War casualties and raids update from Tam Ky to Con Thien
Allied forces report heavy weekly combat in South Vietnam with 150 Americans killed and 3,758 wounded, plus 13,643 Allied dead and 758 missing overall. U.S. airstrikes continue on North Vietnam near Con Thien as 53 major operations take place. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces incur 1,155 deaths, with South Vietnamese and allied losses rising as civilians suffer. U.S. pilots fly 118 missions in North Vietnam.
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Astronaut Williams Dies in Florida Plane Crash
A single-engine plane crashed near Miccosukee Plantation injuring no one else. Williams, a Mobile native and Houston resident, had backed Gemini 10 and worked on the Lunar Module program. NASA named a board led by Alan B. Shepard to probe the crash as the space program mourned the loss of the eighth astronaut to die in training or spaceflight.
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Hippie Movement At Deaths Door In Haight Ashbury
SAN FRANCISCO AP Ron Thelin who runs the Psychedelic Shop in Haight Ashbury says the hippie movement is dying out. He faces about 6000 in debt and plans to close the shop Friday. A three day death of a hippie observance ends Sunday with a funeral procession and symbolic casket burn.
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Negro Candidate Trails in Memphis Mayor Race Second-line
Memphis voters await returns as A W Willis trails in the mayoral contest, with Henry Loeb leading. Morris and Ingram duel for second with Sisson dropping, while Lane and Oxley fade amid a city shifting to a mayor council setup.
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Missing negotiable securities worth 1.7 million
A Morgan Guaranty spokesman said $1.7 million in negotiable securities were mistakenly handed to an unidentified man at a New York exchange window. A teller alerted the man, who later returned to collect the securities, and they have since disappeared. The notes included one for $1 million and seven for $100,000 each.
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