Foreign Aid To Continue Temporarily In Congress Action
The 92nd Congress adjourned after extending foreign aid for a temporary period to February 22 at 2.8 billion annually. The Senate approved 45 to 9 and the House by unanimous consent. The measure sets new funds at 2.75 billion, with oversight and restrictions shaping future authorization and appropriations.
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John W. Finney
New York Times News Service
Washington
92Nd
Congress
Senate
House
Fund
Net
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Ronald L. Ziegler
Israel
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nixon
State Department
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
McCarthy Enters Massachusetts Primary Candidacy
Former Senator Eugene C. McCarthy announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the Massachusetts April 25 primary. He told reporters he is a candidate in Massachusetts though he did not issue a formal campaign launch.
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Bill Kovach
New York Times News Service
Boston
Eugene C. McCarthy
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Cubans Issued Stern Warning Over Attacks on Vessels
Washington states that the United States will protect American citizens from attacks like those Cuba allegedly carried out on two Panamanian freighters earlier this month. The Pentagon said U S naval and air units are on alert and the State Department pledged action under international law.
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Washington
Cuba
State Department
Pentagon
Daniel Z. Henkin
Defense Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Caribbean
Cherry Point
N.C
Jacksonville
Fla
Guantanamo Naval Base
Trooper and Youth Die in Electrocution Near Mobile Bay Causeway
A Mobile trooper Cpl. Riley D. Smith 34 died after steadying himself on an outdoor electrical sign while attempting to turn a body over near Mobile Bay Causeway. The youth George Michael aa 17 also died from an electrical shock after duck hunting in marshes. The incident prompted Pentagon precautionary alerts and statements from the State Department about threats to navigation and commerce in the Caribbean.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay Causeway
George Michael Aa
Alabama _ Highway Patrol
Riley D. Smith
Smith
Three Seek Justice Court Judge Posts in Morgan County
Three Decatur residents Robert Milam Roy Bradford and Hub Gardner have filed applications for the new Justice Court judge position with the circuit judges office. Sam McClendon declines to confirm his own candidacy while Milam the only openly declared applicant would continue civil practice if chosen. A selection committee including County Judge C Bennett McRae and Circuit Judges Powell and Hundley will interview candidates. the two year term begins January 4 1972 with salary set by the committee.
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Robert Milam
Decatur
Roy Bradford
Hub Gardner
Circuit Judges’ Office
Sam McClendon
Morgan County Commissi
Justice of the Peace
C. Bennett McRae
Contracts Awarded For Brewer School Furnishings and Equipment
Morgan County School Supt. George Nancarrow announced bids exceeding 100000 for Albert P. Brewer High School furnishings and equipment were awarded at a called Thursday night meeting. Phillips Supply Co. of Gadsden won several contracts including classroom furniture and science equipment while Bodine Bryson and Rolling of Birmingham secured gymnasium backstops and bleachers.
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Albert P. Brewer High School
Morgan County
George Nancarrow
Nancarrow
Brewer High School
Florette
Phillips Supply Co
Gadsden
Bodine, Bryson ,and
Rolling
Birmingham
Bryson, Bodine and Rolling
Hemphill
Hamilton Co
Washingtons Army Enters Winter Quarters at Valley Forge
The entry notes that on this date in 1779 George Washington and his troops began winter quarters at Valley Forge marking a pivotal encampment in the American Revolution.
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Valley Forge Hospital
Phoenixville, Pa
George Washington
Valley Forge
Weather Note and Quick Weather Guide
Quick weather update says clearing and cooler with highs in the mid 40s today and Sunday. Low tonight about 30s. Complete weather, map, river page 2. Tennessee Valley privilege line included.
Henderson acquitted in My Lai court-martial
Col. Oran K. Henderson was acquitted of all charges alleging he covered up the 1968 My Lai massacre. The acquittal followed a four hour deliberation by Maj. Gen. Charles N. Mount Jr. and six other officers, ending with Henderson at attention as the verdict was delivered.
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FT. Meade
William L. Calley Jr
Vietnam
Samuel Koster
Americal Division
Pentagon
Gunmen ROB bank in Elberta and may wound one
In Elberta Alabama two masked gunmen robbed a local branch and fled under gunfire that officers say may have wounded one assailant. In Saigon government troops pressed a 25,000 man offensive in eastern Cambodia and clashed at the Chup rubber plantation. The U.N. Security Council began private balloting for a new secretary-general but offered no agreement on seven candidates. East Pakistan's rebel government envoy in Washington urged U.S. recognition and aid.
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Elberta
Saigon
South Vietnam
Chup
Cambodia
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
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