Draft Measure Delayed Despite House Passage
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield opposes filibuster tactics on the compromise draft bill passed by the House 297 to 108. He may revive his original nine month withdrawal plan if prisoners are released but won’t attach it to the bill. The Senate expects action after a month recess as the lottery selects the 19 year olds for service.
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House
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Selective Service
Stennis
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Arthritis Foundation Gets License for North Carolina
The North Carolina chapter of the Arthritis Foundation receives a new solicitation license after the state Social Services Department approved major changes in its operations. The license had been revoked last December due to alleged gross mismanagement. Ed Edgarton, head of the licensing division, said the foundation now has the groundwork for a strong agency and must follow through.
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State Department of Social Services
North Carolina
The
Arthritis Foundation
Ed Edgarton
Social Services Department
Sowers Announces NC Natural and Economic Resources Department
Roy G. Sowers Jr. becomes North Carolina s first secretary of natural and economic resources and pledges a growth plan within a protected environment. He spoke at Granet Grove plant dedication in Snow Hill and outlined consolidating functions to a single policy: economic development with environmental protection. He noted 80 active prospects vying to locate in Eastern North Carolina and that not all will choose the state.
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Snow Hill
N. C
Roy G. Sowers Jr
North Carolina
Sowers
Granet Grove Corp
Bob Scott
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
State Department of Conservation and Development
Lady Bird Johnson Seeks Environmental Watch On Parkway Tour
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson told reporters in Asheville that as first lady she aimed to foster concern for the environment and natural beauty. She spoke during a Blue Ridge Parkway tour with a national parks advisory group mapping recommendations for the Interior Department.
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N.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Blue Ridge Parkway
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Secretary of the Interior
Johnson
Parkway
Hatteras National Park
Kitty Hawk
Richmond
Border Belt Tobacco Prices Rise Across Markets
Flue cured tobacco prices advanced on the South Carolina Border North Carolina Belt markets as the second day of sales showed gains near one dollar per hundredweight. Open day sales reached 12.7 million pounds at an average of 74.36, above last year's 71.09. About 766,375 pounds, six percent, were sold to the Stabilization Corp under the price support program, down from 26.3 percent a year ago.
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Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina
North Carolina
Stabilization Corp
Athlete’s Foot Treatment Ad from Mann Drug Stores
Quick drying T-4-L relieves itch and burning within minutes while infected skin flakes off over 3 to 5 days as healthy skin returns. If not delighted within one hour, receive 5 percent back of any drug counter at Mann Drug Stores.
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Mann Drug Stores
Nixon Reconsiders Wage-Price Board Tactics
President Nixon urges Congress to study a wage-price board without economy binding controls. He welcomes debate, but warns against a new bureaucracy with criminal powers. He favors voluntary guidelines and warns of a wage-price spiral if overreliance on enforcement. Labor Dept to release July inflation trends.
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Nixon
Congress
Proosal
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Minotor
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Woodruff Ave
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