House Slashes Johnson Foreign Aid By Half Billion
The House approved a reduced foreign aid bill of 2.8 billion dollars after cutting 563 million from Johnson's request. Final tally 202 to 194 after a marathon 15 hour session. Major cuts included 150 million from development loans and 72 million from Alliance for Progress with NATO funds trimmed despite some defeats for broader cuts.
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Senate
Alliance For Progress
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Jonn F. Kennedy
L. Mendel Rivers
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Armed Services Committee
NATO
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
United States
Middle East
Auto Workers vote to authorize strike against three automakers
UAW ballots show overwhelming approval for a strike mandate against Chrysler Ford and likely General Motors. Chrysler votes 36,492 in favor to 1,532 against and Ford 32,976 to 966. GM figures unspecified, but expected to be similarly strong in favor.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Chrysler Uaw
UAW
International Union
Robert J. Eggert
Lincoln- Mercury
Madison
Wis
Eggert
Robert Johnston
Illinois
Iowa
Ottawa
Ill
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Floods and drought grip nation as storms advance
Torrential rains driven rivers across Georgia to the Virginias flood regions while Northwest fires burn on. Southeast floods kill two, a Charlotte teen and a Lockhart rail worker. Heflin sandbags to avert dam collapse as a 14 year old is missing. Rain totals exceed 13 inches in some areas.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Virginias
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Timberlands
Charlotte
N.C
Lockhart
S.C
Heflin
Ala
Too Much Rain Threatens Maryland Eastern Shore Crops
Maryland's Eastern Shore farmers faced flooding and muddy fields after heavy rains. The lowlands east of the Chesapeake Bay received over 13 inches this month, the heaviest since 1955. Sweet corn farmers urge Gov Agnew to permit prison labor for harvesting due to mechanized harvesters bogging in mud.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Connie
Diane
Spiro T. Agnew
Eastern North Carolina tobacco markets open strong on day one
Eastern Belt markets report opening averages around 68 to 70 dollars per hundredweight with top prices near 74 dollars. Strong demand keeps prices near record levels while some leaf offerings show losses on limited volume and four day sales continue with five hours weekly until September.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Federal State Marketing News Service
John Cyrus
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
North Carolina St
U.S
Nuclear Blackmail Studied In Nonproliferation Talks
The United States and the Soviet Union weigh guarantees for nonnuclear nations against atomic blackmail as a global treaty to curb nuclear arms spreads. Geneva delegates draft a nonproliferation pact with inspections yet unresolved, aiming for U.N. debate and a 1965 signing.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Western Europe
Johnson
White House
Geneva Group
U.N. General Assembly
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