Federal funds aim to boost home building amid delays
President Johnson announces $500 million from the Federal Home Loan Board to member banks plus $250 million from the Federal National Mortgage Association to relieve residential financing tightness. The move follows criticism of economic policy that slowed housing starts and harmed suppliers and workers. The piece questions accountability for the housing squeeze and doubts whether the industry will recover without reform.
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Johnson
Federal Home Loan Board
Federal National Mortgage Association
Uncle Sam
Ethics Of Adam Powell Pay Offs Raise Ethics Alarm
The column questions Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's readiness to comply with a $164000 defamation judgment by paying $60 weekly. It argues the arrangement funds travel to his Harlem church while civil and criminal contempt hang over him, labeling his record, including absenteeism and tax issues, as casting doubt on his fitness for Congress. It calls Congress to address the ethics and image concerns.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Powell
Congress
New York
90Th Congress
Investigation Probes Skimming and Bugging in Nevada Casinos
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas will hear information on skimming profits from gambling receipts and on electronic bugging by authorities. Nevada state probes found no evidence of skimming in an interim report as FBI and officials debate wiretapping controls and civil liberties concerns.
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Grand Jury
Las Vegas
Nevada
Underworld
Paul Laxalt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Laxalt
Washington Post
Justice Department
FBI
W. C. Fields
New York World Journal Tribune
Trib
National Geographic Review
Sam
President
Crime Commission
Congress
George Orwell
No Ethics Committee Marks House Ethical Gap
Drew Pearson argues the House lacks an Ethical Conduct Committee while the Senate has one. He recounts past cases where staffers and officials faced scrutiny, notes failures to act, and urges passage of a permanent ethics framework and a Corrupt Practices Act. Rep. Charles Bennett has moved to study and propose a House Ethics Committee.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House Commerce Committee
Bernard Schwartz
New York University
Dodd
Committee
Congress
Charles Bennett
D-Fla
House
Bennett
Community groups swap events as season shifts in High Point
The Barn Theater and Kiwanis clubs altered plans to avoid offense during the holiday season. A packed turnout enjoyed a light comedy with Tony Calabrese stepping in as lead. Offstage, Rotary and church-linked events, a Foreign officer tour at Schoonbeck facilities, and plans for Miss High Point pageant and a Lions blind children’s party highlight civic activity in High Point and Burlington areas.
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Barn Theater
Rotary
Tony Calabrese
Sande Cox
Kiwanis
Hunter Dalton Jr
Ted Pettyjohn
Althea Rose
Fort Bragg
Schoonbeck
Raleigh
Moore
Winston- Salem
Jaycees
Reynolds
Jack Campbell
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New England
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Los Angeles
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State Highway Commission
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