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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1969
Page
3
Washington reports House members backed a 21.9 billion defense bill including deployment of the Safeguard antimissile system, continued C-5A transport aircraft purchases, and a modernization program for the Navy after weeks of Senate wrangling.
Swedish Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson predicts Cuba will become Sweden’s strongest future aid project after Vietnam and says negotiations with Cuba have begun. Sweden plans $40 million in cash and credits for North Vietnam after July 1970 with no usage strings. The House advanced ABM deployment on a 5030 Senate vote, amid battles over Navy ships, Cobra helicopter funding, and bomber modernization.
Sen George Murphy Calif Thursday announced an additional million federal grant to California for repair of public facilities damaged by rains and floods earlier in the year. The Office of Emergency Preparedness funds raise total relief grants to 58 million since January. Grants were issued in February May August and September. Twenty federal agencies coordinated by the regional OEP assisted in recovery efforts including health and sanitary measures road replacement and debris clearance.
Rep Wayne Hays urged President Nixon to slow down during a House session on a large military procurement bill. He read Nixon schedule of appointments and joked a resolution to urge the President to pace himself be considered as the chamber adjourned. The remark drew general laughter from Democrats and some Republicans.
President Nixon sent welfare legislation to Congress with a plan to raise minimum payments by 35 a month for the aged blind and disabled and to replace the dependent children's program with a new family assistance plan. The proposal includes a guaranteed 1 600 yearly for a four person family with partial government help up to 3 920 and imposes work requirements.
In Honolulu, a University of Hawaii homecoming queen contestant with measurements 52-44-52 defends his entry, saying the exclusion of ugales violates the 1904 Civil Rights Act. Bruce Wikle, a 275 pound senior, says he joined to challenge the rule.
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