Colorado River Bill Approved Ends Decades of River Dispute
The Senate approved a compromise measure to end half a century of conflict over Colorado River water. It guarantees California its 4.4 million acre feet and Arizona its central Arizona project while Arizona gains long sought rights and the bill heads to President Johnson for signing.
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Senate
Colorado River
Wyoming
Senators
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California
House
White House
Johnson
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Kuchel
Central
Colorado
Agnew Defends Remarks Amid Retraction Stand
Vice President Spiro Agnew says his retraction was not directed by Nixon and calls himself a loyal American of integrity. He notes no guidance from Nixon or aides and informs Senate Republican Everett Dirksen of his actions in Washington.
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Everett Dirksen
Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
Hubert Humphrey
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Death and murder tied to Crestline suspect Clayton
Four bodies and a rape are linked to Clayton after a night of violence around Crestline. A San Bernardino coroner will perform autopsy today on the man found dead near a riding stable. The case centers on a double sex slaying and a missing girl, with investigators tracing Clayton to a Cedar Springs tunneling project.
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San Gabriel Canyon
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Azusa
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Cedar Springs
San Bernardino
James Mayfield
Horace Rogers
David Hardwicke
Old Mill Road
Arlene Clayton
Hardwicke
Highway 39
Bonnie Ferguson
Saltzman
Redwoods Bill Clears The House
The House, 329 to 1, approved a conference report establishing a 58 000 acre Redwoods National Park in Northern California and a scenic rivers system. Senate action was expected next week with Rep. L H Fountain dissenting. The measure costs about 92 million with land exchanges to fund private timber land acquisitions.
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House
California
Senate
L.H. Fountain
D-N.c
Conference
Jedediah Smith, del Norte Coast
Prairie Creek Redwoods
Drug Industry Profit High and Risk Low Says Task Force
A government task force concludes the drug industry earns exceptional profits with little risk while the elderly bear the brunt of high prescription costs and related illness. The 110 page interim report led by Dr. Philip R. Lee cites need among seniors and warns growing affordability issues could raise hospitalizations and unemployment.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Douglas Gives Stay to Soldiers
The Supreme Court considers delaying further review of the 1966 reserve call up law as 113 soldiers from the 1002nd Supply and Services Co in Maryland face active duty in Vietnam. Nathan R. Zahn argues the law unlawfully delegates power to the President and that those called up predate the act. Federal courts in Baltimore and Richmond ruled against the soldiers earlier.
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Justice Department
Nathan R. Zahn
Los Angeles
Zahn
Baltimore
Richmond
Mango groves try music to boost tastier fruit in Miami
Grower Joshua Segal sets four speakers around a 50 acre mango grove to play nonstop music for two years. Muzack Corp. claims possible effects from sound on crops while stressing research value and potential worker benefits.
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Miami
Fla
Joshua Segal
Segal
Iowa
Muzack Corp
Irving Wexler
Wexler
Grove
Johnson Denies Troop Withdrawal Comment Tied to Humphrey Speech
White House press secretary George Christian said President Johnson's remark on troop withdrawals from Vietnam was not tied to Vice President Humphrey's campaign comments. He urged reading the full speech noting Johnson had long stated no one can predict when troops can be brought home.
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U S Admits Pueblo Spying Role Amid Nuclear Cold War Dispute
The United States acknowledged Pueblo crew were spying near North Korea and that a 1966 three mile limit document existed, but said the ship’s 1968 sailing order set a 13 nautical mile limit. North Korea demanded a confession and apology as 82 crewmen survived.
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North Korea
Bucher
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S. Navy
CPA
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