Uncle Sam Pays Shipping Costs to Foreign Food Aid
A Senate subcommittee will summon four federal agencies to explain why the government adds millions to the dollar drain by paying port charges on U S food shipped abroad. The GAO notes difficulties in identifying and disallowing ineligible port charges as agencies seek a workable formula.
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Washington
Senate
General Accounting Office
Agency
Congress
United States
GAO
U.S
Agency For International Development
Senate Foreign Aid
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
State and Agriculture Departments
Maritime Administration
Associated Press
Joseph Lippman
Gruening
Lippman
Johnson
Pers
AID
Colombia
Evans Farm Six Units Sell for 235000 in Wisconsin
In Bangor Wisconsin Mr and Mrs Richard Evans sold six farms totaling 1108 acres to Steve Antal and Sons of Bosworth Missouri for 235000. Possession begins March 1. Five farms lie in Bangor town and one in Burns. Evans stock includes 230 Holstein cows to be auctioned February 27 and 28 with equipment and feed. He plans retirement and relocation with six children.
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Bangor
Wis
Richard
Dick) Evans
Steve Antal
Bosworth
Burns
Evans
Marines Regain Hue Headquaters As Offensive Widened
Marines recaptured the Thua Thien Province headquar ters building in Hue and allied forces tightened control of the Citadel across the Perfume River. The battle raged as government troops faced renewed enemy blows near Da Nang, with Saigon reporting heavy destruction and large refugee flows. Air and ground combat continued across South Vietnam as the North pushed its big offensive into a second week.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
U.S
Thua Thien
Perfume River
da Nang
Hoi An
North Vietnam
Hanoi
North
Aldermen Reject Fest Vote and Policy Debates Rise
Saigon faced a mass refugee influx with tens of thousands fleeing southern districts. Witnesses blame police inaction as arson and looting devastate shops, with claims of 500 homes burned and losses totaling about 4 million piasters. Official camps count 47,000 refugees enrolled. city population near 3 million.
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Saigon
Little Debate Precedes Votes
La Crosse aldermen rejected proposals to raise the minimum beer age to 21, hold an Oktoberfest referendum, and ban fluoridation. Alderman Schubert defended the Oktoberfest vote. others noted financial trouble at La Crosse Festivals, Inc. The council learned referenda would be advisory and debated limits on private land events. Action must pass Thursday to take effect.
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Donald W. Affolter
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
John C. Schubert
James F. Shoger
Judiciary Committee
L. Peter Groves
la Crosse Festivals, Inc
Gerald A. Greider
Sth
la Verne
Harold H. Otto
10Th Ward
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Flanagan
Council Committee of the Whole
Wisconsin Dells City
Donald Hamm
Columbia County Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Hamm
Shoger
Committee-of-the
Varsity Club
Ward Ave
Shorty’s Beer Stude
R. 1
Shelby
City Lends 37500 for In City School Bus Service
La Crosse Aldermen and three town chairmen approved a 37500 city loan to the School District to transport in city students living over two miles from schools. If approved later, buses will start Feb 19 with repayment by Jan 31, 1969. The plan follows a 1969 state reimbursement cited as a factor.
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la Crosse
la Crosse City
Fiscal Control Board
Edsel Vergin
Board of Education
Marinette Society Editor Killed By Car
Harriet Jean Pearson known as Jean Pearson died after being struck by a car while crossing a street near her home on the way to the Marinette Eagle Star. She was 48 and had worked at the paper since 1938 with more than 25 years as society editor. There are no immediate survivors.
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Associated Press
Marinette Eagle-Star
Harriet Jean Pearson
Jean Pearson
Miss Brown
Milwaukee
Examiners Sought for 20 Driver License Posts
MADISON AP The State s Division of Motor Vehicles seeks 20 applicants for the driver license examination section. Trainee salaries start at 474 dollars a month with raises to 514 dollars after training completion.
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Madison
States Division of Motor Vehicles
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Dick Barnes
Ments
George Esper
Vietnam
Bethen
UPI
Khanh
Loren C. Wardwell
9Th Ward
11Th Ward
Robert Frederick
Vergin
Control Board
6Th Ward
LaVerne F. Stankey
8Th Ward
Council Finance Committee
Marinette Society
Steen
Arenes
THE
RED Cross
Will
Wilder Hall
State University
N. 16Th St
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