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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
5
President Johnson signed a 2.8 billion bill that includes 12 million for the rent subsidy program to aid low income families this fiscal year. The measure also funds a National Teacher Corps, but the House opposed continuing the subsidy after June 30, raising renewal concerns as the Senate acts.
The U.S. Weather Bureau record shows the highest temperature of yesterday outside Hawaii and Alaska at Presidio Texas reaching 105 degrees. The lowest reading was 26 degrees at Pellston Michigan.
Britain's merchant seamen reaffirmed their plan to strike at midnight Sunday over pay and working conditions. The National Union of Seamen rejected Prime Minister Wilson's last minute intervention after a union meeting at headquarters. General Secretary William Hogarth said no strike reversal unless new terms were offered.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev apparently returned to Moscow after a secret mission to Bucharest with no Soviet press coverage within 24 hours. Diplomats cite heightened tension between Romania and the Soviet Union amid Romania’s push for greater bloc independence highlighted by Nicolae Ceausescu’s May speech.
About 900000 American college men will take selective service exams on Saturday with results aiding draft decisions. A good score may defer enrollment, while a poor mark could trigger 1-A status. SDS groups threaten picketing and possible test disruption.
Washington UPI report says Dr Timothy Leary former Harvard researcher told a Senate hearing use of LSD has spiraled especially among college students. He claimed one in three students experiment and up to 65 percent have used LSD on some campuses with growth likely to continue.
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