Buffalo sale halves refuge herd to 470 head
Refuge manager Julian Howard announced bids totaling about 50 000 from Katy K Meat Packers and D L Wallace for 344 buffalo. The sale aims to cut the herd by half as drought and policy shift push toward commercial slaughter and live auction, reducing the refuge herd from 926 to 470.
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AS Life Refuge
Julian Howard
Katy-K-Meat Packers
Lawton
D. L. Wallace
Winchester
Kan
Bureau
Howard
Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife
Senate Again Calls For Pullout From Indochina
The Senate votes 57 to 38 for total U.S. withdrawal from Indochina within six months. House approval looks unlikely after a similar amendment failed last June. Rep. Charlies W. Whalen Jr. weighs reviving support for the Mansfield amendment.
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Washington
U.S
Indochina
House
Senate
Charlies W. Whalen Jr
Jury Calls Auditor As Expert Witness In County Case
A Comanche County grand jury has summoned an auditor to testify as an expert witness. Details of the case remain undisclosed as proceedings continue.
Senate OKs School Meal Funding Plan With 46 Cent Lunch
The Senate approved the meal funding plan by 75 to 5 despite opposition from Hruska Aiken Ellender Stafford and Young. An amendment by Brown added a cent to raise federal lunch payment to 46 cents from 35 cents as the debate cited funds and chaos in programs.
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Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Robert T. Stafford
Rae Milton R. Young
Appropriations
Allen Eliender
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Agriculture Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Young Children of America
Senate
Jack Miller Brown
Tropical Storm Ginger Moves Inland After Coastal Hit
Tropical Storm Ginger weakened to a 45 mph storm as it moved inland causing heavy floods across a 70 mile coastal stretch. Nine inches of rain and tides five feet above normal flooded homes and streets from Washington NC to Morehead City, with Belhaven isolated by the Pungo River and Red Cross shelters housing 1931 people across six counties.
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Washington, D. C
Ginger
City
N.C
North Carolina
U.S. Weather Service
Raleigh
Weather Service
Washington, N.C
Morehead City
Atlantic
Belhaven
Bath
Beaufort
Atlantic Beach
Swan Quarter
Red Cross
National Guard
Belhaven Ee
House expands poverty funds and child program
The House extended the Office of Economic Opportunity for two years and created a large development program tied to day care centers for children of working mothers. The Economic Opportunity Act and $4.9 billion for two years of programs were approved 251 to 115 after tight votes.
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Washington
Federal Antipoverty Agency
House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Guaranteed Income Plan Stalls Talks Sparks Nationwide Strikes
Dock workers on East Gulf and West coasts walked out after talks on a guaranteed income broke off hours after the old contract expired. About 500 Beaumont workers were struck, while Houston Galveston Corpus Christi Brownsville crews returned to work. The cross country strike marks the first port shutdown in U.S. history. President Nixon was briefed on settlements as Taft Hartley options were discussed follow up on potential actions.
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Gulf
West
Afl-Cio International
New York
Beaumont
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Port Arthur
West Coast
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
U.S
Florida White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Jiegler
Taft-Hartley
Ziegler
Portland
Ore
Memorial Hospital Expansion To Total Six Million
Memorial Hospital officials announced a plan to spend six million dollars over several years to enlarge the facility. Trustees seek to issue revenue bonds to fund the expansion of about 71,053 square feet, adding to the current 90,689 square feet, with facilities leased to an authority for bond-backed financing.
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Memorial Hospital
Coffey
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