Johnson proposes $12 500 pay raise for Congress action stalled
President Johnson urges raises for lawmakers from 30 000 to 42 500 a year with automatic effect unless vetoed in 30 days. Rep H R Gross calls the plan outrageous and seeks a roll call vote, while Colmer backs congressional action. Johnson also wants higher living expense deductions and raises for Cabinet members and justices.
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H. R. Gross
Iowa
House
Representatives
Johnson
Senate
Supreme Court
Gross
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Colmer
Congressional
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Congress
Lubbock Hawaii Flight Link to Begin March 5
Continental Airlines announces a one stop service from West Texas Air Terminal in Lubbock to Hawaii. Passengers fly a DC-9 to Los Angeles then a 707 to Hawaii with total time under eight hours. Marshall Patterson notes six hours forty minutes flying time. The new schedule marks Continental’s expanded service.
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West Texas Air Terminal
Hawaii
Continental Airlines
Tom O’donnell
Continental
Los Angeles
Hawai
Marshall Patterson
Millions of Dollars Lost in HRA Fraud Scandals in NYC
New York Citys Human Resources Administration faces multiple fraud charges and investigations after Times reports show millions diverted from anti poverty programs. The Labor Department, OEO and GAO probe. a lifelong youth corps director seeks delay before a grand jury. City Council plans hearings. indictments include Durham Mob payroll theft and forged checks.
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Human Resources Administration
HRA
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New York Times
the Times
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Federal Office of Opportunity
Willie J. Smith
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Smith
J. Raymond Jones
Office of Economic Opportunity
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
General Accounting Office
John V. Lindsay
Welfare Department
Manpower and Career Development Agency
Lindsay
Mitchell I. Ginsberg
Columbia University School of Social Work
Ginsberg
Tas
Mitchell
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Secretary of Labor
The
Times
Ruttenberg
Ing
W.M. O'Reilly & Co
Switzerland
Netherlands
Durham
Coy D. Smith
Duraham
Youth Corps
Conference Warned Pollution Threats Endanger Coast
AP reports at Texas A&M Tex as Marine Resources conference Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior Fred Singer warned the next decade is critical for estuary preservation. He cautioned coastal waters could become stagnant and polluted without timely action and urged federal leadership while stressing state management. Port Arthur director Don Wynn warned ports need diversification to avoid economic instability as markets change.
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College Station
Fred Singer
Texas A&m
Texas Marine Resources Conference
Singer
Texas
A&m
U. S
National Science Foundation
Don Wynn
Port Arthur
Wynn
India Opens 15 Sona Craft Shops Abroad
The Indian government seeks to popularize crafts by opening 15 retail shops overseas. The shops named sona operate in the United States South America Australia Japan and Western Asia with five existing locations in New York Boston Paris Nairobi and Montreal.
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United States
South America
Australia
Japan
Western Asia
New York
Boston
Paris
Nairobi
Montreal
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Josephine H. Carver
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