Johnson Faces Political Struggles Ahead of 1968 Elections
AP News analysis notes President Johnson bears political lumps as Republicans forecast gains in 1968. Viet Nam war, inflation, and urban riots hurt his popularity while he insists no drastic changes in House or Senate power. He cites efforts on Great Society and cautions on price and wage controls if inflation continues. Johnson admits no clear answer to Kennedy preference poll.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Congress
House
Senate
Midwest
New York
New England
West
Tas
Richard M. Nixon
Gallup
Robert I. Kennedy
Congress rolls vote tallies on Louisiana delegation
AP wired summary shows Louisiana congressmen voting on measures in late roll calls. House compromise bill broadening mall reclamation projects passed 19881 with For Boggs Edwards Hebert Passman against Waggonner not voting Long Morrison Willis. Agriculture Department appropriation passed 225 28 with For Edwards Hebert Long Passman Waggonner against Boggs Morrison Willis. Senate housing program 1 264 000 000 passed 53 22 with For Ellender not voting Long later listed as favoring passage. Mortgage boost bill adopted 78 7 with For Ellender Long. Farm workers wage exemption amendment rejected 37 51 with For Ellender Long.
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Washington (Ap
Louisiana
Compress
House
Boggs
Edwards
Hebert
Passman
Waggonner
Long
Morrison
Willis
Agriculture Department
Senate
Ellender
Federal
National Mortgage Association
Holland
D-Fla
Plaquemines School Battle Set Wed
U S District Judge Herbert W Christenberry scheduled a 9 a m hearing on a rehearing motion in the Plaquemines Parish desegregation suit as schools prepare to open. Parish board attorney Sidney Provensal and parish president Leander Perez argued for a stay and more time for action. The order requires desegregation of grades 1 7 10 12 and two board selected grades.
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New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
US Dist
Herbert W. Christenberry
Justice Department
Sidney W. Provensal
Parish School Board
Leander H. Perez Sr
Parish ‘Neil
Provensal
Stopgap $4.76 Billion in Housing Aid Faces Higher Rates
The federal government moves to inject $4.76 billion into housing via Fannie Mae to aid a slumping industry. Officials warn it is only a stopgap and may push interest rates higher, with private lenders skeptical about its impact. The measure borrows $3.76 billion from markets and $1 billion from Treasury for special programs, while raising Fannie Mae purchase limits and risking tighter funds.
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Washington
National Mortgage Association
Fannie Mae
Agency
House
Johnson
Mortgage Bankers Association
Treasury
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Farm Workers Vote On Unions In Delano Election
AFL-CIO and Teamsters foretell victory as 1 860 Di Giorgio Corp workers in Tulare and San Diego Counties vote between 7 am and 6 pm on whether to be represented by a union or to reject unionization. Landmark move for California farm labor with potential impact on the $3 7 billion agricultural industry and 80 000 workers.
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Delano, Conf
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
di Giorgio Corp
Pan
di Giorgio
Tulare
San Diego
California
FHA Director and Staff Meet Builders in West Monroe
Olen Heffington head of the FHA and his Shreveport staff met builders realtors mortgagees and others at Louisiana Power and Light auditorium in West Monroe. A. Lee Booth said the roundtable aimed to explain new programs for home buyers and how to use them. Booth noted the FHA is addressing access to financing and N M A backing for long term homebuilder loans.
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Federal Housing Administration
Olen Heffington
Shreveport
FHA
Louisiana Power and Light Auditorium
West Monroe
A. Lee Booth
Northeast Louisiana Association of Homebuilders
Heffington
Booth
Federal National Mortgage Association
Lease Operators Schedule Meet Here Thursday
Lease operators in Grant Winn and LaSalle parishes meet Thursday at 2 p.m. in Alexandria City Hall auditorium with Department of Conservation officials and the Louisiana Steam Control Commission to discuss salt water pollution and the Little River drainage area progress under Special Order 620. The public is invited.
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Alexandria
Duncan S. Cook
Monroe
Department of Conservation
Grant
Winn
LaSalle Parishes
Alexandria City Wall Auditorium
Cook
Louisiana Steam Control Commission
Little River
J. M. Menefee
Leslie L. Glasgow
Louisiana Stream Control Commission
West Coast nurses threaten work stoppage over pay
About 2 500 nurses across three San Francisco city hospitals threaten to call in sick to press for immediate raises from 465 to 565 a month. City officials say no funds are available now, prompting emergency talks with Mayor John F Shelley as admissions drop and patients are sent to private hospitals or home.
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San Francisco
John F. Shelley
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco General Hospital
Leonard Swanson
San Francisco Generis
Hospital Authoriies
Byacearth Beries
Youth held for grand jury action in LBJ threat case
Robert Watts an 18 year old New Yorker was ordered held for grand jury action after a police detective testified Watts said if drafted he would aim the first rifle at President Johnson at a rally for the W E B Dubois Clubs of America on the Washington Monument grounds Secret Service arrested Watts and he was released on 2500 bond The case has spurred claims of political persecution by club leaders and opposition to President Johnsons Viet Nam policy.
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Washington
President Johnson
Robert Watts
Watts
LBJ
Harold W. Shoemaker
W.E.B. Dubois Clubs of America
Washington Monument
Shoemaker
Secret Service
Joseph Forer
George D. Neilson
District of Columbia General Sessions Court
Dubois Clubs
Franklin Alexander
Chicago
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nicholas Katzenbach
Subversive Activities Control Board
Katzenbach
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Plaquemines School
Battle
LE Havre
France
UPL
U.S
Acme Hearing Aid Center
N. 4Th
Phore
Commercial Securities
West Coast
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Metropolitan Insurance Consultant
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Madison Ave
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RCA
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Pittsburgh Paints
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Perree
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