Senate Pork Barrel Bill Sets Up 42 States for Grants
Senate debates a billion dollar Rivers and Harbors flood control authorization dubbed pork barrel. The bill would fund coastal and Great Lakes projects in 42 states plus Alaska and Hawaii, with major sums for Hudson River Delaware River and Mississippi Basin works. It is an authorization, not an appropriation, leaving actual spending to future action.
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Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Alaska
Hawaii
Great Lakes
West Virgina
Utah
Arizona
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
West Virginia
Ohio
Capitol Hill
New York
Hudson River
California
Delaware
Maryland
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Lower Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Kansas River
Missouri River
Columbia River
Susquehanna River
Cold Creek
South Dakota
Public Works Committee
Edward Martin
Keystone State
Political clash over public works authorizations
The piece notes that appropriations lag authorizations, a political issue. Democratic Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois advocates economy and has pledged to oppose the new authorization on the Senate floor. Yet the text argues passage costs nothing and Douglas’s chances are slim.
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Paul Douglas
D.llingis
Senate
Elks Open Meeting At Annapolis Today
ANNAPOLIS Aug 18 The 34th annual convention of Elks from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia begins here tomorrow with up to 1 000 in attendance Officials expect a session in the Statehouse where Dr Robert South Barrett of Alexandria Va lone of three past grand exalted rulers will present a 400 Maryland Elks scholarship to Dandra Slyth of Silver Spring The second and third place honors go to John Robert Michaels of Cumberland and Barbara Vandevort of Essex respectively
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Annapolis
Elks
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Statehouse
Robert South Barrett
Alexandria
Maryland Elks
Dandra Slyth
Silver Spring
John Robert Michaels
Cumberland
Barbara Vandevort
Essex
Carroll Minister Burned By Lightning
Fort Wayne Indiana August 18 a Carroll County Maryland minister was badly burned by lightning during a morning golf outing as a storm struck a Brookwood course. The Rev Donald McIntosh 39 Hampstead sustained second and third degree burns and was in good condition. Clergy colleagues Elmer Nevenschwander 31 Fort Wayne was killed by the bolt. His brother Elbert Nevenschwander 27 Hamilton Ohio was burned. The trio sheltered under a large oak on the Brookwood course when lightning struck.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Carroll County
Donald McIntosh
Hampstead
Elmer Nevenschwander
Elbert Nevenschwander
Hamilton
Ohio
McIntosh
Brookwood
Storm Strikes Tokyo as Typhoon Roars Inland
Driving rain and high winds lashed Tokyo and central Japan today as a powerful Pacific typhoon began breaking up over the region, prompting evacuations and flight disruptions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sheppard Declares Innocence Amid Murder Case
Dr Samuel H Sheppard proclaimed his innocence in a nine hundred word statement, saying he sought only the capture of his wife’s killer. He reviewed the case from the July 4 murder to his first degree murder indictment, claimed no guilt, and pleaded for the investigation to focus on the crime. The statement, released by his brother, noted his custody after indictment and his assertion of cooperation with officials.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Stephen Sheppard
Samuel Sheppard
The
County
Stephen Allen
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