Agency Funds Pared Sharply
The House Appropriations Committee cut more than 302 million from Johnson’s 14.3 billion budget for 24 federal agencies. Notable eliminations include the entire 19.7 million for Project Mohole and 35 million for new rent subsidy contracts, with HUD funding reduced to 637 million.
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National Science Foundation
Congress
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New French Move Upsets Flight Routes
Paris reports France will review monthly all permits for Allied planes to fly over or land in France starting June 1, a shift from yearly approvals. While not banning flights, the move could create an East West barrier from the Atlantic to the Iron Curtain, affecting NATO links across Europe amid France's withdrawal from the integrated command.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Austria
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Low Countries
Fireman killed leaping from truck near oncoming train
Glen Thorpe 26 died near Sugar Bush after misjudging a Chicago and North Western train while riding rear of a fire truck responding to a house fire on Rt. 2 New London He unbuckled and jumped but momentum drove him into the train Thorpe president of the New London volunteer department married with six children born January 6 1940 in New London He is survived by his wife Ruth Eckhardt and eight other relatives Funeral services set for Emanuel Lutheran Church with burial at Floral Hill Cemetery
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Glen Thorpe
Rt. 2
New London Farm
Thorpe
Chicago & North Western
Sugar Bush
Mark Young
Jennings St
Ruth Eckhardt
Washington High
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Frederick Heidemann
Floral Hill Cemetery
Wisconsin Debates Oleo Color Ban and 65 Foot Trucks
In Madison the Wisconsin Legislature split over oleomargarine color ban repeal and a proposal allowing 65 foot trucks. The Assembly kept alive a colored oleo bill taxing seven cents a pound for dairy research and promotion, while Senate clashes over truck length stalled a broader highway bill. A joint session with Gov Knowles on water quality loomed as leaders sought to resolve reform debates.
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Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
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Wisconsin bill to restrict after arrest statements debated
Madison AP judges and lawmakers spar over a bill to bar prosecutors and defense attorneys as well as officers from making public statements about a suspect’s guilt after arrest. Assemblyman Edward Nager defended the measure as protecting the accused while critics argued it hampers reporting.
Goldwater Attacks Fulbright and Viet Nam Policy
Barry Goldwater accused Senator Fulbright of aiding enemies with his Viet Nam criticism and urged Fulbright to resign as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair. He said dissent harms troops and allies, praised American resolve, and labeled shortages in Viet Nam a national scandal while charging a GOP rift over spending. Page 20, Col. 1.
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Barry Goldwater
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
Williams
Wisconsin Governor seeks $200 million water pollution plan
Gov. Warren Knowles urged the Wisconsin Legislature to approve a $200 million anti-pollution program. The plan would fund lake and stream cleansing via bonding, with the state covering about $88 million in interest over 28 years. Local entities could issue bonds or use state loans to access interest-free funds.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Knowles
House Passes Labor Health Appropriation Bill
The House approved a 10.55 billion federal budget bill funding Labor and Health Education and Welfare for the new fiscal year, rejecting a Bow amendment to cut across the board by five percent. The measure awaits Senate action and includes unrequested funds and proposed cuts to rent subsidy and Mohole projects.
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Frank T. Bow
Ohio
House
Bow
Appropriations Committee
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Gerald RK. Ford
Ambassador Flying Home From Poland Mission
U S ambassador to Poland John A Gronowski flew to Washington to press for more trade with Eastern bloc nations. He plans about three weeks in the United States to brief President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk on five months in Poland and his bloc tour. He cited twenty topics including East West trade and balance of payments, hoping increased trade would ease tensions and aid relations with Red China before returning to Poland for a May 25 session with the Chinese ambassador.
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United States
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Poland
U. S
Red China
Gronauski
Wisconsin
City Council votes 3 3 against ad in souvenir book
The council deadlocked 3 to 3 on a resolution to buy a full page ad in the Miss Wisconsin Pageant souvenir book at 1500 dollars. A six page report from the Business District Revitalization Committee outlined steps to revive the central business district. The meeting approved accepting matching federal funds for a boat launching site at South Main Street and East 24th Avenue. The board heard the school district explain a 70280 dollar financing need for Perry A. Tipler Junior High.
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Central Business District
South Main Street
East 24Th Avenue
Perry A. Tipler
Yanks Kill 100 Reds In Renewed Warfare
SAIGON (RP) The U S 1st Air Cavalry Division flushed the first sizable enemy force in three weeks, claiming 100 Viet Cong killed with 300 to 400 more trapped in a valley 11 miles north of Bong Son. By nightfall the division said it captured 320 Viet Cong and seized 268 suspects. Air strikes continued with B52s over a Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border and forces attacking in North Vietnam. A Thunder Chief was shot down, and a Phantom ditched off Cam Ranh Bay after fuel loss. 21 aboard a CH-47 Chinook were killed in a jungle crash northeast of Saigon.
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1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Hit Arms
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Cam Renh Bay Air Base
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