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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1962
Page
1
London cabinet member Michael Noble gave his first speech as Scot secretary amid cheers from the gallery. His 83-year-old mother Lady Noble was escorted out after shouting Wurrah for Michael and later returned, saying she proud of her bay and keeping quiet thereafter.
In Wichita Virgil Garver dug up his yard and alley seeking a sewer trap said to hold treasure. city records lack installation dates. His wife flushed $1,000 worth of rings down a toilet while cleaning them in alcohol. Also noted are a Georgia revenue dept reports and a London divorce case, plus club members mixing up entertainment.
The 1962 fiscal year closed with a deficit of 6.3 billion, $700 million below January projections. Treasury cited overestimated income and spending, with defense and security programs underspending by 248 million and other agencies by 11 billion, offset by weaker corporate and personal tax revenues.
The Senate sent the administration welfare bill to the White House by voice vote after House approval 357 to 34. The $300 million plan raises federal matching for aged, blind, and disabled relief, boosts training funding, permits day care for working mothers, and extends retroactive aid to July 1 for dependent children. It authorizes states to run work and training programs for able bodied relief recipients and expands unemployment reimbursements. July 1 retroactive payments and Oct 1 implementation are noted as key dates.
The House passed a compromise farm bill 729 to 163 amid mixed views. It continues voluntary crop reduction programs for wheat and feed grains and adds new voluntary milk production curbs, replacing the stricter administration measure rejected last month. The Senate may oppose the House version, leaving the farm bill battle unresolved. House members voiced dissatisfaction, some saying they would vote despite flaws.
Three Chinese members of the Hong Kong police force were arrested on suspected espionage, the government said today, marking a rare case of internal security action.
Fragmentary OCR snippet shows garbled Postal Office references in Long Beach with scattered numbers and terms like Bureau of Circulation and daily rates. Likely an old classified or notice item about distribution, carriers, and publication days, but readable details are limited.
The text outlines a plan to reduce pay to farmers by a percentage tied to base wages, with a specified impact on mule lactage and dairy provisions. It mentions a shift toward lowering costs for farmers and adjusting dairy product pricing within a broader agricultural policy.
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