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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1969
Page
3
The House backed deployment of the Safeguard antimissile system and a $1 billion modernization for the Navy. After two days of debate, legislators moved toward a $21.3 billion version of the defense procurement authorization, despite Senate wrangling and earlier calls for economy cuts.
Swedish Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson predicts Cuba will be Sweden’s next major foreign aid project after Vietnam. He says Sweden should provide Cuba substantially more help and that negotiations have been initiated. The report also notes Sweden’s planned $10 million aid to North Vietnam after July 1970 and mentions U.S. military spending debates and ABM deployment in Montana and North Dakota.
Sen George Murphy announced a new 15 million federal grant for California to repair public facilities damaged by rains and floods. The Office of Emergency Preparedness raised total relief to 58 million since January when the state was declared a disaster area. Earlier funding occurred in February May August and September with 20 agencies coordinating recovery efforts including health sanitary work road replacement and debris clearance.
Washington Rep Wayne Hays D Ohio accused President Nixon of overwork during a House session on a large military procurement bill. He read Nixon schedule showing early morning meetings with Republican senators and a Florida weekend trip with Mrs Nixon, urging a resolution to slow the pace.
Bruce Wikle, a 275 pound senior from Uni versity of Hawaii, enters the contest arguing that its exclusion of males violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act. His measurements are 52 44 52 and 52 44 52.
President Nixon sent welfare legislation to Congress proposing a national minimum for aged blind and disabled aid and an expanded family assistance plan. The package includes a $90 monthly minimum for aged blind and disabled recipients, with $63.75 funded by the federal government and the rest by states, and a guaranteed family of four cash benefit of $1,600 yearly under the new plan.
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