Congressional Report on Major Legislation Status
Washington reports on tax proposals to curb dollar outflow with a 5 percent airline ticket tax and duty-free reduction. Senate and House consider ethics codes, public disclosure. Education requests 2.3 billion extension. House 3.4 billion two year bill. Senate 16.5 billion version. Jobs proposals aim to place 500,000 hardcore unemployed in public work. Veterans programs seek 650 million for training and life insurance increase to 30,000. House action uncertain. hearings ongoing on several measures.
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Washington
Senate
Education — Administration
House, Education and Labor Committee
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Veterans—Johnson
Senators Action on New Federal Standards and Programs
Senate moves on state inspection for intrastate poultry plants aligning with federal rules for interstate plants. Various bills advance or await action on drugs, safety standards for gas pipelines, light industry radiation rules, mutual fund regulation, model cities funding, housing programs, flood insurance, firearms, taxes, campaigns, parks, foreign aid, trade, and veterans benefits with conference reconciliations and presidential requests shaping the 1968 policy agenda.
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Senate
House
Congress
House Public Works Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Banking Committee
Appropriations Committee
Aso
Softheaded Jury Flayed Over Philadelphia Rape Verdict
Judge Charles Klein lambasted a Philadelphia jury for acquitting Percy Favors, 17, after two officers testified to arresting him near the victim. Klein said the defendant confessed to police but statements were invalid as he had no lawyer, calling the jurors softheaded and the release a vicious crime.
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Philadelphia
Charles Klein
Percy Favors
Favors
Klein
Grass Seed Prices Lead To Wacky Lawn Tale
From Washington D C humorist Dick West a botanist friend discovers 39 plant species in a lawn and nongrass patches. a turf shop touts grass seed in carat terms as the Dow Jones grass seed index dips. the narrator bribes his economy into two and a half square feet of carpet grass amid comic misreadings of grass as precious stones.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Whch
Madagascar
London Gold Exchange
Adaptable Termite Survives Modern Civilization
Entomologists from Rollins Exterminating Company say subterranean termites have adapted to modern life, leveraging central heating to persist in homes across the United States. These pests, on earth for over 55 years, continue to thrive as they adjust to changing urban environments despite advances in control methods.
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Atlanta
API
Rollins
Orkin Exterminating Company
Vietnam wedding where bride outranks groom in ceremony
In Chu Lai Vietnam Army nurse Capt Patricia Mann and helicopter pilot CWO Don Sewell wed after his Silver Star award for rescuing wounded soldiers. The ceremony at Chu Lai Chapel followed a six week approval process. The couple, one of few US service couple marriages in Vietnam, celebrated with a reception and plans for a home overlooking the South China Sea.
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Chu Lai
Vietnam
CWO
Don Sewell
San Antonio
Tex
Patricia Mann
Washington, D.C
2Nd Surgical Hospital
Hong Kong
South China Sea
U.S
Sewell
54Th
Creighton Adams
Chu Lai Navy Chapel
How Euan Lloyd landed Connery for Shalako
Producer Euan Lloyd fought debt and scampering odds to assemble Sean Connery Brigitte Bardot and director Edward Dmytryk for Shalako He sold his wife’s mink to finance a Hollywood trip and staged star meetings in Deauville Paris and Spain to win financing and talent The film finally completed Lloyd awaits reception while his wife’s mink rests as a trophy of perseverance
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood Correspondent
Hollywood
Sean Connery
Brigitte Bardot
Euan Lloyd
Shalako
Lloyd
Louis L’amour
Edward Dmytryk
Spain
Sean
Dmytrak
Connery
Bardot
St. Tropez
Brigitte
Dmytryk
Connery-Bardot
Deauville
France
Stephen Boyd
Boyd
Grinnin
Farmer in Sri Lanka jailed for village gambling killings
Yakhaulage Posisinghe, a Ceylonese farmer, was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined 100 rupees after killing six people and wounding seven during a bet dispute at a village gambling place. He claimed he was suffering from pathological drunkenness at the time of the slayings.
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Slayer
Colombo
Ceylon
UPI
Yakhaulage Posisinghe
Kalutara
Oldest known Asian sculpture found in Afghanistan
Louis Dupree reports in a magazine by the American Museum of Natural History that a carved limestone pebble showing a man's head, about 2% by 1% inches, is dated to roughly 20,000 B.C. and is among the oldest art objects ever found.
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New York
UPI
Afghanistan
Asia
Louis Dupree
American Museum of Natural History
U S Tops World Coal Exports in 1966
Washington AP U S Bureau of Mines reports the United States remained the largest coal exporter in 1966 shipping over 50 million tons worth about 469 million to about 50 countries. Canada Italy Japan West Germany received most shipments. U S miners averaged 14.64 tons per day vs European rivals.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Japan
West Germany
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Credit
Ingress
Gord
Fise
Veterans—Congress
David Waddington
Martin Marietta Corp
Cuing
Pfc
Lanny Davis
Camden
S.C
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Sgt
J.C. Carmello Arrias
Medford
Mass
CAPRI
Gas
Unitedu Fuel
Ali P. O. Box
Beckley
W. Va
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