Water Crisis Team Heads Northeast
A federal water crisis team led by Interior Secretary Udall and Lt. Gen Cassidy heads to Philadelphia Camden Newark and New York to lay out a systematic program addressing the four year Northeast drought. The plan includes a $4 million regional survey and speedups in reservoir projects plus an $185 million water conversion bill.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
W. F. Cassidy
Army Enginers
Philadelphia
Camden
N.J
Newark
New York City
President Johnson
White House
Congress
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Johnson
Maine
Virginia
Udall
Cassidy
Water Resources Council
Zoo to Use Dogs to Guard Animals and People
The Bronx Zoo plans to employ dogs to guard other animals from human attackers and to protect people from animals. Police dogs and armed guards will patrol nightly to deter trespassers and vandals amid rising incidents at the zoo.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Zoo
Deputy Director Edward Mickiewicz Takes Grants Job Corps Post
Edward S. Mickiewicz, 27, newly arrives as deputy director in charge of education at the Grants Job Corps Conservation Center. He comes from Antioch, California, succeeding Barry Argento who was transferred to Washington, D.C.
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Grants
Grants Job Corps Conservation Center
Edward S. Mickiewicz
Mickiewicz
Antioch
Calif
Barry Argento
Washington, D.C
Senate Acts Fast On Johnson Legislation And Appointments
The Senate rushed through Johnson era measures including a housing and urban development department, a $1 billion pay raise for 4 million service personnel, and a Peace Corps authorization. Abe Fortas was confirmed to the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall as solicitor general, and John W. Gardner as secretary of health education and welfare, with 12 other nominations approved.
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Johnson
Senate House
Sargent Shriver
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
John W. Gardner
New York
Senate
New Voting Rights Law Faces Suit in Louisiana
An attack on the constitutionality of the new federal voting rights law was filed in a Louisiana federal court. Gov. McKeithen says the suit has a good chance. Orleans Parish registrar Gallinghouse filed the test suit. State Atty. Gen. Gremillion discussed possible additional suits with district attorneys.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Deep South
Orleans Parish
June Employment Reaches High in New Mexico
New Mexico saw a record high employment level in mid June at 340 000 with unemployment down from 4 3 percent last June to 4 1 percent this June according to the Employment Security Commission.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Employment Security Commission
Moon Buggy To Have First Test In Altitude Chamber
Space technicians prepare for a first fall test of the Lunar Excursion Module in an altitude chamber at White Sands Missile Range. Two chambers simulate up to 20 miles, with three 800,000 horsepower generators powering steam-injected airless conditions. NASA expects first LEM firing this fall, under contractor readiness.
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White Sands Missile Range
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Milk price set for August in New Mexico
AP reports central New Mexico handlers will pay $5.38 per 100 pounds for Class I milk in August while those in the northwestern and southern regions pay $5.23. Federal milk market administrator Earl C. Born announced the revised prices, up one cent from July.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Earl C. Born
Born
Smirnoff Grain Distilled Vodka Listing
Package copy notes 80 and 100 proof vodka brand Smirnoff from Ste. Pierre division Hartford Connecticut. Distilled from grain and marketed as a distilled spirit product with farm origin branding.
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Pierre Smirnoff
Hartford, Conn
India Faces Guerrilla War and Riots Across Regions
Guerrilla fighting erupts in Kashmir as mobs attack train stations and posts. Indian forces report 50 clashes in six days. Bihar troops ordered to shoot on sight amid disturbances in train stations and grain shops. Andhra Pradesh sees 1000 students raid officials homes at Osmania University in Hyderabad.
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New Dvelhi
India
Kashmir
Subcontinent
Pakistan
Bihar
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Osmania University
Hyderabad
New Mexico Indians Help Fight Arizona Grassland Fire
About 75 New Mexico Indians joined 80 other men to battle a lightning sparked blaze northeast of Kingman, covering more than 6000 acres of grassland on the remote Arizona strip near the Grand Canyon.
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Phoenix, Ariz
New Mexico
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Smeone
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Sears
Kenmore
Kenmore Automatic
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