Congress adjournment fever slows big bills and name fights
Congress races to adjourn with under three weeks to Election Day as disputes over river and harbor projects delay major measures. A Georgia Alabama lake name dispute defeated an amendment, while the Senate moved forward on its authorizations. Independent remarks on Indian funding and retiring leaders highlighted a busy session as both chambers pushed through several bills and appointments.
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Capitol Hill
Thomas H. Kuchel
O’neal
Eufaula
Oklahoma
Alabama-Georgia
Cco
Georgia
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Auburn
N. Y
Ala
Andrews
Alabama
O'Neal
Senate
House
Leversett Saltonstall
Kennedy
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
New England
Congress
No Waste, Mr. Hanley
The excerpt mocks official spending in the 1960s era War on Poverty programs. It cites LBJ funds for a dance tour and yacht refurbishing, a poll on happiness of single versus married men, Job Corps costs, and a New York official accused of misusing federal funds on wine and entertainment.
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Charleston
W. Va
Angus Peyton
Office of Economic Opportunity
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Peyton
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White House
MR. Hanley
WAR ON Poverty
Travelers Aid
Los Angeles
New York
Hanley
Humphrey-Democrat
Congress
Onondaga County
Washington
Trade issue may hold Congress another day
Congress nears adjournment but a dispute over expanded trade with Communist nations of Eastern Europe could delay. Johnson pushes Soviet bloc trade. House refused export credit ban, Senate would allow it. Conferees meet to settle the issue as election pressure tightens quorum fears remain.
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89Th Congress
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Johnson
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Senate
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Viet Nam War Costs Rise Above Johnson Projections
Treasury figures show July to September costs at an annual rate near $63 billion, 10 percent above Johnson's January projection, plus a $1.7 billion higher annual rate than a week earlier Commerce estimate. Revenues beat estimates by about $7 billion. Death Valley records extreme heat at 134 Letina.
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Johnson
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