House Slashes Powell’s Committee Funds Amid Illness Talk
The House voted to cut the budget of Rep. Powell’s Education and Labor Committee. Colleagues cited his control over funds and a two year buildup of task forces while Rep. Roosevelt noted Powell was ill with flu. Some members laughed as Harlem congressman rested in Puerto Rico.
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Powell
House
Education and Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Puerto Rico
Soil Conservation Meeting Emphasizes Shared Cost and Actions
Clarke and Frederick County farmers heard ABS officials outline the 1963 Agricultural Conservation Program with cost share for practices such as permanent vegetative covers, soil protection, lime application and weed control. Speakers stressed citizen participation, benefits over years, and county needs for pasture and cropland treatment by 1967 and 1974 respectively.
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Arthur D. Weiss
Clarke County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
War Memorial Building
ABS
Forestry and Soil Conservation Service
Virginia B. McClure
Frederick Uses
Brick County
Clarke County
Frederick
Clarke
Frederick County
John Gerkin
John T. Wolfe
Dorothy W. Emmart
ASC
Emmart
ACP
Arthur Weiss
Cuba discontent grows as hundreds of thousands seek freedom
Secretary Rusk says growing Cuban discontent and an economy driven into ruin prompt many Cubans to consider fleeing Castro’s regime. He notes no elections since 1959 and cites mismanaged agriculture as key cause, with possible mass emigration looming.
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Washington (Ap
Dean Rusk
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Rusk
Sions
Afl-Cio
Castro
East Germany
North
Viet Nam
Margo Jones Award Expands To College Drama Groups
New York AP reports the Margo Jones Award will extend recognition to college dramatic activities starting next year. A medallion and 250 prize will accompany the existing citation given to professional groups for encouraging young authors.
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New York
Dallas
Tex
Cabbie Returns $1000 Bill Found in Taxi
New York taxi driver Harry Kuester picked up a well dressed man in the Bronx. The passenger paid a 40 cent fare with a supposed 100 bill that proved to be a real $1,000 note. Kuester turned it over to police and awaits word on its fate. The driver, a 45 year old father of three, called his wife and mother before reporting the incident.
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Robert Dunn
Frederick County
Dunn
Clarke County
ACP
New York
Harry Kuester
Bronx
Kuester
Elsie
Lillian
Alice
Winchester Ae
Needlecraft Dept
Old
Chelsea Station
N.Y
Needlecraft
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Rep
Task Force
Weiss
United States Department of Agriculture
Paul T. Moore
The
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
U. S. Department
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Cyear
Charles BR. Breeden
Charles W. Rinker
John H. Snyder
Coffelt Electric
Blair Webber
Stephenson, VA
Reliance, Inc
Hafer
Cumberland
Tore
Hater
N. Braddock St
OPRY
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Tennessee River
West
Tennessee
Winchester
Nec
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