Congress Hunkers Down for Long Session to Fall
Congress faces a slow week with little floor activity as committees press ahead on foreign aid and regulatory bills. Leaders aim for adjournment by October, while Mansfield and Dirksen remain hospitalized delaying action.
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Congress
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Congressional
Senate
State
Defense Department
Senate Commerce Committee
Judiciary
House Government Operations Committee
Department of Transportation
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Shooters from 3 States Attend .22 Match Here
Three states sent shooters to the area’s first National Rifle Association approved .22 outdoor prone match at the Winchester range on Sulphur Springs Road. Horace E. Price of Charlottesville won with 1561 of 1600, earning a gold medal as Jacob Baum led local participants and several Charlottevile shooters won medals.
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Lulu Williams
Jack Baum
Winchester Rifle and Pistol Club
Sulphur Springs
Horace E. Price
Charlottesville
Gary Lund
Montgomery Blair High School
Takoma Park
Sulphur.Spr
John R. Tucker
Roanoke
Frederick E. Roecker
Silver Spring
Claude W. Stulting, Jr
Winchester Club
Tee Woolf
Jack Killdurn
Jack Raum
Mitch Seabright
Sgt
F. L. Woolf
Leo Timbrook
Dick Evans
John Gano
Bob Wolfe
George Williams
Johnson boyhood home eyed as national historic landmark
Interior Secretary Udall announced Johnson's boyhood home in Johnson City Texas is eligible for historic landmark designation. Blanco County ownership must apply. National Park Service registers sites and issues a certificate and bronze plaque upon application.
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Johnson
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Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Blanco County
National Park Service
Guantanamo Shooting Probe Rumors Surface
The Cuban government accuses U S guards at Guantanamo Bay of firing on Cuban sentry Luis Ramirez Lopez with a truck pass near the perimeter. The Pentagon initially denied the claim then acknowledged an incident is under investigation. The report also notes a Swiss Expo tourist submarine operation on Lake Geneva with 25,000 passengers and 850 dives.
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U.S. Defense Department
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Armed Forces Ministry
Luis Ramirez Lopez
U.S
Lake Geneva
National Geographic
Jacques Piccard
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Donnie Sheetz
Doc” Stebbins
Clif Afdilkes
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Nancy Renner
Mary Jo. Sweeney
Shirla Wilkins
LBJ
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Orville C. Wine
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Potomac Edison
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