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...that Rayburn and Martin had pledged themselves to save-the provision for long-term economic aid and the Administration's request for $3.8 billion in foreign-aid funds-the House's Big Two, and the President, too, took a real pasting. The Senate had agreed to a three-year foreign-aid economic-development program, had authorized $2 billion to finance it. The rebellious House, unimpressed by a special presidential plea (snapped Iowa Republican H. R. Gross: "I took my last marching orders in 1916-19"), limited this key Administration program to one year, authorized only $500 million...
...wounding the offender, and though for his pains he went to jail for four years-and kept his ritual silence-the Mafia was not satisfied. After his release from prison, Serafino was ordered to kill a policeman who was being too nosy about slaughtered pigs. Serafino, out on three-year parole, pleaded for time...
...British hope to call a conference of Greek, Turkish and Cypriot representatives this summer, if possible wind up their three-year dispute with Greek Cypriots before the U.N. Assembly meets again in September...
...find little time to do his homework on the new foreign-aid program. On the committee's first go-round, he instinctively voted against a sharp departure from Congress' customary practice of year-to-year authorizations for foreign aid. But Hays felt uneasy about his vote. On his weekend, he read up on the advantages of a long-range fund: e.g., a three-year authorization, in place of the usual one-year program, would be more efficient, less expensive and would encourage underdeveloped countries to undertake sound, well-planned projects...
...After a three-year study, Past President Daniel Chadwick of the Arizona Rural School Association was able to shed some light on what sort of youngster wins national spelling bees. Of the champs questioned, 128 came from public schools, 38 from parochial and three from private. Far from being freaks, 128 winners were rated all-round excellent by their schools, and 94 listed some form of sport as their favorite hobby. ¶ Appointment of the week: Franze Edward Lund, 47, president of little (700 students) Alabama College, to succeed the late Gordon Keith Chalmers as 17th president of 133-year...