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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, July 18, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page i the stars and strips no More cuts in Aid Bill lbs urges Washington a presi Dent Johnson called on Congress wednesday to pass the embattled foreign Aid bul without further  a statement issued As the House prepared to vote on the controversial measure thurs Day Johnson disclosed he will not oppose a $600 million Cut Al ready made by the House for eign affairs committee in his original $2.9 billion  with these cuts the pro Gram has been pared to the one Johnson said. I want to emphasize to the american people and to All members of Congress my conviction that passage of this legislation is absolutely essential he added. Johnson said foreign Aid is Nota partisan Issue. Nor could there be any greater disservice to his successor in the White House he continued than the defeat or crippling of this  annual foreign Aid Legisla Tion is under particularly heavy assault in Congress this year from critics of the administration s Vietnam policy and from those who want to Cut Federal spending. There were indications tues Day As the House concluded de Bate on the measure that some congressmen May attempt to Cut another $40 million from the authorization. Johnson gets ready for Honolulu talks Washington up pres ident Johnson conferred at length wednesday with Cyrus , in preparation for weekend talks in Honolulu on the Vietnam War. Vance America s no. 2delegate to the Paris talks with North Vietnam briefed Johnson Over breakfast at the White House on slow moving official discussions with Hanoi. Johnson was expected to Flyte his Texas ranch before leaving for Honolulu on his sixth trip to the Pacific for top level conferences on the War wit South vietnamese president Nguyen Van  was to be accompanied on the Pacific trip by key  was to be joined in Honolulu by defense Secretary Clark  and Ellsworth Bunker . Ambassador to Saigon. Team disarms bomb at mexican consulate Newark . A bomb found in a garbage can outside the mexican consulate was disarmed tuesday by army demolition  device described by police As a very effective Type of bomb was found in downtown Newark after police were alerted by a newspaper switch Board operator. Draft Calls limited in next 2 Montis Washington up the selective service system has limited the draft for August an september to men who already have been Given or ordered to receive their physical examinations it was disclosed wednes Day. A spokesman described the step As a temporary Economy measure necessary under con Gressional action requiring it i billion reduction in Federal spending during the fiscal Yea which began july 1. He said the August and september draft Calls will be filled from a Pool of 90,000 men who have been examined. It. Gen Lewis w. Hershey director of the system tent an order to All draft boards directing  sex september and none , present schedules for August. The examinations Are give by army doctor Bat flt Ettive service pays transportation another costs. The spokesman said the initial step Witt Sav Money Only of the draft Rematore torn or employment can be reduced in to Section with the. Draft for the and 18,300 the level was  last  s order was we june 80. The spokesman said leaves Priesthood Jesuit weds divorced Mother if Lansdowne a. A a50-year-old Jesuit Leader has quit the roman Catholic priest Hood to marry a divorced Mother of three. The very  j. Sponga. Head Oft h e maj Larid province of the society of Jesus. Has been mar ried for six Days to the former Mary Ellen for enc Dynan Bank Spon Garett 33. Records show she was divorced last february in Phila Delphia. Her parents live in Scranton a wednesday dressed in sport clothes and peering through the door of his wife s suburban Phil Adelphia Home Sponga said our decision to marry came after a very Long period of time. The final decision was made the Day before we wore married the former president of Woodstock College a Jesuit school in Maryland said the were married in a civil ceremony last Friday at nearby Thornton a a. I did not leave the Priesthood because of dissatisfaction with my work. Certainly i had Suc Cess and satisfaction in the work i did Sponga told news men. Sponga said his wife works on night duty at a Hospital which he would not name. He said they had a one Day honeymoon after their marriage. Sponga who says he plans to teach was born and raised in Philadelphia  
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