Mississippi Klansman details plot to bomb campaign train
House investigator described Louis Di Salvo of Mississippi proposing violent schemes within the Ku Klux Klan. He allegedly suggested bombing the Lady Bird Special campaign train carrying Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and forming a firing squad to kill informers. Di Salvo invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer about gun purchases.
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Washington
Donald Appell
House ‘Committee On Un-American Activities
Louis di Salvo
Lyndon B. Johnson di Salvo
Waveland
Miss
Appell
di Salvo
Lady Bird
Mississippi
South
Poplarville
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
Klan
New Orleans
Tax Call Stirs Capitol Fuss
Washington AP report on President Johnson seeking a quick 1 billion dollar rise in excise taxes to fund Vietnam costs. Treasury sent the proposal and two other revenue measures to Congress as the House Ways and Means Committee plans hearings next Wednesday. Rep. A Sidney Herlong Jr. predicts the tax increases will pass despite opposition.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Renee
House
Ways and Means
Rep
A. Sidney Herlong Jr
D-Fla
Senate Finance Committee
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Congress
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Thefinance Committee
Martha W Griffiths
D-Mich
Detroit
General Motors Corp
James M. Roche
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Kremlin plans high level Warsaw Pact summit on Vietnam aid
Diplomatic sources say the Kremlin will summon a Warsaw Pact meeting later this month to coordinate Vietnam aid and strategy with East European satellites. Leaders from Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Romania will meet in a European capital or Moscow to align efforts with Hanoi discussions and Soviet strategy.
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London
UPI
Kremlin
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
East Germany
Romania
Moscow
Hanoi
Alexander Shelepin
Communist Party
Viet Nam
Peking
Unemployment in Amarillo Falls to 2.9 Percent
The Texas Employment Commission reports Amarillo’s unemployment at 2.9 percent during Christmas holidays. The labor force reached 59,375 in mid-December, up 80 from the previous high. Growth came mainly from seasonal retail expansion and better weather boosting construction activity.
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Amarillo
Texas Eeeneem Commission
Commission
Plan to cite Klan officers for contempt of Congress
The House is asked to approve contempt citations against Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton and six other Klan officers for refusing to submit records subpoenaed by the committee. If approved, the case goes to the Justice Department for prosecution with penalties up to a $1000 fine or a year in jail.
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House
Robert M. Shelton
The
Shelton
Purchasing Class at WT Canyon Spring Session
West Texas State University offers a senior evening course in purchasing as part of supervised readings in business. Registration with assistant professor Ocie Chism runs 7 to 9 p.m. January 25 in the Student Union building, with first class meeting at 7 p.m. February 2 to arrange schedules.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Ocie Chism
Candidate condemns New Mexico roadside signs
Roy S. Walker, a Clovis businessman and candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, urged removing roadside signs that mislead tourists. He criticized captions like Come see the rattlesnakes and Get your water bottle you are entering the desert for placing the state in a bad light.
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Albuquerque. N.M
New Mexico
Roy S. Walker
Clovis
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Red Heart Dog Food
Hormel
Ideal Dog Food
Idaho
Skinner Macaroni
Sunkist Oranges
Amarillo News & Globe-Tines
Sewell's Supermarkets
Furr Food Stores
Safeway Stores
McCartt
AG Stores
Piggly Wiggly Stores
K-Mart Foods
K.O. Food Store
A. L. Davis
Andy's Grocery
Capitol
Plan
Hunter's Lodge Inc
Alexandria
Tokarev
Paul D. Wilson
McComb
Thomas Byron Thrasher Jr
Burrel L. White Jr
Pascagoula
N.M
Orion
Coots
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