Johnson proposes three-stage excise tax cuts
President Johnson unveiled an expanded excise tax cut plan aiming for a $4 billion reduction by 1970. The proposal would start July 1 with $1.75 billion cut, another $1.75 billion on January 1, and a final $464 million before 1970, affecting autos, hand bags, luggage, jewelry, furs, air conditioners, sporting goods, cameras, freezers, and telephone calls.
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UPS
Johnson
Congress
Jail or a Haircut Snip Snip in Minneapolis Court
Carl A. Olene, 22, appeared in Municipal Court in Minneapolis on a drunkenness charge. Judge C William Sykora offered a choice between the workhouse or a haircut. Olene chose and now has a short haircut.
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Minneapolis
Carl A. Olene
C. William Sykora
Olene
Loyalist Offensive Hits Rebel Zones
About 1000 anti Communist troops launched an offensive against Col. Francisco Caamano's rebel militia in Santo Domingo. Tanks and infantry clashed on the capital’s northwestern industrial heights as truce violations escalated. Reinforcements moved from San Isidro and the Ozama River bridge crossing aided the eastern flank.
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Ozama River
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Baseball Stadium
Four California men die in Wascom plane crash
A private plane crashed in a thunderstorm near Waskom East Texas killing four men from California. Victims Lou Boyd Van Nuys Harvey Steerman Sherman Oaks F Edward Smith Los Angeles Irving Skolik Van Nuys. Witness says a wing broke before the craft plunged near Waskom High School close to Mrs Lyndon B Johnsons childhood home.
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Harvey Steerman
Sherman Oaks
F. Edward Smith
Los Angeles
Irving Skoliik
Waskom High School
Lyndon B. Johnson
Louisiana
Shreveport
Soviet note warns on West German parliament meetings in Berlin
Moscow warned that any new West German parliamentary sessions in Berlin would threaten East Germany’s frontiers. The Foreign Ministry said air routes over East Germany and West Berlin flights were illegal and must be stopped to protect East German security. The note denounced West German lawmakers’ actions as provocation and violation of four power Berlin accords.
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Germany
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German Democratic Republic
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Republic
Silver Dollar Comeback Fourty Five Million Minted
President Johnson announced that 45 million silver dollars, the cartwheel coin, will be minted this year for the first time in 30 years. Production may begin next week at the Denver mint with distribution limited to western states using round dollars.
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Washington
Johnson
Treasury
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Mansfield
Sil
Denver Mint
Explosions at Bien Hoa Kill Five and Wreck 11 Bombers
A string of blasts at Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon killed five and injured 35, destroying 11 Canberra B57 bombers. U.S. officials believe the fires were accidental, starting in a bomber preparing for a mission, with no clear Viet Cong sabotage evidence. Paratroopers helped evacuate and fight fires as base communications failed.
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Saigon
U.S
Bien Hoa
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Fairleigh Dickinson Opens English Campus at Wroxton
Fairleigh Dickinson University will start the first English campus fully owned by an American college. Forty advanced Shakespeare students will study at Wroxton College housed in Wroxton Abbey between Oxford and Stratford on Avon. British scholars will join as faculty while FDU professors supervise the program. The abbey sits on 56 acres and was once a monastery.
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Fairleigh Dickin Vn
Trinity College, Oxford
McNamara halts Army Reserve merge amid congressional protests
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara suspended the plan to merge the Army Reserves into the National Guard delaying the July 1 start and March 1966 completion. Congress will study the proposal with Rep. F. Edward Hebert urging active congressional approval before any action.
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UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
National Guard
Congress
Defense Department
McNamara
House
Senate
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
See
Weather summary for Amarillo in 1965
Morning sun marked 129 of 135 days in Amarillo in 1965. Forecast notes fair to partly cloudy conditions with increasing cloudiness tonight. High temperatures expected in the mid 0s. More detailed weather on page.
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Amarillo
Avalanche Buries 40 at German Mt Zugspitze Resort
A spring avalanche roared down Mt Zugspitze burying skiers and a hotel terrace crowd. Authorities fear 25 to 30 missing, 10 injured seriously, with 40 overall casualties among Germans, Austrians, and tourists as 500 rescuers sweep the slope.
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