Government Pays Record Interest On New Bond Issues
U S government bonds carry 6.45 percent due to fiscal deficits and proposed tax measures. Senate leaders push pairing tax hikes with deep spending cuts to shrink the deficit while awaiting a House action. Paper Gold talks in Stockholm and corporate bonds show higher yields as finance strains persist, highlighting personal and national financing lessons.
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United States
Federal National Mortgage Association
Fanny May
Daly
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
Senate
House Committee
Stockholm
Welfare payroll tax sparks welfare reform talk
Washington reports President Johnson’s pick Wilbur Cohen hints at tying welfare to payroll taxes to win support. He argues expanded Social Security could cover welfare, financed by both employer and employee taxes, but critics warn against eroding pensions and transferring benefits to nonworkers.
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Washington
Johnson
Cohen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quiet Time in Viet Nam Battle Report Behind Lines
Maj. Gen. F. K. Mearns tours Cu Chi and surrounding combat as Viet Cong and ARVN forces clash. Dragon Six and allied units push through a Viet Cong position, with 32 American deaths and over 240 Viet Cong losses in a larger daylong engagement. Fort Elizabeth restoration mentioned in Hawaii parks plan.
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CU Chi
Hau Nghia
South Vietnam
F. K. Mearns
U. S
ARVN
14Th
U. S. Infantry Regiment
Dragon
4Th Cavalry
Spec. P. E. Clark
Dragon Six
Batailion
Alfred M. Bracy
Central
Spec. Clark
Mearns
23Rd Regiment
272Nd
Party In Power and Civil Service Protests in Elections
The Civil Service debates tenure for bureaucrats while election years test the spirit of the civil service law. Pressure mounts in Washington as lawmakers weigh party loyalty against reform. Abhor rent remains a backdrop to political contention and taxation debates.
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Civil Service
Washington
YAF Critiques IBM Trade Ties and Public Protest
William F Buckley Jr argues Young Americans for Freedom pickets IBM over sales to Eastern Europe as Dean Rusk defends U S policy. He notes IBM’s initiatives, YAF counteractions, and broader debates on private protest versus government policy amid Cold War trade tensions.
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Young Americans For Freedom
IBM
Europe
America
Bulgaria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Armonk
New York
Arthur Watson
World Trade Division
Dean Rusk
United States
Watson
YAF
Johnson
State Department
Ibm’s
Yaf’s
University of Arizona
Novotny
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Gomulka
Hitler
Soviet Union
DeGaulle
Raymond Aron
Rusk
Air France
Dow Chemical
I BM
Johnson Drops Bid for Second Term in Surprise Move
President Johnson announced he will not seek or accept nomination for a second full term. The decision, hinted by aides and family, intensified after Gen Westmoreland’s visit and followed months of private deliberation. Johnson told officials and press he turned a corner that November and noted mixed reactions at home.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Mexico City
U.S
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
White House
Christian
Lynda
25 Years Ago Shaping Farm Policy And Local News
The Messenger recalls Roosevelt veto of the Bankhead Bill to raise farm prices by excluding benefit payments from parity calculations. Mrs. Sam Primmer of Logan becomes executive secretary of Hocking County Red Cross, replacing Miss Margaret Lutz after 23 years. Reports note Americans abroad marrying fewer French women, and Athens officials demand garden cultivation on suitable lots by April 15 to avert city takeover.
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Roosevelt
Sam Primmer
Eulalia Ave
Logan
Hocking County
The
Red Cross
Margaret Lutz
United Press
Athens
Private NYC private schools surge as desegregation era changes enrollment
A New York Times guide notes a 15 year rise in private school enrollment in the North with 23 000 students in 56 Manhattan schools, 800 Black children among them. Private and parochial schools would absorb half the public school population if space existed, despite tuition up to 1800 dollars. The national trend shows public enrollment up about 22 percent while parochial schools rise 26 percent. Grace and Fred M Hechinger prepare the book and Hechinger is Times education editor.
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South
North
New York City
Manhattan
Grace
Fred M. Hechinger
New York Times
Heichinger
The
Times
Athens Messenger Advertising Rates and Mailing Details
The Athens Messenger lists delivery and mailing options with daily and Sunday single-copy prices, carrier delivery, and mail subscription rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and other U S destinations. It notes association with the Associated Press and provides postal information and address for The Messenger Company at 43 W Union St Athens.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K Bush
G. Kenner Bush
M. W McDargh
Fred W. Weber
Charles W Reamer
The
Associated Press
Serane Co
W. Union St
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