Rhodes hostile to idea as tax hike faces legislature
Ohio legislators welcomed a bill from the Ohio Council for Education to raise the sales tax from three to four percent to fund public education with an estimated 116 million dollars yearly. Gov. Rhodes backs a larger 113 million for 1965 67 but education groups say it falls short while 117000 signatures backed the measure. The House contemplates assigning a sponsor as the Senate delays bills in organizational matters.
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R-Logan
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Bundy Heads For Saigon Session With Gen Taylor On Viet Crises
President Johnson sends McGeorge Bundy to Saigon to confer with Ambassador Max Taylor on South Viet Nam's political turmoil and anti Communist war. Bundy will report on political stability and possible impact of disputes with General Nguyen Khanh. Johnson backs Taylor and weighs Kosygin's North Viet Nam visit and possible talks toward settlement.
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Johnson
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Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Bundy
White House
National Security Council
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U. S
Nguyen Khanh
State Department
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
11 State Aid Bill Passed for Appalachia Relief
The Senate approved a 1.09 billion Appalachia aid bill by a 62 to 22 vote to boost low spirits regions in the anti state area. House action is anticipated as a major early bill from the 89th Congress to President Johnson. A Kennedy amendment kept open adding 13 New York counties to the program.
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House
John W. McCormack
Johnson
Public Works
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
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Frank J. Lausche
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Senate backs LBJ push to ease farm export ban
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17 to 6 to relax the House ban on surplus farm shipments to the United Arab Republic. The panel approved an escape hatch allowing exports when necessary to fulfill a 1962 sales agreement and in the national interest.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Johnson
United Arab Republic
Striking longshoremen defy Johnson call to return to ports
In a series of brief items President Johnson presses for immediate resumption of work in ports from Maine to Texas where settlements have been reached. The report also notes Blue Cross rate hikes, Appalachian aid bill actions, a constitutional amendment proposal, and probes into union funds and bank failures.
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Johnson
Maine
Texas
Athens council tackles heavy legislative load
The Athens City Council examines a demanding agenda with multiple ordinances on the docket as it moves through its sessions. Officials discuss land condemnation for a lagoon project and related budgetary matters impacting the community.
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Ohio Sbell Telephone
Gallia County
Meigs County
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Chauncey Eeeeeseees
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Glouster
Groundhog Predicts Six More Weeks Of Winter
In Quarryville Pennsylvania PB Button up your overcoat for six more weeks of winter says two groundhogs based on shadows. The Quarryville lodge plans festivities as Robert W. Herr leads the ancient order and calls for a Weather Bureau vacation while the weather game continues.
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Quarryville
Pennsylvania
Order of the Slumbering Lodge of Groundhogs
Robert W. Herr
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Fruitless UN Meet Near End
United Nations delegates wind up housekeeping details as the General Assembly nears adjournment with another week's recess amid a stalled financial crisis. Ambassadors from India, and others doubt any progress in days, while Assembly President Quaison-Lackey calls for adjournment and Secretary-General U Thant urges averting a showdown.
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N. Y
General Assembly
B. N. Chakravarty
India
Assembly
Alex Quaison - Lackey
U Thant
Quarrel Over State Mailings Surfaces Again in Ohio
The Ohio education officials and State Sen. Ross Pepple clash over a mailing of 7000 Pepple news releases. Vance Bell claims state equipment and Goble office plates were used. Bell estimates mailing costs at 700 to 800 dollars. Goble denies involvement and says he knows nothing more.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ross Pepple
Alima
Pepple
Vance Bell
Ohio School Boards Association
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Bell
Avon Lake
Ohio Plans Record $188 Million Mental Health Budget
Gov. Rhodes will ask the 106th General Assembly to authorize a $188 million 1965 67 operating budget for the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction. The request, up $17.5 million from the prior period, funds expansion of existing programs and new initiatives, excluding $5.5 million already allocated for capital improvements.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
106Th General Assembly
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Rhodes
Department
Indonesia eyes first atom bomb with October surprise
About 200 scientists are working on an Indonesian atomic bomb under Brig. Gen. Hartono. He promises a surprise for Armed Forces Day and says missiles with superior damaging power will be produced this year.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Hartono
Laos Troops Hold Ground After Failed Uprising
In Vientiane a band of young officers failed to quell a mutiny as tensions rose after they rejected an ultimatum to pull back soldiers. The standoff escalates amid reports of continued troop presence and government concerns.
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Vientiane
Laos
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