LBJ Named Newsmaker of the Year by AP Editors
Lyndon B. Johnson is selected as AP member papers and stations newsmaker of 1966. The president points to Great Society successes like education funding and pollution control, while civil rights legislation stalls and Republicans gain in elections. Johnson's Asia trip and Gall bladder surgery are noted along with family milestones.
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U.S
Russia
de Gaulle
Germany
Cial
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Calcutta
Washington
Records Break as Chicago Board of Trade Sets 119th Year Peak
Chicago Board of Trade in 1966 saw record grain futures activity and value surpassing 65.8 billion dollars. Corn soybeans and wheat led gains amid drought fears and depleted government stocks, with soybeans holding high prices and August reaching 3.98 dollars per bushel.
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Chicago
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Alumna's $800,000 gift to Mount Holyoke College
Elizabeth Ball Cowan, an Amherst resident and 1904 alumna, donated $800,000 to Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Mass. The gift carries no use restrictions beyond an instruction for the college to pay her niece a monthly sum for life.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Elizabeth Ball Cowan
Amherst
Top events of 1966 business include steel price clash
In 1966 the steel price dispute with the government sparked actions as Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel raised ton prices and faced government pushback. The White House fed a record 112.8 billion dollar budget request as Dow reached a peak then dropped.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
White House
Interstate Commerce approves New York Central merger
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the merger involving the New York Central line, clearing the path for consolidation across major routes. The decision impacts operations, corporate structure, and future service plans.
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The
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Cen
Bank on Wheels to Be Provided by Firmin Iowa
United Federal Savings and Loan Assn of Des Moines plans a mobile office visiting 11 Iowa towns weekly. The unit will offer loans savings travelers checks money orders and financial counseling in Pella Sigourney Albia Centerville Osceola Winterset Guthrie Center Jefferson Humboldt Grundy Center and Belle Plaine.
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United Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Iowa
Pella
Sigourney
Albia
Centerville
Osceola
Winterset
Guthrie Center
Jefferson
Humboldt
Grundy Center
Belle Plaine
No Name Picture Helps Post Office
Tunis E. Conquy 66 received a letter from a Colorado friend with a photo attached. The Newton New Jersey post office simply placed the envelope in his box No 127, treating it as routine mail.
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Newton
N.J
Tunis E. Conquy
Colorado
Conquy
1966 Home Building Ends in Two-Decade Slump
The 1966 U S construction outlays rose to a record 75.9 billion dollars while privately financed housing starts dropped to 1.2 million, a 20 year low. Industrial construction expanded 32 percent but housing slipped as credit tightened and builders failed. Economists predict 1967 slight dollar-volume rise but continued lower physical output.
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New York
U.S. Commerce Department
Commerce Department
U.S
National Association of Home Builders
Prisoners Offer to Go to Vietnam
Rep. Clarence Long says 386 inmates at Maryland Correctional Institution offered to fight in Vietnam. He notes the Defense Department has rejected the offers until the prisoners complete their terms.
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Vietnam
Hagerstown, Md
Clarence D. Long
Maryland Correctional Institution
Long
Department of Defense
Refugee Airlift Moves 48000 From Cuba to U.S.
The US government financed airlift has brought nearly 48,000 refugees from Cuba to the United States. About two thirds of arrivals settle in cities other than Miami, while a portion resettle in Florida communities.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
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