Johnson Aides Defend Economic Projections Before Proxmire Panel
President Johnson’s economic advisers defend their 1967 forecast as Sen. William Proxmire leads the Senate House Economic Committee in its annual review. Proxmire criticizes tax plans while the administration seeks a 6 percent surcharge to cut the deficit.
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Washington
Johnson
William Proximire
Dwis
Senate House Economic Committee
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Chamber of Commerce
Proxmire
Storm Panic Triggers Fast Food Runs in Chicago
Widespread snow blanketed New York State and New England as Chicago faced a panic buying surge. City shoppers swarmed milk meat and bread counters while suburban schools closed and transit slowed. O Hare near normal. Midway briefly closed. Groundhog Day joke notes heavy snow.
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New York State
New England
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Ohio
Flint
Mich
Lansing
Midway Airport
O’hare International Airport
Weather Bureau
O’hare International
Transit Authority
Chicago Park District
Grant Park
Lake Michigan
Space Agency Deputy Chief Hears Apollo Review Report
NASA Deputy Administrator flies to Cape Kennedy to review an interim report on the Apollo 1 fire that killed Virgil Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee. The board weighs causes including inflammable residues in a 100 percent oxygen cabin as technicians dismantle modules and study charred components.
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Space Agency
Board of Review
Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Robert C. Seamans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
North American Aviation Co
Downey
Calif
New GOP Senators Form Informal Study Group
Six of the newest Republican senators have formed an informal study group to explore national issues. They deny plans to challenge Senate leader Dirksen and aim to learn both sides of major topics before voting. Members include Percy Hatfield Baker Brooke Griffin Hansen, with Griffin the sole non freshman.
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GOP
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirk
Dirksen
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
R-Il
Sen. Dirksen
Percy
Hatfield
Baker
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Clifford P. Hansen
R-Wye
Griffin
Expectant Mother 19 Dies in Chisholm Fire
A 19 year old expectant mother, Mrs. Thomas Mannila, died in a fire that destroyed four small homes in Chisholm. Her husband suffered extensive burns. The body was found in the Mannila home around 8 a.m. Some residents fled in cold weather, others aided neighbors as Hibbing and Buhl fire crews assisted. The cause was not known.
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Chisholm
Minn
Thomas Mannila
Mannila
Court clears German major of cowardice in bridge case
Bavarian court ruled Maj. Hans Scheller did not commit cowardice or dereliction of duty in the Rhine bridge failure. It said insufficient explosives prevented destruction and ordered the state to pay the widow's costs and allow pension.
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Landshut
Germany
Remagen
Rhine
Bonn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maj
Hans Scheller
Scheller
Liesel Scheller
Romney Urges $1.5 Billion Budget and Taxes for Michigan
Michigan Governor George Romney proposed a general fund budget of 1.15 billion for 1967-68 and a 2 percent personal income tax. The plan also calls for a 5 percent corporate tax, 8 percent tax on financial institutions, a three cent cigarette tax increase, and tax cuts totaling 88 million including a 10 percent property tax cut starting 1968.
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Romney
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Travel Agent Seeks Suspension After Spy Ring Conviction
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek a 42 year old Massachusetts travel agent sentenced to eight years for heading a spy ring 16 years ago is expected to seek suspension of the sentence and expulsion from Czechoslovakia His lawyer said no appeal will be filed Sen Edward Brooke urged the ambassador to press for suspension and expulsion The case could affect U S efforts to ease East European Communist tensions.
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Hanns Neverbourg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Massachusetts
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
Wellesley
Mass
Vaclav Patracek
Missionary for Over 50 Years Dies in Willmar
Mrs. Carrie Finstrom, longtime missionary to Venezuela, died in Willmar on Tuesday. She and her husband went to Venezuela in 1901 and their work joined the Evangelical Free Church in 1920.
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Willmar, Minn
David FE
Carrie) Finstrom
Venezuela
Willmar
Finstrom
Evangelical Free Church
New York Teacher Paid for Not Teaching for Three Years
New York City educator Miss Alfreda Madison, out of the classroom since March 1964, has continued to draw a monthly salary of 583.34 after taxes, despite being declared emotionally unfit and removed from duty. The case, unresolved, involves medical reports, legal appeals, and disputes over back pay.
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New York
New York City
Alfreda L. Madison
Miss Madison
Harlem
Theodore H. Lang
Madison
Norfolk
Board of Education
State Supreme Court
Burns Home Destroyed to Save Neighbors in California
Mr and Mrs Edward Selza ordered their hillside home burned to prevent a slide onto nearby houses. Fire crews opened a roof hatch, poured oil in, and ignited the residence. January was exceptionally wet with 9.52 inches of rain since Jan 20, fueling slides across the San Francisco Bay Area.
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San Anselmo
Calif
Edward Selza
Selzas
San Francisco Bay Area
Sioux Falls Man Dies in Vietnam Action
Defense Department identified on Monday two South Dakota and Minnesota soldiers who died in Vietnam. Army Pfc. James L. Steineke of Sioux Falls was among 63 servicemen killed in action. his parents are listed as Mr. and Mrs. Tom Steineke of Route 4, Sioux Falls.
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Washington
Defense Department
South Dakota
Vietnam
Minnesota
Army
James L. Steineke
Tom Steineke
Route 4
Sioux Falls
Traffic Deaths State Today Compared to 51 Years Ago
A historical note shows Iowa traffic fatalities today at 55 years ago 52 and 51 years ago 47, indicating a pattern in the yearly toll. The brief compares current counts with past figures, highlighting long term trends in road deaths.
Committee Votes $6 Billion Debt Ceiling Hike
House Ways and Means Committee approved a $6 billion increase to raise the debt limit to $336 billion. The panel also rejected a Republican amendment to broaden Johnson administration fund raising in the debt measures ahead of a full House vote next Wednesday.
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Vietnam
Ackley
Joint
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
House
Ways and Means
Byrnes
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Churchmen Call for Fasting Over Vietnam Policy
More than 2,000 churchmen urge opponents of U S policy in Vietnam to begin partial fasting on February 8 Ash Wednesday. Participants would limit meals to water fruit juice rice and tea. The call followed a delegation from Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam meeting with Defense Secretary McNamara.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Defense
Robert S$. McNamara
Trio Charged With Omaha Post Office Break In
Three men free on bond in a Minneapolis post office burglary case were charged in Omaha with an attempted break in at an Omaha branch post office. One also faces an indictment for a Twin Cities murder.
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Omaha, Neb
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Omaha
Wells Native Dies in Chicago
Norbert J. Thomas aged 70, retired president of a national hair and scalp treatment chain, died Wednesday in Chicago. Born in Wells Minnesota he moved to Chicago as a young man to join his father Paul A. Thomas founder of the Thomas Co. after his father retired in 1929 he became president.
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Chicago
Norbert J. Thomas
Wells
Minn
Paul A. Thomas
Thomas Co
Norbert Thomas
No Solution to Honeywell Strike Found
Federal and state mediators met with both sides in the Honeywell strike near Minneapolis but reported no meaningful movement toward a settlement. About 67 percent rejected a proposed three year contract that offered 30 to 73 cents more per hour. Management obtained a temporary restraining order to stop pickets from interfering with 7,500 nonunion office workers.
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Minneapolis
Honeywell Inc
Charles LaValley
Teamsters Union
Honeywell
CAB Fixes Utah Plane Crash Blame
The Civil Aeronautics Board found the central Utah crash likely caused by the pilot flying a heading of 70 degrees instead of 07 during a nighttime storm. Hemker was on a night instrument flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, last over Milford at 11,000 feet. The wreckage lay at about 11,000 feet on Mt Belknap, 28 miles east of Milford.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Utah
Minnesota
Hemker
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Milford
Mt. Belknap
Civil War Widow Seeks Back Pension in Utah
Ada Mae Bacheldor, 86, of Salt Lake City commands Utah to pay back about fifty years of Civil War widow pension. She has collected $15 monthly since 1920, totaling $9,000, and asks the Legislature to grant about $2,000. Her husband Samuel Bacheldor served in the Union Army and died in 1912.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ada Mae Bacheldor
Samuel Bacheldor
Change of venue in Cappolino murder trial
Sarasota circuit court agreed to move the second murder trial of Dr. Carl Cappolino to a new location but did not immediately disclose the site. The action follows pretrial motions and concerns about fair proceedings in the original venue.
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Sarasota, Fla
Carl Cappolino
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