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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1964
Page
4
AP report notes House Ways and Means Committee examining excise taxes and possible substitutes including a European style value added tax. Debate centers on shifting focus from income taxes to broad production levies, potential for faster rate changes, and maintaining revenue stability amid economic cycles.
Nevada geologists chase an oil bonanza amid scant production. Since 1954 several wells have tested the state's oil potential, with Railroad Valley yielding 103,000 barrels in 1963 and more deep holes failing to establish a pattern. Horton notes Nevada oil geology is unique and costly to pursue, with potential new fields likely but requiring deep, costly drilling.
Lynn Boshkov a 15 year old student at White Plains High School conducted an experiment on radish growth testing music types. Four trays received Beatles Lily Pons and Dvorak while one received no music. Radishes exposed to Beatles grew more, with measurements showing leaf and root development, while the other tunes had lesser effects.
Edwards Air Force Base report on a refurbished X15A2 failing to lift off during a ground test to check flight control systems. The modified craft, rebuilt after a 1962 crash, remains tethered to its B52 mother ship while engineers verify ground procedures.
In New York AP reports former Vice President Richard Nixon said Scranton had a fighting chance for the presidential nomination. Nixon predicted Goldwater would win the nominating fight despite Oregon’s Lodge beating Rockefeller and Scranton gaining momentum after his candidacy announcement. Rockefeller later backed Scranton, who halted a delegate flow to Goldwater and kept pledges near the 655 needed for the nomination.
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