Editorial Writers Attack Non-Red Oath Reform
Lyle Wilson reports United Press International on editorial critics opposing a Medicare oath for about 2 million seniors. They argue perjury risks are high and claim the requirement insults honest citizens while Medicare benefits remain government grants at taxpayers' expense.
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United States
U.S
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Ku Klux Klan
Democratic Party
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Congress
U.S. Treasury
N Y Transit Strike Talks Deadlocked
New York Mayor elect John Lindsay faces a grim deadlock in bus and subway contract talks with the Transit Authority and the TWU led by Michael Quill. Quill vows to disobey any injunction and predicts a strike at 5 a.m. New Year’s Day while Lindsay presses for mediation efforts to avert a citywide transit shutdown affecting millions.
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UPI
John V. Lindsay
Transport Workers’ Union
TWU
Michael Quill
Transit Authority
Quill
Amalgamated Transit Union
Lindsay
Transist Authority
TWA
Sino-Soviet Rift Widens Over Vietnam War
Moscow notes indicate the Vietnam conflict strains the Sino-Soviet bloc as China limits Soviet arms flow and training to Hanoi. Beijing calls Soviet equipment obsolete and hints distrust, while Mao questions the alliance’s teeth and warns about postwar territory claims.
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Viet Nam
America
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Chen Yi
China
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United States
Mao Tze-tung
Kurile
Mao
Germany
Poland
Romania
Taxes End Today and Social Security Hike Tomorrow
Washington reports tax changes take effect today with excise tax cuts reducing admissions, cabaret, telegram, and telephone taxes. Beginning Saturday Social Security tax rises raise the maximum to 227.20 and tax rate to 4.5 percent on the first 6600 of income, financing higher elderly benefits and health care programs.
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Washington
UPI
Connecticut's New Constitution Activates Historic Charter
Hartford UPI Connecticut formally adopts a new state constitution for the first time in 147 years. Gov John N Dempsey signs a noon proclamation at the Hall of Flags in the State Capitol, activating the charter approved by voters in a December 14 referendum, replacing the 1818 document.
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UPI
Connecticut
John N. Dempsey
State Capitol
Johnson to seek record defense budget next month
Washington sources report President Johnson will submit to Congress next month a defense appropriation believed to approach sixty billion dollars, the largest postwar military spending proposal and likely to provoke sharp debate. The plan aims to fund modernization and extended troop readiness amid ongoing global tensions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Texas
Pentagon
U.S
Massachusetts Senate race widens with new entrants likely
Massachusetts this week sees only Attorney General Edward W. Brooke as announced candidate to replace retiring Senator Leverett Saltonstall. Rep. F. Bradford Morse and Rep. Silvio Conte are viewed as possible challengers within the GOP while Boston Mayor John Collins emerges as expected Democratic prospect.
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UPI
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Edward W. Brooke
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Brooke
U.S
F. Bradford Morse
Washington
Silvio O. Conte
Rmass
Volpe
Senate
John Collins
Mediators Hopeful On East Alton Gunpowder Plant Settlement
Federal mediators said union members at the Olin Mathieson Chemical plant in East Alton Illinois could vote on a new contract covering wages and working conditions after a December 1 strike. If approved production would resume Monday and mediators expected acceptance despite prior rejections in other settlements.
Spacemen drift through space novelty and Twain’s Roughing It
In Houston the Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 pilots recount lighter moments of their missions. Frank Borman and Jim Lovell describe longjohn comfort, movie films, beard growth, and the ease of paperback reading including Mark Twain’s Roughing It. They note near close approaches and fuel concerns but finish with optimism.
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Marvel
Gemini 6
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Borman
Schirra
Jim
Lovell
Stafford
West Point
Earth
Mark Twain
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