Red Flag warns Mao loyalists as wall posters banned
The Mao controlled Red Flag warns military supporters to avoid confrontation with rival army factions and urges patience. Reports from Hong Kong say Beijing banned wall posters and key party documents from streets as Red Guard chaos intensifies. A band of Red Guards crossed into Hong Kong from mainland China demanding eight Chinese refugees, landing near Lau Fau Shan.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Communist China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Peking
Red Guard
China
Hong Kong Territories
Lau Fau Shan
Stalin's Daughter Defects To West Amid Mystery
Svetlana Stalinina, 41, defected to the West while on a pilgrimage to India with her late husband’s ashes, arriving in Rome from New Delhi. Sources say she may already be in Washington. officials declined to comment. She is Stalin’s sole surviving child and potentially holds key answers about her parents’ deaths.
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Rome
UPI
Josef Stalin
India
Svetlana Stalina
New Delhi
Washington
Stalin
William Randolph Hearst Jr
U.S
State Department
U.S. Raid Hits Major Hanoi Steel Plant From Thailand
U S pilots from eight bases in Thailand attacked North Vietnam’s large steel fabrication plant in the Iron Triangle near Hanoi. Despite VNG resistance and dogfights, American pilots reportedly shot down or damaged several enemy aircraft and confirmed bombs on target. The raid marks a broader escalation as allied forces widen operations against North Vietnamese industry, transportation, and supply lines.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Vgs
Iron Triangle
South Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North
Congress Plans Swift Action To Reinstate Two Tax Credits
Washington brief says President Johnson won assurances from Congress for rapid reinstatement of two tax breaks for businessmen. The plan would restore the 7 percent investment tax credit for new machinery and accelerated depreciation for new buildings, risking earlier calls for a 6 percent income tax surcharge.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
John W. Byrnes
Wis
House
Ways & Means Committee
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Ways & Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Mills
Thas
Vermont House approves revisions to state income tax law
The Vermont House approved the personal income tax section of a three part tax reform bill on a voice vote and sent it to the Senate. The plan sets the tax at 25 percent of federal liability, taxes teacher retirement contributions, and raises the personal exemption from $500 to $600 while extending capital gains taxation and joint filing.
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Montpelier, Vt
UPI
House
Senate
Gerald Witherspoon
Gerald Northrup
Castleton
Inside Columnist Ogden Discusses Prejudice
Columnist Sam Ogden analyzes prejudice with sharp local context on page four. Hoosick Falls preview hints at future developments on page six. Rosters and records for BCHS and Rutland appear on page eight.
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Sam Ogden
Hoosick Falls
BCHS
Rutland
Rebellion Ends At Ohio GM Plant
In Mansfield Ohio Frank Petty a $160 a week machinist led a rebellion against GM and the UAW. He returned to work and the midnight shift near full attendance followed. Delegates at a four hour meeting backed UAW President Walter Reuther but Petty and four others were suspended. GM threatened further production pullouts as national layoffs followed the walkouts.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Mammoth General Motors Corp
Mansfield
Ohio
Frank Petty
Fisher
UAW
Petty
Walter Reuther
Consular Treaty Ratification Near
Senate backers of the U S Russian consular treaty expressed modest confidence after a 2-1 victory in the campaign against amendments and reservations. They say ratification would primarily benefit the United States by protecting Americans traveling in the Soviet Union and establishing consulate functions. a key vote defeated an immunity reduction amendment.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Moscow
United States
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
U S Seeks Injunction To End West Coast Strike
The federal government seeks a Taft Hartley injunction heard by Judge Albert C. Wollenberg to end a four month West Coast shipyard strike by 1,200 IBEW electricians. The action would impose an 80 day cooling off period and follow mediation failures. The walkout idled 8,000 workers at 13 yards in Washington Oregon and California over a separate contract dispute with the Pacific Coast Shipbuilders Association.
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San Francisco
UPID
Taft-Hartley
Johnson
U.S
Washington
Oregon
California
Eletrical
Pacific Coast Shipbuilders Association
Dwelling Inspection Endorsed by Rockefeller
Gov Nelson Rockefeller endorsed a plan from the state Insurance Department for mandatory inspections of multifamily dwellings to help owners obtain fire insurance. A survey found the fire insurance market inadequate with many citizens unable to get coverage, especially in Harlem NYC and parts of Buffalo.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
State Insurance Department
Harlem
New York City
Buffalo
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U.S. 7
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Mr. Singh
Moroz
Yuri Zhdanov
Rostov University
Zhdanov
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Jacob
Vasily
Hanoi Steel Plant
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Air Force
Junction City
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Hoi An
da Nang
Reuther
Wildcat
International Union
IBEW
Electricians
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