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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
2
Washington reports that President Johnson backs a 15.6 billion tax hike with a 6 billion spending cut and a 10 percent surtax. House liberals reject the plan, pledging fierce opposition as the bill moves to a House vote within two weeks.
The House approved a Pike amendment to limit federal college aid for students involved in campus disorders amid widespread protests. It passed the overall $1 billion two year aid extension 348 to 5 as campuses from Roosevelt University to Stanford faced sit ins barricades and arrests.
The Air Force suspended F111A operations pending investigation of a May 8 crash near the Utah Nevada line. An instructor and student ejected safely from the routine training flight out of Nellis AFB. The crash marked the seventh F111A incident in 15 months as investigators examined wreckage to determine the cause.
United Press International reports decisive local election defeats for the Labour party in England and Wales with Labour losing 1,269 borough seats to the Conservatives' 1,282 while maintaining a solid 74 vote majority in the House of Commons. Calls for Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s resignation surface across headlines though resistance to stepping down remains strong.
Prague and Warsaw observe a holiday as reports surface of Soviet troop movements toward Czechoslovakia. Polish media criticize Prague reform while Moscow targets maintain control. Western diplomats monitor border roadblocks and Prague Radio warns against Soviet intervention echoing 1956 Hungary.
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