Stiff Tax Changes Hit British Public
London AP reports the Labor budget for 1969 66 imposes a stiff tax on capital gains and corporate profits, bans most tax free meal expenses, and raises the basic income tax. Callaghan aims to raise about 700 million dollars yearly in new taxes to curb capital flight and restore confidence in the pound. Prices rise on cigarettes liquor beer and road taxes while deductions for business car expenses shrink.
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James Callaghan
House of Commons
Callaghan
Britain
Labor
Privary
Johnson to Speak on Vietnam Policy Tonight
President Johnson addresses the nation and world at 9 p.m. EST from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to define U.S. policy in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The speech will be carried by radio and television and relayed by Voice of America transmitters to international audiences.
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UPI
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Voice of America
Early Bird Satellite En Route to Final Position
COMSATs pioneering Early Bird satellite races toward a circular 22 300 mile high position over the Atlantic to become the first commercial space communications switchboard linking North America and Europe. ground maneuvers and jets to stabilize it run through late June with aim for July commercial operation and a potential 10 million first year.
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Communications Satellite Corp
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Europe
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pope Plans Canon Change On Interfaith Marriages
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will revise Canon Law to ease interfaith marriages. A major change would eliminate the dual pledge requirement for non Catholics and replace it with a mutual pledge to respect the other’s religion, signaling a practical step toward ecumenism.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
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Wetlands protection measure wins heavy backing at hearing
Boston lawmakers and conservation officials push Gov Volpe’s plan to protect 43 000 acres of coastal wetlands along Massachusetts coast and offshore islands. Proponents cite three positive approaches including state zoning, federal refuge acquisition, and local marsh protection tools while noting that one quarter of welland land would stay available for development.
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Legislative State Administration Committee
Francis W. Hate Jr
Beverly
Valpe
Hatch
Charles H. W. Foster
Welland
Foster
Department of Natural Resources
Britain to Spend Billions on US Built F111 Bombers
Washington reports Britain will buy more than a billion dollars worth of US built F111 aircraft to replace the TSR2 program. McNamara cites Britain’s global duties and notes the arrangement includes aircraft and spare parts with a large credit deal. The F111 offers higher speed, range, and payload for diverse missions.
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Washington
Britain
London
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Royal Air Force
McNamara
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Top Reds Said in Pay Of CIA
Washington Senator Ailton R. Young says many of the CIA’s best spies abroad are high ranking Communist party officials. He notes few Americans know CIA funding hidden in other agency budgets and that some party members work for pay when useful.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Ailton R. Young
R-M D
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Communist Party
Young
North Dakota Republican
Senate
United Press International
Indian Woman Is Named State Mother of Year in Washington
Joyce Simmons Cheeka, a 64 year old Indian widow who grew up without English, is named Washington State Mother of the Year. She is mother to six and eldest son recently became hereditary chief of the Makah tribe. She was raised by grandparents who spoke no English and later attended an Indian training school and Williamette University in Oregon.
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Wash
Washington State
Joyce Simmons Cheeka
Washington
Cheeka
Williamte University
Oregon
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