Payroll Slash Ordered by LBJ
President Johnson on Wednesday directed all federal agency heads to cut the payroll within 18 months. He said ceilings would be set for June 30 and June 1965 and stressed reductions via better management and redeployment. The plan aims to halt growth and possibly reduce the current 2.49 million civilian workers plus 2.7 million in the armed services, with quarterly progress reports required.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Budget Bureau
Senate House Committee
Uniformed Military Services
Congress
Economy Inches Up Outlook Good After JFK Assassination
Washington reports a fair-sized gain expected for the year as the economy shows a quick retail rebound in December. Steel production rises on renewed consumer buying while auto output hits a record November despite plant stoppages. Home construction also up.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Commerce Department
Kennedy
Office of Business Economics
Concert Violinist Injured in Fall in New York
Mischa Elman, 72, a famed violinist, is hospitalized in New York with a broken right ankle after slipping down steps in a Manhattan garage. His wife reports he is in great spirits despite the injury.
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New York
Mischa Elman
Elman
Manhattan
U S Relief Is Extended To South Bend
South Bend residents face job losses from Studebaker plant closure as President Johnson unveils a five point plan. Measures include retraining, attracting new industry, rapid surplus food aid, fulfilling an $87 million Army truck contract locally, and a full time federal coordinator to ease unemployment. Local leaders welcome aid but seek permanent plants and steady work.
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South Bend
Ind
Studewaker
Johnson
Studebaker
Paul Gilbert
Cochairman
Lloyd Allen
Christmas Services Reported in Shanghai Churches
UPI reports NCNA said Shanghai churches were crowded with Christmas worshipers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Chinese government tolerates Christianity but keeps China closed to foreign missionaries.
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China
Tokyo
UPI
NCNA
Pro Forma Congress To Stage Phantom Session
The Senate and House plan brief Friday sessions only for the record with no business. Few members expected. House recesses until Jan 7, while the Senate may meet Monday to act on the foreign aid bill if a 50-member quorum is found. After passage, Congress adjourns. civil rights and tax cuts loom large with Republican support sought.
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Wasiington
UPS
Senate
House
Congress
Kennedy
Johnson
Twelve Children Die In Holiday Fire Tragedy
In Charleston South Carolina a portable oil heater toppled while parents attempted to move it igniting a blaze that killed twelve children aged from two months to 20 years, all relatives, as the couple Walter Johnson and Mary Lee Johnson faced severe injuries. The scene included an electric train and charred toys among the wreckage.
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Charleston
5.C
Upid
Old City
Walter Johnson
Mary Lee
Johnson
Mildred Wilson
Lelia Wilson
Thomasina Wilson
Irene Wilson
Benjamin, Johnson
Anette Johnson
Raymond Johnson
Alchamedes Johnson
Zoraida Johnson
Retired Adviser of Chiang Dies
In Taipei Formosa AP retired Gen Chu Shao liang 73 a senior adviser to President Chiang Kai shek died Wednesday.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chu Shao-liang
Chiang Kai-shek
North Central Florida Gripped by a Freeze
Cold snap grips northern and central Florida with subfreezing readings in Cross City and Tallahassee. Higher temps return by Wednesday as Christmas snow melts to slush. Holiday travel toll rises past 200 due to icy patches while warming trends reach the Plains and Ohio Valley.
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Florida
Cross City
Fla
Tallahassee
Norfolk
Neb
Plains
Midwest
Texas
Try
Idaho Falls
Malad City
Weather Bureau
Southland
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Rockies
Plateau
New England
Pacific Northwest
Former Governor Ellington visits LBJ ranch
Former Governor Buford Ellington flew to Texas on Christmas Day to join President Lyndon B. Johnson at the LBJ ranch near Johnson City. He planned a chat and a deer hunt, and said the trip had no political significance.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Buford Ellington
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Johnson City
Ellington
Ohio's Young Reconsiders, Seeks Senate Re‑election
Sen. Stephen M. Young, a Democrat from Ohio, announced he will run for re election after initially saying he would retire after his first term begun in 1956. The Republican contest centers on Rep. Robert Taft Jr., grandson of former President Taft, with Taft 46 and Young 74. Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown also backs the GOP bid.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Senator Taft
Taft
William Howard Taft
Supreme Court
Sen
Young
Rep
Ted W. Brown
GOP
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Letes
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United Press International
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