Johnson Proposes Cutting Silver From Coins in Congress
President Johnson urges Congress to remove silver from dimes and quarters and cut half dollar silver content by more than half. New coins would be copper nickel clad. pennies stay copper. the $1 coin unchanged. Treasury silver stock dwindling could end in three years, risking price spikes and widespread melting of coins.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
West Point
N.Y
Treasury
Viet Cong Ambushes Kill Dozens in Vietnam Battles
Viet Cong ambushes in central and northern Vietnam kill or wound dozens of government troops. An American adviser wounded. two U.S. Marines killed in a crash. Bombing raids by U.S. warplanes pound targets in North Vietnam as fierce fighting continues near Cheo Reo, Bac Lieu, and Le Thanh.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Cheo Reo
Phu Bon
da Nang
Binh Chanh
Bac Lieu
Mekong Delta
North
Ben Quang
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Cap Mai Ron
Midway
le Thanh
Legislature restricts driving privileges to people only
Tallahassee Florida lawmakers approved a law restricting driving privileges to humans after police halted a car with a chimpanzee at the wheel. The incident exposed gaps in enforcement as officers could not prosecute the animal or owner.
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Tallanasse
Fla
UPI
Florida
Tampa
Negro Deputy Shot Dead At Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana a Negro deputy sheriff was killed and another wounded on a rural road. Ennis R. McElveen, 41, was later arrested in Mississippi on murder charges after a pursuit linked to the shooting. FBI and state authorities opened an intensive probe into potential multiple shooters. Deputy O Neal Moore died from a rifle wound. Deputy Creed Rogers was hit by buckshot.
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Bogalusa
Piste
Tylertown
Miss
Ennis R. Mcffveen
Louisiana
McElveen
Washington Parish
FBI
O'Neal Moore
Creed Rogers
Gemini 4 soars to orbit with spacewalk plan
Cape Kennedy flight launches McDivitt and White into an intended four day mission aboard Gemini 4. The Titan 2 rocket placed the craft in a 100 to 176 mile high orbit and set up an attempted rendezvous with the booster stage. White would exit the capsule on a space rope to photograph the tumbling second stage, a bold test toward longer duration spaceflight and moon missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
White
United States
McDivitt
Mission Control Center
Space Agency
Mexico
Georgia
America
Globe
Christopher C. Kralter
Gordon Cooper
Valeri Bykovsky
Titan
Gemini
Mission Control Center At
Houston
U.S
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Johnson
Two Air
Wil
Kraft
City tax rate hits record high of 87.60 per thousand
Pittsfield raises 1965 tax rate to a record 87.60 per thousand in a $1.3 million local tax rise. Higher city expenditures, lower state reimbursements, and a small personal property valuation boost drive the increase. Officials project a looming $4 million high school cost and note elderly exemptions will add $293,000.
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Pittsfield
Board of Assessors
Boston
Department of Corporations and Taxation
Welfare Department
School Department
Public Works Department
Public Buildings Department
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