Senate Hopes to Finish Tax Cut in Conference
Washington AP reports Senate leaders pressed for a House Senate conference to finalize a $4.7 billion excise tax cut bill. The Senate passed it 84 to 3, aiming for Johnson to sign by Friday. Major differences include auto tax timing and partial repeals, with several rounds of cuts planned through 1969.
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Eighteen Killed In Fort Benning Helicopter Collision
At Fort Benning Georgia two Army assault helicopters collided during a training flight killing 18 soldiers. The crash wreckage scattered across a swampy area and a pine tree. two bodies remained beneath debris. Capt Wade Ladue stated four HUSB helicopters were in tight formation at low altitude when the rear aircraft collided. crews from B and C companies of the 1st Battalion 38th Infantry Division were aboard.
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Wade Ladue
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Southeast Asia
38Th Infantry Division
Housing Plan on New York Ballot
Governor Rockefeller signed the bill to place on the November ballot a proposal to expand New York State low rent housing by 200 million dollars. He noted voters rejected a 165 billion bond issue last year but emphasized the ongoing need for low income housing, especially for elderly residents.
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Rockefeller
Civil rights arrests near 1200 in Chicago and Jackson
UPI reports arrests in civil rights protests reaching about 1200 across Chicago and Jackson Mississippi. In Chicago, police cleared a sit down at State and Madison, taking 73 into custody. in Jackson, 203 were arrested as protesters tried to march on the state Capitol.
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New Orleans
Herald Tribune Denies Merger Talks With Papers
New York Herald Tribune president Walter N. Thayer rejected a TV report that talks were under way to merge the Herald Tribune with the Journal American and the World Telegram and Sun. He said discussions have occurred about cutting production costs with other city newspapers. Gabe Pressman of NBC sparked the report with his televised claim of merger negotiations.
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Negro Gain Seen In Professional Ranks
New York AP report: a Hunter College study finds Negro professional workers in the New York metropolitan area rose 91 percent from 1950 to 1960, while overall professional employment increased 27 percent.
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Hunter College
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South Carolina elects GOP congressman in special vote
Rep. Albert Watson won a special election in South Carolina’s 2nd District, defeating state Rep. Preston Callison by a 5 to 2 margin. Watson, the state’s first Republican congressman since Reconstruction, thanked supporters and framed the win as a party victory fueling GOP momentum after his resignation and campaign for Barry Goldwater. Callison urged Democrats to reorganize to face upcoming GOP candidates.
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UPI
Albert Watson
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Aiken
Strom Thurmond
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Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
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Federal appeals court orders count registrar to register 280
A federal appeals court directed Forrest County Mississippi voter registrar Thereon Lyndh to register 280 Negroes he was accused of rejecting in violation of an earlier court order.
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Forrest County
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Government Seeks Narcotics Law Reform for Treatment Options
The administration proposes federal narcotics law changes to favor rehabilitation over harsh punishment. The bill lets certain addicts elect civil commitment and treatment instead of trial and allows rehabilitated offenders to receive institutional or outpatient care. It would ease some mandatory sentences and enable parole or probation for repeat offenders.
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