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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1967
Page
1
The speaker Johnson argues that 16 million taxpayers in the lowest income brackets would be completely exempt from the surcharge, outlining a broad tax relief proposal. The statement emphasizes scale and targeted relief for low income earners.
Johnson cited figures from budget discussions showing a married couple with two children earning under $5,000 and expenditures likely to exceed income. He noted national figures of $135 billion to $143.5 billion as hard realities facing the nation.
Private first class Joseph E. Lavigne, 20, of 37 Pleasant Street Saco, from the Marine Corps, was killed July 31 in Quang Tin Vietnam. Born November 12 1946 in Saco he was a Thornton Academy graduate class of 1965. He was employed by Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and was a Notre Dame des Lourdes parishioner.
President Johnson proposed a 10 percent surtax on individual and corporate incomes to fund the Vietnam War and announced a 45 000 troop increase bringing total U S forces to 506 000. He urged accelerated corporate tax collections and extended excise taxes while delaying reductions in auto and telephone levies.
U S combat deaths in Vietnam fell to 114 killed 893 wounded and five missing last week while 164 were killed and 1 442 wounded the prior week The Forrestal fire casualties rose to 131 dead and 62 injured Aerial and ground actions continued including ambushes near Da Nang and Nha Be with multiple ships damaged and 161 missions flown Wednesday in North Vietnam patrols
South Vietnam enters a tightly controlled campaign with set speeches across 22 locations. Thieu Ky ticket plans limited personal campaigning while others rely on representatives. Ballot day is Sept 3 as Viet Cong threats loom with warned acts and U S officials urge a broad get out the vote effort.
Detroit AP reports top UAW bargainer Douglas Fraser says rock hard management resistance ends profit sharing as a 1967 strike issue. President Walter Reuther had pressed equity sharing in talks with Ford Chrysler and GM, but Fraser says a strike over profit sharing is not likely this year.
Tass reports China edging toward civil war with armed clashes among Red Guards workers students and soldiers in central and south regions. Reports describe famine looting helicopter leaflets and strong anti Maoist sentiment in the army amid battles in Hunan Shanghai and Kwantung areas.
The Associated Press reports ongoing violence declines while investigations gain momentum. Sen Eastland links rioters to communist tactics as Humphrey calls for a Marshall Plan to aid impoverished areas and civil peace councils. Milwaukee police fatally shoot a Negro youth amid continued unrest. Wyandanch and Providence see smaller flare ups.
Federal investigators report widespread deprivation in Mississippi affecting whites and Negroes with no clear racial disparities in welfare payments. The Health Education and Welfare study based on 150 interviews in 10 counties notes general deprivation and limited law in welfare, while poverty hits Negroes harder due to income levels.
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