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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1964
Page
8
The $11.5 billion income tax cut, billed as history’s largest, became law with support from both presidents and Congress. The piece notes faith in the plan to stimulate spending and growth, risks of inflation, and Kennedy’s earlier ambitions for broader tax reform alongside Johnson’s defense of the tax cut.
Union Station in Washington features a grand concourse that has housed crowds for decades, with a capacity noted at about 50 000 people. The ornamented Capitol Hill area has stood as a landmark since 1907.
In Los Angeles Frank Sinatra Jr. case prosecutors introduced two exhibits including a letter allegedly written by defendant Keenan and a FBI-stated confession by John Irwin. The letter warns of arrest for felony kidnapping and the FBI statement details Irwin’s involvement and agreement to make ransom calls.
A Fuji Airlines twin engine Convair crashed at Oita Airport in southern Japan. Nineteen people were killed and 22 hospitalized. The plane carried 36 passengers and five crew members with no foreigners aboard. It was en route from Kagoshima to Tokyo when brakes failed and it plunged into a river dike, breaking apart and bursting into flames.
Former President Herbert Hoover, 89, has passed a critical phase of his illness and was able to sit up in bed for breakfast. Doctors said the improvement followed a respiratory ailment and a bleeding kidney, with friend Neil MétNeil noting no further bulletins would be issued as he remains confined in Waldorf Towers.
Stipend fund money totaling 202633 was received by 25 agricultural fairs from the State Agriculture Department. Grants come from pari mutuel horse racing proceeds and a regular appropriation of 19385 two cents per Maine resident.
Eight jurors sworn in for Jack Ruby's murder trial with four more to be chosen. Attorneys expect testimony to begin this week. Jurors include J G Holton Gwen English and R J Flechtner Jr along with four earlier accepted.
Sub Debs Sorority plans a rummage sale at the GAR Hall in Sacoon on March 14 to aid CARE. Proceeds go overseas. Donna Kirkby Elm Street Saco hosts the meeting donors may contact Patricia Coburn for donations. Members listed include Debbie Wallace and Miss Coburn among others.
Since its founding in 1888 the National Geographic Society has funded and supported more than 200 explorations and research projects across science and geography.
Senate Rules Committee witnesses Edward Torres and John Gates tied Baker’s finances to the Serv-A vending machine firm and potential gambling interests. The panel probes how Baker amassed a fortune exceeding $2 million while serving as secretary to the Senate Democratic majority. Baker resigned last October and has not testified or produced subpoenaed records.
At a televised hearing Nancy Carole Tyler, 24, Baker's secretary and former Tennessee beauty queen, refused to answer questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment. She denied wrongdoing and urged the nation to keep an open mind about her.
Washington's birthday was observed during a Fred S. Gurney Women's Relief Corps meeting in GAR Hall Saco. National general orders were read and acted upon by President Mrs. Eva Sherman. A new member Mrs. Annie Caton was initiated.
Waves and hurricane tides deliver the most destruction, eroding coastlines rapidly in hours, equaling a century of normal wave impact. Seawater flooding and strong winds compound the damage across affected shores.
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