Hearings On Tax Bills Set Amid Maine Legislature Tensions
Public hearings on major tax bills in Augusta mark a push by Maine 103rd legislature to speed committee work. Debates focus on ending the auto trade in tax credit, raising cigarette tax to ten cents, removing service tax exemptions, and liquor price boosts to raise revenue. The Judiciary and Appropriations panels schedule sessions, with the latter reviewing state department budget needs including Mental Health Corrections and Education.
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Augusta
Maine
Appropriations
Curtis
Taxation Committee
Liquor Commission
Judiciary Committee
Apollo Fire Probe Continues As Nation Honors Victims
The nation mourns three Apollo 1 astronauts as their coffins depart Cape Kennedy for Arlington and West Point. Investigators study cockpit photos and debris to determine how the fire started while memorials plan tributes for Grissom, White, and Chaffee.
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Nation
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White I
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Etrin
Grissom
Chaffee
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S
Board of Inquiry
George Alexander
Aviation Week
Space Agency
White
NASA
Chuckle: Big mistake grabs attention and headlines
A lighthearted column notes that a large blunder reliably commands notice and drives engagement across features in media and corporate branding. The piece contrasts humor with risk and hints at what makes a mistake memorable.
Fowler Seeks Seven Billion Dollar Debt Ceiling Increase
Secretary Henry H. Fowler urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling by seven billion dollars to 337 billion. He warned that payments including Social Security pensions veterans benefits and military and civilian retirement pay could be jeopardized by March unless lawmakers act. Fowler spoke bluntly to the Ways and Means Committee as budget officials outlined a nine point seven billion dollar deficit and a plan for tax increases within President Johnson's 135 billion dollar budget.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Fowler
Sen. A. S
Mike)Monroney
Senate panel to hear Kennan on foreign policy issues
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear George Kennan, expert on Soviet affairs and former ambassador to Moscow, as its first witness in a review of foreign policy problems. Edwin O. Reischauer and Harrison E. Salisbury are slated to testify on Tuesday and Thursday respectively. Salisbury just returned from North Vietnam with observations on bombing effects. Chairman Gardner Ackley will speak to the Senate House Economic Committee on Thursday as the Johnson economic report study continues.
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State Government
Flere
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George Kennan
Moscow
Edwin O. Reischauer
Japan
Harrison E. Salisbury
New York Times
Will
Salisbury
North Vietnam
U.S
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Senate House Economic Committee
Johnson
Journal To Publish Saco Charter Bill
The proposed Saco City Charter bill calling for a manager mayor council form of government will be published in its entirety in Tuesday s Journal after being filed last week with the Maine Legislature.
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Saco City
Maine
B52s Stage Raid Close To Saigon
U S B52 bombers mounted their closest raid to Saigon during the Vietnam War, 16 miles west of the city. At the same time 3 200 American infantrymen joined the Mekong Delta force raising total U S troops in Vietnam to 404 000.
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Mekong
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North Vietnam
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Hanoi
Ca River
Mekong Delta
9Th Infantry Division
Pope
Vung Tau
Vietnam
Bassac
Sampans
Can Tho
Phu Huu
Mao Forces Surround Rebels in Sinkiang Reports
Tokyo dispatches quote Wall posters claiming Mao loyalist forces have surrounded rebel units in Sinkiang as fighting continues in the vast western region near the Soviet border. Reports note defections from the Aug. 1 field army and ongoing national political moves to shore up Mao and pressure Liu Shao-chi.
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Red China
Mao Tsetung
Sinkiang
Far West
Peking Wall
Soviet Union
Chou En-lai
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
China
Central Daily News
Taipei
Wang En-mao
Kyodo
Shihhotze
Liu
Wall
Field
Peking
Peking Radio
Communist Party Central Committee
U S and Canada Apologize Over Yugoslav Mission Attacks
American and Canadian officials condemned the bombings at Yugoslav missions in Washington Ottawa and at consulates in New York Chicago San Francisco and Toronto. Yugoslav Ambassador Veljko Micunovic met Undersecretary Katzenbach demanding punishment and an FBI led probe amid no arrests reported.
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U.S
Tito
Ottawa
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Toronto
Veljko Micunovic
Nicholas Katzenbach
United States
FBI
Soviet Union
Pacific Heights
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