Financing Of Elections Still Being Fought
Sen Russell B Long proposes a new plan to preserve public financing for presidential campaigns. Sen Albert Gore rejects compromises and remains opposed. Long envisions taxpayers directing $1 to a candidate via Treasury vouchers, requiring two million votes to qualify, addressing concerns about the existing funding method.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Long
Gore
Senate
D-La
Treasury
Tax credit tweak eyed in presidential campaign finance clash
Senate debate on a tax measure moves amid party funding battles with Proxmire urging an amendment. The plan would keep investment credits for firms facing losses by applying credits to earlier profitable years, potentially shaping 1968 campaign funding splits between Republicans and Democrats.
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Lunar Orbiter 4 faces valve setback at Cape Kennedy
Technicians test a troublesome valve in Lunar Orbiter 4 fuel system that could delay the moon mapping launch. The valve, not flight qualified after a misfire last month, risks postponing the Atlas Agena mission to photograph 95 percent of the moon from a high orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Moon
Lassie Hosts Anti-Litter Poster Launch at White House
Lassie the superdog attended a ceremony for a new national anti-litter poster to be displayed in recreation areas. The event featured the television star performing the litter-into-trash-can trick for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and others. The same day NASA awarded Boeing nearly 2 million dollars for Lunar Orbiter 2 with a final bonus of 1,918,725 for top mission performance.
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White House
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Saco Democrats To Help With Centennial Event
The Saco Democratic City Committee met in GAR Hall to volunteer for the Centennial Committee. President Joseph Curran and members reported on activities. Richard Murray noted teen involvement and plans to participate. New members Peter Danton Mrs Kenneth Carter and Mrs Kate Pinelli were named. The group voted to buy a coffee pot and Curran announced the next meeting for June 7 in GAR Hall.
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Richard Murray
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Kenneth Carter
Kate Pinelli
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Curran
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Collie Delights First Lady With Flowers at White House
A male collie named Lassie brought flowers to the First Lady. President Johnson’s collie Blanco could not behave and was banished to another area of the White House grounds.
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Capital footnotes and visa denial discuss Dominican figures
Maria Trujillo de Leon Este, daughter of the late Rafael Trujillo, is refused entry to the United States for medical treatment as the State Department offers no further explanation. The Navy rejects taking over the Savannah, an atomic merchant ship, after Adm. McDonald states no economical use is possible. President Johnson speaks on war policy dissent as he holds a news conference.
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Rafael Trujillo
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United States
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Race To The Moon Declared No Contest by NASA Scientist
Dr. Leonard Reiffel, Apollo program deputy director of sciences, said the United States leads Russia in reaching the moon. He cited advances in microelectronics and spoke at Gorham State College about the lunar effort.
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America
Leonard Reiffel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Russia
Gorham State College
Smoking Dogs Spark Cancer Links in Dogs and Humans
Dr. Oscar Auerbach reports that training dogs to smoke up to 12 cigarettes daily causes cancer-like changes in lung tissue, mirroring human smoking effects. Autopsies show cancers progressing with smoking level. a new study expands to 96 dogs to compare filter versus nonfilter cigarettes and repair after quitting.
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Auerbach
Veterans Administration Hospital
East Orange
N.J
American Cancer Society
Auerbach Research Influences View on Smoking and Cancer
The cancer society credits Auerbach’s prior work for identifying smoking as a principal cancer cause. He notes new research could suggest whether a safe cigarette could be developed and what that would entail.
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Auerbach
Cancer Society
Atwood Reappointed Maine Highway Safety Chairman
Portland broadcasting executive Jack Atwood was reappointed as chairman of the Maine Highway Safety Committee by Governor Curtis on Wednesday. Atwood had first been named to the post by Governor Reed. The text also notes a tangential remark that a tangerine is a mandarin, not an orange.
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Jack
Atwood
Portland
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Curtis
Reed
Aid Fund Transfer Expands Maine ADC Resources
Augusta Maine. A 140000 transfer to the Health and Welfare Department raises Maine Aid to Dependent Children funds to about 550000. Gov Curtis and the Executive Council approved the orders Wednesday to cover rising ADC caseloads and hospital and doctors costs for ADC families. Dr Dean H Fisher commented. Journal Want Ads Are Helpful.
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Health and Welfare Department
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