Washington hush to pass tax bill reshapes US spending
Jim Battin reports from a tense Washington scene as Congress approves a 10 percent tax increase paired with 6 billion dollars in spending cuts. The piece highlights debates on debt, the Vietnam War budget, and agriculture trade policy with Freeman and the USDA, noting potential impacts on Montana wheat and cattle markets.
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House
Congress
Senate
Great Society
Council of Economic Advisors
Johnson
Ways and Means
Vietnam
U. S
Europe
World Financial
Washington, D.C
America
Lions Elect International President David A. Evans of Texas City
David A. Evans of Texas City, Texas, was elected president of Lions International at the 51st Annual Convention in Dallas June 26 to 29. Lions International, with 867,000 members in 143 countries, is the world’s largest service club.
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David A. Evans
Texas City
Texas
Lions International
Dallas
Reed Point Notes and Firearms Opinion Column
Reed Point notes recount community visits reunions and dinners across Reed Point Billings Belfry and Absarokee plus an opinion on firearms legislation cautioning against total gun bans and arguing such laws won’t stop assassinations. The column names many locals and mentions visits to and from Reed Point during the period with social events and travel details.
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Congress
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Air pollution study expands to Big Timber grasslands
Montana State University botanist W E Booth and research assistant Lynn Thornton lead an air particle inventory sponsored by the National Center for Air Pollution Control. Samples at Norris Johnson ranch 15 miles north of town link air particles with grassland vegetation and soil. winter sampling also planned. Mary Brandt of Billings visited with Mrs Don Todd Jr. in North Dakota.
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Reed Point
Bill Golden
H. H. Marlow
Miles City
Ira Ostenson
Thorval Krone
Earl Hicks
Lawrence Berry
al Simonson
Thomval Krone Sr
Larry Larson
Ben Raisland
Big Timber
John Holmgren
Chet Fraser
Mesa, Ariz
Floyd Ferguson
Teddy DeCock
Rapelje
Glen Turney
Twin Bridges
Wayne Eder
Buck Burton
Belfry
B. Z. Burton
Richard Burton
la Grande
Ore
Burton
Eva Moore
James Boxemdale
Everett
Wash
Lee Brown
Pete
Gayle Goddard
David
Steve Ott
Cliff Booth
Jay
Jim Booth
Columbus
Gerald Kinney
Michael
Bobbi Jo
Fountain Valley
Calif
Glen Barnum
Billings
Violet Backe
Beverly
Kentucky
Nettie Lamb
Fred Swift
Backe
Candanece Plumby
Howard
Seattle
Margaret Boyles
Laurel
Jim Baxter
Bud Golden
Sons of
Baxter Home
Robert Lillibridge
Fairfield
N.D
Don Todd Jr
Sonny
Australia
VFW
Skip Pederson
Claude Buttrell
Melville
Pensylvania
Gene Lowry
Ted Haugen
Fishtail
Julia Eggen
Absarokee
John Ott
Bob Mullenburg
Lodge Grass
John Overturf
Ed Overturf
Sheridan, Wye
Bill Reich
Arnold Svenrud
Bozeman
Glen
United States
W. E. Booth
Montana State University
Lynn Thornton
The
State University
National Center For Air Pollution Control
Norris Johnson
Johnson
Savings Bonds Increase Interest Rates Announced
County Treasurer Charles McDonnell says U S Savings Bonds and Savings Notes known as Freedom Shares will pay higher rates starting June 1 1968 E and H Bonds rise from 4.15 to 4.25 percent to maturity and Freedom Shares from 4.74 to 5 percent for issues dated June 1 1968 onward. Existing Freedom Shares issued May 1 1967 to May 30 1968 remain under prior law with no rate change. Purchase restrictions for Freedom Shares are removed and they may be bought singly with an FE Bond of equal or greater denomination.
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Congress
United States
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Congress
Martin Luther King
Senate
House
U. S
Charles McDonnell
Treasury
Freedom
McDonnell
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Robert Guthrie
Phoenix
Ariz
Marian van Campen
Bill Langford and
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White Sulphur Springs
Gary Goddard
Bud Deeney
Jack Mysse
Frank Neeney
Cody Bovee
Henry Hlausserman
Ida Lay
Jack Milligan
Panama Canal Zone
Olga Muir
Muir
Illa Ostenson
Walt Lamb
Roc Brumfield
David Whitham
Denver
Colo
Wes S A. Whitham
Bud Olson
Tom Osen
Livingston
Jack Payne
George Swindler
Georgia Swindler
Red Lodge
Maron Garrett
Bolings
Burton Smith
Sam Hiner
Helena
North Dakota
Mary Brandt
Dave
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