AFL-CIO urges higher taxes on corporate profits to curb war cost
The AFL-CIO urged boosting taxes on soaring corporate profits to pay for Viet Nam war costs and curb inflation. It warned against cutting Great Society programs, called for ending or limiting the 7 percent business tax credit, and urged a new unemployment goal of 3 percent.
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Johnson
Great Society
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Poles Hope for Papal Visit Next May
In Warsaw Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski said Poland plans to celebrate 1000 years of Christianity with Pope Paul VI if God wills. He confirmed Polish Catholic wishes for a papal visit, though such a trip seems unlikely amid church state tensions in the Communist era.
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Poland
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Wyszynski
Paul VI
Traffic toll rises with three deaths in Virginia
Three traffic deaths reported Saturday in Virginia push the 1966 toll to 96. An unspecified vehicle plunged 27 feet off a Tidewater Drive overpass. In Martinsville, 18 year old Phillip Schmidt of Martinsville died late Friday after a collision at the Virginia 687 and 638 intersection in Henry County.
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Naval Fleet
Martinsville
Harry Phillip Schmidt
Henry County
Dominican Has New Military Officials
President Hector Garcia Godoy swore in new air force and army chiefs to end a prolonged political military crisis. Osiris Perdomon, 41, takes army command and Juan Boleh Perez, 39, leads the air force as temporary brigadier generals after two top officers refused a presidential transfer abroad.
Apollo Moon Mission Soars In Maiden Saturn 1B Flight
Saturn 1B and Apollo spacecraft achieve a flawless maiden flight lasting about 40 minutes. The launch proves systems readiness for manned lunar landings with reentry surviving temperatures up to 5 000 degrees. Recovery teams locate the capsule in the South Atlantic near Cape Kennedy as Boxer recovers the craft.
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Dean F. Eisele
Cape Kennedy
Fla
South Atlantic Ocean
Hopes Fade On Finding Bomb Near Palomares
After a B52 crash near Palomares Beach Spain on January 17 the hunt for one missing U.S. nuclear bomb continues at four decades and nights. Officials say three bombs were recovered and the fourth may remain lost amid cautious decontamination and land returns. Decontamination steps avoided the word while farmers resume selling locally grown produce as radioactivity fears ease.
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Godwin's Sales Tax Bill Clears Senate Momentum Grows
Four West Virginians killed as Godwin's sales tax bill moves through Virginia politics. Senate fixes $160 million measure so rate rises from two to three percent automatically in 1968. House of Delegates must concur before sending to Governor. Escalator mechanism urged passage in short order.
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Vast Food Plan Faces House Vote And Tax Hurdles
Washington report outlines a massive Food for Peace effort to move over 1.7 billion dollars in U S farm products to aid needy nations. The plan relies on government agency coordination, private grain dealers, and international buyers under a Food for Freedom expansion.
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U.S
AWOL Pfc. Mettler Found Hiding in Athens Supermarket
Pfc. Jerry Allen Mettler a 19 year old soldier missing since December was found in a storage room at a local Athens supermarket. He had fled from Ft. Jackson and told police he did not want to return to the Army. Military police from Ft. Gordon were expected to collect him.
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Hardy
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Tumor Transplant Sought To Save Cancer-Stricken Allen
Robert F. Allen a 28 year old Tucson insurance executive and former Illinois football player seeks a donor with osteogenic sarcoma for an experimental antibody transplant at Roswell Park Mayo Clinic doctors report the approach could save both lives if a matching patient is found and agrees to the treatment.
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Allen
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Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
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Nadier
George E. Moore
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N.J
Moore
Tracy
Dougy
West Virginia highway crashes claim four lives
Separate wrecks across Kanawha, Nicholas, Pleasants and Ritchie counties kill four West Virginians. John Clinton White 41 of St Albans dies after a two car collision on U S 60 near Amanda. James Blankenship 32 of Summersville dies later at hospital from Per singer crash injuries. Mary Yeager 58 of Sutton severely injured in a U S 60 crash at Pennesboro. Glenn Gatrell 7 of St Marys killed in a Newport Ohio collision with a tractor trailer.
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Mary Yeager
Sutton
U.S
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Ritchie County
Yeager
Glenn Gatrell
St. Mary's
Pleasants County
Newport
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
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Space Dogs Shown On TV From Cosmos 1110 Mission
Soviet space dogs Veterok and Ugolyok appeared on Moscow television in a recorded broadcast from the high flying Sputnik. The dogs orbited Earth at a peak of 562 miles in a mission described as biological studies to precede human space steps. They were shown in a Cosmos 1110 capsule and appeared to be doing fine during the three minute broadcast.
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Ugolyok
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Enlistments Hit High Level Amid Vietnam Buildup
Washington AP reports January enlistments near 50 245 thousand, with Army at 18 500 the highest in over a decade and Marines 6 900 up 165 percent. Air Force 11 500 and Navy 12 400 show strong gains while recruiters note quota limits and eased Selective Service standards. Draft calls cut in March amid solid enlistment trends though overall manpower goals remain unchanged.
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Johnson
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