Johnson signs 4.7 billion tax cut in bright day for Americans
President Johnson signed a 4.7 billion tax cut bill in the White House East Room promising savings for consumers as excise taxes are repealed. The measure, staged in three parts, will reduce prices, boost jobs and production for years, with further cuts possible in the future. Some reductions on cars and telephone calls extend to January 1, 1969.
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Washington
Johnson
White House East Room
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congress
Mum
East Room
AMA delegates debate health plan boycott at annual meeting
Ten resolutions seek a doctor's boycott of a federal health plan as the AMA House of Delegates convenes in New York. Some resolutions oppose Medicare while the new AMA president urges compliance with the program if enacted, signaling a split in state and county societies.
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New York
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
AMA
James Z. Appel
Arizona
Ohio
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
Indiana
Nebraska
Connecticut
Texas
John K. Glen
Glen
Houston
Miners Begin Summer Vacation Under UMW Contract
Charleston AP reports West Virginia coal miners in three UMW districts start a two week vacation period this Saturday under the union contract. About 40,000 miners will take the first of two vacations with June 26 and July 10 start dates. Full year workers receive 2255 vacation pay.
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Charleston
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Judge Brown Exits Ruby Murder Case in Dallas
The Dallas judge who presided over Jack Ruby's trial steps down at his own request amid ongoing upheaval in the case. Ruby's lawyers had sought disqualification over concerns including Brown's book project. A replacement judge and a possible sanity hearing are under consideration in Texas.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Sol Dann
Detroit
Brown
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas A. Blankenship
Dallas County
Tazewell unit gets $25818 grant from OEO
Congressman W Pat Jennings announced a grant of 25818 to the Tazewell County Development Corporation to fight poverty under the Office of Economic Opportunity. Officials could not explain exact use of funds. the group seeks about 250000 and is recruiting director, assistant director and two clerks. Jennings also announced a 27859 grant to Bland County Wytheville Development Corporation.
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Tazewell County
Development Corporation
W. Pat Jennings
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
W. F. Wadsworth
Donald R. Mullins
Bluefield
Community Action
Jennings
Bland County-Wytheville, Va
West Virginia Sees Mild Weather Through Saturday
A forecast shows mild conditions across West Virginia with Monday marking the first official day of summer. Daytime highs range near 85 degrees in the south and 81 in the north with lows around 63 and 56, respectively, and rain totals from one to three quarters of an inch.
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West Virginia
Bowmen of Horsepen Dies in Truck Wreck Near Rocky Gap
Charles Thomas Bowman, a section of Bland County Virginia, died when his lumber laden tractor-trailer overturned on Rt. 61 five miles west of Rocky Gap. Bowman was ejected from the cab and crushed by the vehicle. He worked for R Crockett Truck Lines and was the son of Marvin C and Eva Bowman. Funeral services are scheduled at Horsepen Christian Church with burial in the Tazewell Cemetery.
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Tazewell County
Rocky Gap
Charles Thomas Bowman
Horsepen
Rt. 61
Bland County
Bowman
R. Crockett
Thefield - Tazewell Road
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Carolina Garage Lines
Winston-Salem
N. C
Marvin C
Eva Bowman
Sherri Bowman
Pocahontas
Dorsey McGrady
Princeton
Horsepen Christian Church
Charlie Sublett
Tazewell
Elisha Duncan
Edward Duncan
Tison Duncan
Ernest Bowman
Lowell Patrick
Allen Bowman Jr
Marvin Bowman
Greever Funeral Home
Baruch Remembered In Simple Funeral Service Plan
President Johnson led a national tribute to Bernard M. Baruch as a brief funeral was scheduled for Wednesday. Baruch will be buried without public viewing and Johnson praised his steadfast patriotism and public service.
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New York
Johnson
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
Bernard Barachey
Marines Die In Land Skirmish In South Viet Nam
U S and South Vietnamese pilots attacked four North Vietnamese targets in a daylong raid across the country. A U S Marine was killed and six wounded in a ground clash near Da Nang as Viet Cong losses were reported and helicopters supported the operation. In Saigon Brig Gen Nguyen Cao Ky became premier as the military assumed political power.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
Phu Quy
Moc Chau
Vinh
Hanoi
da Nang
Ban Me Thuot-Nha Trang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khae Suu
Nguyen van Thieu
Quat
Suu
Tan Son Nhut
Johnson pleased with Humphrey De Gaulle talks report
White House said President Johnson was pleased with Ambassador Bohlen and Humphrey after the Humphrey De Gaulle meeting in Paris. Humphrey described the hour and twenty minute discussion as fruitful and constructive with the French president, while no meeting with De Gaulle was confirmed.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Charles de Gaulle
George E. Reedy
Humphrey
de Gaulle
Paris
Southeast Asia
Reedy
America
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Humphrey-De Gaulle
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
Elysee Palace
Bohlen
Camp David
Congressional Democratic
Commerce Office picks Colllins as undersecretary
President announced LeRoy Collins former Florida governor will head smooth compliance efforts with the 1964 civil rights act under new Commerce Department leadership.
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Washington
Johnson
Commerce
Florida
LeRoy Collins
Algerian streets flare again as Ben Bella ouster protests rise
Algiers saw 200 to 300 protesters, mostly students, marching near the post office shouting Ya hyah Ben Bella and Vive Ben Bella as police and troops restored order. Security forces ringed key sites while Boumedienne tightens control amid pending Asian African summit plans and calls to postpone.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Boumediane
Revolutionary Council
Red China
Reegime
Thousands Homeless In Flood Ravaged Kansas
The Arkansas River, five miles wide and seventy five miles long, swelled across Kansas causing mass evacuations in towns like Kinsley Larned and Great Bend. The cresting river, highest on record, prompted emergency moves for hundreds of residents and potential wheat crop damage.
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Kansas
Ivvil
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Edwards County
Larned
Kan
Great Bend
Syracuse
Garden City
Kinsley
Spearville
Colorado
Denver
Hutchinson
Wichita
Arkansas City
Combat Pay Policy Adopted for U S Troops
The Defense Department announced a new policy granting 55 dollars monthly combat pay to 53,400 U S military personnel in South Viet Nam and potentially 27,000 Navy personnel aboard U S 7th Fleet ships. The policy also covers dependents of service members killed and extends to injuries from hostile actions in the Dominican Republic. The order, signed June 2 by Deputy Secretary Cyrus R. Vance, broadens prior rules.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
Dominican Republic
Cyrus R. Vance
WHIS-TV to Move on Bluefield Cable Channel 5
WHIS-TV will join Bluefield’s cable lineup on Channel 5 in a few days, dropping Charleston Channel 8. Bluefield Cable, limited to four stations, cites FCC rules to carry closer local stations and notes Roanoke and Charleston share CBS, so no program loss. Dial numbers shift to Channel 7 dial 2 Roanoke NBC Channel 10, Channel 13 Huntington ABC 4, Channel 6 NBC ABC 5, with completion aimed by Thursday 9 am.
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Whis-Tv
Bluefield
William Heinbach
Bluefield TV
Charleston
Heinbach
Federal Communications Commission
Roanoke
CBS
NBC
Huntington
ABC
Channel
West Virginia Pilot Killed in Vietnam Combat
Army Captain Jack Sanford of East Rainelle WV died in Vietnam when his helicopter was struck by ground fire last Wednesday. He was the son of Mrs. Virginia A. Tigner of East Rainelle.
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Charleston
West Virginia
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Army
Jack Sanford
East Rainelle
Virginia A. Tigner
Punks Scheduled To Hang Today In Kansas
Two young killers James Latham and George York face execution between 12 01 a m and 4 a m at the Kansas Penitentiary for the 1961 Ziegler killing near Wallace. Gov Avery denied clemency as details of a cross country robbery killing spree emerge.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
James Douglas Latham
George Ronald York
William H. Avery
Kansas
York
Jacksonville
Fla
Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Otto Ziegler
Oakley
Wallace
Ft. Hood
Edward J. Guidroz
Baton Rouge
Guidroz
Althea Ottavio
Patricia Anne Hewitt
Valdosta
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Baruch
Paris Report
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Col
Houari Boumedienne
Larned Great Bend
Weather Bureau
WHIS
Fast
Viet Nam
Selves
Sherman Crouse
Tennessee
Ilinois
Perry Edward Smith
Richard Eugene Hickock
Herbert Clutters
Holcomb
John A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Tenn
Albert E. Reed
Litchfield
Ill
Martin Drenovac
Granite City
Ziegler
Rachel Marion Moyer
Craig
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