Senate defeats plan to fund presidential campaigns
The Senate rejected a broad plan to fund presidential campaigns via income tax contributions, keeping the campaign financing repeal tied to a tax bill. Sen. Russell B. Long led the fight against the subsidy, while President Johnson and backers pressed for the funding scheme amid debates on taxes and depreciation incentives.
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Washington
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Johnson
Long
Ident
LBJ
Albert Gore
D-Tech
Gore
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Fairfield votes to raise tax rate to 30.6 mills
Fairfield Finance board formally sets the town tax rate at 30.6 mills for the new fiscal year starting July 1, increasing by six tenths of a mill. Taxpayers pay 30.60 per 1000 dollars of property assessment. a $10,000 assessment yields $306 in taxes, up $6 from the prior year.
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Fairfield Finance Board
Harris Heading Area Manpower Planning Group
Herbert Harris was elected chairman of the area committee for CAMPS the Comprehensive Advisory Manpower Planning System. CAMPS coordinates federal and local manpower programs to maximize funds and avoid duplication, with input from local business and labor groups. Harris aims to deliver efficient area-wide training and reduce red tape.
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Herbert Harris
Bridgeport Community Development, Inc
ABCD
United States
United States Department of Labor
Department of Health and Welfare
Department of Commerce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Economic Opportunity
Harris
Bridgeport
Washington, DC
GOP Wins In Newtown
In Newtown the Republican slate captured all major offices in the biennial election. Francis J. Hiney won First Selectman with 2,482 votes over Democrat Carl M. Schutz. M. Frederic Rees became Second Selectman with 2,351 votes, while Democrat Kenneth Casey narrowly claimed the other minority post. Barbara Parker was Town Clerk, Herbert H. Cutler was reelected Town Treasurer, and Beatrice Fittelkow defeated Oliver M. Seaman for Tax Collector. About 62 percent of eligible voters participated.
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Newtown
Francis J. Hiney
Carl M. Schutz
M. Frederic Rees
Man
Kenneth Casey
Schutz
Barabara Parker
Rosemary Nelson
Herbert H. Cutler
Beatrice Fittelkow
Oliver M. Seaman
Grand jury in New Haven nears end of Bridgeport crime probe
Testimony before a federal grand jury in New Haven is winding down after hearings into crime in Bridgeport. Police officials and Bridgeport officers testified as officials said investigations could involve morals activity and prostitution and possible cross state activity.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
U. S
Samuel J. Heyman
Heyman
Joseph A. Walsh
Curran
Grand Jury
New Haven Dinner Plans Stir Over Senator Dodd Tribute
Arthur T. Barbieri, New Haven Democratic chair, says he will proceed with a $100 a plate testimonial dinner for Senator Thomas J. Dodd despite the senator’s opposition. Dodd in Washington requests Barbieri cancel plans, praising his colleague’s public service while Barbieri insists the event will go forward with funds for Dodd to use as he wishes.
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New Haven
Arthur T. Barbieri
Thomas J. Dodd
Barbieri
Dodd
Art Barbieri
White voters elects Sunflower mayor as Negro vote counted
In Sunflower Mississippi white voters returned Mayor W L Patterson to lead the town, defeating Otis Brown Jr. in unofficial results amid a Negro majority. Moorhead also saw white candidates win as observers watched the race amid national attention on the Freedom Democratic party effort.
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Sunflower
Miss
Moorhead
Freedom Democratic Party
Sunflower County
James Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
W. L. Patterson
Otis Brown Jr
Patterson
Alvin Bronstein
Jackson, Miss
Congress Awaits LBJ Rail Plan On Rail Dispute
President Johnson signs a bill delaying a railroad strike for 47 days as Congress awaits his proposal to settle wage talks. White House aides say Johnson will submit legislative plans soon after meetings with Morse McNamara Boyd and Wirtz.
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Congress
Washington
Johnson
White House
George Christian
Christian
Wayne Morse
Dore
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Transportation
Alan Boyd
W. Willard Wirtz
Dirksen Bolsters GOP Unity Over Vietnam War Stance
Senate GOP leader Everett M Dirksen urged unity after hospital stay as he drafted and promoted a party position backing President Johnson’s Vietnam policy. He pressed fellow Republicans to back the commander in chief and resist critical staff reports.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Johnson
Illinois
GOP
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Vietnam
Dirksen
East Side Middle School Plans Approved by Board
Preliminary plans for East Side Middle School to serve grades 6 7 8 were approved by the Board of Education at a special meeting. Antinozzi Associates will prepare final plans in four months with bids for construction to follow. The cluster of four connected buildings will house 1 800 to 2 000 pupils with a 78 to 90 teaching room layout and optional future swimming pool. The design, air conditioned and unique to the East, allows flexible, partitioned classrooms and team teaching.
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East Side
Pradas
Board of Education
City Hall
Antinozzi Associates
Bullard-Havens
Lester St. Silver
Sstone
Francis J. King
NAACP
East
East’ Supt
Silverstone
Daniel Antinozzi
Marines Suffer Steep Casualties in Vietnam Hill Battles
In a week of fighting around two jungle hills in Vietnam the Marines lost nearly 100 dead and 278 wounded, with 16 months of conflict showing about 3 percent killed or wounded. The article notes frequent costly assaults on entrenched targets like Hill 861 and another hill, contrasting Marine tactics with Army figures and views on how to wage the war.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
Vietnam
Armed group storms California Capitol arrest 26
A group of armed Black men entered the California Assembly chamber during a debate. Police seized several unloaded weapons, and 26 men were booked on suspicion of charges including brandishing a weapon and possession of sawed off shotguns.
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Cal. Capitol
Serry Rankin
Sacramento
Calif
Battles with Viet Cong stretch seven hours in Mekong Delta
In the Mekong delta southwest of Saigon US infantrymen clashed with a Viet Cong battalion for nearly seven hours, reportedly killing 181. Heavy fighting and B52 raids occurred in the north, with South Vietnamese paratroopers claiming 150 enemy killed near Lao five miles north. Heavy sniper fire reached the Laos border area as Marines and North Vietnamese fighters contest hills. American airstrikes hit rail lines near Hanoi while U S F105 jets reportedly bombed Chinese territory at Ningming. reports cite Peking claims and Saigon officials' continuing procedures.
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Saigon
USS
Mekong Delta
Lao
South Vietnam
Laos
North Vietnam
Hanoi
China
South Viet Nam
Peking
Peking Radio
Air Force
Ningming
Kwangsi Province
Red China
Woman photographer captures Marines in hill battle near Khe Sanh
Catherine Leroy a 22 year old Parisian freelance photographer covered the Hill 831 fight near the DMZ as U S Marines of Golf Company 2 3 Marines battled North Vietnamese positions. Her dramatic frames include a corpsman braving crossfire to reach a wounded Marine before the hill fell and she sent the pictures from Da Nang base by helicopter.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Catherine Leroy
Paris
Hill 831
Marine Land
Vietnam
Golf
2Nd Battalion
3Rd Marines
Khe Sanh
North
Miss Leroy
da Nang
Classifieds and features page highlights a busy section
A snapshot of a newspaper page listing features for Everybody In Telegram Daily with sections on Classified Ads Comics Editorials and various columns. It notes pages for Dear Abby Dr Brandstadt Jacoby on Bridge Polly's Pointers Sylvia Porter Theater News TV and Radio and Women’s News.
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Telegram
Thesseree
Aviewteens
Dear Abby
Dr. Brandstadt
M.D
Federate Pa
Bt Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Cc Veces
Polly'’s
C.eee
Wees
Sylvia Porter
Women's News
Varvses
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Rees
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Mississippi
East Side Middle School
Katie Smith
Highland Park
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