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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1968

Page

6

Johnson Retirement Bombshell Ends Five Month Wait

Washington report details Lyndon Baines Johnson delaying a withdrawal from the 1968 race for five months. March 31 brought a prearranged telecast as Johnson prepared to announce he would not seek or accept his party's nomination. The scene at the White House involved family and key aides shaping the speech and timing.

Washington Lyndon Baines Johnson White House Johnson Sen Wayne Morse Connally Christian Vietnam North Vietnam William Westmoreland Horace Busby James Jones Marvin Watson

Tax Guide Outlines Tax Relief Options and Drawbacks

The article discusses high tax bites on wages and explores relief ideas. It covers savings E bonds with tax deferral and potential retirement tax relief, plus investments in common shares of real estate and utility firms with dividends that may be tax exempt, noting drawbacks.

Investors weigh tax exempt bonds versus mutual funds

The piece explains tax exempt municipal bonds offer attractive yields after tax, with caveats on inflation risk and complexity, compares to taxable securities and mutual funds, and then shifts to a historical political narrative about Johnson-Humphrey campaign activity ending with a broadcast verdict.

Johnson speech ushers in New era after shock bombshell

President Lyndon B Johnson faces a dramatic day as a bombshell unfolds and he prepares to address the nation. Across major cities in the United States and abroad citizens reach for phones to hear his remarks and a key list of officials expects to speak with him. The evening ends with Johnson embracing family in the Rose Garden and retreating from public view.

Capitol Hill Johnson Christian Johnson-Humphrey Wisconsin California Humphrey State Rusk Defense Clark Clifford North Vietnam Mexico City Fulton Freeman Diaz Ordaz Freemans’ Library Morse Washington Time Chicago Austin New Zealand Washington New York Richard Daley Connally United States

Former Nazis Sentenced by German Court

A Hamburg court sentenced five ex Nazi police battalion members to prison terms up to eight years for aiding the murder of 25 000 Polish Jews in 1942 43. Six subordinates aiding in killings were found guilty but not sentenced.

Hamburg Germany Wolfgang Hoffmann Julius Wohlauf Kurt Dreyer Anton Becker Heinrich Becker Lublin Poland Hoffmann Wohlauf Dreyer

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