Johnson asks Congress for loan legislation to shift debt
President Johnson proposed private investor participation pools to take over portions of federal loans, aiming to replace about 4.7 billion in public credit in the next fiscal year. He argued the plan would lower deficits, while critics led by Ford warned of higher interest and debt expansion.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Gerald Ford
Ford
Humphrey
Senate
McCormack
McNamara Defends Bomb Policy Amid Vietnam Debate
In testimony McNamara rejects claims of bomb shortages noting 61 000 tons in Southeast Asia inventory and that April bombing will exceed March levels. He says political unrest in South Vietnam affects operations while stressing U.S. restraint and the aim for Vietnamese elections with Viet Cong participation possible as voters. He argues the war is not an internal affair but outside aggression.
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Washington
McNamara
Baloney
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations
U.S
Southeast Asia
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Saigon
Hickenlooper
Politi
South Vietnam
Sen. Gore
Dtenn
F Fulbright
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
North Vietnam
South
Hanoi
Muste
Lyttle
Today's Chuckle Wedding Advice from the Bride's Mother
A lighthearted quip frames marriage as a balance of give and take with a joke that if the husband does not give enough the wife should take it. The line is attributed to the bride's mother in a humorous domestic moment.
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Louise Wacha
Marshalltown
David Perizek
Senator Lausche
Ohio
Agnes Kartoska
Wada
Pilicer Sentenced to Jail for Unpaid Fine in Cedar Rapids
Pilicer Abraham, 68, of 2315 Ridgeway Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, surrendered at the federal court building after failing to pay 12 250 in fines for illegal drug sales. He was taken to Linn County jail despite claims of funds from paintings and artifacts valued over 200 000. Attorneys Wilson and Reilly filed a motion to extend payment time.
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Cedar Rapids
Abraham Pilicer
Linn County
Pilicer
Ridgeway Drive
Federal Court
Dick McKinney
Ford links McNamara ship policy to Vietnam supply crisis
House Republican Leader Gerald Ford blamed Secretary McNamara for a disastrous ship decision that worsened wartime supply lines. He cited a drop to 12th in shipbuilding, a seven year budget low, and a merchant fleet shortfall hampering Vietnam war efforts.
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Washington
House
Gerald Ford
Defense McNamara
Ford
Administration
Secre
McNamara
G.O.P
Vietnam
Tornadoes Cause Overland Park and Lombard Damage
Severe spring storm moves through the Midwest and West causing more than 1.5 million dollars in damage. In Overland Park Kansas 35 homes sustain heavy damage and 15 destroyed while Katherine Carpenter elementary School has minor damage. Later a tornado hits Lombard Illinois damaging or destroying more than 20 homes with no injuries reported.
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Overland Park
Kan
Kansas City
Plains
Midlands
Valley View
Lombard
Ill
Chicago
John Kenyon
Katherine Carpenter
The
Moose Tornado Hits Resort and County Wide Damage
A tornado attacked a Minnesota resort near Tofte and swept through at least six Eastern Iowa counties, damaging roofs and farms. In Moose Damages Roof at Resort, trees were uprooted and power lines down. residents reported heavy damage to S J Mary's church rectory and school and to several dwellings. In Milpitas California, Ben Gross was named Santa Clara County's first Negro mayor.
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Weather Bureau
Tama County
Canada
Vining
Kirksville
St. Louis
Moline
Madison
Wyoming
Iowa
Joe Valenta
Joe Wacha
Joel and
Frank Stratocha
S J. Mary’s Church
Tofte
Minn
Savehill Lodge
Ken Osman
Tama
Bcounty
Light and Telephone Company
Milpitas
Calif
Santa Clara County
Ben Gross
Senate rejects one man one vote amendment 55 38
The Senate rejected Dirksen's proposed constitutional amendment to undo the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling in state legislative apportionment by a 55 38 vote, seven votes short of the two thirds required. Supporters argued for geography and subdivisions influence, while opponents warned of constitutional crisis.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senate
Sen. Dirksen
Dirksen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Berlin Wall
Sen
Jordan
Idaho
Vietnamese pacifists mocked by Saigon youths at press conference
In Saigon six American pacifists from the Nonviolent Action group faced a riotous scene as Vietnamese students hurled tomatoes and eggs, ripped antiwar posters, and demanded they declare allegiance. The event ended with police escort and expulsion orders from the Saigon government.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
William Davidon
Haverford College
Pennsylvania
Bradford Lyttle
Voluntown
Conn
Saigon University
A. J. Muste
New York
Karl Meyer
The
Catholic Worker
Chicago
Charlotte Thurber
Greenwich
Sarah Lawrence College
Barbara Deming
Wellfleet, Mass
Vietnam
Castro claims missiles can reach United States
Fidel Castro says Cuba has Russian missiles able to hit the U.S. according to the weekly Bunte Illustrierte. The Pentagon in Washington denied that Cuba’s short range missiles could reach the United States. In Paris, a second 24 hour gas and electric strike disrupted France with lights out and gas pressure down.
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Fidel Castro
U.S
Bunte Illustrierte
Cuba
Washington
Pentagon
Paris
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