Tax Call Faces Cool Front in Congress
Congressional reaction to President Johnsons 10 percent income tax surcharge ranges from lukewarm to chilly with few unreserved supporters. Democrats split. some oppose the plan while others back it conditionally. Retail and business opinion varies as lawmakers debate timing and retroactivity.
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Washington
Johnson
Proxmire
Dwis
Senate-House
Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Ord Johnson
Carcanghcoy Pelea
Fund Hall Suggests for Hatred School
Senate testimony alleges federal funds finance a Nashville summer school teaching hatred toward whites with anti poverty officials in Washington and Nashville disputing the claims. Police sources and SNCC ties are cited while officials pledge investigations and possible sworn testimony.
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Nashville, Tenn
Senate
Washington
Liberation School
Nashville
Scott
R-Pa
John Sprace
Sprace
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fred Brooks
Cedar Rapids man on work release charged with drunk driving
Cecil A. Edgeton a 21 year old Cedar Rapids man on Linn county jail work release was charged with drunken driving and driving while license suspended. He allegedly drove without permission colliding with a car owned by Harry L Williams and was cited for attempting to elude police and speeding. Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin suspended three months of his sentence and ordered the remaining three months to be served concurrently with two 30 day terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Cecil A. Edgeton
Fourth Street
Walter Grant
Edgeton
Grant
Bigelow E. Bowers
J Avenue
H Street
Harry L. Williams
Histreet
Williams
Howard McLaughlin
Weary Philadelphia Patrolman Held for Contempt
Patrolman Cosmo Arcaro, after a 14 hour shift, was held in contempt of court for appearing bored in court. He waited from 9 15 a.m. to 4 p.m. and faced two court attendants who offered a bed. The defendant in the case was discharged. Arcaro awaits further action per Judge Michael O'Donnell and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo ordered an investigation.
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Philadelphia
Cosmo Arcaro
Arcaro
Michael O’donnell
Frank Rizzo
Gavin Quits in Vietnam Protest in Cambridge
Retired Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin resigns from the Massachusetts Democratic advisory council condemning U.S. Vietnam policy and opposing President Johnson for 1968 re election. Gavin cites domestic funding gaps and says the move aligns with years of antiwar stance and talks with Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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Cambridge
Mass
James M. Gavin
France
Massachusetts Democratic Advisory Council
Johnson
Council of Leading Business and Professional People
Gavin
Ken Gavin
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Hyman
America
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Father Slays Boy After Daughter Out All Night
In Knoxville Tennessee a father shot and killed Ray Williams a 16 year old high school dropout whom police said kept his daughter Georgia Ann Shipwash 15 out all night. J W Shipwash 43 and his wife were charged with murder with bonds set at 10 000 each. The father claimed he wanted only to scare the boy and cried for mercy after the shooting.
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Knoxville
Shipwash
Woman Robbed Of Life Savings In Parking Lot
Eva Muncie 68 of San Francisco reported two youths snatched her purse in a Waukegan shopping plaza. She said a side pocket held an envelope with eight $1,000 bills and a $71 Social Security check. She was visiting a daughter.
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Waukegan, Ill
Eva Muncie
San Francisco
Jordan Declares No Separate Peace with Israel
Premier Saad Jumaa stated that Jordan will not sign a separate peace with Israel. The remark was published Friday from Amman, issued through the official statement channel.
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Amman
Jordan
Saad Jumaa
Israel
Narwhal, Navy’s 82nd Nuclear Sub, Set for Sept 9 Launch
Submarine Narwhal to be launched in Groton Connecticut on September 9 as the Navy’s 82nd nuclear-powered vessel.
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Groton
Conn
Navy
19 Injured as Cave-In Halts New Kansas City Bridge Site
In Kansas City a collapse of wooden forms at the 103rd and Grandview road site halted work on a new Interstate 435 bridge. Nineteen workers were hospitalized, four treated and released, with three highway inspectors among the injured. Concrete and steel debris trapped several moments before escape.
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New Bridge
Kansas City
103Rd
Grandview Road
Walter Baugh
Never Ran Indicted In Campaign Expense Charge
Detroit AP Missouri sharecropper's son James Williams, who says he never ran for election and struggles with reading, is indicted by Circuit Judge Bowler for failing to file a full record of campaign expenses from the 1966 auditor race. He pled not guilty, posted bond, and faces trial August 10.
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Detroit
Missouri
George Bowler
James Williams
Williams
Record U S planes set 197 mission day in North Vietnam
U S commanders report 197 strike missions in North Vietnam the most in a single day across 2 1/2 years of bombing. 635 combat planes lost including a Thunder chief. Mekong delta sweep ends with 285 communists dead and U S casualties eight dead 33 wounded. Marines end Pike operation near Da Nang with 100 red troops killed and eight marines killed.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
North
U. S. Command
Air Force
U. S
Mekong Delta
da Nang
U.S. Presses Europe to Halt Modern Arms to Latin America
Washington reports urge Western European nations not to sell jet aircraft and other modern armaments to Latin American nations to curb arms races and boost development. Officials note U.S. policy since 1962 favors limited arms, with Peru receiving 45 million dollars in older munitions and WWII fighter planes.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Peru
Manila
UPI
Angeles
Clark
Ignatius Named Navy Secretary
President Johnson named Paul Ignatius an assistant defense secretary to be secretary of the navy subject to Senate confirmation. He would fill the post left vacant by John McNaughton who died in an airliner crash July 19.
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Washington
UPI
Paul Ignatius
Defense
Johnson Friday
Navy
Senate
John McNaughton
Negro Riot Victim Commits Suicide in Cambridge
Hansel Green a 58 year old Black businessman and funeral home partner, lost two enterprises in July rioting that followed a H. Rap Brown rally in Cambridge Maryland. He shot himself in his den, death ruled a death by own action.
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Cambridge, Md
Cambridge
Brice Kinnamon
Hansel Green
John Mace
Green
H. Rap Brown
Brown
SNCC Official Elected to Lead Leftist World Convention
Cleveland Sellers, SNCC program secretary, was among nine delegates chosen to preside over sessions at the 13th world convention of the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Tokyo. The three day event opened with about 12 000 delegates from 11 foreign countries. Sellers' role signals growing SNCC ties to leftist groups abroad.
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Tokyo
Cleveland Sellers
Japan Council Against
Japanese Communist Party
Sellers
SNCC
U.S
Niger Leader Diori to Visit Washington in September
President Hamani Diori of Niger will visit Washington on September 26 and 27 for talks with U.S. officials. The visit marks continuing diplomatic engagement between Niger and the United States.
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Washington
UPI
Hamani Diori
Republic of Niger
Chuckle Man Puzzles Caller With Wordplay
A humorous exchange unfolds as the Chuckle Man mishears a caller and teases about mumbling. The playful banter centers on clear communication and a lighthearted misunderstanding.
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