Gradual Tax Cut Seen as Acceptable
President Kennedy signals a gradual five to ten billion dollar tax cut in several stepped phases to ease deficits and win congressional approval. He leans on Wilbur Mills and Harry Byrd to back the plan while pursuing firmer aims on Cold War issues and a path toward a peaceful Cuba.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Congress
Treasury
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy to Attend Kerr Rites in Oklahoma City
Senator Robert S. Kerr, a multimillionaire oilman and longtime Oklahoma Democrat, died after collapsing at Doctors Hospital. President Kennedy planned to attend Kerr's funeral in Oklahoma City, honoring a legislator lauded for leadership. Congress reconvenes January 9 as Kerr’s death shifts the Senate balance to 66 Democrats and 33 Republicans.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
White House
Senate
Doctors Hospital
Kerr
Oklahoma City
Kennedy
Miami
J. Howard Edmond
Edmondson
George Nigh
Oklahoma
Henry Bellmon
Congress
Johnson
Kerri
Kennedy Sisters to Visit India and Pakistan
Three Kennedy sisters Patricia Lawford Eunice Shriver and Jean Smith will travel to India and Pakistan next month in an informal private visit. Press Secretary Salinger said details are being arranged with no official visits planned to hospitals or orphanages, contrary to an earlier Galbraith announcement.
Iowa Tax Take Up $15 Million Over Last Year
Iowa tax revenues rose to about $297 million in the prior year, up roughly $15 million from 1961. The gain chiefly came from individual income tax, with notable increases in use, sales, and gasoline taxes. corporate tax fell slightly. Individual residents paid just over $42 million, while nonresidents paid about $1.2 million. Sales tax yielded about $70.57 million.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Feguer Granted One Month Stay of Execution
Condemned kidnap slayer Victor H. Feguer received a one month stay of execution from U.S. District Judge Henry Graven to allow time for President Kennedy to rule on clemency. The postponement shifts the planned Jan. 15 hanging to Feb. 15 at the request of federal marshal C. H. Meek as final preparations await presidential action.
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Dubuque
UPI
Victor Harry Feguer
U.S
Henry Graven
Kennedy
Feguer
Iowa
Fort Madison
Edward Bartles
Graven
C. H. Meek
Meek
Union Miniere Teams Up With U N on Congo Plan
LEOPOLDVILLE AP The Union Miniere copper giant joined U N plans for rapid Congo reunification while fighting raged in Katanga. Its experts will depart Brussels for Leopoldville to aid in drafting a repartition project of currency from Union Miniere sales. Tshombe agreed to return to Elisabethville for renewed talks on unification as U N unity plan seeks a 50 50 revenue split. Heavy fighting continued on the Elisabethville Jadotville road. three Indian soldiers were killed and 14 wounded New Year’s Eve. Destruction of bridges impeded U N advances. Tshombe urged a cease fire as a condition for returning to his U N occupied capital.
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Leopoldville
Union Miniere Copper Mining Company
U.N
Congo
Katanga
Brussels
Con Igolese
Union Miniere
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
U Thant
Cyrille Adoula
Tshombe
Elisabethville - Jadotville Road
Kolwezi
Kitwe
Rhodesia
Castro ridicules U.S. payment of indemnification for invasion prisoners
In Havana Fidel Castro blasted President Kennedy and accused the United States of paying indemnification to freed invasion prisoners. He called the payment ransom and claimed imperialism suffered its first defeat at Giron beach. Castro said Kennedy acted like a pirate and that Robert Kennedy was behind the funds.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
United States
Castro
U. S
Giron Beach
Latin America
Reds Fire On U S Helos. 3 Americans Die In Vietnam
Communist ground fire shot up a fleet of U S helicopters delivering government troops in the Mekong Delta. Three Americans died including an army captain and four were wounded as 14 of 15 helicopters were hit. South Vietnamese losses were about 50. The clash occurred 50 miles southwest of Saigon with battles continuing as rescue efforts proceeded. Government forces then launched a large operation near Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border with 500 lifted by helicopter and 1,200 para troopers dropped. No initial contact was reported.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
U. S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mekong Delta
Tay ‘Ninh
New Year Laundry Chute Traps Boy in Concord
Arthur Johnson aged 14 became stuck in a laundry chute during a New Year’s idea in Concord New Hampshire. After three hours firefighters freed him once his mother returned home and heard his cries.
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Concord
N. H
Arthur Johnson
Amish Move to Canada Delayed by School Dispute
Trouble over two private Amish schools in Buchanan County delays several families from moving to Canada. Elmer Jensen moved four families already. eight more permits are held up as Canadian authorities weigh the school conflict. Officials say 37 children face enrollment issues and possible misdemeanor charges for noncompliance. The two private schools operate under a merger with the Oelwein Hazleton district.
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Gazette
Canada
Trucker
Elmer Jensen
Buchanan County
J. J. Jorgensen
Oelwein School Board
State Board of Public Instruction
Peter van Metre
Oelwein- Hazleton
County of
Hazleton
Oelwein
Explosion at Home Packing Co leaves many dead and injured
An explosion at the Home Packing Co meat plant in Terre Haute Indiana killed 12 and injured 47. Fire officials fear the death toll could rise as rescue work continues amid ammonia fumes and debris. Several bodies were recovered and the plant was heavily damaged with estimates near 2 million dollars.
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Terre Haute, Ind
Home Packing Co
George Obenchain
Norman Fesler
Ralph Tucker
John Fisher
Rosedale
Ind
Ordnance Plant Blast Hurts 17 at Riverside Facility
An explosion at the Aerojet General ordnance plant in Riverside Calif injur ed at least 17 workers two seriously The blast damaged a single building as security tightened and highway patrol blocked reports of the incident for investigation The plant was said to handle highly classified defense work
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Riverside
Calif
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