LBJ Hails Medicare as Blessing for Aging Americans
President Johnson hailed the new medicare program as a blessing for older Americans as it went into effect at 12:01 a.m. The plan covers hospital insurance for 19 million seniors while 17.3 million chose an optional doctor-bill plan at $3.2 monthly. By 6,714 participating general hospitals nationwide, about 93 percent of beds were available to insured seniors, though participation varied by state and civil rights compliance affected access in the South.
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Washington
Johnson
Public
South
Medicare
Mississippi
Public Health Service
CJ Union Meets On Altered Pact At CJ Plant
The Corry Jamestown union met at 2 pm to vote on a two year contract aimed at averting a strike. Leaders signaled the offer was not recommended to members, seeking higher pay and pension improvements despite changes adding a deer season holiday and four weeks vacation after 25 years. The deal projects first year raises of 16.1 cents max and 9 cents minimum, second year 6 to 13 cents, with across the board gains.
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Corry Jamestown
France quits NATO command structure in Europe
Paris reports France withdraws over 2000 officers and troops from integrated NATO commands, keeping French forces in West Germany separate. France says it remains in the alliance, but will remove Allied bases from French soil by next April, affecting about 28,000 U.S. troops and disrupting joint plans amid ongoing negotiations.
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NATO
Europe
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
North Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Evreux
England
United States
Germany
Ear
Hospital May Have To Cut Back In Plan
Corry Memorial Hospital may trim a planned million dollar expansion after federal Appalachia funds prospects dim. Officials still urge filing an application as a long term care unit and an largely unfinished basement would replace the originally larger project.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Appalachia
Harrisburg
Hill
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Hotel Astor Closes After 62 Years In Times Square
The Hotel Astor ends its 62 year run in Times Square as 150 guests check out and 450 employees depart. A wrecking crew moves in to clear the Broadway landmark for a 40 story office tower. Managers call the closure sad, noting its place as a second home to many, including presidents.
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New York
Astor
Times Square
Broadway
Erwin 0. Schel
Henry Pottberg
Hotel
New York Times Square
Will U S End Year In Black Or Red
Government begins new fiscal year amid congressional and Johnson administration dispute over whether 1986 ends in deficit or surplus. Estimates place last year’s shortfall between 2.5 and 3.9 billion dollars, with 1.8 billion projected for the coming year. Treasury hints at possible improvement, while committee sources peg deficits near the 2.5 billion mark.
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Congress
Johnson
Senate House Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Treasury Department
Tax Dollars Go For Host Of Oddball Expenditures
AP report outlines federal grants funding a sabbatical for a college art teacher straw berry disease research cancer drug studies a job program for a school drop out and a new park in Honolulu. It highlights nationwide grants from multiple agencies totaling billions annually, often matching local funds with varying shares. Cleveland and Honolulu examples illustrate urban transit and park projects aided by these funds while the National Endowment for the Arts approved sabbatical grants up to 7500 dollars each.
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Honolulu
America
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cleveland
Department
National Endowment For the Arts
Johnson Presses Hanoi On Peace Talks Or More Bombs
DES MOINES IOWA AP President Johnson warned Hanoi that the United States will stay in Viet Nam until an honorable peace is negotiated and air raids will continue while North Viet Nam refuses talks He urged direct talks with no agenda or commitments and framed it as the path to stop the fighting U.N. Security Council cited bombings near Hanoi and Haiphong as necessary to slow Red infiltration The White House meanwhile pressed Geneva conference revival and a searing contrast with a July 4th Senate protest by Quakers.
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Iowa
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Nebraska
South Viet Nam
U.N. Security Council
Haiphong
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Senate
Congress
U S Forces Hit Dong Nham Depot Amid Daily Air Strikes
U S pilots struck a Dong Nham fuel depot near Hai Phong as the air campaign aimed to deny fuel to trucks moving troops and supplies. Ground fighting northwest of Saigon pushed a Viet Cong unit toward Cambodia, with American forces claiming heavy enemy casualties in the An Loc area. Three U S fighter bombers dropped cluster bombs on a Vietnamese village, killing five civilians and wounding 41.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Dong Nham
Haiphong
U S
An Loc
Ameri
Sparta Cyclist Seriously Hurt In Collision
Dorman Hicks of R D 2 Spartansburg remains unconscious at Titusville Hospital after a motorcycle crash in Titusville. Police say Hicks, traveling on Main Street, collided with Marilyn G. Loker's auto. Damages totaled about 300 dollars.
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Spartansburg
Titusville
Hicks
Main Street
Marilyn G. Loker
Titusville Hospital
UNC senior receives diploma by mistake
Ed Covert, a University of North Carolina senior, was mailed a diploma he wasn’t due to receive until fall. University officials asked for its return. Covert said he would return it but joked that after four years he finally sees that no one else knows what they are doing either.
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Ed Covert
University of North Carolina
Covert
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Joint Chiefs Urged Haiphong Oil Strike Months Ago
The Joint Chiefs pushed to hit Haiphong oil stocks near the port to disrupt truck traffic aiding the Communists in South Vietnam. Civilian leaders delayed authorization due to feared civilian casualties and risk to ships, including Russian vessels. Gen John P. McConnell testified that President Johnson designates major bombing targets in Vietnam.
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Joint Chiefs
South Viet Nam
Haiphong
Soviet Union
John P. McConnell
Air Force
Senate Defense
Johnson
Viet Nam
Again Kills Children Mother Duplicates Triple Slaying
Fairfield Maine AP three young children found drowned in rural home replicating a 12 year old case when their mother Constance Fisher was committed. Father Carl Fisher found them and police say pills were missing and a note was found. Fisher had previously attempted suicide years ago and was released 1959. Autopsy places time of death around 7 am Thursday.
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Maine
Constance Fisher
Carl Fisher
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Thayer Hospital
Waterville
Frederick Gould
State Hospital
Augusta
Maine Central Railroad
Nathalie Rose
Howard Wood
Kathleen Louise
Michael Jon
Irving Goodef
Maurice Philbrick
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