Ford Seeks Deep Cuts to Avoid Tax Hike
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford argues that large budget cuts in space, public works, foreign aid, defense, and nondefense programs could offset any need for a new tax. He backs reducing presidential requests by $3.47 billion and says Congress can reach $4.5 to $5 billion in avoided revenue, pending Senate action.
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Johnson
Associated Press
Congress
Senate
De Gaulle and Pompidou discuss Canada trip fallout
Paris AP report says President De Gaulle met Premier Pompidou to review his abortive Canada visit. Officials expect a Cabinet statement Monday and public release of portions. French papers debate a free Quebec image issue while politicians prepare to exploit the matter in September or October.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
de Gaulle
Canada
Quebec
France
Fire Insurance Claims To Run Into Millions Across Riots
New York AP reports insurers expect claims to total millions as riot-damaged cities tally losses. Detroit alone faces about 200 million in property damage. Newark and other areas send in adjusters though entry into heavily damaged zones remains limited. Nationwide totals include hundreds of homes and thousands of businesses damaged, with full accounting expected to take months.
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New York
Detroit
Insurance Information Institute
General Adjustment Buvreau, Inc
Bureau
Newark
N.J
Watts
Los Angeles
Parents Liable For Damage By Children
In Harrisburg the governor signed a bill making parents of minors liable for damage their children wilfully cause. The statute caps liability at 300 dollars per victim and 1000 dollars if multiple persons suffer injuries or property loss.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Hearings Sought On Color TV Radiation Dangers
Washington reports House hearings set for August 14 on radiation risks from color television sets. Rep. John Jarman, chair of the House commerce Subcommittee, announced the date amid earlier plans and possible Senate involvement. He cited attempts to locate about 9,000 color sets that may emit harmful radiation to justify a thorough inquiry.
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Washington — House
John Jarman
D-Oltla
House Commerce
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Jarman
Marines Enter DMZ In Reopened South Zone Advance
U S Marines pushed into the southern half of the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam for a second time, targeting North Vietnamese artillery and mortar positions. In the air war, a dogfight over North Vietnam reportedly left one MiG21 shot down and seven U S planes lost, bringing total U S combat planes lost over the north to 24.
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Saigon
9Th Marine Regiment
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
Three-Time Loser Exits U.S. for Deportation
Fred erick Arthur Standfast, 49, of Devon England, admitted forging six checks totaling 2872 in Pittsburgh banks on May 19. He received seven years and seven days in jail plus two years probation, but the sentence was suspended pending deportation. He has been deported twice from Canada and once before illegally entered the United States. Standfast told Judge Sorg a Dunkirk explosion left him changed and vowed never to return.
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Filidbangh
Frederick Arthur Standfast
Cheerio
America
England
Standfast
Pittsburgh
U.S
Paul E. Benson
Canada
Devon
Herbert P. Sorg
Dunkirk
Johnson Forms 11 Man Board To Probe Race Riots
President Johnson declares Sunday a national day of prayer for peace and announces an 11 member Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to investigate riot origins and propose solutions. FBI access to facts is promised while National Guard riot training is intensified. Johnson blasts GOP opposition to social measures and cites funding shifts as proof of concern for vulnerable youths.
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White House
Congres
Otto Kerner
Illinois
John V. Lindsay
New York
Commission
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Republican Coordinating Committee
GOP Congress
House
Rainy July Hits Corry Farms Hard No End In Sight
July rainfall in Corry totals 7.73 inches by 6 am, the heaviest in years, with 17 of 28 days in rain. Farmers report hay losses as midsummer crops lag, late blight threatens potatoes, and ground conditions hinder field work. County agent William Urash notes some operations shift to fence mending as waterlogged fields persist.
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Corry
William Urash
Urash
Arash
Shoot At Mayor On City Tour
Detroit on a tense day of recovery after racial clashes. Mayor Jerome F. Cavanagh, 89, escaped unharmed when assailants fired at his armored car during a West Side tour as police fought residents from three directions with rifles and tear gas.
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Detroit
Jerome F. Cavanagh
Near West Side
French Blast British For TV Coverage
The French Embassy protested to the Foreign Office over a British TV broadcast Thursday night about President Charles de Gaulle and the French Canada controversy. The program featured an actor imitating de Gaulle, drawing a French spokesman’s label of unacceptable. The incident echoes Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson’s criticism of de Gaulle’s Canada remarks.
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London
Foreign Office Today
Charles de Gaulle
Canada
de Gaulle
Lester B. Pearson
Foreign Office
Bell Proposes Rate Drop In Two Counties
Bell Telephone Co proposes new rates that would save Westmoreland and Carbon county customers about 16 600 annually. Scottdale in Westmoreland would see about 15 500 in savings while Carbon County Weatherly and Jim Thorpe customers would gain 2 930 and 813 yearly respectively. The changes, pending Public Utility Commission approval, would take effect Sept 28 and stem from base rate area extensions zone rates and limiting to four subscribers on party lines.
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Bell
President Johnson orders national prayer as riots ease across nation
The caldron of civil disorder cools as disturbances diminish nationwide. Johnson proclaims Sunday a national day of prayer for racial peace and forms an 11 member commission to investigate causes of summer riots. National Guard riot training intensified and GOP critics attacked over failed anti riot bill. Gangs of young Negroes rampage Albany Poughkeepsie Peekskill areas.
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Johnson
National Guard
GOP
House
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Peekskill
Five men injured as money pile collapses at U S Assay Office
In New York at the U S Assay Office on Manhattan’s tip, a 12 foot stack of money bags weighing 40 to 45 pounds each toppled. Five men were injured while stacking bags in a vault before distribution to metropolitan area banks. The top layer slipped and dropped onto the workers.
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New York
U.S
Manhattan
Britain nationalizes steel industry to form British Steel Corporation
Britain's major steel firms come under government ownership as 14 companies nationalize. The British Steel Corporation will be a massive entity with plants valued at 3.92 billion dollars, annual sales over 2.8 billion, and more than 270000 employees. This marks the second time steel has been nationalized in Britain. India faces worsening overcrowding as population nears one billion by 2100, says Dipak Bohatia Family Planning Commissioner.
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London
Britain
Parliamrent
British Steel Corporation
British Steel
India
Dipak Bhotia
Postal delays in Bear Lake case stretch four years
Bruce Moore of Bear Lake faces a prolonged struggle for the Bear Lake postmaster appointment. After five trips to Washington and months of waiting since June 1, 1983, he remains on the top eligible list but notes another veteran is also ranked high. Moore recalls officials saying he is “within reach” yet no final selection has been made.
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BR. D. 1
Bear Lake
Istill
Washington, D. C
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Washington
raUvart Econ
Uke
Corry
Cwmission
Wof
Clyil Sery
Ice Commission
Eligi
Mig
Lst
Post Office
White House
Swern
Post Office Department
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