Minnesota Conservatives seize control to approve sales tax repeal
Governor Harold LeVander’s veto of the sales tax was overridden as Conservatives gained two thirds in both chambers. The Legislature enacted a broad sales tax bill applying to most purchases with a few exemptions, despite the governor’s opposition over referendum requirements. The move marks a major partisan shift and ends the tax debate after a special session.
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LeVander
Minnesota
House
Senate
LeVanter
Churstay
Jacqueline Kennedy Attends London Funeral in Arriving Car
Jacqueline Kennedy arrives at Heathrow after a New York flight to attend Lady Harlech's funeral. Lady Harlech, widow of the former British ambassador, was killed in an auto accident on Tuesday.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
London
Heathhrow
New York
Lady Harlech
Kennedy
Ion
Showluims
Uolt
Aheat
Cal
Vera Pearce
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Tioik
Jaddie
Uuntil
Miss Williams
Wisconsin
House Refuses Cut In Own Spending
A U S House vote rejected a five percent cut in members own spending for 1968 after debate on amends to trim salaries and budgets. Rep Frank Nl Baw led the amendment to force the cut, but it failed to secure enough roll call votes as only seven members stood for a roll call and the bill passed with a standing majority.
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Ugton Gap
Hera
Qhin
State
Commerce
Justice
George W. Andrews
Nour
Sey Iin
Imds
Voeiee
Young Citizens Battle Debt Aiding Treasury Fund
A civic class at a Houston high school contributed cash and authority to a special fund aimed at retiring federal debt. Since last July 4 the fund reached about 93 thousand dollars, with key donations from Susan Vaughan Clayton and Rep. Charles Bennett. The program, now six years old, expects to approach the debt retirement goal but will not erase the entire burden.
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Susan Vaughan Clayton
Asl
Mouston
Tex
Treasury Department
Charles Bennett D-May
Bennett
I'Sfone
Ivo Hanity
Crom
She Clayton
Rust Ng Gills
Mand
Whites Deny Involvement in Dixie Negro Beatings
In Grenada Mississippi three days of testimony ended with two white defendants Archie Lee and Donald Wayne Bain denying participation in attacks on a Negro spectator during desegregation unrest. Witnesses described violence near the school and a garbage rack incident as federal trial details unfolded.
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Grenada
Miss
Archie Leeid
Campbell
Donald Wayne
Ga Bain
Gaford
Clyde Perry
Galion
Johnson Dances Up A Storm at White House State Dinner
President Johnson entertained Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and 130 guests with a playful state dinner show. He danced with Barbara Williams amid lamplights and fountains, briefly silencing the Marine Corps Band to toast American music before returning to a casual, nostalgic late night.
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Johnson
White House
Lierfront
Barbara Williams
Marine Corps
Middle East
Vietnam
Marold Hart
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Gssia
Anti
Polae
Hayward
Mission Blvd
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Fremont Blvd
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