Conflicting Data Heard On Effect Of Stamps On Gasoline Industry
A Virginia House Finance Committee hearing weighed trading stamps and a ban proposal. Del. Mary Marshall led the measure as James W. Heiser of the Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association cited monthly stamp costs for dealers. Sperry & Hutchinson’s Eugene Beem argued stamps often lowered gas prices at participating stations. The committee deferred action amid broader tax and loan bill actions in the same session. Beem said stamp costs are not taken from profits, while Schlitz pressed for consumer impact clarification.
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Richmond
House Finance Committee
Del
Mary Marshall
Arlington
James W. Heiser
Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association
Eugene Beem
Sperry & Hutchinson Co
House
Senate
House Finance
Tee
Virginia
Wiliam F. Parkerson
Henrico
Beem
Portsmouth
Lester Schlitz
Frank Straus
Virginia Food Dealers Association
Marshall
William Randolph
Edwin O. Meyer
Virginia Press Association
Sumpter Priddy
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Four Killed In Helicopter Crash At Tower Site
A Marine helicopter crashed into a guywire on a TV tow er near Galesburg North Dakota killing three crewmen and a civilian engineer aboard. The 4060 foot transmitter tower toppled. engineer Donald Schroeder escaped injury. All victims from Lexington Park Maryland were identified as Maj Karl Albert copilot Lt Gerald Skidgel Gunnery Sgt Harley Borninkhof and John E Burdette. The aircraft from Patuxent Naval Air Station was on a routine training flight.
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Galesburg
N.D
Kxbj-Tv
Donald Schroeder
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Here
Lexington Park
Maryland
Karl Albert
Gerald Ie Skidgel
Harley Zi Borninkhof
John E. Burdette
Navy Civil Service
J Patuxent Naval Air Station
National Guard under review for riot duties and race tensions
A commission studies possible federal riot force replacing or supplementing the National Guard. Officials caution on training, race relations, and pay, noting most riots began as police incidents and urging more Black officers and federal funding.
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Associated Press
National Guard
Commissio
Commission
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Detroit
Deep South
Khe Sanh Siege Footage Trails Through Vietnam War
Vietnam war dispatches describe heavy fighting near Khe Sanh as Marine units defend a 5,000-man outpost against North Vietnamese artillery and rockets. U S forces report casualties, sustained air strikes by B52s, and ongoing efforts to link Marine and South Vietnamese units along the Per My River amid a fortified Citadel complex.
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Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Hoc Mon
Saigon
U.S
23Rd Division
Ctt Chi
Hue
Lewis M. Simons
Tinging Khe Sanh
Air Force
Navy
Maine Corps
Associated Press
Simons
Perfyme River
Governor questions sales tax reform and probes vote fraud report
Governor Godwin criticized Largent's sales tax plan as unlikely to yield $200 million yearly and cautioned against using it as the main tax vehicle in 1970. He noted ongoing Lee County absent voter fraud probes, withheld report contents as improper to release, and discussed a $21 million school budget gap tied to an anticipated sales tax revenue revision. He also mentioned a possible stay on the Impact School fund decision and potential effects on local budgets in the current year.
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Feverstate
Sargent
Godwin
Largent
Winchester
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Lee County
State Board of Elections
Commonwealth
Lee
Emory Crockett
Dickenson County
Yoling
Norfolk
Supreme Court
Orangeburg Guard Force Reduced Curfew Tightened
The 606 National Guard troops in Orangeburg were cut to 340 on active duty as a dusk to dawn curfew began last Friday night. Three units remain on duty totaling 359 men. A bi racial group’s desegregation efforts and a NAACP backed no buying campaign against white businesses are noted amid ongoing college closures and violence after demonstrations at the town bowling alley. The Justice Department filed suit on desegregation and President Johnson’s stance on posters is referenced amid broader national political commentary.
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Orangeburg
D.C
South Carolina
National Guard
Frank Pinckney
Pinckney
1 D. Newman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Newman
MAACP
NACCP
South Carolina State College
Ad Claflin College
Justice Department
Johnson
All Star
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate
Public Health Service
American Tobacco Institute
High Welfare Department
William H. Stewart
Stewart
Post Office Department
Larry
O’brien
Welfare
Red Cross
Thant Confers With Hanoi Diplomat But Comes Away With Little Hope
U N Secretary General Thant met North Vietnamese diplomat Mai Van Bo in Paris for 275 minutes and left with little optimism for an early peace conference. Sources say Hanoi and the United States remain far apart on terms, with negotiations not likely to occur soon. Thant also met President de Gaulle and discussed Vietnam's complex political scene beyond bilateral talks.
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Paris
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
Mai van Bo
Thant
North Vietnam
United States
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Ons
Saigon
Hanoi
New York
London
India
Soviet Union
Georges Gorse
Nguyen van Sao
North
6Th Permiss
Aler
Lao
New Delhi
Harald Wilson
George Brown
Wilson
Brown
Johnson
San Antonio
Hatoi
South Vietnam
Poster campaign sparks clashes over mail truck notices
Posters designed for tobacco health warnings led to a political clash as lawyers for the tobacco lobby threatened suit to block the posters on mail trucks. Officials from Health, Education and Welfare faced questions, while Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman reportedly opposed the idea amid research into smoking hazards. Earle Clements, former Kentucky governor and Lyndon Johnson aide, heads the American Tobacco Institute backing the effort.
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F. O'Brien
Public Health Service
Post Office Department
Associated Press
Post Offolice
Congress
Post Office
Welf
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Fost
American Tobacco Institute
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bess Abel
Pete fights government over boats valued at $160000
The government classifies Pete's four basswood Lake boats as personal property and will not pay for them, while Pete insists on their value and refuses relocation. Negotiations stretch into May with a $200000 gap. Pete cites lifelong effort and recreational value of the cruises.
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Pete
United States
BWCA
U.S. District Court
William E. Falvey
U.S
U.S. Forest Service
Basswood Lake
Leaf Tobacco Supports Rise To 61.6 Cents Per Pound
WASHINGTON AP The Agriculture Department on Wednesday posted average 1968 crop support prices for tobacco and related crops, about 2.8 percent above last year. Flue-cured tobacco to average 61.6 cents a pound vs 59.9 last year, barley at 3.5 cents vs 3.1, with regional varieties Virginia fire cured Kentucky Tennessee dark air cured and Virginia sun cured listed at 43.1, 43.1, 33.3, and 38.3 cents respectively for 1968 compared with 41.9, 41.9, 37.2, and 37.3 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Faubus declines to seek another term in Arkansas politics
Orval E. Faubus, former six term Arkansas governor, said in his Madison County Record column he will not run for any political office this year. He described the decision as strictly personal and had previously been linked to a gubernatorial bid and potential opposition to J. William Fulbright.
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Huntsville
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Madison County Record
Gems J. Wiliam Fulbright
Dark
Barron era indictments and Hue battle reports mix in one memo
Indictments allege a continuing conspiracy tied to Barron after his 1965 term as state attorney general. Meanwhile combat reports near Hue describe Marine and Viet Cong activity with 35 to 40 enemy killed and light Allied casualties. Saigon areas report sporadic shooting as Allied sweeps continue and a Ba 2 raid inquiry follows a misdirected 100 ton bomb drop.
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Barron
Charleston
Sawyers
Johnkoski
Gore
Hulett
Smith
John Koski
Simons
U.S
Hue
Saigon
Tth
South Korea-U.S. talks struggle over Pueblo crisis and fear of war
Wednesday secret Armistice Commission session discussed North Korea’s rejection of U.S. actions over the Pueblo seizure. South Korea complained about U.S. focus and exclusion from Panmunjom talks while North Korea warned of war if foreign forces stay. Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Kook challenged UN calls for restraint and vowed retaliation.
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United States
North Korea
Pak
Chung Hkwon
U.S
Wiliam J. Porter
Arge
Chin Pil- Shi
Pueblo
South Korea
Panmunjom
Korea
Pak Chung Kook
Armistice Commission
Seoul
Chung Hee Park
Adm
John V. Smith
U.N. Armistice Commission
Republic of Korea
Smith
Wallace Wallace Defends Third-Party Bid in Politics
Wallace Wallace states the decision was his idea and contends a third-party bid could shift power in the election. He predicts balance of power in the House and calls for concessions by major candidates to return control of domestic institutions to the people as Maddox and Griffin discuss a national campaign while Griffin jokes about July in his makeup.
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Wallace
Grifin
Lester Maddox
Griffin
Rusk cites Hanoi rejection of peace talks and renewed attack
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said North Vietnam refused to reduce aggression and would exploit any bombing halt. He noted Hanoi knew peaceful settlement discussions were under way and that bombing was being limited in Ha Noi and Haiphong, yet launched a major offensive to target South Vietnamese cities.
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Hanoi
Rusk
North Vietnam
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Planes Near Haigan Highlight Recurrent Airspace Violations
A recent Al Skyraider mission came within miles of Haigan before turning back. The note marks the ninth U.S. aircraft intrusion into Chwesa airspace since September 1965. In August, two Navy AA aircraft pursuing MIGs after a Henoi raid fled into China, reportedly shot down amid storm navigation problems.
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al Skyraider
Haigan
Nisac
U.S
Chwesa
Navy AA
Henoi
North Vietnam
China
Pentagon
Robber slain near Gibsland in 1934 trail inspired film
A notorious robber who roamed the Southwest during 1933 and 1934 left a bloody trail and was killed near Gibsland Louisiana on May 23 1934. His exploits reportedly inspired a recent movie and the case drew attention to the era’s crime wave.
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Gibland
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