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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1966
Page
8
President Johnson presents a record $112.8 billion federal budget for 1967 to Congress. It pledges balance and responsibility while expanding defense, Great Society programs, and antipoverty efforts. War costs loom, with possible tax changes and inflation risks noted. Congress signals readiness to fund defense as Viet Nam escalates.
Governor Godwin left a fruitful session with House and Senate Finance Committee leaders promising a soon introduced sales tax bill. He sought near consensus on local revenue rules, with some hope states may allow cities and counties to keep local taxes but under uniform overall limits. He noted the measure could be introduced within days, possibly Wednesday, and debated whether to file in both chambers or only the House. See ASSEMBLY Page Two.
US embassy said autopsy shows American traveler Newcomb Mott died from a cut throat while a Soviet prisoner but offered no conclusion about Soviet suicide claims. Multiple wounds noted on wrists elbows stomach and neck. embassy awaits full Soviet investigation and instrument identification.
President Johnson presented a 1967 defense budget of about 57.15 billion dollars to Congress, aiming to arm the United States for Vietnam while preserving forces for other challenges. The plan includes 10.3 billion in special Vietnam funds, new nuclear and conventional forces, a second atomic carrier, and Minuteman III missiles with decoys to defeat defenses. McNamara defended the budget, saying it matches plans through June 1967 and would be revised if war plans change.
Washington report shows Republicans in Congress challenging President Johnson's $112.8 billion budget, wary of revenue assumptions while Democrats defend the plan as sound. Leaders stress defense needs and allocate scrutiny to domestic programs, noting a projected $1.8 billion deficit.
Air India Boeing 707 named Kanchenjunga crashes near Mont Blanc while attempting to land at Geneva. All 117 aboard perish including five Americans and a French national residing in New York. Wreckage scatters across the Alpine snow as investigators seek why a clear day disaster occurred.
Fairfax County police tied weekend deaths and critical injuries to teen drinking parties amid bitter temperatures and snow. Det. Lt. R. H. Lester said the dead youth Allan E. MacArthur, 17, was found in a ditch after wandering from a party. a coroner ruled exposure the cause. He noted adults buying whisky for teens as a problem in the large county.
Magistrate Charles J. Alfano ruled in municipal court that the master of the house may turn off his own television set. In a family dispute Erika Weekenmann accused her husband of assault as he turned the set down twice after she raised the volume. She said he broke an indoor antenna. he said she slapped him. The charge was dismissed.
Viet Cong mortars hit the Da Nang Marine base early Tuesday killing three Americans. Two Vietnamese soldiers also died and 25 people were wounded, including 11 Americans, 11 Vietnamese soldiers, and three civilians. Marines launched helicopters to pursue attackers as joint operations by allied forces reported little detail.
A U.S. Air Force C123 troop carrier with 47 men aboard crashed and burned Tuesday five miles east of An Khe, shortly after takeoff. None believed to have survived. The crash occurred in the An Khe staging area of the 1st Cavalry Division, about 250 miles northeast of Saigon.
An American mortar strike near the Seabee encampment across the Han River killed two Marines and one Air Policeman. The hit-and-run barrage lasted about 15 minutes, damaging an air and gasoline storage area, trucks, vehicles, and a mobile crane. one Marine was on duty at the construction battalion site.
Navy Cmdr John W Young and Air Force Maj Michael Collins were named to pilot Gemini 10 a two or three day rendezvous mission in Houston. The flight aims to perfect space rendezvous for a moon landing with possible EVA. Details remain sketchy and mission timing depends on Gemini 8 and 9 outcomes.
HIGH SYCOMBE England Bob Evans and fellow workers recover from a condition blamed on factory work making birth control pills. They suffered headaches and breast swelling after absorbing dust from hormone chemicals. Middle aged women later took over the job and Evans and colleagues returned to health.
The Senate began debate on repealing section 14B of the Taft Hartley act, with filibuster threats from Sen. Everett Dirksen and counter from Sen. Wallace Bennett. LeadersMover Mansfield pushed to proceed, while procedural skirmishing continued as the chamber adjourned to Tuesday.
Virginia sees Tuesday cloudy and cold with a chance of snow in the southwest and along the southern border. Highs in the 20s in the mountains and 30s elsewhere with snow possible Tuesday night and Wednesday. North Carolina faces cloudy, cold Tuesday with rain or snow spreading west by day end and mostly rain elsewhere. rain ends Wednesday and temperatures stay cold.
Weather log records daily readings with temperature and barometric data. Entry shows calm wind, readings for Monday evening and Tuesday, noting low 25 and high 41, 24-hour precipitation listed as Suone.
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