Final Medicare Bill Moves Through Congress and Johnson Signs
The final Medicare bill, a landmark in social welfare, will be approved by large majorities in both houses and signed by President Johnson. It provides hospital, nursing, home nursing, and outpatient services for Americans over 65 with a $3 monthly premium, financed by premiums, taxes, and general revenues. Benefits begin July 1 1965, with nursing home care starting January 1 1967. refunds and boosts accompany Social Security, and the act includes guidance to maintain private insurance for many beneficiaries.
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Congress
Johnson
Senate
House
United States
American Medical Association
Social Security Agency
Savio Case Highlights Free Speech Movement Fallout
The piece recounts Mario Savio, 22, Berkeley philosophy student, who led the Free Speech Movement. It notes sit-ins and mass arrests, a June 23 trespass verdict against 632 defendants, and sentencing shifts including Savio choosing jail over probation. It cites Savio’s claim that probation imposes control and calls revolution a duty, urging caution about self-styled saviors.
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Mario Savio
Philosophy
University of California At Berkeley
Berkeley Municipal Court
Rupert Crittenpen
Savios
Local vacation ideas spark at home with Virginia Tech expert
Extension specialist Miss Ametia Fuller suggests cheap, nearby adventures as seasonal escapes. Plan ahead, involve kids in tours of local industries, historical sites, museums, dams, lakes, and scenic routes like the Blue Ridge Parkway for rewarding family outings.
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Ametia H. Fuller
Virginia Tech
VPI
Smith Mountain Dam
Philpott Lake
Buggs Island
Chapel Hill
Blue Ridge Parkway
Danville Daily Rates and Publication Notes
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with rates for in city delivery, mail options, and Sunday only. It notes AP affiliation, reproduction rights, national ad reps, and that rates vary by postal zones with renewals to be sent 10 days before expiration.
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Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Campaign notes hint at clean 1968 race
Senator Soaper says the 1968 campaign is shaping up as a clean one with no smear of vice-presidential angle. A professor notes no need to change lectures in two decades while a father contends with children at camp and fewer TV cartoons.
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Dad
Real estate deal settles with bathroom medicine closet included
In a neighborhood sale the buyers agreed to complete the deal after the sellers offered to throw in all medicines from the bathroom closet at no extra cost, finalizing the transaction.
Youth Cannot Fill Fathers' Shoes Warns Critics
A speaker questions the claim that today’s youth lack responsibility noting that many 12 year olds already carry substantial burdens and responsibilities. The remark underscores expectations for youth to contribute at earlier ages.
Tax and spending surge murmur through Great Society era debate
The piece critiques projections of a trillion dollar economy from federal tax cuts, noting local tax hikes and rising state and municipal budgets. It cites growing local levies, urban renewal funding, and education grants while warning extrapolated curves may falter. It contrasts national optimism with local gloom and questions the path of centralized aid and broader spending.
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White House
President
Great Society
The
Tax Foundation
California
Ilinois
New York
Ohio
Texas
Washington
United Fund
Adis
Knott’s Berry Farm a Public Service Yet Taxed Way
A business profile of Walter Knott’s Knott’s Berry Farm and Ghost Town in Orange County. It notes the venture’s growth from a berry farm to a popular resort with free grounds, rides, and museums, while highlighting heavy tax burdens and and IRS scrutiny of profits, including a claim that 70 cents of every dollar earned goes to federal taxes.
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Knott
Orange County
California
Walter Knott
Calico
Knott's
America
Internal Revenue
Enterprise
Washington
Holmes Alexander on Defense Firms and Social Reform
Holmes Alexander argues that defense and related firms profit from solving social ills through high value contracts. He cites Aerojet General North American Aviation and United Technologies Center among others, noting bids from sixty five firms for urban improvement projects funded by Governor Edmund Brown. The piece praises systems analysis and technology to reduce crime and pollution while supporting a peacetime role for industry.
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Holmes Alexander
Washington
D.C
Seymour Melman
Aerojet General
Defense Department
North American Aviation
Senate Labor- Welfare Committee
Edmund
Pat) Brown
California
Brown
Mog
United Technologiical Center
Litton Industries
Department of Defense
Melman
America
Outdoor Dramas Bring American History to Life
Outdoor dramas across the United States revive local histories with song dance and dialogue drawing millions of theatergoers. From North Carolina’s Lost Colony on Roanoke Island to Kentucky Pine Mountain State Park and New York Palmyra hill pageants, these open air performances blend culture and heritage with immersive stagecraft and museum companions.
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United States
America
Manteo
North Carolina
Walter Raleigh
Plymouth Rock
Water’s Edge
Roanoke Island
Horn
West
Boone
Daniel Boone
Out West
Billy the Kid
Custer
Crow Indian
Montana
Battle of the Big Horn
Kentucky
New York
Pine Mountain State Park
Palmyra
A Unique School Teaches Pop Music Appreciation
A Richmond opinion piece mocks pop music fans but notes a London School of Pop offering a residential course for connoisseurs at $75 a week. Ann Winchester, 24, leads Heretics. 15 American applicants sign up as critics learn to distinguish nuances between bands like the Beatles, Animals, and Rolling Stones.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
London
School of Pop
Ann Winchester
The
Heretics
Britain
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