British Labor Plans Mortgage Cuts and US Loan Repayment
London AP reports the Labour Government will cut lower income mortgage rates to 4.44 per cent using gambling revenue to cover the difference from 7 per cent. James Callaghan says $890.4 million of short-term US borrowing has been repaid. $2.4 billion remains to the IMF by 1970. The budget plan also foresees a decimal currency shift in 1971 and new gambling levies.
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London
James Callaghan
United States
International Monetary Fund
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Callaghan
Edward Heath
Heath
Wilson
Labor
Callagnan
Commons
Britain
Health program aims for hospital and food reforms
President outlines a revamp costing 6 to 8 billion over 20 years with about 40 percent federal funding to revitalize hospitals and expand school meals to 144 million pupils. Milk subsidies cut 79 percent while shifting emphasis to other foods and increased cash for next fiscal year. Aged care will see special meal service programs funded by Older Americans Act. A proposed mortgage insurance bill for group clinics faces questions over direct government loans. Alcoholism classified as a disease with a federal advisory panel and research center planned. Welfare Dept to integrate these efforts into broader health programs.
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Pabe One
Johnson
America
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Thomas L. Ashley
Ohio
Wilbur J. Cohen
American Medical Association
Public Health Service
Welfare Department
Diplomats doubt East German bid will reach UN agenda
The text notes doubts among diplomats that East Germany can muster nine votes to place the issue on the UN council agenda. It frames the debate as a test of the German question in the United Nations, with theories that it serves U.S. focus shifts, Soviet showmanship, or propaganda for Khrushchev era rivals. A U.S. spokesman backs West Germany as the legitimate German state. West Germany highlights its observer mission and UN funding while East Germany has none. The piece recalls prior Soviet vetoes against Korea and South Vietnam bids and that North Korea and North Vietnam lack sufficient votes for UN admission.
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Pabe
East Germany
Council
United Nations
United States
Germany
Europe
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Federal Republic of
West
Britain
France
West Germany
U.N
Ulbricht
South Korea
South Viet Nam
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Space crash victims and inquiry board members named
A crash caused by debris left two McDonnell employees hospitalized with back and ankle injuries while thirteen others received shock care. The unnamed Dallas born Lee and Berea Ohio born Bassett, with Detroit roots, were among the astronauts' families notified in Houston. An inquiry board including Shepard Bean and Space Center officials Joseph Alegranti Harold Ream John Kanak Dr John Ziegelschmid and Dick Lucas convened to investigate.
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Pabe
McDonnell
Lee
Dallas
Tex
Bassett
Berea
Ohio
Detroit
Houston
Shepard
Bean
Space Center
Joseph Alegranti
Harold Ream
John Kanak
John Ziegelschmid
Dick Lucas
Political contest shapes up in coming election race
Byrd Jr. has not formally declared but strong support signals candidacy while Spong, 45, facing Robertson who succeeded Carter Glass in 1946 battles for the seat. Robertson, 78, chairs the Banking and Currency Committee. Jennings, former Smyth sheriff, has run since 1954. Downing may join, possibly declining after Spong's entry. Battle considered but did not run. Rawlings calls Spong highly qualified for public education role.
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Pabe
Byrd Jr
Harrison
Spong
Robertson
Carter Glass
Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
House
Jennings
Smyth County
Congress
Richmond
Thomas N. Downing
Newport News
Ist
Downing
1St District
William C. Battle
Charlottesville
Battle
Kennedy
Virginia
Australia
William Vv
Rawlings
Southampton
Assembly
Anti Communist Protest Grows Over Sukarno in Jakarta
More than 2,000 anti-Communist students demonstrated outside the University of Indonesia protesting Sukarno’s ouster of Nasution as defense minister. Police reportedly fired in air previously. protesters urged arrest of Subandrio. Demonstrations tied to Kami group. four protests since Feb. 21 have left three students dead and two wounded. The rally criticized Subandrio and Sukarno as authorities urged calm and peace.
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Singapore
Jakarta
Sukarno
Abdul Haris Nasution
University of Indonesia
pro-Peking First
Subandrio
Kami
Nasution
Voice of Free Indonesia
Java
Nasu Lion
Chaeru
Saleh
Radio
Ment Voice
Amir Machmiood
Broadast
Unjtung
Soe ‘Karno
Untung
Indonesian Communist Party
U S Air Cavalry Reach Crest In Viet Nam Rope Descent
U S air cavalrymen descended 50 foot ropes from hovering helicopters to seize Cap Giap Mountain near Bong Son Viet Nam. A platoon secured the crest with two companies of the 5th Cavalry and combat engineers, while a helicopter crash injured six. Canberra cruiser shelled targets as spotters directed fire.
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Bong Son
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cap Giap
Sth Regiment
1St Cavalry Airmobile
Collapsi
5Th Cavalry
Edward C. Meyer
Springfield
Floyd Collins
Columbus
Collins
U.S. Navy
Canberra
Man Charged In Death Of Stepson
Colonial Heights police say David Albert Slagle 21 is charged with murder in the death of his five year old stepson James Patrick Johnson. A medical examiner cites multiple injuries consistent with abuse. Slagle told police the child was hurt in a February 15 fall from a bicycle and the boy later grew ill and died Friday night.
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Colonial Heights
Robert B. Ellison
David Albert Slagle
James Patrick Johnson
S. C. Boyce
Slagle
Ellison
Asheville
N. C
Boyce
Draft policy notes clash over draft board duties
Continued remarks from a news conference discuss the draft process. Hershey argues Congress must review law enforcement and notes the sixfold manpower in the pipeline while warning about delays. Republicans criticize administration efforts to recruit allies for Vietnam and emphasize preserving local board authority.
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Hershey
Congress
Robert F. Ellsworth
Kansas
America
Bridegroom Airman Fails to Reach Wedding on Time
After panicked calls to Indiana patrol, a siren escort failed to bring Airman Cruse to Hope Methodist Church in Galena. Police formed roadblocks at the Indiana Ohio line and Richmond before reuniting him with his bride at home, ending plans for a honeymoon.
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Indiana Highway Patrol
Cruse
Res Cde
Richmond
Indiana-Ohio State Line
Land
Galena
Hope Methodist Church
Life hamlet Vo Dat and Vietnam war updates
Reported on Vo Dat a life hamlet 75 miles northeast of Saigon with 48 known dead among raiders and 479 defenders, three captured, refugees protected by government. U S forces hit Dong Hoi and Vinh roads bridges and water routes with 929 missions as Johnson urges Hanoi to negotiate peace. London says Hanoi blocks talks demanding US surrender. Ho Chi Minh aided by UN talks closure.
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Pate One
New Life
Vinh
Washington
Johnson
Hannai
North Viet Nam
London
Michael Stewart
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
United Nations
Saigon
Fulbright Sees Central Viet Issue as U.S. China Power
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Fulbright ties Vietnam to a wider China clash and proposes neutralizing Southeast Asia. He urges possible American troop withdrawal in exchange for Chinese withdrawal and calls for a general settlement rather than a long campaign. He notes Tonkin resolution as context but says new circumstances require war clarity.
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Washington
Sen
AW. Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Asia
Viet Nam
Red China
Fulbright
Senate
Southeast Asia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Gulf of Tonkin
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Tonkin Bay
Morse
Johnson
U.S
Fulbright de
Southeast Asia policy debate shifts as Fulbright proposes China deal
Congressional debate on Vietnam authorization continues with Fulbright pushing for neutralization and a broad US-Chinese accord. Senators Mearthy Young Burton Ryan Conyers Javits Dirksen Nelson Clark voice varied stances on presidential authority and Vietnam policy amid calls to limit or expand US military action. Fulbright urges potential withdrawal and a general accommodation with China to end the conflict.
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J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eugene J. Mearthy
D-Minn
Stephen M. Young
D-Ohio
Congress
United States
House
Philip Burton
George Brown
California
William F. Ryan
New York
John Conyers
Michigan
Senate
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Southeast Asia
China
Richard B. Russell
D- Ia
Morse
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
R.N.Y
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Asia
iChina
Soviet Venus 2 and 3 probes reach near Venus and report
Venus 2 numbered 2123 pounds flew past Venus and heads sunward while Venus 3 crashed near the planet as radio contact was lost. Tass cited instruments on Venus 2 and 3 differing to tackle new interplanetary tasks. Mariner 2 lifted some veil on Venus and Barabashov warned temperature readings remain inconclusive for life possibilities.
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Pahe One
Venus
Mariner
Earth
Tass
Moscow
Soviet Union
Nikolai Barabashov
Debates stall as House clears dockets for budget vote
The House met in a night session to clear dockets for the budget debate and move toward the 46.8 million titling tax piloted by Cooke. A rejected floor-exemption trade in amendment by Inez Baker was renewed. Finance Committee members faced revenue impacts from trade-ins, suggesting a 3 percent titling tax in 1968 as a compromise to align with the general sales tax.
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Tien
House
Cooke
Finance Committee
Del
Inez Baker
Portsmouth
Highway Commission
Douglas Fugate
Dels
Baker
William M. Dudley
Lynchburg
C. W. Cleaton
South Hill
Assembly
Senate
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