Johnson Rescales Planetary Program Aiming Moon 1969
President Johnson reaffirmed the goal of reaching the moon in 1969 and proposed a scaled down planetary program for 1969. The plan keeps some lunar exploration and Mars scouting in 1969, 1971, and 1973 with two Mars orbiters then two more, plus a probe to the asteroid belts and Jupiter vicinity.
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Space agency shifts Mars mission plans to smaller booster
The agency scales down its Voyager Mars program from a Saturn 5 based concept costing 2.4 billion to a Titan 3 booster with fewer instruments costing about 500 million by 1973. It drops Nerva 2 in favor of Nerva 1, which could double payload but not send men to planets unless multiple units are clustered, a concept under study.
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Infiltrators Driven Back as Pueblo Crisis Deepens
North Korean infiltrators were pushed back along the inter Korean line as diplomacy to avert war over the Pueblo incident continues. Shooting marked the eighth straight day along the DMZ while the Pentagon boosts Far East air power and imposes precautionary measures. Navy discharge requests are halted.
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Wallace 4 State TV Appeal Sets to Raise Funds
Former Gov George C Wallace expands third party bid with a four state twenty station TV appeal to boost votes funds and workers. The half hour program targets Wisconsin Maryland DC Virginia and North Carolina for fund raising and campaign kickoff abroad.
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Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Fall Amid Active Trading
New York markets show lower stocks with fair activity. Chicago grains move mixed with liquidation in wheat. Hog prices rise 25 to 50 cents, top 20.50, while slaughter steers hold steady with top 29.00.
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Search For Subs Pushed Across Med After Sub Dakar Vanishes
In the Mediterranean a massive hunt for the missing Israeli submarine Dakar and the French submarine Minerve intensified. Signals picked up by an Israeli ship suggested buoys may be active, triggering renewed searches by about 30 ships and aircraft from Cypr us to Haifa and off Toulon where Minerve is feared lost with a combined crew of 121.
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Megnavod Dealer For 11 Israbeth tain
Advert reads Megnavod, dealer for 11 Israbeth tain, on Second Ave near the avenue corner. The brief listing notes location and product line with a promotional emphasis.
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City appoints first full-time personnel director
The city personnel board appointed Frank Duke of Decatur 29 to be the new full-time personnel director succeeding retiree John McGehee 70. Duke starts today after a two week board wait and will oversee the merit system administration exams applications and salary increase recommendations. He will also supervise the city's orientation program.
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Decatur Cited For Clean Up
Decatur named one of 10 U.S. cities cited for civic enhancement. The city received the Distinguished Achievement Award for participation in a beautification program. See page 2 for details.
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Supreme Court bars forced registration of certain firearms
The Supreme Court rules the government may not compel individuals to register sawed off shotguns and certain firearms as it could force self incrimination. In Vietnam, allies cancel the Tet truce in the north amid preparation for a large North Vietnamese invasion force as a 36 hour standoff marks the lunar new year.
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Johnson calls for sacrifice in Vietnam war tax plan
President Johnson urged sacrifice and hard choices in a budget message proposing record outlays of 186.1 billion dollars and a 10.2 billion dollar income tax surcharge. He framed the levy as a war tax needed to fund Vietnam rather than a general tax increase, as Congress stalls an election-year measure.
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Johnson Virus? No, Political Plans Aim at Poverty and Defense
The presidential message prioritizes anti poverty and crime on the home front and proposes a $76.7 billion Defense outlay with much for Vietnam. It calls for a 10 percent tax hike for individuals and retroactive corporate taxes to raise the deficit from $20 billion to $8 billion for fiscal 1969 while revealing a $19.8 billion peacetime deficit for fiscal 1968.
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