Tax plan proposes a tourist spending tax
The Johnson administration urged a tax on American tourist spending abroad above seven dollars daily to curb dollar outflow by 500 million. The proposal adds a 15 percent on the first seven dollars of excess, 30 percent on the remainder, applies to 1968 and 1969, and includes port deposits and return statements for collection with several exemptions.
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Johnson
Western Hemisphere
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
U.S
Fowler
Jobless figures clash with private employment gains in Philadelphia
Philadelphia officials and executives debate private industry claims of 150 000 jobs created yearly while a city official notes limited success with a crash program. City figures show 1 269 of 1 600 applicants employed by November, highlighting gaps in private job creation against optimistic Chamber estimates.
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Angram
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Commerce
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Thacher Longstreth
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Arc
Longstreth
Richard Olanoff
Thelers
Odin
Ross Cleveland
Hull
Arctic
North Sea
Mansfield Delays Vote On Civil Rights Measure
Senator Mansfield says a compromise version of the civil rights bill will be offered soon but a vote before the holiday recess is unlikely. Contention centers on broadening protections beyond civil rights workers and Negroes while Republicans urge limits to crimes tied to race. The Senate, after 12 days of debate, will resume after Lincoln Day with no vote expected by Thursday.
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Senate
Washington
Mike
Allen J. Edlender
D-La
Hotkomy
Agstain
Congress
Regal
Kennedy 80 Relapses Noted but Kennedy Improving
Joseph P. Kennedy aged 80, father of the late President John F. Kennedy, shows slight recovery after a minor brain blood vessel spasm. Doctors say his condition is age related but not grave. he received a blessing from Rev. J P O Mahoney at his Palm Beach winter home where he spends winters since 1967.
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Rotter
Kennedy
Ann Gargan
Hyannis Port
Mass
Massachusetts
J.P. O’mahoney
St. Edward’s Church
Palm Beach
Sinking of British Trawler Claims 19 Aboard Off Iceland
Hull England AP reports a British fishing trawler carrying 19 new crew members has sunk off the Iceland coast. All hands are believed to be lost.
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Hull
England
Iceland
Port Authority Speaker Set for Right of Way Meeting
David Walker of the Delaware River Port Authority will address the Right of Way Association at the Burgundy Room in the Bellevue Stratford Philadelphia. The 1968 meeting occurs Friday.
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Right of Way Association
Burgundy
Bellevue Stratford
Philadelphia
David Walker
Delaware River Port Authority
Court Proposal Awaited Court Proposal Awaited
Harrisburg AP The Constitutional Convention delayed floor debate as the Judiciary Committee prepares a complex court reform plan after an extension. Only 65 of 163 delegates attended, quorum 82, while other committees have submitted their proposals. Long debate followed over modernizing the court system and preserving core principles.
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Harrisburg
Constitutional Convention
General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Gustave’ G. Amsterdam
Philadelphia
Amsterdam
Democrats Prefer LBJ Over McCarthy in Gallup Poll
The Gallup poll shows President Johnson leading Sen. Eugene McCarthy by 4 to 1 among Democrats, with Johnson at 71 percent to McCarthy’s 18 percent. Kennedy stands at 4 percent. Johnson’s lead grows as his job approval rises, amid events before the Pueblo seizure and the Viet Cong Offensive.
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New York
Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Gallup
McCarthy
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Kennedy
Pueblo
North Korea
Driver Charged After Bus Crash in North Carolina
An Ashe County student bus driver James Denton Hart, 17, of Lansing, faces driving while intoxicated charges after a North Carolina school bus crashed over a 60 foot embankment. Twenty eight of 41 children aboard were injured but not seriously. Hart posted a $500 bond with no hearing date set.
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West Jefferson
N.C
Ashe County
James Denton Hart
Lansing
Nixon Seen as GOP Loser Nomination Threat
Nixon trailing in New Hampshire battle with Romney prompts nonpartisan group to warn GOP aims for the presidency and congressional gains could fail. Romney’s active ground game contrasts with Nixon’s hands-and-talks as primaries loom March 12 and April 2. Rockefeller urged as strongest general election candidate amid internal party tensions.
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Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
New Hampshire
GOP
Romney
Nixon
Wisconsin
Vietnam
Albany
N.Y
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Committee For
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