Governor Moore proposes $2.7 billion budget and tax relief plan
Gov. Dan Moore asks the North Carolina General Assembly to approve a record 1967 69 budget including $1.1 billion for education and a four step tax relief plan aimed at low income families students veterans and seniors. Bills to implement the budget and tax cuts were sponsored in both chambers with Sen. Tom White and Rep. Gordon Greenwood leading the measures.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
North Carolina General Assembly
Dan Moore
Tom White
D-Lenoir
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gordon Greenwood
D-Buncombe
Moore
Ralph Scott
D-Alamance
Senate Finance Committee
Joe Eagles
D-Edgecombe
House Finance Committee
General Assembly
Vietnam
Osteen
Dbuncombe
House Appropriations Committee
Moore budget proposal drawn warm response from North Carolina lawmakers
Gov. Dan Moore’s budget and tax relief plan drew a favorable reception in Raleigh with praise from Sen. Ralph Scott and other lawmakers. The plan proposes $2.7 billion in state appropriations and $23.3 million in two year tax relief, including higher dependent exemptions and aid for families, servicemen in Vietnam, and seniors. Some leaders voiced concern about affordability and education funding, while others praised the education budget as the best in a decade.
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Moore
Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
Natural Resources and Recreation
Ployment Security Commission
Raleigh
Dan Moore
Ralph Scott
D-Alamance
Vietnam
John L. Osteen
Guilford
Senate
Air War Resumes as U S and Viet Cong Exchange Strikes
US fighter bombers hit North Vietnamese railways and supply routes while Navy ships attacked shipping. North Korea and China pledged continued support for the Viet Cong. Reports note years of losses, multiple air sorties, and downed aircraft amid resumed bombing after a lunar new year truce.
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Robert D. Ohman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Radio
Peking
Pyongyang
Red China
North Korea
Lin Piao
China
Kim Chang Bong
Hanoi
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Vinh Tuy Highway
Dong Hoi
U.S. Command
Navy AG
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
Panhan
Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
Ninh Binh
Nam Ha
Phu Ly
UFO Reports on Increase in 1966 Findings
Dayton AP reports Maj. Hector Quintanilla of Project Blue Book at Wright Patterson Air Force Base says UFO sightings rose in 1966 with 1 060 submissions the second highest total in 20 years. Most cases explained as astronomical objects aircraft balloons or natural or man made items.
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Dayton, Ohio
Hector Quintanilla
Project Blue Book
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Outer Space
Air Force
Blue Book
Quintanilla
U. S
Hershey urges lower draft mental bars predicting Clay induction
Lt Gen Lewis Hershey director of the Selective Service System says mental standards should drop from 16 to 10 and predicts Cassius Clay will be inducted. He notes 60 percent of North Carolina’s young men are rejected and says Clay may reach the Presidential Appeal Board before possible Justice Department action.
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Raleigh
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Chamson
Cassius Clay
Hershey
Dan Moore
North Carolina
Clay
Presidential Appeal Board
Department of Justice
Johnson says peace talks hinge on North Vietnam terms
President Johnson cites London meeting with Kosygin and Wilson while noting no new response from Hanoi. North Vietnam demands halt to bombing and troop withdrawal before talks. Ho Chi Minh reiterates US aggression must end and Viet Cong recognition, backing conditions previously rejected. Johnson maintains open door to peace and readiness to go halfway for a settlement.
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Johnson
London
Alexei Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Hanoi
U. S
Ho Chi Minh
Pope Paul
Vietnam
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
National Front For Liberation
Viet Cong
White House
Nixon popularity dips as Romney edges ahead in survey
The Harris poll shows Nixon would lose to Johnson 57 to 43 and to Kennedy 54 to 46, with Romney leading Nixon 41 to 28 as first choice and 59 to 41 in a head to head. The results come as Johnson and Kennedy face public opinion trouble.
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George Romney
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Romney
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