Smathers Announces 1969 Senate Retirement
Washington AP Sen George A Smathers Florida Democrat will retire in 1969 on doctors orders at 52 He is the third senator to retire at term end with Byrd Saltonstall Neuberger leaving this year Smathers plans to remain until his term ends but will not run again due to illness The move opens a wide race for the seat and signals a busy 1966 election year with other candidates for Congress and governor races.
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Washington
George A. Smathers
Rosemary
U.S
Senate
Smathers
Florida
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Congress
Ronald Reagan
California
House
Charles E. Bennett
Jacksonville
Fla
Steelmakers Wary Of Upping Prices Amid Government Push
Washington AP report notes steelmakers hesitate to join Bethlehem Steel and Inland Steel in price hikes for structural steel framing. A government boycott threat and military purchasing shifts push firms to seek lower prices. Despite warnings, the stock market holds, and administration officials deny price controls. United States Steel weighs its stance as officials urge buy-low strategies.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Inland Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp
United States Steel Corp
Congress
Johnson
Robert 5. McNamara
Inland Steel
Fardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Bethlehem’s
Viet Nam
Ackley
White House forecasts 110 to 115 billion dollar federal budget
The White House estimates the 1967 budget at 110 to 115 billion dollars, down from about 125 billion requested. Moyers noted several hundred million dollar items remain unsettled across defense and domestic programs, as the administration considers delaying the State of the Union. Defense spending is a major share, likely rising with Vietnam costs, with speculation around 56 to 60 billion.
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White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Acrieady
Congress
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Redrawing of Congressional Map Shifts Several Counties
A joint House Senate committee released a redrawn redistricting plan after a day and a half of work to comply with a federal court order. Carteret County moves from the First to the Third District while Jones County shifts from the proposed Third to the First. Warren County moves to the First, Avery and Burke counties are reassigned to new districts, affecting Rutherford and Polk counties in the redraw.
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Senate
Carterett County
S Pats Jones County
Warren County
Avery County
Witness Says he burned Klan records to keep them from enemy
John D. Swenson of Bossier City Louisiana testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities that he burned all records and documents related to the Ku Klux Klan to keep them from the enemy. He refused to confirm Klan membership citing self incrimination. Swenson said the records were burned in March 1964 and named Royal B. Young as another Klan official.
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House Committee On un-American Activities
John D. Swenson
Bossier City
Ku Klux Klan
Swenson
Grand Dragon
The
Knights of the
Ku Klux, ‘Klan
House Committee
Edwin E. Willis
Major Shakeup Suggested in Tentative Realignment
RAUT GHAPI A four county group proposed a major shake up of the north eastern counties under a tentative senatorial realignment plan. Julian Allsbrooh outlined the plan to the committee, proposing districts that would pair Serthamptan with Halifax and Edgecombe with Martin, Wake with Franklin, Pitt with Greene. County spokesmen objected to linking Warren Halifax Edgecombe and Pitt in one district, saying residents are dissatisfied and campaigning would be hard over a 120 mile spread from the Virginia line to Raven County.
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Couy
Eater
Ren
Julian Allsbrooh
Hallifax
General Assembly
Alishrook
Aishrook
Serthamptan
Halifax
Edgecombe
Marlin
Wake
Franklin
Pitt
Greene
Jecause
Warren
Vernon E. White
Pitt County Board of Commissioners
Virginia State Line
Raven County
Viet Cong Strikes At Americans Near Saigon
Viet Cong forces attacked a South Vietnamese coastal region near Tuy Hoa two miles northeast of Saigon. U S and allied forces replied with artillery, eight guerrillas were killed and eight captured, raising Communist losses to 180 in the operation. A Navy Skyraider was shot down during ongoing air actions as pacific cease fire began.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vietnam
Tuy Hos
Ody
U.S
Sihling
Washington
TLS
Union Leaders Arrested After Defying Court
NEW YORK AP Union leaders Michael d. Quill and eight others were arrested for civil contempt after defying a court order blocking a subway and bus strike. Justice Abraham M. Geller jailed them for failing to return workers to their jobs as spectators watched. The striking transit unions warned they would not end the walkout, and the Commerce and Industry Association estimated the impact could reach up to 100 million dollars a day.
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Atticlcs
Michael d. Quill
Eieht
Ouedif
Lindsay
New York Times
Transport Workers Union
AL -Clo
Secon
Supreme Court
Abraham M. Geller
Civ Han
Geller
Johnson Presses Ample Time for Hanoi to Decide Peace
AP Special Correspondent reports the Nixon era peace offensive aims to give Hanoi time to choose between negotiations and continued war. Washington weighs Hanoi leaders split over ending the war, with China pressuring for continued fighting and Moscow potentially favoring talks. Shelepin to visit Hanoi to discuss Soviet support, as U.S. watchers note past Kosygin visit coinciding with bombing.
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APS
Joinven
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North Viet Nam
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Hanoi
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United States
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Ttng
Washington
China
Alexander WN. Shelepin
Communist Party
Moscow
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