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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1965
Page
1
President Johnson presented Congress with a record 99.7 billion dollar budget for fiscal 1966- a year expected to be the last under 100 billion. The plan envisions tax cuts and social security increases including 2.1 billion more in cash benefits and higher taxes next year to support hospital care and poverty relief efforts.
President Johnson's budget to Congress plans hospital insurance for the aged under Social Security with clerical changes to fund it. It calls for a self financed program starting July 1 1966 with a combined employer employee payroll contribution of 0.6 percent on the first 5600 of income. The Social Security tax rate and wage base would rise effective January 1 1966 to support health insurance cash payments retroactive to January 1 1965. The budget aims to expand old age survivors and disability benefits while maintaining self funding.
President Johnson called on Congress to approve 610 million dollars in 1965 66 for Appalachian development to ease chronic poverty across 11 states. He also sought 103 million for the current 1965 fiscal year and outlined broader budget shifts aimed at jobs education and regional growth.
Londoners wear black as the world marks Sir Winston Churchill's death. The London Stock Exchange pauses for two minutes of silence and Parliament halts as Westminster Hall prepares to receive the body. A state funeral is planned for Saturday at St Paul’s Cathedral with a Thames procession.
President Johnson recovering from a cold may delay a London trip to attend Sir Winston Churchill's funeral. Press secretary George E. Reedy said Johnson improved and could leave Bethesda Naval Hospital soon but a firm decision will come by Wednesday or later.
A mob of about 500 youths burned the homes of Hue's regional police chief and the local Viet director after a 10 000 strong antigovernment demonstration. Radio Saigon announced martial law and a curfew with on the spot execution warnings. No casualties were reported.
President Johnson ordered the American flag to be flown at half staff through Saturday on government buildings and ships worldwide to honor Sir Winston Churchill who died Sunday. This gesture marks a rare tribute to a foreign leader as Congress had once granted honorary American citizenship to Churchill.
Riverside AP reports Herman the chicken is bonded to a rubber ball as his mother and potential imprint. Joan explains imprinting terms while Herman follows the ball, sleeps with it, and reacts when it is absent. No other chickens have been seen by Herman, who is only a hatchling.
A pathology report states the abdominal tumor removed from Sen. Olin D. Johnston is a cancer type growth but not cancer itself. Dr. Leon J. Khoury said findings offer optimism for the senator's recovery after surgery intended to repair an aortic aneurysm.
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