Merchants Oppose Proposed North Carolina Sales Tax Increase
Thompson Greenwood of the North Carolina Merchants Association vows to oppose any move to raise the three percent sales tax. He cites a planned enabling act to let municipalities add one percent to consumer goods. The idea faces opposition from business groups and public officials amid tax reform talks.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Merchants Association
Thompson Greenwood
Greenwood
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
North Carolina Tax Study Commission
Governors Cautious On War Policy At Conference
GOP governors at the 58th annual meeting weighed a watered down endorsement of Johnson's Viet Nam policies while signaling possible criticism of future steps. Democratic Gov. Edmund Brown cited flickering signs of negotiated peace, as the group shifted language from absolute to resolute support of global commitments.
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Viet Nam
Ty Affairs
Edmund G. Brown
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
GOP
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Argyle Minn sprays by accident uses parathion
Medical authorities expect no major harm after a parathion pesticide spray in Argyle Minnesota. An emergency hospital was prepared in Warren North Dakota as two thirds of the town’s 800 residents fled and officials monitor effects while antidote supplies arrive.
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Air Force Base
Warren
Argyle
Pumala
Dennis Rousseau
Minneapolis
Rousseau
Draft calls boosted for July and August
The Defense Department raised July enlistment calls by 2,000 to 28,500 and August calls by 4,000 to 36,000 due to lagging Army enlistments. The Pentagon made the announcement in Washington.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Haiphong Oil Depot Bombed Second Time
SAIGON, South Viet Nam AP U S Navy planes bombed the Haiphong oil storage depot two miles northwest of the city for the second time the Haiphong depot supplies about 95 percent of North Viet Nam petroleum. Skyhawk pilots reported all bombs on target one plane shot down but crew rescued fireball from a second explosion.
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South Viet Nam
U. S. Navy
Haiphong Dock
U.S
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S
Hancock
Peace talk prospects dim as Geneva conference rejected
The Soviet Union rejects Britain's plan to reconvene the 1954 Geneva conference but U S leaders explore new diplomatic lines over Vietnam. Secretary Rusk says no peace signals from Hanoi Haiphong, Humphrey notes weak hopeful signs, Ball cites growing war weariness and possible long wait for settlement.
Twas The Midsummer Recess On Capitol Hill
A whimsical AP column notes the summer lull on Capitol Hill as lawmakers take brunch breaks and staffers busy themselves with chores and tidying while eager tourists roam. It jokes about a few politicians away and Goldie Pence staying in town, refocusing attention on the political theatre.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
TV Antennas Called Good Lightning Rods
Raleigh fire inspector A R Woodlief says color TV sets reduce lightning fire risk as more people buy antennas. He notes antennas protect buildings and urges more installations after a New Bern high school explosion caused by lightning.
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Raleigh
A. R. Woodlief
Raleigh Fire Department
Woodlief
New Bern
Rusk says bombings show no escalation in Viet Nam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in Tokyo that U S raids on oil depots near Hanoi and Haiphong are aimed at limiting North Viet Nam’s southern aggression and do not signal wider war. Hashimoto reported the talks and noted discussions of Red China without details.
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Dean Rusk
Eisaku Sato
U. S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Rusk
Sato
Surviving Son Policy Authorized
The Pentagon authorized hardship discharges for sole surviving sons in families. Effective immediately, the policy applies to all services except during war or a congressional declared national emergency, with Viet Nam not qualifying. A July 1 memorandum from Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas D. Morris directs offers for hardship discharge with favorable consideration for qualified sole surviving sons.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Congress
Defense
Thomas D. Morris
Army
Navy
Air Force
Morris
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