Formidable Tax Opposition to Social Security Reforms
The El Durado Daily News reports opposition to a House Ways and Means bill proposing to liberalize Social Security. The plan would raise benefits by at least 15 percent next July, with averages around 20 percent for 23 million recipients. Financing would come from higher payroll taxes and a higher earnings base, reaching 10 800 by 1974. Critics note removal of exemptions for those over 66 and the elimination of certain tax credits, potentially punishing continued work by seniors.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
el Durado Daily News
Hypnosis Led Russo to Describe Kennedy Conspiracy
Orleans Parish coroner testified that Perry Russo, the state witness, had undergone hypnosis at three locations in late February and March. Russo claimed hearing Clay Shaw, Lee Harvey Oswald, and David Ferrie discuss killing President Kennedy. Brando plans famine relief benefit for Bihar with global volunteers after touring eastern India.
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Bill Order
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Perry R. Russo
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Nicholas Chetta
Russio
Marcy Hospital
Asst. Dist
Charles Ward
Russo
Criminal District Court
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Kennedy
Alvin Oser
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Chetta
Calcutta
India
Marlon Brando
Bihar
Brando
Inila
Teenage references and milk strike headline mix
Parental remarks about teens are contrasted with a separate report on milk dealers amid an NFC protest. Lynda Bird Johnson attends a charity premiere with Henry Fonda, while milk shipments face shortages as farmers join a price protest across 26 states, affecting supplies in several regions.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
New Jersey Milk Industry Association, Inc
NFC
New York
Idaho
Canada
Florida
Staley
Corning
Iowa
Pure Milk Association
Iaois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Harold Cope
PMA
Johnson frees $791 million in frozen federal funds
President Johnson released $791 million in frozen federal funds citing subsided inflation. The funds include $350 million for federal highway aid, $250 million for low-cost housing mortgage assistance, $71 million for Farmers Home loans, $90 million for Army Corps flood projects, and $30 million for Elementary and Secondary Education Act grants. About $5.2 billion in deferred funds were affected. the action adds roughly $105 million to the 1967 fiscal year total.
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Washington
Johnson
Farmers Home Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Dodd Conscience Clear Amid Senate Ethics Hearing
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd told the Senate ethics committee his conscience is clear after a decade of financial strain, denying personal profit and asserting most expenses were political. He accused former bookkeeper Michael O’Hare of lying and defended expenditures as unrelated to personal gain. GM Donates Car to Nader for Detroit visit despite critiques of unsafe design.
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John Chadwick Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee Today
Connecticut
Bipartisan Committee
Dodd
Michael V. O'Hare
Mr. O'Hare
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
O’hare
Two Planes Downed and U S Ship Hit Near North Vietnam
The U S military said two American planes were downed and destroyer Stoddard was hit by coastal gunfire off North Vietnam as fighting intensified. One Skyraider was shot down over the North. the pilot was rescued and the war front spread through South Vietnam’s central highlands. Brig Gen Nguyen Chi Thanh identified as leader of Communist forces in the south. In Washington, VP Hubert H. Humphrey injured his right wrist in a fall and will wear a cast for weeks. aides say it will not affect his schedule.
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George McArthur
North Vietnam
North
U.S
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Saigon
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Thanh
Hanoi
Humphrey
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Norman Sherman
George Burkley
White House
Sherman
Low Air Fare Boosts U.S. Travel Abroad
Two million Americans are expected to travel to Europe this year, up from 1.6 million in 1966, as lower fares boost bookings. Trans International Airlines reports over 200 Europe charter flights and a 25 percent rise in business. BOAC, TWA, and American Express note strong European tour demand with sizable increases in reservations and tours.
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New York
Europe
Henry P. Huff
Trans International Airlines
Oakland
Calif
Trans International
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicao
St. Louis
Columbus
Boston
Huff
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Trans World Airlines
American Express
Hope Lions Club Marks 20 Years Of Service In Hope
The Hope Lions Club celebrates its 20th anniversary chartered in 1947 by the Texarkana Lions Club. A special program March 20 will feature original charter members and highlight decades of civic work including brooms and light bulbs sales to aid the blind, Youth Center projects, Boy Scout buildings, Little League support, and state-sponsored programs.
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Hope Lions Club
Texarkana Lions Club
Texarkana Club
Hope Club
Lions Over
Hope Lions
Don Freel
Harold Brents
Andy Andrews
Frank King
Miles Laha
W. L. Tate
N. D B. Broach
J. T. Byers
Ural EB. Cloud
Eddy J. Craine
Fred Duncan
W. L. Elam
Dorsey Fuller
Martin A. Gehling
William C. Gentry
Foy H. Hammons
Byron D. Hefner
W. R. Herndon
W. A. Jeans
Claude D. Lauterbach
Webb Laseter, Jr
Rae M. Luck
J. Fletcher Reed
Paul Rettig
Leo Robins
H. A. Shields
Jerome Smith
Herbert Whitehead
Charles Wylie
KXAR
Fair Park
Lions Club
James Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Haskell Jones
Bill Gunter
Gene White
James Morrow
Washington
Emmet
Rae Luck
Foy Hammons
Ben Owen
John Wilson
Bob Daniels
Bill Gentry
Kinhard Young
Cecil O’steen
Bill Routon
Cline Franks
W.H. Gunter, Jr
Jim James
Harry Phillips
Hubert Thrash
Ferrell Williams
Lions
Prison Crops Under New Management
The Arkansas State Penitentiary Board awarded Jacob Hartz Seed Co. a contract to manage Tucker Prison Farm rice and 900 acres of soybeans, with Hartz receiving eight percent of rice receipts and ten percent of soybean receipts. Emergency agreement due to upcoming planting season. Hartz to oversee storage, drying, and selling, while prison staff and equipment remain. Contract runs through 1968 unless terminated by year end.
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Little Rock
State Penitentiary Board
Jacob Hartz Seed Co
Stuttgart 9
Tucker Prison Farm
Hartz
Tucker
Sidney Kegeles
Kegeles
Cummins Prison Farm
Cummins-Tucker
Penitentiary Board
Lonoke County ASCS Office Named Outstanding County
The Lonoke County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office was selected as the outstanding county office in the state for 1966. A. C. Mowery Jr. announced the choice, made by the state office staff and district fieldmen. Also, Governor Rockefeller signed seventy bills into law, mostly budget measures.
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Little Rock
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Lonoke County
A. C. Mowery Jr
ASCS
State Office
WR Little
Meredith opposes Powell if special election called
Headline makers James Meredith announces he will oppose Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell should a special election be convened. A spokesman says actor Jack Pylance might enter politics. Attorneys general, current and former, remain in the news as William Ramsey Clark is named to a cabinet post and Senator Robert Kennedy urges a bombing halt to spur Vietnam peace talks.
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James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Jack Pylance
William Ramsey Clark
Robert Kennedy
Vietnam
Panel Indicts Clay Shaw for Murder
A three judge panel in New Orleans ruled that Clay L. Shaw should stand trial on a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. Judge Bagert said probable cause existed. District Attorney Jim Garrison vowed to file a bill of information.
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Ben Tho
New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Bernard J. Bagert
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Kennedy
Hensmen
Bagert
Criminal District Court
William Wegmann
Arkansas Farm Income Near Billion Despite Market Decline
An Agriculture Department report shows Arkansas farm income in 1966 rose to 994.94 million dollars, a new high driven by a surge in government payments totaling 85.725 million. Net income per farm reached 5,747 dollars, ranking 17th nationwide, as cash receipts from marketings fell mainly due to cotton declines, offset by gains in soybeans, broilers, cattle, and eggs.
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Washington
Arkansas
Agriculture Department
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