House Shelves Tax Boost in Budget Fight
The House refused to force President Johnson to cut the budget while voting to fund federal agencies temporarily. A bid to add a $5 billion cut failed 213 to 203 as the Ways and Means Committee delayed the tax increase plan pending a budget deal. Key Senate moves centered on Job Corps and an emergency fund, with votes indicating a tough fiscal stance amid broader labor and auto industry recalls and price controls.
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Skydiver Lands After Parachute Fails Near San Diego
Navy man LC Roscoe J. Thrift 34 of California survived a practice jump from 12 000 feet near San Diego when his main chute failed to open fully. He hit the ground at about 100 mph, suffered internal injuries and minor vertebral fractures, but remained in satisfactory condition. Thrift, a former boxer, described thinking he would walk away, then felt the impact.
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Pluto's Foice Vance Cofvig Dies at 75 in Woodland Hills
Vance Cofvig, voice of Disney characters Goofy and Pluto and co writer of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, died Tuesday at age 75 at Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills. Separately, Harold Kim Philby reportedly married Melinda MacLean, widow of Donald Maclean, in Moscow after divorcing his third wife.
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Major U S Air Strikes Hit North Vietnam Near China
U S Air Force and Navy jets bomb highway bridges and a railroad yard near the Chinese border in North Vietnam, with B52s striking DMZ artillery positions overnight. Dozens of jet bombers attacked Loc Dinh, Bao Dang and Ha Thuoc targets while antiaircraft fire and Soviet missiles hit back. Marines at Con Thien resupply amid renewed shelling as Washington presses the air war.
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National Cities to Get Slum Industries Plan Announced
The Johnson administration named five pilot cities from Boston to Los Angeles to begin a new unemployment drive in slums with government backing. Two Cabinet secretaries detailed the plan while Sen. Robert F. Kennedy endorsed it but urged his own measures too. Cities include Boston Chicago Los Angeles San Antonio and Washington DC with private industry invited. About 40 million dollars would fund slum job training and federal property access to attract plants. Initial commitments involve Borg Warner Sears Roebuck Lockheed McDonnell Douglas Litton Avco and New England Electric.
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Court Grants Blood Transfusion for Ill Woman in Hollywood
A court order allowed Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood to give blood transfusions to Frances Murray, 50, of Norwalk, who refused due to Jehovah's Witness beliefs. Two physicians testified she would die within hours or days without the transfusions.
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Eisenhower Heads to Walter Reed for Routine Checkup
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will visit Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington D C on Friday for a routine medical checkup, according to his office.
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Brown Loses Bid to Block Extradition in Virginia Case
Black Power advocate H. Rap Brown loses a bid in Alexandria Virginia to halt extradition to Maryland. A court denied a writ of habeas corpus as Brown fights charges tied to two riots and inciting arson. His lawyers plan an appeal.
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