Police Arrest 12 Antiwar Marchers In N Y March
About 700 antiwar demonstrators marched through Lower Manhattan toward an Army intelligence center with police forming a heavy shield. At least 12 were arrested amid scattered fighting and a counterdemonstrator attack on a marcher with a Viet Cong flag.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Army
Armed Forces
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Battery Park
Stop the
Armed Forces Induction Center
Conferees Agree On 13% Social Security Increase
Conferees approve a 13 percent Social Security boost in the current budget talks. The measure appears tied to a broader cost of living adjustment debate and faces potential political resistance as lawmakers weigh fiscal impacts and beneficiary needs.
Minimum Pay Would Be $55 As of March
Washington AP reports a Social Security bill nearing congressional approval with the largest cash benefit and tax increases to date. It would raise basic benefits for about 24 million people, boost the minimum monthly payment to 55 dollars, and adjust the taxable base to lift taxes in 1968. The measure tightens welfare rules, limits Medicaid grants, and defers many liberal provisions. final figures lean toward House positions, with March benefit distributions and various eligibility changes.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Parcel Addressed To Cuba Explodes In Post Office
A parcel addressed to Cuba exploded in a Manhattan post office injuring eight and breaking windows. It was the second blast in a metro post office this week. A prior blast in Elizabeth New Jersey last Monday injured five, one seriously, as a carton exploded on a chute. Fire officials say the booby trapped package detonated when placed on a rolling cart by a mail sorter.
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New York
Cuba
Manhattan
Elizabeth
N.J
Want Ad Takers Move To Advertising Building
Classified ad takers for The La Crosse Tribune will operate from the retail advertising building at 332 5th Avenue South starting Monday December 11. Want ads may be placed by telephone at 782 8040, by mail, or over the counter at the new headquarters in the former Social Security office building. Weekday deadline for classified ads is 5 p.m. the day before publication. For Sunday ads a column inch or more must be placed by 5 p.m. Friday. all other Sunday ads by 4 p.m. Saturday.
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la Crosse Tribune
5Th Avenue
Tribune
Classified Department
Social Security Office
Display
U.S. Transfers Gold to Stabilization Fund in Dollar Defense
The Johnson administration moved 475 million dollars in gold from its monetary stock to the Exchange Stabilization Fund, the largest single shift in U.S. history. The transfer lowers the gold reserve to 12.434 billion and marks a major step in defending the dollar against international speculation.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Johnson Administration
Treasury Department
U.S
Ternational Monetary Fund
Exchange Stabilization Fund
McCoy to House 5th Army Data Center at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin begins expanding civilian staff to 112 to handle finance and accounting data processing for all 5th Army Area camps. XIII XIV and other corps offices shift functions here. building conversions expected by mid March with bids by December end.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
5Th Army Area
XIV Corps
Minneapolis
XI Corps
St. Louis
VI Corps
Battle Creek
Mich
XVI Corps
Omaha
Neb
5Th Army Command
Chicago
Howard D. Julian
McCoy
National Guard
Wisconsin road deaths rise to 6 this year
The 1967 Wisconsin traffic toll reached 1 051 after two more fatalities. A driver died in a Brown County crash near Denmark and Lucy Huppertz 67 of Eagle River was struck in Milwaukee en route to church. Margaret Kubiak 40 of Brookfield died in Elm Grove when her car hit a tree.
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Milwaukee
Brown County
Wisconsin
Denmark
Lucy Huppertz
Eagle River
Robert
Margaret Kubiak
Brookfield
Elm Grove
Waukesha County
James Welch
Mayor Loveland Expected to Veto La Crosse Budget
La Crosse Mayor Warren Loveland planned to veto the 1968 city budget Friday afternoon after the Common Council narrowly approved a 50 mill tax rate. The veto would be Loveland’s first on a major issue, with debate over school cuts and surplus funds influencing the decision.
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la Crosse
Warren Loveland
Shirley Tomalka
Loveland
Common Council
Finance Committee
Institute
Bice Heads Panel on Uniform Beer Age in Wisconsin
A three senator three assemblyman conference committee will study a uniform beer age of 21. Sen. Raymond C. Bice of La Crosse leads the panel as it aims to resolve the issue and cites highway safety. Other members include Sens. Arthur Cirilli and William Hansen and Reps. Elmer Nitschke Jack Steinhilber and Mark Lipscomb. A second conference on vehicle inspection and State Patrol increases also began.
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Senate Assembly
Wisconsin
Raymond C. Bice
la Crosse
Rice
Senate
Sens
Arthur Cirilli
R-Superior
Wiliam Hansen
Dstevens Point
Elmer Nitschke
R-Beaver Dam
Jack Steinhilber
Roshkosh
Mark Lipscomb
Milwaukee
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Bill Eagle
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