Johnson’s State of the Union highlights tax and spending fights
President Johnson outlines aims to curb inflation with tax legislation while warning of price rises and a weaker dollar if Congress delays. He urges gun and drug controls, U S Soviet nuclear progress, job programs for 500000, Model Cities funding, 300000 housing units next year, FTC powers, consumer protections, and farm income measures.
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Soviet Union
Senate
Vienna
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Tew
Johnson speech draws GOP fire over tax and war plans
President Lyndon Johnson faced early Republican criticism as he urged a 10 percent income tax hike and increased spending to finance ongoing programs and Vietnam efforts. GOP leaders challenged his figures and priorities while he pressed for urban crime measures and housing, with estimates of costs and a predicted expansion of FBI agents.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
William Proxmiré
D-Wis
Senate House, Economic Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Southeast Asia
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
Laird
FBI
Johnson Orders 10 Percent Cut in State Dept Overseas Staffs
President Johnson directed a 10 percent reduction in State Department overseas employees and foreign staff at embassies and missions, excluding Vietnam, to curb the balance of payments deficit. About 25,000 civilians, 9,000 military personnel, and 30,000–35,000 foreign nationals are affected, with further travel and conference limits to follow.
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LBJ
State Dept. Overseas
Washington
Johnson
State Department
U.S
Vietnam
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
United States
Hillview labor pact approved by La Crosse County Board
The La Crosse County Board unanimously approved a labor agreement with the Hillview Home Employees Association to end a 20 year dispute. The contract, to be signed by the Hillview Board of Trustees, follows a 1965-66 negotiation and past fact finding and resignations by Local 750 members.
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la Crosse County Board
Hillview Home
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
Hillview Board of Trustees
Hillview Home Employes Association
Hillview
Wisconsin Council of County and Municipal
Employment Relations Commission
Factfinder
County Board
Harborview Plaza hearing set after bond sale funds city center
Pittsburgh bank bought 1 935 000 of La Crosse Redevelopment bonds at 3 49 percent to aid Civic Center debt and Harborview Plaza relocation. Federal grant 500 000 applies to loan payoff and working capital funds. Public hearing 7:30 p m in City Hall for urban renewal project with 68 of 69 buildings to be cleared west of 2nd Street.
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Pittsburgh
la Crosse
Harborview Plaza
City Hall
Ty and Common Council
2Nd Street
Mount Vernon
State Streets
Iron Worker Survives 91 Foot Fall in St Paul Bank
Roger E. Olson a 34 year old Cloquet Minnesota iron worker fell 91 feet from an eighth floor bank building in downtown St Paul landing on a second floor skyway. He was reported in satisfactory condition with a broken left arm a back bruise and a broken thumb. Olson is married with four children ages 7 to 11.
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ST. Paul
Roger E. Olson
Cloquet
Minn
Olson
Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Two Star General Among 12 Dead In Tank Plane Crash
A two star general Maj Gen Charles M Eisenhart and eight other Air Force officers were among 12 killed when a four engine tanker jet crash landed during takeoff at Minot Air Force Base in fog. One survivor, T Sgt William G Wright, 34, burned over 70 to 80 percent, flown to Brooke Army Medical Center after initial treatment at Minot. The crew from March Air Force Base was en route to Glasgow Montana.
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Minot
N.D
Air Force
Minot Air Force Base
15Th Air Force
William G. Wright
Wright
John, Moses Hospital
Strategic Air Command
North Dakota
San An
Eisenhart
Culbertson, Neb
McCook
Neb
Dorothy
Donald
Marion
Army Air Corps
Marianas Islands
Japan
Muscoda Logger Dies Of Injuries
Frank Hackl aged 59 of Muscoda died in a Prairie du Chien hospital from chest injuries suffered when a tree fell on him in a logging accident near Wauzeka. He was brought to the hospital by the Prairie du Chien Rescue Squad after the incident Wednesday afternoon.
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Wauzeka
Wis
Frank Hackl
Muscoda
Prairie du Chien
Genoa Receives Federal Grant for Sewage Plant
Genoa, Wis., to get 17,240 with total project cost 85,200 for a new secondary sewage treatment plant. Senator Gaylord Nelson announced the grant from the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. additional funds may follow.
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Genoa
Wis
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Sisters Die in Same Mysterious Way In California
In Santa Maria California two sisters five years apart died after sudden screams and stop of breathing Officials said Army Staff Sgt Robert Rush reported his wife Patricia 23 screamed and died at about 6 am Autopsies awaited today Beverly 17 died in 1963 after emerging from a swimming pool with the same fatal pattern The Stephens family parents son two other daughters expressed concern over more fatalities
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Santa Maria
Calif
Army
Robert Rush
Patricia
Rush
Everett Stephens
San Luis Obispo
Beverly
Stephens
Barbara
Diana
U S and Soviet Offer New Pact on Nuclear Curb
A new complete draft treaty to curb nuclear weapons spread was presented by the United States and the Soviet Union at the disarmament conference in Geneva. India opposes the draft for not clamping down hard enough, risking wider nonalignment if it refuses. The IAEA would police nonproliferation with Euratom, and France remains absent from the talks.
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San Antonio
Geoffrey Atkins
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
India
West Germany
Italy
France
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Alexei A. Roschchin
Pakistan
Israel
U.N. General Assembly
International Atomic Energy Agency
Common Market
Euratom
IAEA
Charles de Gaulle
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By Jack Bell
House
Gerald R. Ford
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
UPI
State of the Union
Pentagon
UPI Telephoto
Harborview
Civic Center
6Th Street
Pine Street
Charles Parrott
By AL den Beste
Air Force Base
Riverside, Calif
Charles M. Eisenhart
C. M. Eisenhart
T. Sgt
W. G. Wright
Russ
Beeen Eeeenes
Eee Sans
Tee
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