April 1 Target for Tax Hike Surcharge Plan
Johnson administration eyes an April 1 effective date for a 10 percent individual income tax surcharge with a retroactive January 1 date for corporations. House hearings and Rep. Mills' review signal potential changes as budget figures project $3 billion in current year and $12.9 billion next year in revenues.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Congress
Fighting Flares Beneath DMZ U.S. Loses Three Planes
U S command reports heavy fighting below the DMZ and raids north of Hanoi costing three American planes and a MIG interceptor. A Viet Cong mine killed 18 in a Mekong Delta market while a sniper killed a hamlet chief near Cam Lo.
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Georgeesper
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Air Force
Bac Giang
Panhandle
Khe Sanh
Dmz
South Vietnam
Phu Vinh
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Cam Lo
Congress Faces Voter Shift as Crime Tops Issues
An Associated Press survey shows voters rate crime and riots as the top concern, surpassing Vietnam. Congress members report strong support for stiffer anticrime laws, with lawmakers recounting incidents and public anger over crime in home districts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Vietnam
Rep
Bob Sikes
D-Fla
Tom Railsback
R-Il
Galesburg
Ill
Johnson
State of the Union
Graham Purcell
D-Tex
Congressmen weigh public mood on war and taxes
The survey finds frustration with the war and desire for an honorable settlement. Doves mix with hawks, while many favor ending the conflict soon but lack clear paths. Critics oppose tax hikes, debt, Carmichael and De Gaulle, with caveats on tying taxes to postwar guarantees.
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North Vietnam
Andrew Jacobs Jr
D-Ind
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Johnson
Stokely Carmichael
Charles de Gaulle
Jack Edwards
Rala
de Gaulle
France
Kenneth J. Gray
Great Society Blues
James C. Cleveland
Rn.h
Two Firms Seek Exclusion From Harborview Plaza Project
Opponents Gateway Products Corp and Rice Grocery urged exclusion from the Harborview Plaza urban renewal plan at a La Crosse Redevelopment Authority hearing attended by about 30 supporters and 8 opponents. Proponents argued riverfront revitalization would bring jobs and business, while supporters of the plan noted cost shares and relocation timelines.
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Harborview Plaza
la Crosse
Gateway Products Corp
Rice Grocery Co
Las Crosse
John Berg
Gateway Products
John Rice
Rice Grocery
William Skemp
Roellig’s
River Front
Warren Loveland
Authority Board
Wisconsin
Common Council
Fred B
Loveland
Light Key Factor in Huge Corn Yields Revealed
The Agriculture Department reports experiments showing light availability as the main driver of corn yield. Illinois researchers used aluminum reflectors to illuminate lower plant parts, achieving 277 bushels per acre, far above the 1967 national average of 78 bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
University of Illinois
Industrial Park Zoning Approved by Jerome R. Rosso
La Crosse County Board approved rezoning of a 1 000 acre farmland tract for an industrial park along County Highway XX in Onalaska north of Midway and west of Holmen. Backed by the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce and 24th District Supervisor Frank Hauser, the plan faced initial objections from Onalaska Town Board over annexation and information. The town now supports the project and will provide sewer and water as the area develops.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
24Th Dist
Frank Hauser
Onalaska
Hauser
Jerome Klos
Dist
Klos
la Crosse Real Estate
Tom Wheeler
Chamber
Sunder
Eartha Kitt Tackles First Lady Over War Youth Rebellion
Eartha Kitt confronted Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a White House luncheon, claiming U S youth rebel due to the Vietnam War as marij uana use rises in the streets. Johnson urged constructive leadership and referenced the 1967 Social Security Act for day care, while Kitt pressed for ways to help delinquent parents.
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Frances Lewine Washington
Eartha Kitt
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Miss Kitt
Johnson
UPI
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Violent Storm Hits Sicily quake Zone Forcing Refugee Exile
In western Sicily a fierce rain and wind storm worsened the quake zone crisis. Flooded tent camps, halted helicopter aid, and widespread exposure sent pneumonia and scarlet fever through refugees. Dr Arturo Xibilia warned of rising pneumonia among the elderly and children.
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Palermo
Sicily
Arturo Xibilia
Health Institute
Catania
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Tribune
Harborview
By Jim Adams
Sen
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Poage
Ee Daily
Farm New Bee Ewer Envreeer
Peewee Enn Eene
Donald W. Affolter
Charles Parrott
Authority
Civic Center
Parrott
Peter Tanner
Milwaukee Road
Tanner
Copeland Avenue
Charles Hansen
CPC
Trane Co
Dahl
Alex Skover
Frank Potts
W. T. Burgess
Peter Pappas
By Jerome R. Rosso
Holmen
Iin
Mrs. Johnson
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