Johnson’s Blackmail Charge Hurts Tax Bill Outlook
President Johnson’s claim that some Congress members tried to blackmail him into deep spending cuts jeopardizes passage of a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Republicans blame the remark for wrecking tax bill prospects while Democrats, including Mills, push for larger reductions and spending trims. The conflict centers on a $4 billion vs $6 billion spending cut debate and ongoing Paris peace talks.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Congress
John R. Byrnes
Ways and Means Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Bow
House Appropriations Committee
North Vietnam
Paris
Wilbur D. Mills
Ark
Capitol Hill
Byrnes
Senate
Mills
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
U.S. Aims to Cut Back Militia Activity in Viet Nam Talks
Officials expect the first Paris peace talks with North Vietnam to press for a reduction in Communist militia activity in Southeast Asia. The move would clear the way for a total bombing halt on the North, with talks set to open May 10 after a Friday agreement.
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Washington
U.S
Paris
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
North
Ha‘noi
Vientiane
Laos
Hanoi
Noth Vietnam
Memorial Rites Planned For Youth
Memorial services for Thomas Smith 17 of La Crescent are set for 8 p m Saturday at the Church of the Crucifixion. The service will be a Concelebrated Mass with Rev Michael Kuisle Rev Peter Coleman and Rev Harry Jewison officiating. Smith drowned Saturday when a boat with six others capsized in the Mississippi off Shore Acres. Dragging failed to recover the body. Civil Air Patrol aided search from 9 a m Saturday. Survivors include his parents a brother Steven and two sisters Kathi and Lori and two grandmothers.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Thomas Smith
Michael Kuisle
Peter Coleman
St. Peter’s Church
Hokah
Harry Jewison
Holy ‘Cross Church
Dakota
Smith
James Smith
Pine Creek Road
Mississippi River
Shore Acres
la Crosse Wing
Civil Air Patrol
Steven
Kathi
Lori
Rose Wurm
la Crosse
A. T. Smith
Worthington
Plane Crash in Texas Kills 84 on Braniff Flight 352
A Braniff Electra Flight 352 crashed near Dawson Texas after takeoff from Houston at 4 11 p m killing all 84 aboard. The five crew members were based in Dallas and the crash site is about 90 miles south of Dallas with debris scattered near Lonnie Wells farm. FBI and National Guard assisted in the aftermath. no survivors were reported.
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Texas
Dawson, Tex
Braniff International
Lonnie Wells
Dawson
FBI
National Guard
United States
Greater Cincinnati
Trans World Airlines
Flight 352
Braniff
Houston
Jo Carol Brand
Taylor,n.d
Suzanne Renz
J.R. Phillips
John W. Foster
D. W. Crossland
Dallas
Fort Worth
Great Southwest International Airport
Dean Montgomery
Corsicanna
Jerry Merrill
Dawson High School
Tulsa
Fort Smith
Ark
Little Rock
Memphis
Braniff Airlines
Tex
UPI
Northwestern Students Seize Office Demanding End to Racism
Negro students at Northwestern University continue to hold the business office as militant student protests spread from Paris to New York and Chicago. Dean Hinz says officials will respond seriously. In Paris the Sorbonne and Nanterre faced clashes, while Brooklyn Center LIU halted a faculty meeting and St Bonaventure students protested.
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Associated Press
Northwestern University
Paris
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Latin Quarter
Columbia University
New York City
Northwestern
Evanston
Chicago
Roland J. Hinz
Versity
Nanterre
France
Brooklyn Center
Long Island University
New York
R. Gordon Hoxie
City University
St. Bonaventure University
Olean
N.Y
Hanoi backs peace talks move with Paris site
Hanoi praised its decision to meet the United States in Paris on May 10, signaling willingness to end the Vietnam war on terms including safeguards for Vietnamese national rights. Hanoi demanded U.S. withdrawal and an end to bombing and war actions in the North. The remarks appeared in Nhan Dan and came after Hanoi accepted Paris as the preliminary talks site.
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North Vietnam
U.S
United States
North
Hanoi
Johnson
Panhandle
20Th Parallel
South
Saigon
Tokyo
Paris
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Foreign Ministry
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Soviets Ratify Long Delayed Consular Pact
The Soviet Union ratified the consular convention allowing U S officials access to detained citizens, with the Presidium ratifying on April 26. The pact, signed June 1, 1964, goes into effect 30 days after ratification exchanges, marking the first bilateral treaty and a step toward consulates outside Moscow.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
U.S. Senate
United States
Supreme Soviet
Leningrad
Washington
United Nations
New York
Principal Emma Erickson Receives Wisconsin Award
Emma Erickson principal of Franklin School in La Crosse is honored with the Distinguished Service Award by the Wisconsin Elementary School Principals Association during a convention banquet at La Crosse State University. She has led WESPA roles and chaired the state convention, with a long record in education and local councils.
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Emma Erickson
S. 24Th St
Franklin School
Wisconsin Elementary School Principals Association
la Crosse State University
Miss Erickson
WESPA
Winona State College
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin
Columbia University
American University
Galesville
Webster School
la Crosse
Delta Kappala
Family Service Board
Chamber Unit Backs Altered Housing Law
La Crosse's open housing ordinance won strong support from the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce legislative committee with a 16 to 3 vote after multiple amendments. The plan moves to the full chamber board and then to the Common Council for the committee of the whole. Amendments favored owner-occupied duplexes and two-room rentals. others proposing broader exemptions were defeated.
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la Crosse
Legislative Committee
Greater la Crosse
Council
Judiciary Committee
Equal Opportunities Commission
Commission
London Doctors Perform 10th Heart Transfer
Reported as the world’s 10th heart transplant, the London operation at National Heart Hospital left 45 year old Frederick West in entirely satisfactory condition. A note of caution followed the U S and California cases, with patients Everett Claire Thomas in Houston and Joseph Rizer in Stanford awaiting further recovery.
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Associated Press
United States
London
National Heart Hospital
Frederick West
Houston
Tex
Everett Claire Thomas
Stanford
Calif
Joseph Rizer
Patrick Ryan
Donald Ross
Chris‘tiaan Barnard
Thomas
Phoenix, Ariz
Denton A. Copley
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Cooley
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