RFK says tax hike needed to cover past mistakes
Robert F. Kennedy accuses the Johnson administration of slow reaction to economic danger signals. While campaigning in Portland Oregon for the May 28 Oregon primary he calls for a moderate increase in corporate and individual income taxes and spending cuts to offset the economic toll of the war.
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Associated Press
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Ore
Oregon
New York Democrat
Kennedy
Campaign clashes as candidates edge toward convention
The piece describes shifts in Democratic and Republican races with Hubert Humphrey defending the Poor People’s Campaign and stressing a pledged national honor, Eugene McCarthy courting Florida delegates on Vietnam, and Nelson Rockefeller and Spiro Agnew in GOP maneuvering. Nixon frames a broad alliance of ideas, citing cross-party ground from black militants to new liberals and the new South.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Congress
Humphrey
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Florida
George Smathers
McCarthy
U.S
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Annapois
Richard M. Nixon
Alliance of Ideas
New South
Nixon
Mail Order Rifle Ban Amendment Defeated in Senate
The Senate rejected 53 to 29 an amendment by Sen. Kennedy to ban interstate mail order sales of shotguns and rifles as part of gun control bills. A similar Dodd amendment allowing states to exempt residents from the ban was defeated 54 to 29. Wisconsin Sens. Proxmire and Nelson opposed Kennedy’s ban.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Martin Luther King Jr
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Debaters and Coaches Set Postseason Review in Wisconsin
A post season symposium for student debaters and their coaches from Wisconsin colleges and universities will be held at La Crosse State University in the Student Union Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The program will appraise intercollegiate debating in the Midwest and is open to interested persons including high school debaters.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse State University
Midwest
Dr John C Smith Elected Moderator of United Presbyterian Church
Dr John Coventry Smith was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A by 820 delegates at the 180th General Assembly. The 65 year old former general secretary of the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations spoke on taking a stand amid civil rights Vietnam War and social issues. He noted declining membership but rising giving and urged active church leadership to address tense race and global problems.
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Minneapolis
John Coventry Smith
Smith
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Dr. Smith
Commission On Ecumenical Mission and Relations
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Japan
Ontario
Canada
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Muskingum College
Pittsburgh Seminary
World Council of Churches
General Assembly
William P. Thompson
Presbyterian Reformed Church
Cuba
Thompson
Christendom
Hell
Wisconsin State Board of Health
Hitler
Ludwick Gross
Cancer Research
U.S. Admin
Bronx
N.Y
New York Times
Citizen’s Committee Against
Coulee
Ambitious Alignment Proposes Subtle Shift in Global Power
The speaker notes a new alignment emphasizes different priorities but avoids clashes seen in the former power bloc alliances. He says the shift preserves cooperation while reframing influence and strategy on the world stage.
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