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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
4
President Johnson, while confined with flu at Bethesda Naval Hospital, said his final 1969 fiscal year budget may show a small surplus, reversing the prior forecast of a $5 billion deficit. He issued the statement from the hospital in Washington.
UPI reports the nation records a subzero low at Craig Cole and a 85 degree high in Beeville Texas. Johnson cites spending cuts to fit a 184.4 billion dollar federal budget while revenues exceed earlier projections. He notes a five term deficit of about 37 billion balanced by 40 billion in tax reductions and possible further social security tax changes.
New York reports say Mrs. Aristotle Onassis plans a private life with no public details. Nancy Tuckerman confirms there will be no disclosure of travel plans or whereabouts while she and her children join Aristotle Onassis in Europe for Christmas on Skorpios.
UPI reports 222 Americans killed in action and 1,199 wounded last week around Saigon and Da Nang, up 30 from the prior week. South Vietnamese losses were 198 killed and 815 wounded, with 2,059 enemy killed and 521 Reds captured. Cumulative U.S. deaths total 30,279 and 190,468 wounded since 1961, while U.S. troop strength stands at 534,500 with about 35,000 Navy personnel aboard 7th Fleet ships and 700 Coast Guards on duty in the theater.
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