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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1966
Page
6
Excise tax cuts cut 10 percent admissions tax and cabaret levy to ease year end bills while Social Security tax increases begin today. The new 4.5 percent rate applies to the first 6600 of income, with a maximum tax of 277.20 yearly, funding higher retirement benefits and elderly health care.
Federal judge in Chicago postponed Jesse Owens sentencing until February to confer with other judges after his conviction for evading $68,000 in federal income taxes. In Los Angeles, Marie McDonald’s death on October 21 was ruled accidental by the coroner after an extensive psychiatric and psychological review.
Chicago police seek two missing children Jacqueline Simpson 12 and Jerry Simpson 9 from Ohio now missing in Chicago after their father Louis 39 realized they were gone at about 7 30 p m Monday. Authorities fear abduction by a sex fiend amid rumors of sightings in the north side while the family settles from Westwood Ohio to Chicago with eight other children.
New York Mayor elect John Lindsay met transit leaders to avert a possible citywide subway and bus strike. Transit Union boss Michael J. Quill called Lindsay a pipsqueak while warning the city would face a massive walkout unless the City Transit Authority funds a $680 million demand by early Saturday.
Tropical air gave way to Januarylike chill across the United States as an Arctic front drives temperatures down after noon. Havre Montana logged 6 below, strong winds lashed the Great Lakes and Plains, light snow spread from the Plains to the western Great Lakes, and rain snow mix hit the Pacific Northwest. Travel warnings appeared in southeast Idaho with heavy snow expected. A funnel cloud formed near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, while an ice jam on the Missouri River near Bismarck, North Dakota, raised river levels and forced livestock movement.
President Johnson, seeking progress on Viet Nam peace talks, talked by telephone with top advisers including State Secretary Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara. The White House offered few details and noted discussions spanned multiple subjects. A Canada United States air transport agreement was announced in principle, promising expanded routes and improved services between the two nations. The Air Force Academy board urged strengthened cadet honor code understanding before appointments, amid last year’s cheating scandal that led to 109 resignations.
Paris France President Charles de Gaulle declared France will not be dragged into the Vietnam War or any other conflict not her own in a New Year radio television address. He spoke before meeting U.S. envoy Arthur Goldberg who carried President Johnsons peace message on Vietnam.
Provisional President Hector Garcia-Godoy warned of fresh clashes between right and left factions within 72 hours as armed forces report possible insurrections aimed to spur military action. Outbreaks were forecast for Santo Domingo and major cities including Santiago, with 28 deaths in Santiago earlier this month.
President and Mrs. Johnson spend New Year at the LBJ Ranch with daughter Luci preparing for a late summer wedding to Arman Patrick J. Nugent of Waukegan Illinois. Nugent is on a two day pass from Lackland Air Force Base. Luci and Nugent plan nuptials while Luci resumes Georgetown University Nursing studies. Lynda Bird Johnson returns to Texas with plans kept private. No meeting date set for Luci and Nugent parents.
Union machinists at Old Mathieson Kal Corp gunpowder plant in East Alton Illinois plan to vote Sunday on whether to end a one month strike. Local and national negotiators have urged a decision to resolve disrupted production and supply concerns.
Heavy ground fighting raged across South Viet Nam as U S planes avoided North Viet Nam strikes for the eighth day. Vietnamese government forces attacked a Viet Cong battalion near the Cambodian border, while fighting continued near Da Nang and Chu Lai.
The Johnson administration condemns Bethlehem Steel Corp price increase as inflationary and not in the public interest. Officials note it echoes prior moves in aluminum and copper, where threats to release stockpiles pressured companies to back down.
Volunteer state savings bonds chairman Arthur M. Smith reported Clark County cash sales of U S Savings Bonds reached 248760 last month. State total for November 564710, up from 548846 year ago, with national cash sales at 338 million and E and H bonds outstanding at 49 billion 175 million.
Federal agents joined the FBI in probing the deaths of Benny the Cringe and Peter Bellous found shot in a parked car in a Bronx neighborhood. The Rev Benedetto Indiviglio was linked to Mafia narcotics and held on bail on federal charges. Police note knife wounds and a throat cut on Bellous. Slayings appear tied to a narcotics crackdown and a Georgia heroin seizure.
The New Year honors list includes Queen Elizabeth recognizing the Royal dentist Dr. Alan Mcleod, ping pong star Johnny Leach, cricketer Brian Statham, and New Zealand singer Inia Te Wiata with CBEs. Journalist William Connor earns a knighthood, while authors Graham Greene and William Golding receive high honors.
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