Republicans target Johnson budget overrun in 1969 plan
GOP staff warns Johnson's proposed fiscal 1969 budget could exceed this year by up to 14 billion dollars and urges restraint. Sen. Carl T. Curtis calls any 9 to 14 billion rise a staggering blow, signaling a tough fight in Congress over spending controls and a 10 percent tax increase. Administration says unified budget may reach about 190 billion, with old estimates around 145 to 150 billion if trust funds are excluded. The current year’s spending stands at 156.2 billion.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
GOP
Congress
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
King Wins Parole From Nevada Prison for Wife Killing
Nathan C. King, 33, convicted of the 1962 murder of his Las Vegas wife, was granted parole by the State Board of Prison Commissioners. He will be released after agreeing to an approved rehabilitation program and five years on parole, joining 33 inmates freed and 56 denied at the quarterly session.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
Nathan C. King
Las Vegas
State Board of Parole Commissioners
King
Ronald D. Enis
Clark County
Oklahoma
Eugene Anderson
Washoe County
David C. Barnes
California
William T. Dixon
Ormsby County
Utah
Robert Fields
William T. Graves
Chester L. Hobbs
Brewer guilty in Bank of Las Vegas fund scheme
A federal grand jury found Southern Nevada businessman Jay Brewer guilty of misappropriating more than 92 000 from Bank of Las Vegas funds in a scheme alleged with two bank officials. Judge Roger Foley set sentencing for January 31. defense attorney Harry Claiborne said he will appeal.
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Jay Brewer
Brewer
Assembly
Bank of Las Vegas
U. S. Dist
Roger Foley
U. S. Atty
Robert S. Linnel
Anaconda Co Urges End to Wide Bargaining Strike
In Butte Montana the Anaconda Co calls on copper unions to drop company wide bargaining conditions and return to talks to end the 186 day strike. In Tunis Tunisia Vice President Humphrey pledges to walk the extra mile to start Vietnam peace talks and vows to oppose aggression and terrorism.
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Butte, Mont
UPI
Anaconda Co
Tunis
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Vietnam
McCarthy asks FCC for free TV time to respond to Johnson
Attorneys for Senator Eugene J. McCarthy petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to order the three national television networks to provide him one hour of free broadcast time to reply to President Johnson.
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Washington
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Federal Communications Commission
Johnson
Paper Pickets Restricted at Los Angeles Herald Examiner
In Los Angeles nine unions on strike against the Herald Examiner were limited by a Superior Court injunction to one to four pickets at each entrance of the main plant and 15 branch facilities. Judge Robert S. Thompson barred threatening or shouting at patrons or employees.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald- Examiner
Superior Court
Robert S. Thompson
Union Prepares for Possible 24 Hour Strike Over Shifts
Union demands a wage raise and the abolition of proposed 24 hour work shifts for line men and telephone installers at Central Telephone, with federal mediator involvement and talks to resume after a 30 day notice served on December 19. Strike could affect operators, linemen, repair, and installation teams as growth from the International Hotel and Howard Hughes projects is cited.
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Central Telephone Co
Las Vegas
International Hotel
Henderson
Howard Hughes
Telephone Company
Electrical Workers Local Union 357
Eugene Barry
Bitter Battle Raging Between Gis Reds Near Saigon
American and Viet Cong forces clashed near Saigon with about 500 guerrillas in the major action south of the city. U S troops and Navy units used river assault tactics as 103 Viet Cong were slain in a prior attack, while five Americans died and 28 were wounded in the protracted fighting. In the Que Son Valley, the U S 1st Air Cavalry reported 28 North Vietnamese killed and three Americans wounded in a four hour engagement following a separate strike that killed 47 NVA with no U S casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Que Son
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Rusk warns on China leadership and population rush
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told UPI he hopes China's next leadership will be more realistic and peaceful. He warned the world nearing 2000 that population growth could threaten peace more than nuclear weapons. Rusk marked seven years in office since Jan 21, 1961 under Kennedy and Johnson.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
China
Rusk
United Press International
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Deserting Marine From Wealthy Home Faces Music
Peter Vail Wiggins, a 20-year-old Marine from Larchmont, New York, went AWOL after becoming opposed to the Vietnam War. His father Porter P. Wiggins Jr. says the son, once a Bar r is Island mortarman who fought near the DMZ, chose to surrender in Tokyo amid family support for U.S. aims. He left Tokyo on Oct 19 1967 not aboard the Vietnam flight.
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UPI
U.S
Peter Vail Wiggins
Vietnam
Wiggins
Peter
Larchmont
New York
Westchester County
University of Kansas
Porter P. Wiggins Jr
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Coroner Jury Rules In Boy Death In Nevada Hospital
A coroner's jury ruled the death of 1 year old Martin Glenn at the Nevada State Hospital accidental due to asphyxia caused by a defective restraining harness. The inquest followed testimony suggesting the restraining jacket was faulty and may lead to a civil suit by the boy's mother against state officials and the jacket maker. The jacket was a sample used to prevent the child from falling from bed.
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Sparks
UPI
Martin Glenn
Nevada State Hospital
Glenn Dilly
Melvin Belli
Dr Sam Sheppard To Resume Osteopathy Practice
Dr Samuel H Sheppard, after 11 months in Europe and prior to his 1954-brief practice, plans to rejoin Bay View Hospital in Cleveland where he worked before his wife Marilyn was slain. He spent about a decade in prison on a life sentence before a second trial acquittal.
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Cleveland
UPI
Europe
Samuel H. Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Marilyn
Sheppard
Containing De Gaulle the Dollar Crisis Sparks Debate
The column argues Lyndon Johnson should capitalize on Charles de Gaulle's perceived senility and anti-US stance to halt the devaluation of the dollar. It depicts France as hoarding American coin and warns that de Gaulle's policy could trigger a wider Western collapse unless decisive monetary and political action is taken.
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Lyndon Johnson
le Grande Charles
U. S
de Gaulle
Free Nations
Rugs Not Walked On Paris
Oriental rugs first imported from Persia by 16th century Europeans were displayed on tables chests and cupboards as status symbols and were not walked on.
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Paris
Persia
Diamond Truck Lines seeks permit to haul passengers in Nevada
Diamond Truck Lines asked the State Public Service Commission for authority to carry passengers and freight between Las Vegas and Mt. Charleston. Operator Lyie C. Maydale plans a daily round trip using a 1962 Chevrolet tow truck with box bed, charging $2 per person and a $2 minimum for freight up to 100 pounds. Public comments due by January 20.
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Nev
UPI
Diamond Truck Lines
State Public Service Commission
Las Vegas
Mt. Charleston
Nevada
Lyie C. Maydale
Maydale
PSC
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