Johnson submits record budget amid deficit and defense rise
President Johnson unveils a budget with an $8 billion deficit after a tax boost. Spending climbs by $10.5 billion, interest on the national debt reaches $14.4 billion, and a $79.8 billion defense bill dominates the outlay. Republicans call it expansionary while supporters frame it as a national strategy for jobs, housing, crime, and schools.
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Congress
Pentagon
Charles J. Zwick
Budget Bureau
House
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Bunker to retire as Police Chief on June City names successor
Retiring Police Chief Bunker will step down June 1 and the City Commission, with the mayor, will name a successor. Deputy Chief Pete Witcher is considered the heir apparent, having been appointed to his post months ago. Bunker plans to relocate to Las Vegas after a long career starting as a patrolman in 1940.
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Pete Witcher
Bunker
Lincoln County
Idaho
Las Vegas
Bunkers
Kathleen
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Lorine
Fay Herron
Nevena
Lewiston
Robert
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Clark County
Caliente
Ike Orr
Lamb
Nevada Casinos Protest IRS Winnings Reporting Policy
Nevada casino officials urged reversal of an IRS rule requiring reporting of winner names and addresses for payoffs of $600 or more. Delegations met in Washington with Senator Alan Bible and planned further talks with IRS officials alongside the Nevada Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board.
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Washington
UPI
Nevada
Internal Revenue Service
Alan Bible
IRS
Nevada Gaming Commission
The
Gaming Control Board
Teacher Cleared In Beating Case
After a conference with the teacher and principal and review of all facets, officials announced no disciplinary action will be recommended. Nevada law allows corporal punishment in public schools, and parents must be notified or given written permission. The statement expresses regret that the situation occurred.
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Board of School Trustees
Nevada
Reagan Attacks LBJ Era in Las Vegas Speech
Reagan accused the LBJ administration of failing to protect citizens and argued crime would drop when government focuses on safety. He criticized public housing, urged pride of ownership, and suggested deeds could empower residents to improve properties. He promoted a handup over handout and tax credits for education.
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Johnson
Federal Communications Commission
U.S
Washington
Nevada Test Site funding boosts space program plans
Space Committee members including Senator Cannon endorse a 60 million increase for NERVA at the Nevada Test Site. The package totals 41 million for NERVA and 15 million for related research with 4 million for the Nuclear Rocket Development Station. If approved, funding would sustain current activity and may rise, following earlier resistance to curtailment.
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Congress
Bible and Cannon
NTS
Missing Heir Murder Victim Found in West Texas Field
The body of Michael Robineau 23 heir to a 3 million oil fortune was found near a cotton field west of Wall Texas after he disappeared Friday following Army discharge. A soldier from Ft. Sam Houston was sought while another man 22 was turned in Odessa but not charged.
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Tex
UPI
Michael Robineau
West
Texas
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Robineau
Odessa
Fort Sam Houston
San Angelo
Frank Boyd
West Texas
Pankin
U.S. 87
Denver
Patty
Skeletons Unearthed in Crude Coffins at Cummins Prison Farm
Three human skeletons were found buried in crude wooden coffins on Cummins State Prison Farm while convicts dug for a pigpen. One body was headless and another crushed at the legs to fit the coffin. area near the cotton gin was excavated and a full dig is planned. State records list 213 disappearances labeled escapees since the turn of the century.
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Arks
UPI
Cummins State Prison
Thomas O. Murton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Murton
Cummins
Tucker Prison Farm
Audie Murphy Brother Killed in Texas Crash
Audie Murphy's policeman brother Joe Murphy died in a collision between his Frisco patrol car and a grain truck on U S 289 near Celina Texas. Rescue crews freed him from wreckage and he died at Collins Memorial Hospital in McKinney Texas. Truck driver Willie Mack, 30, of Celina, was uninjured.
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Tex
UPI
Joe Murphy
Audie Murphy
Frisco, Tex
U.S. 289
Here
Collins Memorial Hospital
McKinney
Staley Funeral Home
Frisco
Willie Mack
Diplomacy Drives U S Effort to Regain USS Pueblo
Washington reports the Johnson administration uses multiple diplomatic channels to win release of the USS Pueblo and 83 crewmen as U S forces in the Korean area are tightened. Senate leaders critique and Canadian mediation talks stall, while the Red Cross seeks crew condition details and possible casualties. Defense adds aircraft and naval units on alert with two fighter-bomber squadrons moved from Okinawa to South Korea.
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UPI
White House
Johnson
U. S
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Christian
Defense Department
Okinawa
South Korea
U S Scrubs Viet Truce After North Vietnamese Attacks
U S forces scrapped the Vietnam cease fire as North Vietnamese offensives surge in Da Nang and other cities. Brig Gen Winant Sidle says highland attacks may draw troops away from Khe Sanh. Westmoreland orders troops back to stations. Da Nang air base suffers major jet losses with about 15 million dollars in damage.
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U. S. Military Assistance Command
Saigon
Central Highlands
U.S
Khe Sanh
U. S
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
da Nang
Percy claims GOP can solve crisis of leadership
Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois told the Kansas Day dinner in Topeka that only the Republican party can end a crisis of confidence at home and abroad. He said people have lost stability and hope since the Eisenhower and Kennedy years and that the GOP is best equipped to provide needed leadership.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Republican Party
Percy
Free World
UN Postpones Debate On Pueblo Crisis At Security Council
The United Nations Security Council, blocked by a U S Soviet deadlock, postponed further debate on the Pueblo crisis. Russia and the United States reaffirmed opposing positions while discussions with Pakistan’s Agha Shani yielded no progress and a future session was deemed useless.
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United Nations
UPI
Security Council
Paton D. Morozov
Mewsmen
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Morozov
The
Agha Shani
Pakistan
Shani
Pope Prayed For Success Of Transplanted Heart
Pope Pius VI met Dr Christian Barnard in a 20 minute Vatican audience and expressed prayers for the success of heart transplant operations in South Africa. Barnard said the Pope showed no objections in principle and offered encouragement. The exchange included a signed book about St Peter's Basilica and a medal of the Pope's pontificate.
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Vatican City
UPI
Pius VI
Christian Barnard
South Africa
Barnard
The
Vatican
Cape Town
St. Peter’s Basilica
Rockefeller Walks Tight Rope On Candidacy
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller faced pressure to enter the national race while denying a direct bid. He cited conflicts about commenting on international issues, likened his stance to a tightrope, and noted Michigan Gov. George Romney’s improving campaign in New Hampshire.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
New York Times
Vietnam
Rockefeller
Pueblo
Michigan
George Romney
New Hampshire
WHO notes surge of plague cholera and venereal disease in South Vietnam
The WHO reports an alarming rise in plague cholera and venereal disease in South Vietnam amid wartime conditions. The agency says North Vietnam might have a relative public health advantage. Large, uncontrolled population movements are linked to higher disease risk.
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Geneva
UPI
World Health Organization
WHO
South Vietnam
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Martha Raye Returns From Vietnam Tour Injured in Jeep Crash
Comedienne Martha Raye arrived in Hollywood after her fourth USO tour to Vietnam and announced plans for a fifth trip in October. She said a Jeep accident during the latest assignment left her with rib injuries from Viet Cong attack.
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Hollywood
UPI
Martha Raye
Vietnam
Miss Raye
GIs Seek Asylum in Sweden Added Desertions
Two more American servicemen reported seeking political asylum in neutral Sweden bringing total deserters to about 22 from Asia and Europe. Pfc Edward B Murray 19 Woodbury New Jersey and Pfc William C Jones 21 St Louis Missouri medics from the 2nd Field Hospital for American Forces in Piermasens West Germany left their units citing opposition to the Vietnam War. An antiwar march through Mannheim urged GIs to visit Sweden. A deserter from Vietnam Pfc Kenneth C Griggs Boise Idaho who sought asylum at the Cuban embassy in Tokyo has left Japan for an unknown destination.
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UPS
Sweden
Asia
Europe
Edward B. Murray
Woodbury
N. J
William C. Jones
St. Louis
2Nd Field Hospital
Piermasens
West Germany
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Mannheim
Germany
Bitter Cold Grips Northern Plains and Midwest
A bitter cold wave spread across the Northern Plains into the upper Midwest with subzero readings from Marshall North Dakota to Havre Montana. Portland Oregon halted school and snow tied up traffic on Interstate 90 while many northern areas faced several inches of snow and gusty conditions.
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Upper Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Sierra Nevada
Marshall
N. D
Bozeman
Mont
Williston
Havre
Montana
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Iowa
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Illinois
Indiana
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