Mansfield Supports Tax Hike
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield endorsed price‑raising ideas tied to a 10 percent surcharge on income tax with a mandatory $6 billion spending cut but said he wants to review the full package. Sens. Smathers and Williams plan to attach the tax hike to a House‑passed auto and telephone excise tax extension as the Senate opens debate.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Mansfield
George A. Smathers
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John J. Williams
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Record Heat Tops U.S. Mainland at Palm Springs and Thermal
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports the highest mainland temperature as 88 degrees at Palm Springs and Thermal in California, with a low of 9 degrees at Bradford, Pennsylvania. A 24 hour temperature and precipitation table from the San Francisco bureau covers the period ending 4 a.m.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Bakersfield
Bismarck
Boise Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Eureka
Fort Worth
Fresno
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Oakland
Omaha
Paso Robles
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Rapid City
Red Bluff
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salinas
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Seattle
Spokane
Thermal
Washington
Soviet Union Seeks Unity in Eastern Bloc at Red Summit
London based reports say Moscow offered concessions to keep the shrinking Eastern bloc together while warning against excessive autonomy. Czech leadership remains in the Warsaw Pact, Romania and other allies show strain, and fear grows over potential leaks from Czech defectors weakening pact cohesion.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Trokia
Prague
Romania
Budapest
Sofia
Russia
Jan Sejna
Pentagon Accused of Hiding Critical Vietnam Report
Rep Richard Schweiker charged the Pentagon stamped a classified mark on a report critical of the South Vietnam pacification program to suppress its conclusions. He said the 90 page IDA study, prepared for the Defense Department covering 1966 to 1967, found the pacification program in deep trouble without broader political support.
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Washington
UPI
Richard $. Schweiker
R-Pa
Pentagon
Vietnam
Schweiker
Defense Department
South Vietnam
Senate
United States
House Armed Services Committee
Tanks Break Through Vietnamese Ambush In A Shau Valley
UPI reports a four hour clash in the A Shau valley near the Laotian frontier as about 200 U S 1st Cavalry Division Air Mobile soldiers encountered North Vietnamese tanks. Casualties were moderate with several KIA and wounded as reinforcements moved to secure the ravine and aid the wounded.
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Hub
South Vietnam
UPI
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Air Mobile
A Shau
1St Air Cav
Anthracite Declines While Bituminous Output Rises
U.S. bituminous coal and lignite mines produced 549 million tons last year, up nearly 3 percent from 1966, with mine value averaging $4.77 per ton up from $4.54. Anthracite output totaled 12 million tons, down 7 percent.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.S
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