Tax Cut Plan Faces Crucial House Vote
The Treasury backed plan to cut individual and corporate tax rates by about 10.6 billion dollars through 1965 is under review in the House Ways and Means Committee. The proposal lowers rates across income brackets and reshapes itemized deductions, with two-thirds of savings taking effect January 1.
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Ways and Means
Treasury
Senate
Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
McNamara cites U S nuclear superiority over USSR
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara tells Senate hearings that U S nuclear superiority over Russia has risen sharply in four years and the United States now has warheads in the tens of thousands He argues the limited test ban treaty will not shift the balance and endorses ratification while detailing warhead counts and delivery capabilities.
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Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Russia
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Senate Foreign Relations
Armed Services and Atomic Committees
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Nevada
Capitol Hill
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United States
Britain
Moscow
U. S
Minuteman
Stock Market Close with Mixed Upbeat Tone
The New York closing average for 60 stocks ends at 273.2 with a small rise noted. Cosmetics brands Marcelle and Key Rexall are mentioned in association with an adv note.
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Stock Market Index
New York
Marcelle
Key Rexall
See NUCLEAR Page 2 Get the Journal World at your address
Advertisement line from the newspaper ad offering the Journal-World at home with a phone contact VI 3 1000.
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Journal-World
Journal World
U S Plans Satellite System to Detect Deep Space Nuclear Tests
Secretary McNamara outlined a US plan to launch a series of space satellites within two months to detect secret nuclear tests far from Earth. He said deep space tests would be hard to hide and noted a first launch window in September or October, with a system that can monitor deep-space explosions from Earth and space.
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Washington
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Soviet Union
Moon
McNamara
U.S
Glenn Says U S Space Failures From Soviet Flight Losses
Astronaut John H Glenn Jr told a seminar of 6000 students that he believes the Soviet Union has spacecraft failures despite denials. He noted no facts to support death rumors among Soviet astronauts but questioned whether they had any launching or flight failures of any kind.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Security Units Augmented At Wall in Berlin
Berlin marked the second anniversary of the wall with reinforced patrols on both sides. West Berlin and Allied forces tightened border controls as East Germany increased guards and barbed wire while memorial services were planned for victims.
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Heinrich Albertz
East Berlin
East Germany
Wall West Berlin
West
West Berlin
Guenther Lifkin
Berlin Wall
No Current Need Seen Locally For Mental Hospital
Douglas County panelists at a Health Board meeting concluded there is no current urgent need for a day hospital in Lawrence-Douglas County. They cited the county’s unique location between Topeka and Kansas City and existing strong local mental health services.
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Douglas County
Kansas
Gary Lee
Lawrence - Douglas County
Watkins Hospital
Rodger Johnson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Lee
Topeka
Kansas City
Romans Take Over Mt Oread At JCL Convention
One thousand three hundred seventy five attendees join the Junior Classical League at Kansas University for A Day in Old Rome. Students in togas stage slave sale bazaar and Olympic games with chariot races and relays. Principal speaker Lynn Poole of Johns Hopkins discusses Horresco Referens.
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Kansas University
Old Rome
Memorial Stadium
Potter Lake
JCL
Lynn Poole
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Weather moderates in Kansas amid ongoing drought damage
Moderate relief is forecast for Kansas through Wednesday though corn damage remains severe and rainfall is unlikely to substantially ease moisture deficits. Local showers yielded 0.2 inch in Lawrence with cooler nights, while southeast Kansas saw scattered heavy rains that failed to avert crop losses across the state.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas University
Fort Scott
Chanute
Tonganoxie
Eben Farley
Douglas County
ASC
Journal-World Today
Farley
Baldwin Youth Tops Steer at Douglas County 4 H Fair
Tommy Taul of Baldwin won the grand champion Angus steer weighing 1180 pounds with Margie Henry of Lecompton taking the reserve grand champion shorthorn at 1165 pounds. Taul plans to sell his steer at the 4 H Beef Auction Saturday and use profits for college and livestock projects.
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Tommy 'Taul
Baldwin
Angus
Douglas County
FFA
Fairgrounds
Margie Henry
Lecompton
William Henry
Taul
C. T. ‘Taul
Baldwin High School
Pam
Henry
Stull 4-H Club
Lawrence
Tau
Miss Henry
William Beehle
Harold, Beehle
Eudora
Jean Worthington
Art Worthington
Tecumseh
Terrifying sewer ride not stopping young paper boy
Fourteen year old Billy Coughlin, a paper delivery boy for the Manchester Union Leader, entered a sewer from a nearby manhole with friends. A sudden surge swept him into the Merrimac River outlet but he clung to a wire mesh screen and escaped, then returned home to change before continuing his route. Police praised his quick action and he resumed deliveries.
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Manchester
N.H
Billy Coughlin
Manchester Union
Billy
Merrimac
Weather and local notices for Northeast Kansas
Generally fair conditions continue tonight and Wednesday with mild highs and a low around 60 to 65. A local ad notes Gemmell's Cafe will close August 13 for redecorating and reopen August 28.
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Gemmell’s Cafe
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