Medicare Faces Senate Hurdles in Pivotal Stage
President Johnson’s medical care plan stalls in the House Ways and Means Committee which approves a 5 percent rise for Social Security retirees. AMA leaders cheer the setback as liberals block a 6 percent increase, keeping health benefits tied to potential Senate action and tax implications.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Congress
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
San Francisco
AMA
Thomas A. Welch
Cecil R. King
D-Calif
King
Civil rights bill action eyed for next week amid GOP recess
House leaders reached an agreement to push the civil rights bill through next week with a committee meeting set to clear Senate changes. Chairman Howard W. Smith said the session would proceed to a final vote, possibly enabling the two week Republican convention recess they seek. In 1889 Eiffel Tower scaled to plant the French flag atop the world’s tallest structure.
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Washington
House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Gustave Eiffel
Mikoyan Urges Asian Opinion Poll on Malaysia in Borneo
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan told an Jakarta crowd that British forces should pull out of Borneo and that a fresh public opinion sample be taken on Sarawak and Sabah's support for Malaysia. Sukarno backed this, criticizing a U.N. mission that found pro Malaysia sentiment and premised on a rushed survey from before Malaysia’s formation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
Malaysia
Mikoyan
Sukarno
U.N
Singapore
Federation of Malaya
Indonesian Parliament Comment on U.S. Vietnam Policy
Mikoyan says Soviet retaliation deterred large scale war by the United States and argues Washington only engages in small scale conflicts such as in South Vietnam.
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Mikoyan
United States
South Viet Nam
Khrushchev Backs Swedish Steel Price Cuts for Long-Term Trade
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Swedish steelworkers in Oxelosund that if they lower pipe prices, viewed as strategic by the United States, the USSR would become a long-term customer. He praised the modern plant after touring the Baltic town’s steel facility near Stockholm.
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Oxelosund
Sweden
Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Oxelesund
Baltic
Stockholm
Roosevelt Family Opposes Memorial Design
The Roosevelt children reject the latest memorial design approved by Washington's Fine Arts Commission. They call the eight concrete tablets plan unacceptable and urge inclusion of tree groves to honor FDR's conservation passion.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fine Arts Commission
Roosevelt
Chapel Fire Starts Near Bluff Aims for New Mission
Donald L. Marshall 24, a St. Christopher's Episcopal Mission choir director, admitted setting fires that destroyed an Indian mission chapel in Bluff Utah. Deputies say he hoped a new facility would be built. Sheriff Ray S Cahoon reports the charge is second degree arson.
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Donald L. Marshall
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Mission
Hearing in Biscoe Case Is Continued to July 2
In Platte City, Missouri, a preliminary murder hearing for Andrew J. Walker is continued to July 2. The case involves Walker charged with the murder, with details pending further court action.
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Platte City, Mo
Andrew J. Walker
Continuance in slayings of the Biscoe women granted
In the April 29 slayings of Mrs Hattie Biscoe and her daughter Mrs Marion Biscoe, the case was continued to July 2 after a petition by John Yeaman of Weston Missouri. Walker's court appointed counsel received more prep time. Kansas City Metro said it is testing a new lead in the October slaying of Patricia Willoughby, found Oct 25 near Smithville. The Bischoes were killed near Camden Point, both near Kansas City within 12 miles.
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Hattie Biscoe
Marion Biscoe
Jay B.wilson
John Yeaman
Weston
Walker
Kansas City Metro
Patricia Willoughby
Smithville
Biscoes
Camden Point
Kansas City
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