Budget Surplus Upsets Expectations Amid 1969 Finance
The Nixon administration reported a 3.1 billion dollar federal surplus for fiscal year 1969, with receipts at 187.8 billion and outlays at 184.8 billion. Strong individual income tax intake and lower corporate refunds drove the surprise, challenging prior deficit forecasts and prompting Senate reactions on tax policy.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of the Budget
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
the Treasury
Charles E. Walker
Budget Bureau
Robert P. Mayo
Johnson
Nixon
Eisenhower
Vic Donahey Becomes President of Motorists Insurance
Vic Donahey, son of a former Ohio governor, is named president and chief executive officer of Motorists Insurance Companies of Columbus. He succeeds James W. Huffman, now chairman of the board. John F. Martin is elected vice president and secretary amid the broader leadership reorganization.
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Columbus, Ohio
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Motorists Insurance Companies of
Columbus
James W. Huffman
U.S
John F. Martin
Tax Rate Showdown May Kill Surcharge
Washington AP reports a congressional clash over extending withholding rates that could decide Nixon's 10 percent surtax. House moves to extend 15 days blocked. Senate negotiations focus on a broader five month extension while a major tax reform bill is drafted. Mills vows to push comprehensive reform by Friday.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Democratic Policy Committee
House ‘Ways and Means
Mansfield
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Market Gains As Bargain Hunting Lifts Dow
New York stocks rose early in the day with the Dow Jones up 5.37 at 811.60 at noon. The market had dipped to 806.23 on Monday, the lowest close since January 5, 1967, and advances surpassed declines by over 100 issues as traders cited technical buying amid an oversold market.
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New York
Air Force Uses C5A Order As A Negotiating Weapon
Air Force signals it may halt further C5A purchases to push for major contract revisions with Lockheed. Secretary Seamans says he is reserving judgment on buying the remaining 39 of 120, while Whittaker reports the program’s cost rose 52 percent to 5.125 billion and notes contract ambiguities including a repricing clause and potential losses on initial production.
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Washington
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Lockheed-Georgia Corp
Seamans
Philip Whittaker
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Whittaker
Lockheed
East Coast floods battered states with heavy rain and storms
Torrential rains drenched the Middle Atlantic area causing flooding in Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey New York and Maryland with emergency declarations in East Stroudsburg and widespread basement and street flooding. A tropical storm Anna loomed to the south as mild Midwest cooling followed the system.
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Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg
Pocono Mountain
Canadensis
New Jersey
New York
Liberty
Sullivan County
Catskill Mountain
Seaboard
Central Park
Butterfield Blues
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Richmond
Anna
Midwest
Plains
Great Lakes Region
Kalispell
Mont
Blythe and
Needles
Calif
600 Names Drawn For New Jury List In Common Pleas
The Hocking jury commission selected 600 voters for the upcoming jury year starting Aug 1. Judge Harley Meyer ordered the draw, using last election poll books with every fourth name. Mrs Mildred Stevens typed the cards and placed them in the jury wheel. Three times yearly, 90 names are drawn as prospective jurors, 30 for the grand jury and 60 for the petit jury.
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Hocking
Harry Smith
Forrest Wolfe
Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Mildred Stevens
Nixon Plans Trip as Vietnam Strategy Narrows
U S forces in Vietnam shift from最大 pressure to protective reaction limited response to enemy moves in the Saigon area and surrounding 11 provinces. In the Citadel northwest of Saigon, 53 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed in a daylong engagement. 3 Americans died and 14 wounded. The 25th Infantry Division deployed with tanks and APCs in what devastated plans for a broader attack.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
3Rd Corps
Melvin Laird
Citadel
25Th Infantry Division
25Th Division
Three More Township Trustee Candidates File Nominations
Three more township trustee candidates filed nominating petitions with the Hocking County election board for the November general election. The latest filers are Wayne Mahoney Logan Route 1 Washington Two John Freeman Logan Route 5 Falls Two and Emerson E Engle Logan Route 2 Marion Two. August 6 is the deadline for nonpartisan candidates to file candidacy petitions.
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Hocking County Election Board
Wayne Mahoney
Logan Rt
Washington
John Freeman
Falls
Emerson E. Engle
Marion
Handgun Ownership May Be Restricted
Washington report summarizes a national effort to curb private handgun ownership. The Nixon administration faces a proposed plan by a national violence commission to license pistol owners, compensate turn-ins, and push nonlethal alternatives, with emphasis on federal action if states fail.
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Congress
Milton S. Eisenhower
National Commission On the
Commission
National Rifle Association
Nixon to Visit Vietnam for Brief Talk With Thieu
President Nixon planned a brief stop in South Vietnam to confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu as top aides reviewed the war situation in Bangkok.Officials offered no confirmation while outlining security precautions and possible stops at Thai bases.
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Nixon
South Vietnam
Bangkok
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Vietnam
Saigon
Thailand
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton Abrams Jr
Thanom Kittikachorn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cam Ranh Bay
Jesus M. Vargas
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Government House
Thanom
Thanat Khoman
Dawee Chullasapya
United States
Police and BCI Probe Two Logan Church Break-Ins
Break-ins occurred at Immanuel United Methodist Logan First Baptist and St Matthew Lutheran churches with stolen items including an electric typewriter adding machine tape recorder and radio. Authorities say intruders damaged doors broke windows and left blood traces. a third entry attempt at St Matthew Lutheran showed hinge pins removed but no theft reported.
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Herman Henry
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Hugh Robinson
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Logan First Baptist Church
Leonard Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Judge Brown Eyes Larger Space. Warns of Suit
Judge Rhea Bangert Brown demanded immediate action from Hocking County commissioners to expand juvenile and probate court offices, threatening legal action after ten years of requests. The plan involves moving the recorder and election board offices to current first and second floor spaces, with potential future relocations if voter registration laws expand.
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Rhea Bangert Brown
Hocking County
Judge Brown
Election Board
Sheriff's Department
Health Department
Forfeits Bond For Littering In Hocking County
Harold D. Jinks 54 Laurelville Route 1 forfeited a $30 bond in Hocking County Court on a littering charge filed by Marvin Nungester game protector. Nungester said on July 22 Jinks dumped cans bottles and kitchen waste into an open ditch along Happy Hollow Road Salt Creek tributary in Salt Creek Township.
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Harold D. Jinks
Laurelville
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