Medicare Bill Clears Senate Vote on Aged Health Plan
The Senate approved a plan to add health care benefits for seniors into Social Security by a 49 to 44 vote. The measure, a centerpiece of Johnson's program, faces rough passage in the House where Rep. Mills opposes it.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate House
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
King-Anderson
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Russell B. Long
D-La
Gore
John W. Byrnes
Wis
Republican Policy Committee
Byrnes
House Public Works Committee
Navy Aviator Escapes Reds From Laos to Thailand
Lt. Charles F. Klusmann, downed over Laos last June, escaped to Thailand and boarded a U S Military Air Transport Service plane for the United States The Navy pilot reported to Udorn Thailand for medical care food and clothing before being flown to the United States His wife in San Diego said she is elated and he is in relatively good condition officials said the escape was disclosed by the White House and embassy statements noted his parachute landing and knee injury on the initial downing
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Klusmann
Thailand
U.S. Military Air Transport Service
United States
Udorn
U.S
Vientiane
Laos
San Diego
Calif
Sarah
Navy
White House
Washington
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Kitty Hawk
Seventy Drown After Boat Capsizes on Chenab River
Rawalpindi report says a passenger boat on the Chenab river capsized killing seventy people including fifteen children. Rescue teams search for survivors and authorities investigate the accident.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Chenab
Pakistan Times
Poetic Carpenter Targets Billboards in Kelowna Protest
A man calling himself the poetic carpenter cuts down highway billboards and leaves Nash poems. Since July 22, five billboards valued at up to 500 dollars each have been found detached along a scenic highway with poems attached.
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Kelowna
B.C
Ogden Nash
Matt Core Drilling Co. Low Bidder for Paint Creek Reservoir Test
The Matt Core Drilling Co. of Huntington West Virginia was the low bidder for the U S Army Engineers foundation investigation contract for the Paint Creek Reservoir in Ross and Highland counties Ohio about ten miles south of Greenfield. The bid amount was 35472 dollars.
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Huntington, W. Va
Matt Core Drilling Co
Huntington
W. Va
U.S. Army Engineers
Paint Creek
Ross and
Highland Counties
Ohio
Greenfield
White Backlash Fails To Sway Michigan Vote
House opens debate on President Johnsons 1.1 billion Appalachia bill to aid West Virginia and ten other states including Ohio. Republicans split, Democrats push for passage citing regional economic misery and need for federal funds and jobs.
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Michigan
House
Johnson
Appalachia
Washington
America
West Virginia
Ohio
Rights Bill Fee Defeated in Michigan Primary
Rep. John Lesinski the lone Northern Democrat to oppose civil rights legislation lost to Rep. John Dingell in a reapportioned district amid a backdrop of Republican gains. Elly Peterson won the Senate renomination, while Gov. George Romney posted a large margin. Detroit homeowners rights ordinance drew attention as a backlash issue in 1964 campaigns.
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Detroit
John Lesinski
D-Mich
Michigan
John Dingell
Elly Peterson
U.S. Senate
George Romney
Lesinski
Peterson
James O'Neil
Edward Meany
U.S
Philip Hart
Dingell
Republican National Committee
Wayne County
O'Neil
State Board of Education
Romney
Senate
Higgins
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Arizona
Staebler
Chinese claim of vast Soviet lands sparks Cold War row
Pravda accuses Beijing of an expansionist plan claiming over 500000 square miles of Soviet territory and nearby regions. It lists areas in Asia and warns that mutual revision of borders could trigger greater tensions and possible military conflicts citing Mao Tze Tung’s statements.
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Soviet Union
Red Chinese
Texas
Communist Party
Pravda
China
Burma
Viet Nam
Korea
Thailand
Malaya
Nepal
Bhutan
Sikkim
Peking
Mongolia
World Communist Movement
Mao Tze-Tung
Kirghiz
Tadzhik
Sinkiang
Vladivostok
Kamchatka Peninsula
U.S. Aleutian Islands
Mao Tzetung
Labor backs Johnson bid for president endorsement
President Johnson secured a unanimous AFL-CIO endorsement with the union’s General Board backing his bid for a first elective term. Meany said members will vote according to conviction, not all backing the accord, while Goldwater criticized the Civil Rights Act provision as unconstitutional.
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Washington
Johnson
Afl-Cio
White House
George Meany
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Brewer Low Bidder on Area Road Projects
F H Brewer Co of Lancaster submitted the apparent low bid of 82441 for a six part highway improvement project across Hocking Athens and Noble counties. The plan covers resurfacing Rt 78 in Trimble and Glouster and Murray City, Rt 216 in Ward Twp, Rt 79 in Good Hope Twp, drives at Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital, and Rt 145 in Jefferson Elk Tops plus two Duck Creek bridges.
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F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
Hocking
Athens
Noble
Trimble
Athens County
Glouster
Murray City
Ward Twp
Hocking County
Good Hope
Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Nelsonville
Noble County
Jefferson and
Elk Tops
Duck Creek
LBJ Orders FBI Probe Into New Baker Charge
President Johnson asked the Justice Department to seek an FBI inquiry into Sen. John J. Williams accusations that builder Matthew McCloskey paid a $35,000 kickback on the DC Stadium contract. Williams said $25,000 flowed to the 1960 Democratic campaign.
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FBI
New Baker Charge
Washington
Johnson
John J. Williams
Rdel
Matthew McCloskey
DC Stadium
Justice Department
Sen. Williams
Williams
Senate
Don B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Robert O
Bobby) Baker
Baker
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Ireland
Weather summary for Hocking Valley with warm spell
Forecast calls for fair weather and moderate temperatures through Thursday. Tuesday peaked at 78 degrees with a 50 degree low last night. By 11 am today the temperature was 76 degrees.
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Hocking Valley
Long Sacktime Study Finds Exercise Needed After Space Confinement
Four USC student volunteers confined to bed for a month in NASA sponsored Operation Sacktime reported a strong urge to move and to see girls after four weeks. The study found no lasting physical harm from long confinement and eight times normal gravity during centrifuge simulations. They expect to recover quickly and resume tasks with rehabilitation value for injury or illness.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Steven Ellickson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John P. Meehan
USC
Earth
Motor Vehicle Chief Hints Resignation
Registrar Dave Mainwaring of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles said he is considering a job offer from the Ohio Auto Dealers Association and will decide within a week. Mainwaring, 44, has served as registrar since 1963 and is a former Alliance mayor with a $12 000 annual salary.
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Columbus, Ohio
Dave Mainwaring
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio Auto Dealers’ Association
Mainwaring
Alliance
Johnson signs expansive housing bill to aid homes nationwide
President Johnson signed a 1.13 billion dollar housing measure aimed at expanding programs and aiding all Americans. The ceremony drew dozens of Congress members in the Cabinet Room as the president called the bill a milestone to ensure opportunity for decent homes and safe neighborhoods.
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Washington
Johnson
All America
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Savings and Loan
City replaces hydrant at Hunter and High streets
City workers will replace a fire hydrant at Hunter and High Streets on Thursday morning as the hydrant program continues. Water service will be off at 9 a.m. until work is completed along Hunter Street from Market to Warner, Spring Street to Mound, and Hunter Street north on High Street.
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Hunter and
High Sts
Hunter St
Market St
Warner Ave
Spring St
Mound St
High St
Legendary Sgt. York Dies At 76
Sgt. Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero from Tennessee, died at 76 in Nashville. He was recognized for killing 25 Germans and capturing 132 troops in a single Argonne Forest day, received the Medal of Honor, and endured years of hospital care after his service.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Argonne Forest
France
York
Veterans Hospital
Battle of
Argonne
John J. Pershing
America
Monthly sales tax mark set in Ohio records
A record monthly sales tax collection of 27.4 million for August was reported by State Auditor Roger W. Tracy, boosting general fund revenues to nearly 95 million for the first two months of the fiscal year. The August total surpassed August 1963 by 2.26 million and topped the February 1963 high by 1.33 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger W. Tracy
Tracy
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