Campaigns Face Tax Inflation and War in 1968 Congress
Congress opens the 1968 session amid taxes inflation and deficits plus the Vietnam War. The House 435 seats and Senate 100 seats shape the political landscape as three major presidential messages will guide work. President Johnson may seek tax increases gun control and anti poverty measures while budget limits curb new spending.
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Armogast
Congress
Lusual
House
iOnly
Senate
GOP
John
Educhlion
Sec. Congress
Miami Crime Drive Quells Hoodlum Terror in Negro Districts
Police Chief Walter Headley reports a 60 to 65 percent drop in crime after a tough stance in Miami's Negro neighborhoods. He claims success after a three week trial, while Urban League director Witland Fair notes criminals may have gone underground. Community members report more confident street life and church attendance has risen.
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Ben Funk
MIAMI
Walter Feadley
Headley
Thedford Johnson
St. Johns Baptist Church
Ieaders
Britain prepares to cancel bomber deal amid defense budget shift
A fragment notes Britain ready to cancel a billion dollar order for American P11 bombers as civil defense budgets face scrutiny. The terse item mentions related Vietnam policy support and space program notes, with scattered references to film, sports, and education segments.
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Britain
Today's Prayer Dear Lord Grant Us Gentle Treatment
A brief devotional line attributed to A Ralls implores kindness and fairness toward loved ones in daily life urging compassionate conduct.
Still Too Soon To Say Heart Transplant Success
South Africa's Prof. Christiaan Barnard questions whether a human heart transplant has succeeded yet. He notes his first patient remains unsettled and that a second patient, Philipp Biniberg, 58, is recovering and may go home in two weeks barring complications.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Christinn N. Barnard
Barnara
Philipp Biniberg
Barnard
Summerlike warmth sweeps Lubbock area this Sunday
A forecast tallies near record highs for Lubbock with a high of 65 degrees, just one degree below the state's maximum. Residents enjoy milder weather as storms gather elsewhere across the nation bringing snow and frost warnings from the Great Lakes to New England.
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Lubbock
Xain
Cotton Belt
Great Lakes
England
Pacific
Mexico
Senate leader calls for bombing halt to press peace talks
Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield urged ending the bombing of North Vietnam to push Hanoi toward peace talks. He noted a New Year weekend statement by North Vietnam's foreign minister Nguyen Duy Trinh offering to hold talks after a bombing pause.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
North
Neca
Hanoi
Montana Democrat
Nguyen ‘Duy
Trinh
United States
Surveyor 7 Digs Away While Moon Mission Advances
Pasadena reports that the Surveyor 7, after landing near Tycho crater, continues six hour diggings showing lunar soil samples. NASA officials say the mission will expand scientific knowledge and support U.S. lunar landings planned within a year.
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Menaing Ena
North
Pasadena
Calif
United States
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Tycho Crater
Reconstruction Rept. Investigates Redations and Panhandle
The article fragment references reconstruction era topics, an investigation into redactions, and mentions the Panhandle. It notes involvement of The Ranger and a September 1878 timeframe with unclear details.
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