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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1967
Page
1
President Johnson delivers a lengthy address to Congress marked by steady delivery and strong ideas. The speech covers domestic policy across 21 fields, notes a calmer public image, and suggests tax increases to fund the Vietnam War, while avoiding major controversial stances.
Chou mediating amid Mao era purges and labor unrest. The New China News Agency reports strikes saboteur activity and resistance across Canton Hangchow and Beijing. Japanese correspondents dub it economic warfare as transportation and coal supply face disruption.
In Da Nang AP dispatches report Viet Cong battalions once formed for conventional battles are being broken into small units for a shift back to guerrilla warfare. US intelligence notes this tactic change, with focus on five northern provinces of South Vietnam amid limited enemy resistance during large-scale searches.
Johnson administration faces pressure to raise taxes to curb rising prices while some economists worry a tax hike could spark a recession. Officials defend a July 1 start and a broad 6 percent surtax. Exemptions apply to lower income individuals and families, with corporations treated the same.
Texas Governor John B. Connally accused William Manchester of shaping history with The Death of a President in Look magazine. He said Kennedy’s Texas trip aimed to bolster a waning popularity and pledged no further comment. Senator Tower said he received a fake bomb post assassination.
Hong Kong AP report quotes Harrison E. Salisbury of the New York Times saying North Vietnam cannot be compelled to the conference table. He cites Dien Bien Phu memory and Geneva failures as shaping Hanoi’s view that agreements may be broken and negotiations unlikely.
Weather forecast notes tonight will be cold with a low in the upper teens. Thursday will be cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon and a high near 40. Recent temps included a 32 daytime high and 15 overnight low. Overnight at 1 am was 17 and the forecast remains below normal with chances of snow or flurries likely Friday Saturday and Monday.
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