Johnson Ends Long Ranch Stay Prepares State Address
President Johnson wraps up a 19 day stay at the Hill Country ranch and plans to return to Washington for a busy election year agenda. A 10 percent surcharge revenue is eyed to fund the 1969 budget. tax increases face cautious Congress as Johnson pushes for deficit restraint and Great Society funds. He meets with Henry Fowler and Harold Macmillan before resuming duties.
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Tex
Johnson
Texas
Washington
Vietnam
State of the Union
Senate House
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
White House
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Macmillan
Spencer
Ind
United States
Congress opens amid war, riot, and dollar strain
Election year Congress convenes with disputes over Vietnam policy civil rights and the dollar. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen foresee focus on peace war rioting and finance. Johnson to urge tougher legal order and travel tax plans while surtax proposals stir debate among lawmakers.
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Washington
Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Dirksen
Johnson
John M. Bailey
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate Finance Committee
A. S
Mike Monroney Dokla
CBS schedules GOP state of the union hour on Jan 23
CBS will air a one hour Republican view of the state of the union on Tuesday January 23 at 10 pm EST. Everett Dirksen Gerald Ford and other GOP leaders are slated to appear. NBC plans a separate program January 26 and ABC will air post speech interviews.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
NBC
Congress
ABC
State of the Union
Youth Loses License After 17 Charges Conviction
Cincinnati police report a high speed chase on November 2 led to Roy V. Jones, 18, having his license suspended for 17 years by traffic court judge George Heitzler. The suspension covers one year for each of the 17 charges he was convicted of on December 28.
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Cincinnati
George Heitzler
Roy V. Jones
Denver Man Cited For Embezzlement
Bryant Lee Jones 19 employed as a teller at Westland National Bank in Lakewood Colorado was charged with embezzling 950 dollars. He appeared before a U S commissioner and was released on 1000 dollar personal recognizance bond.
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Denver
Colo
Bryant Lee Jones
Westland National Bank
Lakewood
U.S
Jones
Comanche Chief's Daughter Neda Parker Birdsong Dies
Neda Parker Birdsong 83 daughter of Quanah Parker the last Comanche chief died Friday after a cancer battle. Survivors include her brother Tom Parker of Apache Oklahoma the sole living son of the famed chief.
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Comanche
Lan, Oka
Neda Parker Birdsong
Quanah Parker
Tom Parker
Apache
Okla
Sub Stuck Off Isle of Wight After Refloating Efforts
Royal Navy submarine Alliance ran aground on a rocky ledge off Sandown Isle of Wight with 70 crew aboard. Admiralty tugs failed to refloat her as lines broke in gale winds. Forty crew were airlifted by helicopter to Bembridge.
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Sandown
Isle of Wight
Royal Navy
Submarine Alliance
Admiralty
Bembridge
Reds Declare B52 Downed Near DMZ
Hanoi cites Soviet style radio broadcast claiming a U S B52 was shot down over Vinh Linh near the DMZ on Thursday. U S authorities say no B52 has been shot down in combat with five losses by accident including two at sea and a Da Nang crash.
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Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Vinh Linh
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Pickets March In Cincinnati Protest War and Draft
A small antiwar group picketed City Hall and the Federal Building in Cincinnati despite cold rain. The 18 demonstrators handed out leaflets and carried signs supporting Decoursy Squire and Michael Mattin, who were later arrested during a December 7 sit-in at the Federal Building.
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Cincinnati
City Hall
Federal Building
Decoursy Squire
Michael Mattin
Squire
Mattin
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Muslims entitled to minister at government expense
A federal judge ruled that 45 to 60 Muslims at the Atlanta federal penitentiary are entitled to a Muslim minister at government expense. Senior Dist. Judge Frank A. Hooper ordered that a minister be hired, noting Muslims in the prison rival the number of Jews and that Catholics Protestants and Jews receive clergy at public expense.
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Atlanta, Ga
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Dist
Frank A. Hooper
Hooper
Henry Walker
Saxbe Seeks Enforcement To End Giveway Contests
Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe said his office has no arresting power but would welcome arrests of service station operators running giveway games. He spoke after 1,800 petitions from Ohio Gasoline Dealers Association urged enforcement of Ohio lottery laws. Stamp programs and contests reportedly drain about 36 million dollars annually from operators' funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Saxbe
Mike Kunnen
Cincinnati
Kunnen
Ohio Gasoline Dealers Association
Vancouver Sun salmon derby winner jailed over prize fraud
David John Chafe, 33, of Vancouver won the 1967 sun salmon derby with a 37 pound fish bought from a fish dock and was jailed for six months. He cannot claim the $3 500 motor boat and equipment prize, which will go to the second place contestant.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Sun
David John Chafe
Pacific Press Ltd
the Sun
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