Congress Pays Its Helpers Lavishly in Capitol Payroll Expansion
The AP reports rising Capitol Hill payrolls show House and Senate staffs expanding with annual raises. Average staffers earn around 20,000 dollars, while top posts like postmasters and chaplains receive salaries well above market norms as payrolls grow by millions.
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Cong Changes Commanders Peace Talks
Allied intelligence sources report the Viet Cong National Liberation Front seeks new leadership for direct peace negotiations with the United States. Phat and Tho are named as key figures, with Tho likely to retain real power if talks falter. Phat, 41, hails from My Tho. Tho, 56, from Cholon Saigon.
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Pilot Warned Before Crash Near Urbana
URBANA Ohio AP reports grim investigators search for the remains of the last of 26 victims while a farmer recalls seeing a Trans World Airlines aircraft before the crash.
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Daytons air disaster fans speculation after DC9 crash
A DC9 TWA jet and a private twin engine Beechcraft collided near Dayton as 21 passengers and four crew members perished. Pilot Karl Kohlsatt warned of unknown traffic while CAB and FAA investigated and radios logged contact before the crash 11:54 a.m. Weather was clear. Burgstahler of Detroit also died.
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Clarence J. Brown
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George Tann
Congress Tool & Die
Tann Corp
Johnson Plans Vietnam Strategy Meeting in Pacific Area
President Johnson announced at a news conference that he will participate in a Vietnam strategy conference later this month in the Pacific area. He said he would meet in the next weeks with Henry Cabot Lodge in Saigon and General Westmoreland, but gave no exact site or date. He defended U S Vietnam policy and commented on Senator Kennedy's proposals.
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Weekend Weather Outlook with Mild Tonight and Cold Next Week
Forecast flags a fair mild night with a low mid 40s. Saturday expects cloudiness wind and warmth with a high near 70. Recent highs 48 and overnight 32, 11 am 55. Long range shows mid to upper 50s highs, upper 30s lows, then fluctuating temps. Showers or snow flurries likely Sunday to Tuesday. dry tomorrow.
Armco Welcomes Restoration of 7 Percent Tax Credit
Armco Steel Corp chairman Logan T. Johnston welcomed President Johnson’s proposal to restore the 7 percent investment tax credit. He said the move would stimulate the economy and allow Armco’s Project 600 to proceed without delay. Armco’s William Verity, away, indicated the tax credit supported large steel investments and warned against removing the incentive.
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TWA Flight 553 Noted Flight Yet No Local Passengers
The DC9 jet crash yesterday involved a familiar TWA Flight 553 used often by Armco Steel Corp. officials traveling from Pittsburgh to Dayton. Armco says two to three staff use the flight weekly. No local residents were waiting at Cox Municipal Airport for Chicago-bound travel yesterday.
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Stalin's Daughter Defects Likely in Rome Report
Washington sources report Joseph Stalin's only daughter defected via the U N Embassy in New Delhi and arrived in Rome with an Indian husband’s ashes. Moscow cites claim she left two months ago with Brijesh Singh, a translator for Progress, and later moved to India.
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Chuckle Golf Defies Wealth Stereotype Amid Many Poor Players
Chuckle Golf challenges the notion that it is a rich man’s game highlighting a large pool of economically varied players and the broad appeal beyond wealth.
Congress Splits On Johnson Tax Change Clash Over Investment Credit Surtax
Some congressmen see favor in restoring the 7 percent investment tax credit and depreciation rules while others fear a later move to add a 6 percent surtax to income taxes. House Ways and Means pins hopes on quick action. debate targeted for week end. President Johnson asserts surcharges needed and will argue the case, even as concerns rise about economic momentum.
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