Johnson Presses Tax Cuts As Congress Leaders Meet
President Johnson met with Democratic congressional leaders to push tax cut legislation and an economy drive. Senate Finance Committee hearings on the tax proposal should end by Friday or Monday as Mansfield reports, with a goal to draft a bill quickly. Johnson seeks a tax cut to spur growth, reduce unemployment, and guard against a future recession. He ordered agency waste hunts, budget restraint, and staffing cuts, directing promotions be tied to cost consciousness and efficiency. He aims to keep the 1965 budget under 100 billion dollars, possibly below Kennedy’s 98.9 billion proposal.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Mansfield
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Gordon
Congressional Committees
Kennedy
Storage Building Bid Approved for City Project
The Board of Public Works recommended K and S Construction Co of Madison for a 40 by 120 foot metal storage building costing 11 542. The City Council will hear the proposal tonight at City Hall after a two hour meeting with four bids considered. Equipment from the park and street departments will be stored in the new building near the city garage on the west edge of Monroe. The former Twining park shop burned.
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K and S Construction Co
Madison
City Hall
Park Department
Street Department
City
Monroe
Twining Park
Blaze Destroys Barn on Keegan Farm Near Monroe Course
A morning fire destroyed a 78 by 32 foot barn on the Thomas Keegan farm near the Monroe Country Club golf course. Loss estimated at 25 thousand dollars with 34 cattle saved. Fire started likely from shredded fodder. no injuries reported.
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Thomas Keegan
Monroe
Monroe Country Club
Times
Keegan
Keegans
Adams Township
Walter McKillip
Tom
Juda
Paul R. Miller
27Th Avenue
Monticello
Connally Improves After Kennedy Assassination Wounds
Dallas Texas Governor John Connally continued to improve from gunshot injuries received during the Kennedy assassination. An aide, Bill Stinson, said the governor makes steady progress with no setbacks.
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Dallas
Texas
John Connally
Kennedy
Bill Stinson
Connally
Monroe pastor Rev. Jesse R. Dom resigns for Fall River post
Rev. Jesse R. Dom, minister of the Universalist Unitarian church in Monroe since January 1958, resigns to lead the First Unitarian Society of Fall River Massachusetts. A congregational dinner is set for Sunday January 12 to discuss a successor. Dom and his wife will move the week of January 12 and he will preach his first Fall River sermon January 19. He arrived from Chicago in 1958 after serving in Massachusetts and later worked as a draftsman at Industrial Combustion. His wife was president of the Monroe Woman's Club for 1962 1963.
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Monroe
Jesse R. Dom
Universalist-Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Society of
Fall River
Mass
Harold H. Snively
Church Board of Trustees
Snively
Dom
Chicago
Harvard Theological School
Monroe Woman’s Club
Ruby Murder Trial Postponed to February in Dallas
The murder trial of Jack Ruby, charged with killing Kennedy’s accused assassin, is postponed to February by State Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown after consultations. District Attorney Henry Wade and Ruby’s lawyer Tom Howard agreed to the continuance as the state’s case is still being prepared.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Joe B. Brown
Dist
Atty
Henry Wade
Ruby
Tom Howard
Wade
City council renames Lake View Park Kennedy Memorial Park
The city council approved a rename by a 15 to 2 vote on Monday night designating Lake View Park as John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park to honor the late president.
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Kennedy Kenosha
Lake View Park
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Scout Leaders To Be Honored At Valley District Dinner
The annual Valley District Boy Scout Leader Appreciation dinner will be held Saturday at 6 30 p.m. in the M Room of Monroe High School to honor Cubmasters Scoutmasters and Den mothers. William Morgan Chicago deputy executive of Region 7 BSA will speak and Richard Bahr Valley District chairman will welcome and introduce. Morgan has led the U S Grant Council and served as Scout executive in Saginaw and in Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana in various posts. He helped organize many units including some in Monroe and Green County. The Staccatos Monroe High School band will provide pre dinner music and Rev E C McCollom of St Victors will give the invocation. Tickets available from Bahr Ganshirt or Rhyn er. request by Thursday.
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William Morgan
Chicago
Boy Scouts of America
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Morgan
U.S. Grant Council
Saginaw
Mich
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Upper Penninsula
Monroe
Green County
Canyon Camp
Bahr
Cletus Ganshirt
Richard Rhyner
Staccatos
E. C. McCollon
St. Victor’s Church
Papal Decree Expands Bishops Power Across the Church
Pope Paul VI issued a decree to reduce Curia influence and grant bishops 40 faculties to act independently with eight new privileges. Bishops gain authority to decide Pauline Privilege marriages without Vatican input and to approve various liturgical and disciplinary matters, signaling decentralization of church administration.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Curia
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Curia
Paul
Vatican
Budget sets tax rate after credit in Brodhead
Brodhead City Council adopted a 1964 budget with a gross tax rate of 46.15 per thousand, reduced by 5 percent due to the state sales tax credit to about 40.83 per thousand. The 85,650 tax levy remains, with 22.32 per thousand for schools, 12.74 for the city, 10.80 for the county, and 0.28 for the state. Mayor Pawlisch called for a memorial candle for President Kennedy. Building permits were issued for several repairs and additions including a cement dock and siding work.
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Times
Ronaldean Pawlisch
John F. Kennedy
R. C. Lyons
W. S. Brendt
Standard Oil Co
Robert Riese
Grace Hartman
Ernest Blaser
Kennedy Widow at Ceremonies Honors Bravery Medal
Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill received an exceptional bravery medal in Washington for protecting Jacqueline Kennedy and President Kennedy during the Dallas assassination. He shielded the President with his body and aided Mrs. Kennedy as the car moved.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Secret Service
Clinton J. Hill
Kennedy
Dallas
Secretary of Treasury
Dillon
Hill
Larimore
N.D
White House
FBI study backs lone unaided Oswald as Kennedy shooter
An FBI report nearing completion for the White House concludes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the Kennedy assassination. It states three shots were fired from a sixth floor window at Dallas's Texas School Book Depository, with no evidence of accomplices and no proven link to Jack Ruby.
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White House
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Johnson
Warren
Warren Commission
Secret Service
Oswald
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Texas
John Connally
Jack Rubinstein
Jack Ruby
Hope Hospital ship arrives for 10 month stay in Guayaquil
The U S Hospital Ship Hope arrived in Guayaquil for a 10 month privately financed medical mission. It will treat needy patients and train Ecuadorian doctors and nurses during the stay.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
U.S
Hope
Dallas Policeman’s Family Gifts Top Six Figures
Dallas police say donations for slain officer J. D. Tippit’s widow and three children total around $100,000, with $44,084 in by Monday night at the station and more than $55,000 elsewhere. Secret Service will handle Oswald family gifts. amounts unknown.
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J. D. Tippit
Verne Hipskind
Tippit
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Hipskind
Oswald
Secret Service
Governor's Aide Argues for Governor Reynolds Senate Appointment Power
Madison The governor's probe of appointive authority is challenged in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Leonard F. Schmitt argued that state law gives the governor a primary voice in filling state offices despite Senate refusal to act on confirmations.
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Madison
Senate
Reynolds
State Supreme Court
Leonard F. Schmitt
Merrill
High Court
George Thompson
Thompson
Roy Tulane
Tulane
Cheese market steady in Madison with ample supplies
The Madison Wisconsin cheddar market remains steady with fair demand and ample supplies across styles. Prices range from cheddars at 36-38 for 2 to 4 pounds, 40 pound blocks at 36 5-39, single daisies at 38 58-39, longhorns at 38-39, and midgets at 37 34-40 1.
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Cheese Mart
Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
Reynolds sets December special session on Project 66 highway plan
Gov. John W. Reynolds announced a special Legislature session for December 10 to push his accelerated highway program Project 66. He aims to fund rapid interstate and freeway construction via bonds and a penny per gallon gas tax, seeking bipartisan support and a quick finish within two to three days.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
Assembly
Robert Haase
Marinette
Jerris Leonard
Milwaukee
Leonard
Haase
Stock Price Trends Show Mixed Pattern
New York reports a mixed market with modest gains. Volume estimated at 4.6 million shares, down from 4.79 million Monday. Du Pont up over 5 points, Liggett and Myers up 2, Eastman Kodak about 1 percent, Abbott Laboratories up about 2 as it proposes a 3-for-1 stock split and higher dividend.
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New York
du Pont
Liggett and Myers
Eastman Kodak
Abbott Laboratories
Erhard Affirms Policy on Nuclear Protection
Bonn chancellor Erhard said he told President De Gaulle West Germany feels safer under America's nuclear protection than under France's. He stressed loyalty to Allied defense despite frictions with Paris.
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de Gaulle
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