Johnson presses tax cut drive as Mansfield discusses hearings
President Johnson and congressional leaders reviewed a tax cut plan with Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield saying hearings will wrap up soon and a Finance Committee bill is drafted. Johnson aims to spur growth and reduce unemployment while cutting federal waste and trimming agency staffing. He ordered reviews and new cost consciousness in promotions and efficiency ratings.
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Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Congressional
House
John W, Pictormans
Massachusetts
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Sen
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kermit Gordon
Gordon
PAR Urges New Louisiana Campaign Finance Law
Baton Rouge AP reports the Public Affairs Research Council urges Louisiana to adopt a Florida style law for full public reporting of campaign finances. PAR notes Louisiana lacks detailed campaign finance rules and cites past repeal in 1934 while avoiding proposed contribution or expenditure limits.
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Florida
Louisiana
United States
PAR
Viorida
Goodfellows Fund Raises Start as Appeal Seeks Help
The New Star-World reports the first Goodfellows Fund donations totaling 185.50 toward a 6000 goal for a 29th annual drive aiding Tamiles with food clothing and toys this Christmas. Appeals from welfare recipients describe tight budgets and urgent need for assistance.
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Goodfellows Fund
New Star—World
Man of the Week Shlenker Praised by Houston Press
Irvin Shlenker of Houston, formerly Monroe, named Man of the Week by the Houston Press editorial column for leading United Fund Campaign efforts in Houston. Memorial Methodist Church on Sherrouse Avenue hosts a bazaar Thursday from 8 a.m. to evening with a nursery for children and after school carnival.
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Irvin Shlenker
Houston
Monroe
Houston Press
Shlenker
Herman Masur
United Fund
Memorial Methodist Church
Sherrouse Avenue
Public docks urged for Monroe and West Monroe
H. K. Thatcher urged urgent construction of public docks and warehouses on the Ouachita River to capture export trade. He noted 2,002,375 tons moved by barges from 1958 to 1962 and pressed officials at a Northeast Louisiana State College Export Conference to equip the area to handle shipments.
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H. K. Thatcher
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Thatcher
Ouachita River Valley Association
Northeast Louisiana State College
Ouachita River
Division of Business Administration At
Northeast
Louisiana-Mississippi
King says protests to resume midmonth nationwide
Dr. Martin Luther King announced after meeting with President Johnson that anti discrimination demonstrations would restart by midmonth in various areas.
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Washington
UPI
Martin Luther King
Johnson
Johnson Push for Economy Draws Congressional Praise
Washington AP report notes congressional leaders supported President Johnson's drive to cut government spending. Sen. Dirksen urged real cuts in the new budget to back a proposed 11 billion dollar tax reduction, while Sen. Byrd warned substantial military and space cuts may be needed.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Congress
Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
John F. Kennedy
Bayou DeSiard Water Level Keeps Dropping
Bayou DeSiard continues to fall with a half inch drop in the last 24 hours. The Monroe Utilities Commission is drawing 25 percent of city water from the Ouachita River amid the low bayou level. River salt content tests show 80 grams per million gallons, a very low salinity amid upstream brine pollution from Arkansas oil producers.
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Bayou DeSiard
French L. Smith
Monroe Utilities Commission
Smith
Utilities Commission
Ouachita River
United States Tops Oil Production Globally
The United States, with six percent of the earth's surface, is the largest oil producer and supplies about 45 percent of annual output per the American Petroleum Institute.
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United States
American Petroleum Institute
FBI Report Points to Oswald as Lone Kennedy Assassin
Government sources say the FBI findings will state Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone without help in the Dallas shooting of President Kennedy. The report, sent to President Johnson, will be reviewed by the Warren Commission, with ballistics and same direction evidence supporting a single shooter from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.
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Washington
FBI
White House
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Earl Warren
Warren
Warren Commission
Ber
Secret Service
Oswald
Kennedy
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Texas
John Connally
Jack Rubinstein
Jack Ruby
Former First Lady Attends Hero Tribute
Washington AP Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis attends a Medal ceremony for Secret Service agent Clinton Hill who protected Mrs Kennedy and President Kennedy during the Dallas assassination. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon presents the gold medal in a fourth floor ceremony as Hill and his family look on.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secret Service
Clinton J. Hill
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillion
Hill
Treasury Department
White House
Treasury
Gwen
Chris
Cory
Larimore
N.D
Masur Museum Founded In Monroe From Donated Home
The Masur Museum of Art is founded after the Sigmund Masur home at 1400 S Grand St Monroe is donated to the city for cultural use by the Masur Estate. Surviving children Jack S Masur Sylvian S Masur and Mrs Bertha Masur Gorn join city leaders in welcoming the gesture as civic progress. The council meets in special session to accept the donation and discusses future development plans.
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Sigmund Masur
S. Grand St
Monroe
Jack S. Masur
Sylvian S. Masur
Bertha Masur Gorn
Masur
Major Museum of Art
W.L
Jack) Howard
Haynes L. Harkey Jr
Robert H. Evans
Aline Banister
W. D. H. Rodriguez
John Fogleman
Masur Museum of Art
Sigmund Masurs
Sigmund Mas
W. L
Howard
Resolution honors Masur donation to Monroe city landmarks
The Monroe city resolution expresses appreciation to Jack S Masur Sylvian S Masur and Mrs Bertha Marie Masur Gorn for donating the Masur home place in memory of Sigmund Masur and Beatrice Son Masur. It notes the couple were longtime Monroe residents civic minded and contributed to city life.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Howard
Jack S. Masur
Sylvian S. Masur
Bertha Marie Masur Gorn
Sigmund Masur
Beatrice Son Masur
Cool pattern to hold with chill nights this week
Cool weather continues with daytime highs 50 to 60 degrees and nightly lows in the 30s. No rain expected the next three days. Today's forecast calls for fair and cold conditions, with mild, mostly fair weather persisting into Wednesday as northerly winds run 5 to 15 mph.
Goodfellows Contributions Start Arriving
Contributions to the Goodfellows fund begin arriving, totaling 185.50. Donors include memorial gifts for Wilson Ewing, George Lofton, Herman Masur, Louis Masur, David Heller Masur, Henry and Eva Heller, Lena F. Lemle, Harry G. Prophit Sr., and Mrs J. S. Stone among others. Slagle-Johnson Lumber Inc also contributes.
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Goodfellows
Wilson Ewing
George Lofton
G. C. Burge
Herman Masur
Louis Masur
David Heller Masur
Henry
Eva Heller
J. S. Stone
Slagle-Johnson Lumber, Inc
Lena F. Lemle
Harry G. Prophit Sr
A. E. Montgomery Sr
Street survey confuses De Gaulle with Johnson photo
In Trenton a Times reporter tested if passersby could identify French President Charles de Gaulle and U S President Lyndon B Johnson from a news photo. Eleven got both, four recognized both but forgot Johnson, seven knew Johnson only, four misidentified De Gaulle as Khrushchev, and five recognized neither man.
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Trenton
N.J
Trenton Evening Times
Charles de Gaulle
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
de Gaulle
Nikita Khrushchev
Unions Plan Friday Suit to Challenge Rail Arbitration Ruling
Five rail unions announce a federal suit to overturn last Tuesday's arbitration ruling that would cut thousands of jobs and challenge the August emergency law under which the ruling was made. They seek to block the ruling and its constitutional basis, arguing it harms public and worker freedoms.
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Washington
Congress
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Roy E. Davidson
Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Louis J. Wagner
Independent Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen
Charles Luna
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Neil P. Speirs
Afl-Cio Switchmen’s Union of North America
Democrats Aim to Move Civil Rights Bill to Floor
House leaders plan a discharge petition to take the civil rights bill to the floor after a White House meeting with President Johnson. Emanuel Celler will file next Monday for 218 signatures, with hopes for early January floor action and hearings requested but unlikely this December.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
McCormack
Johnson
White House
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
House
Rules Committee
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