Social Security Tax Hike Begins January First
The 1967 tax changes raise Social Security tax to 4.4 percent on the first 6,600 of earnings, up from 4.2 percent, boosting a typical high earner to about 290.40. Employers must match, with about 33 of the 290.49 maximum funding Medicare. Additional shifts include withholding changes and adjustments for the self employed, estimates, and age-related deduction limits.
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Washington
U.S
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
24 Killed In State Traffic Accidents Near Baton Rouge
A Christmas weekend crash eight miles north of Baton Rouge on U S 61 killed six people and raised Louisiana’s holiday toll to 24. Victims include James Davis of New Orleans and the Ferguson family of Denham Springs, with other fatal crashes across the state.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Here
U.S. 61
James Davis
Henry Ferguson
Carrole
Henry
Denham Springs
Howard Kline
Andrea
Woodville
Miss State
Davis
Joseph Chatelain
Gonzales
Curtis Matherne Jr
Grand Point
Weldmond J. LeBreaux
U.S. 80
Delhi
Leon McDowell
Dorothy Sparrow
Sandra Long
Metairie
Gaston J. Abadie
Roselyn
Julie
Billy Wishite
West Monroe
Eveport
Fragments Reflect Light Noise in Silent Sports Night
A fragmentary OCR note hints at different games and activities with playful tone. It mentions golf and recreation with vague references to Tc and Chuckle and reyrae in a casual, humorous style.
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT birthday tribute and Vietnam quote
Birthday shoutout to Rae Landrum Monroe Chamber of Commerce office manager. Ray D Newman son of William and Mrs Newman of 505 Moore Ave comments in a Christmas greeting about Vietnam battles. He a captain in intelligence says combat is won but people must stop fighting and start building a nation.
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Rae Landrum
The
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Ray D. Newman
William Newman
Moore Ave
Vietnam
Newman
Immolations Threatened In Amritsar Sikh Crisis
Rioting feared as eight Sikh holy men threaten self immolation at the Golden Temple in Amritsar to press for a separate Punjabi speaking state. Police, army units guard a 48 hour curfew while government officials refuse to permit dispatches about the threat.
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Amritsar
India
UPI
Golden Temple
M. L. Bharadwaj
Sant
Fateh Singh
Snowstorm warnings fade as new systems brew in West
The Christmas storm moved off coast while new Pacific storms gather. Utah Utah Nevada Idaho faces heavy snow warnings with up to a foot in Vermont New Hampshire ski areas and two feet in Appalachians. Arctic cold chilled the nation from Fargo to Key West and deaths rose from shoveling hazards.
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Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Syracuse
N.Y
A Oland
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pacific
Mississippi
Fargo
N.D
Key West
Fla
Dixie
New York City
Appalachians
New England
Holiday Road Deaths Below Pace In 1965
The final Christmas holiday traffic count shows deaths at 450 by noon, 20 percent below last year’s tally of 720. The National Safety Council cautions a possible drop but notes last year’s toll was unusually high. Three accidents claimed 16 lives, including a Baton Rouge collision that killed six and a Beaver Dam ice bridge crash that killed five.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Baton Rouge
Beaver Dam
Hannibal
Private Plane Missing With 10 Aboard Searched Over Baja California
Rescue craft hunted for a Lockheed Lodestar missing since December 26 after departing Oak for a demonstration flight. The 10 aboard include two crew members and eight members of a San Francisco family led by Richard Dakin. Poor Baja communications delayed the alert. searches covered Baja California and Mexico.
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Oakland
Calif
Baja California
Mexico
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Air Search and Rescue Center
Hamilton Air Force Base
Executive Aviation Inc. of
San Diego
la Paz
Richard Y. Dakin
Susanna
Roger
Joan
Dakins
Richard Dakin
Elton C. Stone
Dennis Seitz
Alameda
Oak
Baja California Peninsula
Rain Expected Today in Monroe Area Forecast
The Monroe area forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies today and Tuesday with a slow temperature rise. Highs tonight and Tuesday range from the mid 50s to low 60s, with east to southeast winds 8 to 16 mph diminishing tonight then rising again.
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Monroe
Saigon Dock Strike Hits War Supplies
About 2,500 Vietnamese dock workers struck in Saigon shutting ships in the harbor while U S stevedores at a new port facility kept critical military cargo moving. Negotiations involve unions, companies, the Ministry of Labor, U S military and the U S Embassy and a union says the strike will continue until a satisfactory agreement is reached. Lt Col James B Reed notes workers seek assurances contracts will not cut dock crew numbers.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 4Th Transportation Command
Vietnamese Ministry of Labor
Vietnamese Confederation of Workers
James B. Reed
4Th Transportation Command
Death of Joseph E. Finch Sparks Malvern Family Notices
Joseph Everett Finch 78 died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Methodist Church Malvern Arkansas, Rev. Lloyd Conyers officiating. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery Malvern under Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe. Survivors include widow and two daughters Mrs W B Trimble Monroe and Mrs Hawold Barnes Mountain Home Ark plus six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Memorials to cancer fund requested.
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Joseph Everett Finch
St. Francis Hospital
Finch
W. B. Trimble
Monroe
W B.trimble
Grace Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
Malvern
Ark
Lloyd Conyers
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Warren
Malvern Rotary Club
Hawold Barnes
Mountain Harme Ark
William Bradley Tremble Jr
John Monroe Barnes
Joseph William Barnes
James G. McMillan
William Glover
Bombers Resume Raids as Vietnam War resumes after truce
U S bombers renew raids on North Vietnam despite bad weather. B52s joined three daytime strikes near Saigon and in the demilitarized zone. Ground fighting continues with 27 Viet Cong killed in a clash 40 miles east of Saigon. A Flying Tigers crash toll reached 98 dead and 17 injured.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Guam
Demilitarized Zone
Paragould Custody Fight Child Enjoys Christmas Day
Sharon Swindle, central to a long custody dispute, enjoyed a festive Christmas with Maurice Cathey and his wife as temporary guardians. The case ties to Gerald Swindle of Jonesboro and Valerie Swindle of Cheltenham, England, with hearings set in Greene County Chancery Court.
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Paragould
Ark
Sharon Swindle
Maurice Cathey
Cathey
Sharon
Ninian Edwards
St. Louis
Valerie Day Swindle
Cheltenham
England
Greene County Chancery Court
Death Toll Rises In Air Disaster Near Da Nang
In Vietnam's worst air disaster, 111 people are confirmed dead including 107 Vietnamese villagers and four American crewmen of a Flying Tiger cargo plane that crashed into Binh Thai village on Christmas Eve. Eighteen injured and 20 missing as search continues near Da Nang airbase.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
UPI
Binh Thai
U.S
Japan
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London
Cupant
Sam Mayeaux
Moreauxville
Alexandria
Gary Freidel
Tc ‘V'S
Reyrae
Twin Cities
Pleiku
25Th Infantry Division
Joseph E. Finch
United States
Hanoi
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