Excise Tax Cuts Effective Today
President Johnson signed a 4.7 billion tax cut bill amid a White House ceremony. Immediate relief eliminates nuisance federal excise taxes on jewelry lipstick handbags and other goods with refunds on cars and air conditioners for purchases since May 15. Future steps will cut taxes further while urging manufacturers and retailers to pass savings to consumers. Johnson touted lower prices more jobs and a lasting economic expansion with staged reductions through 1969.
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Johnson
White House
Britain’s Parliament Marks 700th Birthday Tribute
London AP reports the Mother of Parliaments celebrated 700 years with nearly 50 speakers from Commonwealth legislatures. Lords and Commons offered amends in prayer, then Queen Elizabeth II received loyal addresses in Westminster Hall amid trumpets and royal attendance.
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London
England
Lords
Commons
Westminster Hall
Elizabeth II
Henry III
Red Star Urges U S Not to Confuse Motives in Viet Nam
Moscow reports the Soviet Defense Ministry paper Red Star denounces American moves in Viet Nam and warns against confusing the drive for peace with toothless pacifism. The editorial hints it is aimed at Chinese readers and criticizes Western views of Soviet military strength and cautious Viet Nam policies.
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Moscow
Red Star
United States
Defense Ministry
Viet Nam
U.S
Democratic Republic of
Peking
Houston Trustees Vote To Integrate Schools By 1967
Houston public school trustees moved to desegregate fully by 1967, with grades six through ten to desegregate in staged steps starting September and 1966. A rally of about 2,000 protesters urged immediate total integration at Emancipation Park.
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Houston
Tex
Emancipation Park
Happiness Reigns In Death Valley
In Tecopa California a town nurse Patricia Gardelius was acquitted after being charged with practicing medicine without a license. Residents praised her, some spoke of secession and annexation to Nevada due to sparse services. Patrons backed her, and the case prompted petitions for reinstatement of the county attorney general.
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Tecopa
Calif
Death Valley
California
Patricia Gardelius
Independence
Cal
Sims
Pat
Wilson
Tecopa Progressive Association
Thomas
Lynch
No Evidence Of Prejudice Found In Shooting
Newark mayor recommends lifting suspended patrolman Henry Martinez after a Newark Human Rights Commission found no racial prejudice in the fatal June 12 shooting of Lester Long Jr. The commission said Martinez acted in the line of duty after Long slashed Martinez’ partner with a knife. The mayor called for a purely administrative post pending grand jury action.
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Newark
N.J
Hugh J. Addonizio
Henry Martinez
Newark Human Rights Commission
Martinez
Lester Long Jr
Long
Addonizio
Dominick A. Spina
Essex County
Brendan YT. Byrne
Grand Jury
AMA Dispute Breaks Out Over Boycott
In New York AMA delegates debate boycott resolutions on a pending federal health care program with ten proposals sent to a committee. President Dr James Z Appel urges cooperation but faces strong opposition amid picketing by doctors protesting discrimination in state and county medical societies.
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New, York
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Congress
House
AMA
James Z. Appel
Lancaster
Appel
Johnson
Senate
New York Coliseum
Medical Committee For Human Rights
John L. S. Holloman
Harlem
Lost hiker found after six days in Colorado snow
Richard Howe 21 of Hartford Conn was found in fair condition in an Aspen hospital after wandering six days without shoes or food in the Continental Divide country near Aspen. A forest service trail crew found him about 32 miles east of Basalt. Howe said he became lost while attempting a hike from Twin Lakes over Independence Pass to Aspen.
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Aspen
Colo
Richard Howe
Hartford
Conn
Forest Service
Howe
Basalt
Twin Lakes
Independence Pass
Skateboard deaths rise. five killed since April
CHICAGO AP National Safety Council reports skateboard fatalities at five since April, with 200 persons injured in juries. Four of the five deaths involve children five years old and younger, and four incidents were collisions with motor vehicles.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Nebraska moves to tax reform despite veto threat
The unicameral legislature passed a state income tax bill by 26 to 23, setting a flat rate target but Governor Morrison immediately announced he will veto the measure. Morrison had previously resisted vetoes on philosophical grounds, arguing revenue decisions belong to the legislature, though he warned against an unworkable bill.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Morrison
Eisenhower backs birth control info for foreign governments
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses legislation allowing the federal government to distribute birth control information to foreign governments. He calls curbing the world population explosion essential to global survival and urges welfare funds not to lure unwed mothers into having illegitimate children.
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Washington
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Senate
Foreign Aid
Guest Speaker At Club Named Kenneth Davis
Kenneth Davis a senior at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond Va will be the guest speaker this week at the West Monroe Kiwanis Club The group will hold its regular luncheon meeting Thursday at Highland Park Country Club The program is under the direction of the Support of Churches Committee headed by the
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Kenneth Davis
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
West Monroe
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Clerk Records
Transfers list numerous parcels including units in Highland Park Addition and North Monroe Subdivision with buyer seller dates and prices. Notable entries include Clif ton Flanagan acquiring lots 7 and 8, James E. Adams selling half mortgage interest, and General Motors Corp taking lot 13 in Jamar Heights Subdivision for 21 835. Also Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Commissioner transfers appear among mortgage and cash deeds.
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Ouachita Parish
Joe William Wilson Et Ax
Clifton C. Flanagan
H. M. McGuire
Highland Park
Federal
Prentice R. Takewell
North Monroe
Mid-South Homes, Inc
Thomas E. James, Jr
Troy J. Francis
Donell
Willard Williams Reynolds
Kiroli Woods
Herman E. Cotton Et al
P Lionel Crowell
T. E. Flouroe
West Monroe
J. LeRoy Williams
Berle Palmer
Mauldin
Township 18
Range
Arthur E. Young
Raleigh Lee Cox
Highland Park Addition
William J. Sheffield Jr
Charles W. Stewart
Et Ux
Jamar Heights
Sharp Lesson Fells Four Watchers in Luton Film
At a road safety film shown in Luton England one man fainted and four others fell ill while watching the described short sharp lesson on driving care. Rev Don Wineinger served as club chaplain.
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Luton
England
UPI
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