Travel tax proposal targets overseas tourism spending
The Johnson administration seeks a 30 percent tax on U S spending outside the Western Hemisphere to reduce the travel gap. Exemptions include the first $15 daily, with most spending in Canada Mexico the Caribbean and Central and South America. The plan aims to raise up to 140 million while balancing payments. U S officials cite dollar confidence and returning money to the U S economy. In Madrid an UPI brief notes Palomares near where bombs fell will receive a water desalting plant as a gift from the United States.
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Johnson Administration
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Western Hemisphere
Commerce Department
Canada
Mexico
Caribbean
Central America
Europe
Mediterranean
U.S
Hemisphere
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Fowler
Treasury Department
Madrid
UPI
Palomares
Monroe declares W. M. Harper Day for birthday honor
The Monroe City Council proclaimed today as Judge W. M. Harper Day to honor the retired municipal judge on his 78th birthday. Judge Harper, who served as municipal judge from 1928 until last year, attended with Mrs. Harper while Mayor W. L. Howard led a birthday song and praised his decades of service.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Harper
State Tobacco Tax Bill Gets House Approval
Louisiana House approval of Rep. T. T. Fields proposal would raise city proceeds from the State Tobacco Tax, shifting leftover funds away from the general fund. Gov. McKeithen would veto if the Senate rejects it. critics say the measure costs the state money and may not become law.
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Rep
T. T Fields
Farmerville
Louisiana
House
John McKeithen
Senate
Robert Munson
Cheneyville
McKeithen
LSU
Louisiana Municipal Association
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LMA
Emery Villar
Gonzales
Organized Labor
Allen Gremihon
Crowley
Ford Stinson
Benton
Labor
Villar
Sen
Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
John Edgar
Hoax Kidnapping Note Alleges Abduction On Car
Pittsburgh AP reports a note reading I ve been kidnaped call the police was found under a gas cap. Ray mond Sherlock followed directions, logged a license plate, and police stopped Merle Mennenga on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 30 minutes later. After a 20 minute questioning, he and his wife Bonita were released to continue their honeymoon trip stemming from a Pecatonica Illinois wedding.
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Raymond Sherlock
Sherlock
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Merle Mennenga
Bonita
Pecatonica
Ill
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