Great Society Faces Austerity Delay Amid Tax and Spending Cutbacks
President Johnson signals a shift toward national austerity to preserve fiscal soundness. Expect higher taxes, proposed 3 to 4 billion dollar federal spending cuts, higher interest rates, and curbs on abroad spending with potential unemployment rise and welfare delays. Britain pursues harsher limits on income and consumption.
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Guns and Butter Society
United States
Johnson
Federal Reserve Banks
U. S
Britain
Lynda Bird Robb Banished From Coast Cable Car
In San Francisco Lynda Bird Robb and her husband Marine Capt. Charles Robb faced a cable car ban related to eating ice cream on a car. Conductor Machell Bell explained he chose to invite them off the car, noting no ordinance prohibits ice cream on cable cars. The Robbs later reflected on leaving their hearts in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Lynda Bird Robb
Charles Robb
Camp Pendleton
Vietnam
Robbs
Cyril Magnin
Ellen Newman
Russian Hill
Lynda
Newman
Machell Bell
Bell
San Franciscan
Nob Hill
Capt
Robb
Welfare Board Okays Increased Budget Request
ETON ROUGE La AP The State Welfare Board approved a 286.3 million budget request for 1968 1969 up more than 10 million from the current year The increase funds public assistance adding 527 employees Nursing home patients will receive a 25 per month boost The request called for 80.6 million state funds and 187.7 million federal money Bonin authorized to adjust Aid to Dependent Children payments a court decision will add rolls and federal contribution freeze threatens funds
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Eton Rouge
State Welfare Board
Felix E. Stanley
Garland Bonin
Bonin
Hospital Group Seeks 67 Million Budget Expansion
Louisiana Department of Hospitals requests a budget of 67,070,849 dollars, up from 50,006,650, to fund expansion including the Earl K Long Hospital in Baton Rouge and the planned Columbia State School for the mentally retarded. Director Lee Agerton told the hospital board the plan includes a full budget for the new hospital and awaits legislative review.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Department of Hospitals
Lee Agerton
Earl K. Long
Agerton
Columbia State School For
Legislative Budget Committee
Federal guidelines aim to reduce racial imbalance in schools
Washington AP The new HEW program seeks indirect change by encouraging states and localities to act against discrimination and segregation. Guidelines focus on fairness in funding and access, noting gaps like double shifts for Negro schools. Officials expect compliance actions in several mid sized cities.
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Jack Miller
Washington
Theovernment
U.S. Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
South
U.S
Harold Howe II
New York
Massachusetts
HEW
Peter Libassi
Teamster Head Defends McKeithen Son Role Misunderstood
UPIs report quotes Edward G Partin blaming a miscommunication for an alleged charge about Gov John McKeithens son working on a racetrack probe. Partin says Fox McKeithen did not work for the racetrack but was a Bechtel summer Teamster helper with LSU students. Gremillion says his son did a construction job, not Teamster work, and the issue rests on a summer job claim.
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Partin
Washington
Jack Gremillion
Baton Rouge International Speedway
Gremillion
Teamsters
Tass Comments on Republicans in Nomination Race
Tass of Moscow reports from New York that the Republican presidential nomination race will be intricate and feature unexpected turns. Oleg Anichkin notes Rockefeller’s withdrawal surprised most observers and says the struggle within the party has just opened with new names likely before the August convention.
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Moscow
Tass
Oleg Anichkin
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Warsaw College Students Stage Overnight Sit-In
Warsaw University and Polytechnic College students held an overnight sit-in in the Polish capital. Authorities warn of expulsions if protests continue. A mimeographed declaration demanded freedom of expression and assembly, criticizing censorship and the draft for students.
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Warsaw College
Warsaw
Poland
Warsaw University
Polytechnic College
Midtown Polytechnic
Police Probe Safe Burglary At Globe Foods Store
Monroe police continue investigation into a roof entry burglary at Globe Foods on Forsythe Avenue. Assistant manager Lloyd Cox found the store open for business after intruders punched a hole in the roof near the rear. About $900 in small bills and change was taken.
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Monroe
Globe Foods
Forsythe Avenue
James C. Kelly Jr
Lloyd Cox
Soldier Spun Pranks With Officers By Sergent Name
Fort Meade AP describes M.Sgt. Elwood Sergent from Flatwoods Kentucky who has amused officers for 14 years by using his surname phonetics. He recalls a Pentagon call, a major misidentification in Lai Khe and jokes about the name Sergent. He aims to become sergeant major in about five years.
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Jack Kneede
FT. Meade, Md
Flat
Pentagon
1St Army Flight Detachment
Sergent
Elwood Sergent
Pvt
Flatwoods
West Coast
Vietnam
Lai Khe
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Mother Church
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
First Chuch of Christ Scientist
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Hospital Group
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Forsythe Ave
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eRe
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