Johnson signs tax bill boosting revenue and social security
President Johnson signs a $6 billion revenue bill expected to add money over 15 months. The measure raises auto excise tax to 7 percent and reinstates a 10 percent phone tax, with gains aimed at Viet Nam war financing and Social Security scope expansion for about 300,000 people over 72.
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Washington
Presient Johnson
Congress
Johnson
John W. Gardner
House
Senate
South Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Laos
Thailand
Morris Rotary selects six directors at Tuesday meeting
Six directors were elected by the Morris Rotary Club during Tuesday night’s session. The new directors are Tracy Adcock Ted Conley John George Karl Linneman Claude Rose and F Wayne Graham. officers to be chosen at a later date.
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Morris Rotary Club
Tracy Adcock
Ted Conley
John George
Karl Linneman
Claude Rose
F. Wayne Graham
Rioting Returns to Watts as Los Angeles Sees Fatal Violence
In Watts, Los Angeles, about 600 Negroes rioted for six hours injuring 26 and killing two men, including truck driver Lawrence Gomez. Police cleared the area around 103rd Street and Wilmington Avenue, Gov. Brown arrived to assess and cited unrest tied to last August's riot. The episode followed a rock thrown at a white driver's car near Jordan High School, with sniper fire and looting escalating before authorities regained control.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Edmund G. Brown
National Guard
Lawrence Gomez
Gomez
Joe Lee Crawford
Dan Cooke
Jordan High School
103Rd Street
Wilmington Avenue
Gov. Brown
Samuel W. Yorty
Brown
Avas
F. Douglas Ferrell
D-Los Angeles
Guard
Frank Beeson
John 4. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
A.A. Peters
Victory Baptist Church
Fair Weather Forecast for Grundy County Area
The U S Weather Bureau forecast warm weather with highs in the low 60s tomorrow and warm nights in the 40s for Grundy County. Tonight Thursday and Friday are expected to be fair with mild temperatures. Local statistics from Collins Weather Station were not available this morning.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Annual FFA Dinner Highlights 28th Banquet
The Morris FFA chapter held its 28th annual parents son banquet in the MCHS cafeteria with 40 members and 115 guests. A three course meal was catered by Mrs. Clarence Erickson and served by Future Homemakers. Honors included an FFA pendant necklace to Thai exchange student Wachara Prachyapruang.
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FFA
Thailand
Wachara Prachyapruang
Morris Community High School
Future Farmers of America
Dan Hanson
Morris
MCHS
Clarence Erickson
David Zimmerman
Barbara Heap
Kenneth Jorstad
Henry Smith
Board of Education
Claude J. Rose
Herb Lloyd
Richard Wagner
Korea
IFYE
Dr. Casey
Donald Kaufman
Claude Rose
Milford Wix
Hanson
Jorstad
Bill Smith
Paul Estensen
Mike Ranz
Sentinel
Plane lands on two engines at Sydney Airport
A Boeing 727 with 78 aboard landed safely on two engines after a turbo fan shattered in one engine. About 10 hot metal fragments dropped on Eastlakes suburb with no injuries reported. The Australian Ansett-Ana flight had just departed for Brisbane.
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Sydney
Australia
Eastlakes
Brisbane
Sukarno Retains Presidency. Suharto Gains Powers
President Sukarno says he remains head of Indonesia while delegating limited powers to army chief Lt Gen Suharto. Jakarta radio quotes Suharto agreeing to normalize post coup conditions. Singapore sources note Subandrio’s purge risk and a rumored assassination order against anti-Communist generals.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Indonesia
Suharto
Strongman Army
Jakarta
Communist Party
Chaerul Saleh
Subandrio
Peking
Bogor
Miss Muffler to Lead Lions Parade Float in New York
Miss Frances Muffler daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Muffler 113 West North Street has been chosen by the Lions of Illinois International Convention Committee to represent area Lions clubs on the parade float in New York City July 6 She is one of five girls named as queens whose fathers are Lions club members In Morris Lions Club past president and district governor roles are noted along with positions in District 1 B The float promotes Lions Golden Jubilee Convention to be held in Chicago in 1967 inviting Lions from around the world to attend.
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Frances Muffler
Charles
Pete) Muffler
W. North St
Lions of Illinois, International Convention Committee
Lions Clubs
New York City
Miss Muffler
Morris Lions Club
Lions International
Chicago
Fight Guerrillas For Ninth Day In Saigon Operation
American paratroopers and Allied forces battled around 600 Viet Cong for four hours on the ninth day of Operation Silver City north of Saigon. Two Viet Cong battalions attacked the 173rd Airborne Brigade, with air and artillery support, leaving 142 killed and 3 captured. An Air Force F4C Phantom jet with two aboard was reported missing near Dien Bien Phu.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Silver City
D Zone
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Dien Bien Phu
France
Indochina
Historic Gemini 8 docking mission nears final link
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott chase the Agena satellite 105000 miles away in orbit above South America. The mission aims for a historic 185 mile docking and includes a 2 hour spacewalk as preparations for lunar rendezvous continue.
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Fla
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Agena
South America
Scott
Earth
Moon
Armstrong
Atlas
Cape
Atlantic
Antigua
Mission Control
Peru
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Armstron
Air Force
Space Agency
Gemin
United States
Soviet Union
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John Starks
William Mickelson
Curtis Warren
Frank Watson
Skrut's Men’s Wear
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