Tax on Travel Raises Already High Deficit Push
The administration urges Americans to delay nonessential travel abroad to reduce the U S balance of payments deficit. A proposed plan includes taxes on steamship and airline tickets and a possible six dollar daily tax for days spent outside the Western hemisphere. Critics say the wealthy could escape costs and ordinary travelers would bear the brunt. Congress may not approve.
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Europe
U. S
Lyndon
Western Hemisphere
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Congress
Courage
Three Musketeers of Doom by John Chamberlain
A column argues that US dollar policy is too little too late, with British pound collapse warnings and calls for a western union. Clarence Streit, Eliot Janeway, and London observer George Schwartz forecast 1968 trouble, devaluation risk, and impact on Japan and Latin America, noting a cycle of contraction and distrust in foreign holders of eurodollars.
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John Chamberlain
Wizards of the Market
George Schwartz
London Sunday, Times Financial
Clarence Streit
Eliot Janeway
England
Sloom
Mr. Streit
Moscow
de Gaulle
U. S
North Vietnam
Egypt
Atlantic
Streif
Japan
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Janeway
LBJ
Europe
U.S
London Sunday Times
Mont Peterin Society
Vichy
France
Britain
Mont Pellerin
Tokyo
Schwartz
Congress Resumes Session Amid Presidential Year Haze
Washington reports a busy political year as Congress prepares to resume Monday and Johnson plans his State of the Union. Vietnam war pressures, party dynamics, and a crowded field for the Democratic nomination heighten the outlook for a tempestuous year in politics. Michigan Governor George Romney stands out as a declared presidential hopeful amid the uncertainty.
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Washington
Congress
President Johnson
State of the Union
Vietnam
Tuberculosis fears and family safety guidance
A reader asks about inactive TB and potential contagion for her husband and son. Dr Motner reassures negative skin tests and X rays prove no germ exposure, recommends regular tests and possible preventive drug treatment, and sees no need to separate the family or move house. The column also addresses sex education book recommendations and raw hamburger risk for tapeworm, with an offer to request a hemorrhoids cure booklet.
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E.H
Expedition Uplift controversy sparks local debate
A letter to the editor defends the Expedition Uplift program linking Muscatine Community College students to a nationwide positive reception while addressing concerns about funds and mischaracterizations. The piece urges local readers to respect student efforts and notes a Kennedy quote about personal impact, ending with a correction about phrasing.
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Muscatine
Vietnam
Kennedy
Erice
Muscatine Community College
Anniversary notices and society items from Our Yesterdays
Our Yesterdays notes recoveries and gatherings with references to D W Barnum meeting friends upstairs over Lewis and Penry s. Elizabeth O Brien travels to Olpe Kansas. Kemble sermon at M E Church. Kickapoo Indiana events at Stein s hall. Mascaline coal supply stance. Public Health Nursing Association plans. Samuel Zeigter golden wedding in New Boston. Mary Goss engagement to Jerry Beltman announced with June wedding.
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D. W. Barnum
Lewis and Penry’s
Elizabeth O'Brien
Olpe
Kansas
Kemble
M. E
Stein's Hall
Mascaline
Health Nursing Association
City Hall
Vern Leaht
George Meerdink
P. H. Naber
New Boston
Samuel Zeigter
Today in History Highlights From 1737 to 1967
The history column notes key events on January 12 including John Hancock the first signer of the Declaration born in 1737, Warwick settlement by Samuel Gorton, John Singer Sargent born in 1856, Taft seeking funds for the Panama Canal in 1911, Hattie Caraway becoming the first woman senator in 1933, Churchill and de Gaulle meeting in Marrakesh in 1944, and WWII Bulge fighting in 1945. later items reference the Soviet Union proposing a nuclear free zone in 1967, Red China’s stance in 1962, and China’s Cultural Revolution pledge in 1966.
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Associated Press
John Hancock
Bart
Samuel Gorton
Warwick
John Singer Sargent
Florence
Italy
William Howard Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
U.S. Senate
Winston S. Churchill
Charles de’ Gaulle
Marrakesh
Morocco
Soviet Union
Arctic Circle
Mediterranean
The Daily Prayer Verse Reflects Faithful Petition
The text presents a prayer invoking righteous action and intercession for mankind. It asks healing for the sick, comfort for mourners, aid for the poor, and forgiveness through Jesus Christ, ending with a blessing and requests for grace toward friends and enemies.
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Jeane Christ
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