Medicare And The Economy In 1966 Debate It
Economists split on the impact of Medicare and Social Security changes passed by the House. Benefits start July 1, 1966, while payroll tax hikes may curb take home pay for six months. excise tax cuts eyed to sustain economy through 1966. administration aims to avert lag during election year.
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Senate
House
Eerly
Automobile and
Communications
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H Fowler
Travel Deficit Between U S and Foreign Tourists Labeled Deceptive
American Express cites 1964 Commerce figures showing foreigners spent 1.09 billion in the United States and counted about 2 billion in unsold aircraft. The two-way travel deficit for 1963 1.1 billion is framed as misleading, since foreign purchases offset the balance of payments shortfall.
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Governent
American Express Company
Department of Commerce
United States
Express Company
Declining birth rates foreseen by population expert
Prof Ronald Freedman of the University of Michigan Population Studies Center says the world is entering a new era of declining fertility. He forecasts a majority of people living in countries with lower birth rates within five to ten years, with decreases already starting in Taiwan Hong Kong Korea and Puerto Rico and expected in Japan India Pakistan Latin America and Africa. A slower growth should ease hunger pressures globally.
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Ronald Freedman
University of Michigan Population Studies Center
Freedman
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Korea
Puerto Rico
Japan
India
Pakistan
Latin America
Africa
Reapportionment fight tests civil rights stance in Senate
Opponents of Dirksen’s one man one vote plan tie burden to civil rights, arguing urban Negro interests would gain most from changes. Supporters contend the issue is broader, while analysts note suburbs would gain more under equal districts and that public support remains tepid.
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Senate
Everetseen
Supreme Court
Dirksen
Labor
Clarence Mitchel
NAACP
Paul Douglas
A.des
Jacob Javis
New York
Thomas Kuchel
California
Dirksen Ramparts
Life in Saigon Readers Feel Isolation Amid War Tension
Hal Boyie reports from Saigon where a weary calm masks fear and conspiracy. White uniformed police guard streets while Americans acknowledge danger yet carry on. Street banks refuse easy change as locals cope with bomb threats and a city living under constant vigilance.
Frederick Eyes New Floating Water Power Plant Industry
Fifty years ago notes report a patent allowed to Arthur G. Watkins of Mechanicsburg for floating water power plants. Watkins visits relative Willis Hershey in Frederick. Glenn O. Garber buys Meier Steam Bakery at North Market and West Fifth. Frederick plans second annual Swat the Fly campaign offering five cents per pint of dead flies. Allies reportedly begin rolling back German forces near Ypres.
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Frederick
Arthur G. Watkins
Mechanicsburg
Watkins
Inlaw Willis Hershey
North Market Street
Glenn O. Garber
G. L. Baking Company
Meier Steam Bakery
North Market
West Fifth Streets
Civic Club
Twenty Years Ago Jiemms From The News-Post Files
Twenty years ago Frederick Iron and Steel workers were asked to stay on the job for victory as veterans from the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters urged 205 employees to remain at the factory. A Knabe baby grand piano was donated to Hood College by Mrs. J. Walter Getty. Washington athletes including Ralph Bennie and Joe Fresche planned to help the Frederick Hustlers start their season at McCurdy Field. Freshman Sara Jane Young of Towson spent the weekend with her Middletown-born parents.
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Frederick
Mediterranean
Pacific
Frederick Iron and Steel Co
Japan
Hood College
J. Walter Getty
New Windsor
Ralph Bennie
Pepco Barry
Joe Fresche
Washington
Frederick Hustlers
McCurdy Field
Sara Jane Young
State Teachers’ College At
Towson
David H. Young
Middletown
Johnson Press Conference Seeks Peace in Vietnam War
President Johnson used a televised briefing to reaffirm U S aims for peace negotiations to end the Vietnam conflict. He stressed Communist aggression in South Vietnam, defended bombing as necessary, and rejected nuclear options while urging world pressure on Red China and the Soviet Union to withdraw guerrilla forces.
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Washington
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Red China
Soviet Union
Congress
Munich
Johns Hopkins University
America
United Nations
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NEA, Inc
Saigon
Hal Boyie
South Viet Nam
Ike
Mata Hn
U.S
LS Information Agency
Othe
News-Post
Ypres
Jiemms
Washington Today
David Lawrence
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