New Year Tax Changes Increase Burden on U.S. Taxpayers
Congress boosts Social Security taxes and raises the earnings cap to 7800 dollars, possibly adding up to 52.80 more for higher earners. The federal stamp tax on real estate sales is repealed, offsetting no surcharge proposals after Johnson’s plan. The 4.4 percent rate remains in 1968 for workers and employers.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Service
Liquor by the Drink Dominates Texas Legislative Talk in 1968
UPI polling finds Texas editors expect liquor by the drink to be a major issue again in 1968. Key figures Sen Red Berry Rep Dick McKissack and Rev Joe Hewitt discuss passage prospects open referendums and tax implications amid dry versus wet divides.
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Texas
UPI
W. E
Red) Berry
Connally
Joe Hewitt
Trinity Baptist Church
Richardson
Texas Alcohol Narcotics Education Inc
Dick McKissac
Dallas
Hewitt
Texas Hotel Jand Motel Association
Texas Restaurant Association
Zero roulette banned by Britain as House rules say fair chance
London AP reports Scotland Yard banned the zero from roulette after the Lords ruled it illegal for the bettor and banker to have unequal odds. Casinos warn other games may be banned and discuss operations as British clubs seek guidance from the Gaming Association.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
House of Lords
Chemmny
British Gaming Association
Eric Morley
Victoria Ring Club
Nevada
Parolee Charged In Girl Death in West Virginia
Charleston police charged 22 year old parolee Charles G Plantz with murder in the rape stabbing death of nine year old Helen L Miller. The body was found face down in woods near her west side home. Plantz was arrested at his grandmother's home in South Charleston and remanded to Kanawha County Jail with no bond. He had been questioned because he was an acquaintance of the girl's family and was linked to a robbery the day of the murder. He previously served time for breaking and entering at Moundsville Penitentiary.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Charles G. Plantz
Helen L. Miller
West Side
Dallas Bias
Plantz
Miller
Justice of the Peace
H. H. China
Kanawha
Moundsville Penitentiary
Marcos invites Thai army chief to visit Philippines
President Ferdinand E. Marcos invited Gen. Praphas Charusa thiara commander in chief of the Royal Thai Army to visit the Philippines on Saturday.
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Manila
UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Praphas Charusathiara
Royal Thai Army
Philippines
General Abrams Rejects Hot Pursuit Into Cambodia
Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, deputy U.S. commander in Vietnam, told UPI the idea of pursuing Communist troops into neutral Cambodia is unrealistic due to limited supply lines. He outlined border rules, noted cross border fire incidents, and said full-scale operations into Cambodia depend on extended logistics.
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Saigon
UPI
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Cambodia
Abrams
Demilitarized
Loc Ninh
Bu Dop
Vietnam
Latin Nations Face Unrest During 1968
AP reports Brazil Chile Peru and possibly Venezuela and Argentina face a year of unrest amid inflation falling exports and party splits. Military pressure on Brazil's da Costa e Silva and Belaunde in Peru. devaluations and austerity hit Chile and Argentina. Venezuela and Haiti also loom with potential political shocks.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Venezuela
Argentina
Arthur da Costa E Silva
National Renewal Alliance
Fernando Belaunde
Sol
Accion Popular Party
Christian Democrats
Dominican Republic
United States
Juan Carlos Ongania
Chacon- Cerro Colorado
Ongania
Bokste
Eduardo Frei
Christian Democratic Party
Young Democracy
Accion Democratica Party
Haiti
Latin America
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Educators Say Draft Not Instrument To Punish Views
White House officials told eight Ivy League presidents that the draft is not an instrument to repress unpopular views. Joseph Califano Jr. stated the administration view after a letter from Yale and others urged Johnson to reiterate limits on local draft boards.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Johnson
Hershey
Telehone
Califano
Yale
Kingman Brewster Jr
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Harvard
Dartmouth
Cornell
Columbia
Brown
Director of
Brewster
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Hershey and Clark
North Vietnam Troops Confirmed In Mekong Delta
A North Vietnamese rifleman was captured Dec. 16 in Dinh Tuong Province near Saigon, confirming for the first time that North Vietnamese combat troops were in the Mekong Delta IV Corps area. South Vietnamese interrogate the prisoner as U S officials verify the breach of Viet Cong domains.
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Saigon
UPS
Mekong River
Dinh Tuong
IV Corps
United Press International
U.S
Ca Mau
South Vietnam
Sailor Ends Solo Voyage Near Indonesia
Enzo Nestasio, a 30 foot sailboat traveler from Hong Kong, turned back after four weeks at sea en route to Italy. His vessel wrecked on the Amambas Islands. The Royal Navy rescued the band leader.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Enzo Nestasio
Italy
Royal Navy
Hong
Amambas Islands
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Mekong Delta
American Bank of
Sailor
Fall
Denia Hall
Woodul
Hall
Andrews
W. H. Faris
Max Hulse
Eppler Guerin & Turner
Wat Lilelee
V. L. DeBolt Publisher
Permian Basin
Odessa
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