Senate halts debate as liquor tax bill awaits action
Texas senators refused to debate the House tax measure and adjourned to 10 a.m. Wednesday unfinished business on the $2.5 billion plan. Sen. Charles Wilson urged a delay with an alternate tax proposal including higher wellhead value tax on natural gas and an increased franchise tax, while negotiators prepared liquor bill floor debate and conferees settled state prison and museum funding.
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Wilson
Ak. Austin
House
Senate
Joe Christie
el Paso
Senate Cities, Counties and Towns
Chet Brooks
Houston
Brooks
Plot To Murder Governor Linked To Labor Probe
In New Orleans AP reports counsel for Louisiana Governor John McKeithen said he was informed a contract to murder him had been made. State police, the Labor Management Commission of Inquiry and the FBI all relayed information about the plot, with extra security assigned to McKeithen. One allegation claimed an ex-convict at Angola was to kill him during a Mobile visit three weeks prior.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
John McKeithen
Ment
Tole
McKeithen
Tmed Fance Aan
Ine
Nersmen
Thomas D. Burbank
MacKeithen
Labor Management Commission of Inquiry
FBI
Angola
Mobile
Ala
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Alabama
Atlanta
Tom McFerrin
Rioting in Street Climaxes Canada Election Campaign
A tense street scene unfolds amid Canada's election campaign as clashes erupt during a heated period of political activity. Police manage dispersal as protesters gather, resulting in a display of civic tension and security measures in notable urban centers.
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Canada
Missing Keys Sought After Prison Riot
Ohio National Guardsmen aided guards at the state penitentiary after a riot left about 50 injured and caused extensive damage. Key inventory was disrupted as inmates possibly held crucial keys, while fires raged and eight remained hospitalized.
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Columbus
Ohio
Shington
John McElroy
Tolleate
James A. Rhodes
Congress
Johnson
Washington
Hayes
Trolman
Labor Day
Tragedies Mar Allied Sweep Near Saigon
Nineteen American and 16 Thai soldiers died in five helicopter crashes around Saigon over two days as allied forces pressed to thwart another Viet Cong attack. Aerial collisions, weather, and ground fire killed crews and infantrymen, with 46 Viet Cong killed in one 12 hour battle and a separate downing near Nha Be River adding to the toll.
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Saigon
U.S
Joalalien
Royal Thai ‘Army
Stroutheast
Thailand
Queen’s Cobra Regiment
9Th Division
Nha Be
American Broadcasting Co
Jim Deckard
Shreveport
Johnson urges federal gun registration to curb violence
President Johnson called for nationwide registration of all privately owned guns and promised future proposals for stricter gun control. House opponents cited enforcement concerns while supporters echoed calls for stronger law enforcement. Senate action pending.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Robert L. F
Sikes
Fra
Washington Quiet- Workers Tear Down Resurrection City
Government workers began demolishing the Poor People's Campaign shantytown in Washington today amid tense conditions as police prepared for operations and the city neared a business-as-usual posture.
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Resurrection City
Washington
Weak Cool Front Heads For Basin
A Pacific cool front was expected to push into the Odessa Midland area early this afternoon. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy with a wind shift to the north at 15 to 25 mph. Temperatures near 90s, lows around 70s, and minimal precipitation in the basin. Flooding and storms elsewhere in Texas noted with river crests and scattered thundershowers.
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Odessa- Midland
Odessa
Permian
Weather Bureau
Texas
Navidad
Ganado
Lavaca
Edna
Guadalupe
Victoria
Trinity
Liberty
Moss Bluff
Brazos
Richmond
Columbia
Little River
Arcca Nada Canina
Tyler
Gulf of Mexico
Tavas
Uss
EAU
Vernal
Fernoon
Mia Abilane
Amarillo
Chicago
Denver
el Paso
Fort Worth
San Antonio
St. Louis
Soviet trawler shelled and held at Mar del Plata port
A Soviet trawler was shelled and held in Mar del Plata port after ignoring an Argentine destroyer’s command to enter the harbor about 250 miles south of Buenos Aires. The incident occurred as tensions rose between the nations over fishing rights and maritime conduct.
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Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Navy
Argentina
Nnlice
Santa Cruz
Buenos Aires
Mar del Plata
Buenos
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San Angelo
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Gus Mutscher
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Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
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Creighton
Washington State Park
Mutscher
Building Commission
Rep
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Sen
A. M. Aikin
Paris
Senate Finance Committee
James Pree
DEAR
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Oklahoma
Virginia
Potomac River
Southern Christian ‘Leadership Conference
14Th Land U Streets
SCLC
Negro District
D.C. General Hospital
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Ralph David Abernathy
Capitol
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Pavlovo
D.C
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LaHierUun
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