Health Care Battle Ends in Social Security Bill Passage
Congress completes the Social Security health care bill after a 70-24 Senate vote. The measure, to be signed by President Johnson, expands hospital and nursing home care for 19 million Americans 65 and over, adds home health visits, and funds a voluntary supplemental insurance plan with doctor fees. It raises Social Security benefits by 7 percent retroactive to Jan 1 and increases the wage base for taxes from 4,800 to 36,600 next year, costing employers more. Wisconsin senators Nelson and Proxmire voted with the majority.
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Congress
Johnson
Senate
Social Security Administration
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
William Proxmire
Social Unity
White House
Living Costs Jump in June Sharply for CPI Rise
Washington AP reports higher food prices pushed the consumer price index up by five tenths of one percent in June, the largest quarterly rise since 1957. Meat and poultry led the increase, lifting the CPI to 110.1, meaning $11.01 spent for 1957-59 base goods. The April to June quarter rose one percent versus an eight year average near three tenths.
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Waonuvgton
Labor Department
Automaker plans on East Los Angeles lot cost 1.5 million
Studio City owner George Mejian plans a 1.5 million automobile agency on a East Los Angeles lot. He received a cryptic call claiming three houses on his property were present, though he said he was there the night before and found it vacant. The houses were reportedly placed by a house moving firm to be removed within hours.
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Los Angeles
Calif
UPD
George Mejian
Studio City
Mejian
Union Shop Ban Repeal Sent Senate
Meany says labor will press for Senate approval of the House bill to strike down state union shop bans. The fight to repeal 14B of the Taft Hartley Act remains lengthy, with 19 states currently outlawing union shop contracts and 31 allowing them. Reid Larson calls the House vote irresponsible but not irrevocable as the battle continues.
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Washington
API
Aflcio
George Meany
Senate
Johnson
House
Meany
Reid Larson
National Right To Work Committee
Oshkosh Council Accepts City Manager Harbaugh Resignation
The Oshkosh Common Council voted 5-2 to accept the resignation of City Manager Raymond E. Harbaugh, effective December 31, with Council members Moser and Zahn voting yes. The meeting at City Hall began 6:33 p.m. and moved quickly through 12 agenda items before a budget workshop.
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Oshkosh
Raymond E. Harbaugh
City Hall
Robert Moser
Wallace Zahn
Harry Miller
Harbaugh
Nho
Northwestern
Miller
Johnson's Draft Call Endorsed in Congress Push
President Johnson won broad backing in Congress for sending 50 000 more troops to Vietnam and boosting draft calls, with some critics seeking more information or domestic cuts. He announced a helicopter borne division and troop increases from 75 000 to 125 000, and draft calls from 17 000 to 35 000 monthly.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
White House
Wisconsin to halve monthly draft quota to 200
Madison AP Wisconsin's monthly quota will be 200 instead of 400 as part of President Johnson's military buildup. State selective service chief Bentley Courtenay said Wisconsin now contributes between 2.25 and 2.5 percent of the national quota and he is awaiting word on when the increase will take effect.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Johnson
Bentley Courtenay
Courtenay
3700 Troops Landed In Vietnam Parade Of Paratroopers
Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade began operations near Cam Ranh Bay as 500 tons of B52 bombs were dropped on Viet Cong positions southeast of Saigon. The landing followed President Johnson's announcement of increased U.S. forces to 125,000, with the division’s former Normandy commander Maxwell Taylor among those arriving.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
191St Airborne Division
Normandy
Bastogne
11St
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Hanoi
France
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taylors
Thomas
Johnson
White Youth Fatally Shot at Service Station
In Americus Georgia a white 19 year old, Andy Whatley, was fatally shot by a passing car as he stood with white youths near a service station close to Sumter County Courthouse. Police detained two Black suspects Eddie Will Lamar and Charlie Lee Hopkins. civil rights demonstrators ended their vigil after Whatley’s death.
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Americus
Sumter County
Eddie Will Lamar
Charlie Lee Hopkins
Andy Whatley
Albany
Whatley
Two Killed On Highways In Wisconsin Toll Rises
The Associated Press reports two highway deaths in separate crashes raise Wisconsin 1965 toll to 314. Mark Neil Smith 28 of Minneapolis died when a truck overturned near Roberts in St. Croix County. In Racine County John Riley 36, a resident of Southern Wisconsin Colony and Training School, died after his car left the road near Union Grove.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Mark Neil Smith
Minneapolis
Roberts
St. Croix County
Racine
John Riley
Centro
Union Grove
Jail escapees captured after 110 mph chase near Appleton
Two Calumet County Jail escapees James Clark 23 Appleton and Michael Towne 20 South Bend Ind were captured following a chase at speeds up to 110 miles per hour from Hilbert toward Appleton. Towne was shot in the back of the neck. Clark surrendered. Towne in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Appleton.
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Chilton
Calumet County
Appleton
Cornelius Kosmosky
James Clark
Michael Towne
South Bend
Ind
Clark
Towne
Ervice and
Kosmosky
Hilbert
Jay Hephner
Rt. 1
Highway 14
Potter
South Oneida St
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Mars Photos Hint At Countless Craters On Mars
Washington reports that 18 new Mariner 4 photographs reveal Mars with up to 10 000 craters suggesting a lunar like surface. Dr William Leighton of JPL says the July 14 image shows 70 craters ranging 3 to 75 miles across implying over 10 000 craters planet wide. He notes the images neither proves nor disproves life on Mars.
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Washington
A4p
Mars
Moon
Earth
Bs Space Agency
White House
Mariner 4
William Leighton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
Mariner
Leighton
Appleton Barn Fire Destroys Hay Filled Structure
A fire of undetermined origin started about 12 30 p m Wednesday destroying a large barn on the Jerome Allenbroek farm Route 4 Appleton. More than 30 Town of Harrison volunteers fought the blaze for four hours as heat melted tarpaulins and required interior baffle work. Damage is estimated over 3000 with no cattle inside.
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Appleton
Jerome Allenbroek
Rt. 4
Wisconsin lawmakers halt on priority bills in tense session
Wisconsin legislators faced a recess with uncertainty over which priority bills would advance. The Senate moved slowly while the Assembly pushed ahead on over 60 minor measures. A conference panel approved an Northeast Wisconsin and Racine Kenosha schools bill placing the institutions under the University of Wisconsin, with a veto option by the coordinating committee. A $440,000 site planning appropriation was approved. Other priorities included a costlier enrollment based aid plan and a Wisconsin Minnesota boundary rivers commission. The Assembly backed a reflectorized license plate mandate with a four year cycle and $1.004 million added to fees. The Senate approved three retirement fund measures for state employees.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Assembly
Ratine-Kenosha
University of Wisconsin
State Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
Coordinating Committee
Knowles
Johnson plans 300000-strong military buildup draft and volunteers
The Defense Department may ask Congress to raise regular forces by 300000 or more through heavier draft calls and more volunteers. President Johnson favors a gradual long term buildup in Vietnam over a quick surge using reservists. An Army division and independent brigades are planned to lift total Army strength, with the national total near three million.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Viet Nam
Governors Depart For Washington
Governors rush from the annual conference to Washington for a White House Viet Nam briefing as President Johnson raises U.S. combat forces. The GOP nomination committee backs Reed for conference chairman amid intra party debate. The governors adopt a resolu tion affirming their veto power over state projects.
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Minneapolis
Bomb unearthed in Tokyo's Ikegami area
Construction workers uncovered a 330 pound American bomb in Tokyo's Ikegami area on Wednesday. The device dates to World War II and prompted safety precautions as experts assessed the unexploded ordnance.
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