LBJ approves budget cut and tax hike amid Vietnam talks
President Johnson accepts a $6 billion spending cut in exchange for a $10 billion tax increase to avert economic chaos. He urges progress with Hanoi while detailing Vietnam limits and thanking Gen. Westmoreland and Australian PM Gorton for wartime cooperation.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Ways and Means
Coast Guard searches for missing Fort Lauderdale pilot couple
A large multiagency search centered on the Dominican Republic’s north coast for Rick Goodison and his wife Gail in a Cessna 172 after they radioed they were lost with fuel dwindling. Dominicans joined the Miami Coast Guard and Navy planes in the search.
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Food Poisoning Hits Fort Walton Dinners
Health officials investigate two linked outbreaks linked to a caterer from North Florida Press Club and Fort Walton Yacht Club dinners. Salmonella suspected as cause with 15 to 20 people ill including Catholic sisters from St Mary’s and families. Airman Stan DeLorge among the hardest hit, released from Eglin Hospital and lighter by Friday.
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Playground Daily News
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Playground News
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Press Club
Yacht Club
Atlantic 'Voice' hoax ends Scorpion search
The Navy abandoned the Atlantic search for the mysterious voice claiming to be from the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion. Navy officials doubted the broadcast's origin, calling it likely a cruel hoax as the hunt for Scorpion continues with deep-water operations and extended searches.
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Norfolk
Nationwide Memorial Day Observance Marks 100th Anniversary
Americans honor war dead with ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and sites nationwide. Gen John A Logan named May 30, 1868 a day of mourning for Civil War dead. Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and President Johnson send messages urging restraint and peace.
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De Gaulle dissolves Parliament and declares stay in office
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle dissolved Parliament to fight what he calls a threat from totalitarian communism and said he would remain in office. He imposed strict exchange controls, banning capital exports and requiring residents to convert foreign earnings into francs. Supporters rallied from Place de la Concorde to the Arch of Triumph as the decree law took effect.
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Memorial Day traffic toll rises to 77 deaths
An Associated Press survey shows 488 deaths over a recent four day period and 77 traffic fatalities by Thursday morning as Memorial Day weekend started. The National Safety Council projected 625 to 725 fatalities. past records show Memorial Day highs and lows for four day observances.
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