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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1966
Page
1
In Washington UPI reports that President Johnson faces congressional pressure to consider a corporate income tax hike amid inflation concerns. Rep. Al Ullman pushes for higher rates and a tax strategy to curb price rises, while opposition cites risks of slowing expansion.
The report notes Johnson offered no specifics on new policies such as tax or price controls. Former President Truman warned of rising rates risking deflation, while Ullman favored cooling the corporate sector possibly via tax changes. Spraying operations by Air Force planes target malaria and encephalitis vectors around Corpus Christi and Dallas with several deaths and dozens of cases reported across Texas.
The widow of Officer Billy Speed sues state and Whitman heirs for 20000 seeking damages from five youths tied to the Texas Tower incident. The suit names Speed’s widow Lynn and daughter Rebecca Speed and cites the shooting at the University of Texas tower in Austin on August 1.
Nick Piantanida 33 died at a Philadelphia VA hospital from oxygen starvation after his decompressed pressure suit failed during a balloon ascent above the Great Plains. The Bricktown New Jersey resident, a former Marine, left a wife and three children.
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