Senate Reconsiders Social Security Bill Over Welfare Provisions
The Senate quickly voted to reconsider a House passed Social Security compromise aimed at raising benefits and taxes. The plan would boost monthly checks and impose welfare limits, with protests from Kennedy and Harris who warned the measures could bar needy families. The timing sets checks to March 3 and envisions work requirements for recipients.
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Washington
Senate
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
Johnson
Labor Department
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Mike Mansfield
Chamber
Kennedy
Harris
War tolls surge as week yields high casualties
Allied commands in South Vietnam report 595 military deaths last week 380 South Vietnamese 194 American 21 Korean and Australian while civilian toll reaches a record 232. Isolated battles persist along the Cambodian frontier and in northern provinces as Viet Cong attacks and saboteur actions continue. Vice President Ky says Saigon will announce cease fires for Christmas New Year and a two day truce for Tet. Viet Cong previously pledged three day Christmas New Year and seven day Tet truce.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Dakson
U.S
Quang Tin
Ohman
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Nguyen Cao Ky
Illinois Guard Reorganization Deactivates 33rd Infantry Division
Gov. Otto Kerner announced a two phase reorganization of the Illinois National Guard affecting about 47 downstate and Chicago units. The 33rd Infantry Division will be deactivated with overall strength rising to 11 607 and combat power kept, while six units begin changes immediately toward February 1 1968.
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Springfield
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Otto Kerner
National Guard
Carbondale
West Frankfort
Cairo
1244Th Transportation Co
Mount Vernon
Co. A
130Th Infantry
Hanoi reports heavy raid despite monsoon shielding
Communist dispatches from Hanoi say U S planes staged a heavy raid with about 50 aircraft hitting residential quarters and other targets. Vietnam News Agency cites four planes shot down and attacks on populous districts in central and outer Hanoi. No immediate U S response from Saigon. Separately Lester B Pearson resigns as Liberal party leader paving way for new prime minister.
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Tokyo
U.S
Hanoi
Tass
Vietnam
Saigon
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Report urges U.S. crackdown on Cambodia sanctuary
The House Armed Services subcommittee urged immediate military steps to stop Cambodia from serving as a sanctuary and supply base for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in South Vietnam. Recommendations include intensified search and surveillance, targeting anti aircraft positions in North Vietnam, and cutting Haiphong port to disrupt war supplies. Rep. Porter Hardy Jr. led the Special Subcommittee on National Defense Posture, formed last August to review Vietnam plans and U.S. readiness worldwide.
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New York Times
Washington
House Armed Services
United States
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
House
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Greater Egypt Region Presses for Clear EDA Policy
Washington says all EDA applications from Greater Egypt must bear local commission comments. The letter from William Nagle to Allen Baker confirms district comment is not veto power but required routing for all aid proposals. Baker says this ends bypass questions and ensures district involvement in evaluations.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Greater Egypt
Greater Egypt Commission
Washington, D.C
William J. Nagle
Allen Y. Baker
Nagle
Baker
Greater
Egypt
Washington
Commission
Greater Egypt Development District
Carbondale
Jackson County
Perry
Williamson
Franklin
Jefferson
C. Hall Fleming
Illinois
Herrin
Federal Agency
Revolt fails as Greek king flees to Rome
Greece's military regime crushed the royalist countercoup led by King Constantine and installed Lt Gen George Zoitakis as regent. Constantine and his family fled to Rome while Col George Papadopoulos vowed to preserve the constitutional monarchy. Arrests of right wing politicians followed and Greece faced continued junta control.
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Greece
Constantine
Rome
George Papadopoulos
George Zoitakis
National Defense
Papadopoulos
Athens Radio
Constantine Kollias
Kallias
France
Britain
Denmark
Anne-Marie
Frederik IX
Ingrid
Jens Otto Krag
Copenhagen
Athens
Junta
Parliament
Elefsis
Crete
George Peridis
Stock Exchange
Draft chief urged to quit amid draft board reform calls
Eight House Democrats called for Lt. Gen. Hershey to resign as Selective Service director and urged President Johnson to reverse his Oct. 26 recommendation to local boards. Senator Kennedy proposed a bill to bar induction as punishment for legal or illegal protest acts, noting fear the draft could be used to intimidate antiwar demonstrators.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Capitol Hill
House
Hershey
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Kennedy
Weather outlook with sleet freezing rain and snow
Sleet and freezing rain possible tonight with low around 30. Friday remains cloudy with a chance of snow or freezing rain and a high in the 30s. Weather details and map on page 13.
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DiSalle
Ross D. Davis
Secretary of Commerce For Economic Development
Sen. Javits
R-N.y
John O. Pastore
D-R.j
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
General Motors
Standard Oil
N.J
Ford Motor
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