Hughes alleges Rockefeller budget lies in Albany clash
Sen. John H. Hughes accuses Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of lying about attempts to trim Rockefeller’s 5.5 billion budget. Hughes leads a Long Island GOP group pressing deeper cuts, opposing legislative leaders who favor smaller reductions.
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Yuri Gagarin Dies In Training Flight Crash
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who first orbited the Earth in 1961 died in a training flight crash alongside Col Vladimir Seryogin. Their ashes will rest on the Kremlin Wall facing Red Square. The loss follows the earlier 1966 Soyuz crash of Komarov and marks another space program tragedy.
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Yuri A. Gagarin
Vladimir S. Seryogin
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Seryogin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red Square
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Scriabin
Vladimir M. Komarov
U.S
Earth
Smelovki
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Senate Democrats clash over excise tax bill timetable
Washington AP report notes Senate Democrats aim to defeat a pro law amendment to the administration excise tax bill. A 10 percent surcharge and a $6 billion spending cut are tied to final action before Johnson signs. House Ways and Means Chair Mills says a tourist tax could be paired with an imports tax. Airlines face a 5 percent abroad ticket tax and duty-free exemption drops to $10 for 18 months.
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Willbur D. Mills
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Four craft unions join picket lines to aid Herald-Journal
Members of four craft unions with Herald Company contracts picketed the Herald building to support publication of The Herald-Journal. The Post Standard used skeleton staff to print a 24 page edition, while unions urged restraint under a no strike pledge. The Syracuse Typographical Union 55 had a restraining order. 14 photoengravers walked out over pay and hours, seeking lower hours and higher retroactive and social benefits.
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Post-Standard
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Supreme Court
Donald Mead
Abrams silent on his future in Vietnam trip
General Creighton W. Abrams refused to discuss his future after departing Washington for Vietnam. He gave terse, cautious replies about troop plans and whether he might succeed General Westmoreland as Army chief of staff, deferring to White House comment and offering little detail.
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Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
U.S
William
Westmoreland
Army
White House
Andrews
Air Force
War death toll in Vietnam rises with Westmoreland era
Washington reports Allied forces killed 320123 enemy troops through March 16, 1968, with 1964 to 1967 yearly totals rising from 16785 to 83104 and year end enemy strengths listed at 128500, 251000, 279000, and 248000, while 1941 Communist KIA in Saigon area operation adds 1941 deaths.
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U.S
Saigon
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Mostly sunny conditions persist with warm temperatures and a brief chance of showers this evening. Clearing skies and mild temperatures expected tomorrow with a high in the mid 60s and a low in the 40s. Rain chances are 30 percent tonight and 10 percent tomorrow as southwest winds 12 to 25 mph shift.
Today’s Chuckle Escalator Basement of Steps Joke
A boy jokes to a friend as they ride an escalator asking what happens when the basement fills with steps. The quip plays on the idea of endless staircases in a lighthearted exchange.
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