15 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1967
Page
1
In Gastonia Focus answers reader inquiries from traffic deaths in the three mile area to TV show runs since 1962, theater seating policies, city bus routes, church history, and welfare for glasses. The column notes confidentiality for contributors and provides contact info for future queries.
The Senate moves toward a showdown vote on a Social Security package pushing the largest benefit boosts and payroll tax increases in history. If approved, President Johnson would back further hikes. 24 million beneficiaries would see at least a 13 percent rise by March. The bill also tightens welfare programs, notably AFDC and Medicaid, amid opposed provisions and disputes over speaking time and decorum.
Washington AP reports a late dispute over foreign aid threatens prompt adjournment as Senate and House conferees settle other major bills. With a chance to go home after 11 months in session, they hope to approve compromises on the antipoverty program funded at about 1.77 billion dollars.
Pope Paul VII calls for worldwide peace prayers on New Year’s Day and condemns cowards who dodge duty in defending justice and liberty. Meanwhile U.S. lawmakers work through a stormy period, approving minor budget steps and easing adjournment pressures as foreign aid and school funding battles continue, with Senate and House clashing over allocation and control.
A break in yielded about 43000 dollars taken from a scientist's safe. Page 1B notes additional items and mentions related stories. Also, a South Carolina woman was cleared of second degree murder charges. Wis Corporation starts producing automobile racer fillers. In Kings Mountain, four residents see property condemned for a waste plant constellation.
Weekend schedule highlights include programs at Schiele Museum of Natural History and events at 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM on Saturday. Details appear unclear but indicate family friendly activities with a focus on science and nature.
In Athens the military government announced absolute order across Greece two days after King Constantine's failed coup. Banks and businesses reopened. troops left city streets. Constantine and his family remained in Rome em bassy refuge, while the United States and Britain weighed their stances as Washington officials urged careful study of the evolving situation.
Dolly Dimples, once famed for a 79 inch bust and seven foot arm, now weighs about 110 pounds after a 80 calorie daily diet and quick loss from a carny past. Celesta Geyer, a former sideshow performer now in a Miami suburb, recalls 1950 heart attack and weight drops from 150 to 110 in four months while reflecting on her life and diet.
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