Vietnam War Hangs Over Johnson New Congress
A new Congress opens amid Viet Nam War pressure and Johnson's Great Society agenda. Leaders foresee early clashes over Powell's seat and Rule 22 reforms while Johnson prepares a State of the Union address. Republicans push for Social Security boosts as Vietnam funding looms.
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Johnson
New
Congress
Washington
Asia
White House
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
House
Ways and Means
State budget headache in Montana over sales tax referendum
Gov Tim Babcock asks Montana lawmakers to place a 173.1 million general fund budget on a sales tax referendum with a May special election. If voters reject the tax the state would be 77.1 million short. The issue hinges on constitutional powers and whether a legislative referendum binds only after voter approval.
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Tim Babcock
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Legislative Assembly
Serbian Christmas celebrated by Holy Trinity church group
The Very Rev. Dr. Dositej Obradovic leads Serbian Orthodox parish activities at Holy Trinity as four youngsters join in Christmas celebrations at the church center.
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Dositej Obradovich
Holy Trinity
Serbian Orthodox Church
Stolen Montana State Training School Warrants
Montana police and the state criminal investigation office pursue leads after more than 30,000 in warrants and 500 in cash are stolen from the Boulder campus. A shotgun used in recent holdups marks the suspect as armed and dangerous while authorities check Anaconda Bozeman and other cities for the offender.
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Montana
Boulder
State Criminal Investigation Office
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Bozeman
State Criminal Investiga
Tion
Accidents Kill 112000 In United States In 1966
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co reports 112000 deaths from accidents in the United States last year, up 5000 from 1965. The rise is mainly due to higher motor vehicle fatalities, with 53000 traffic deaths, up 4000 from 1965.
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New York
United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Insurance Company
New Jersey man found frozen in Forsyth field
The frozen body of William McCormack, about 35, formerly from New Jersey, was found in an alfalfa field 14 hours after he ran away from a Forsyth hospital in summer clothes as temperatures dropped to six below. Sheriff Andy Schulenberg said McCormack had been living in Forsyth about two months and had sisters in New Jersey with other relatives in Scotland. He was due to be discharged Thursday night when he fled.
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Forsyth
New Jersey
Rosebud
Andy Schulenberg
William McCormack
McCormack
Scotland
Schulenberg
Legislature to introduce anti Daylight Saving Time bill
Montana lawmakers plan an anti DST measure in 1967 to keep the state on standard time from April 30 to October 30. Support comes from agricultural interests and outdoor theater opponents, while broadcasters favor DST due to network program rates. A lobbyist for anti DST reportedly being hired in Great Falls amid a politically urbanized 1967 legislature.
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Helena
Montana
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Ray J. Wayrynen
Dbutte
Great Falls
Six Die in Amatuer Bomb at Las Vegas Motel
A pre-dawn blast at a modern three story Las Vegas motel killed six people and injured more than a dozen. Police and fire crews found fragmented bodies and collapsed floors, with fifty two guests registered at the hotel. Investigators called the device an amateur bomb, not a professional job.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Marines Press Through Swamps in Mekong Delta Campaign
U S Marines slog waist deep through swampy terrain in the Mekong Delta as they begin a new American operation in South Vietnam. The delta with its dense mangrove and rice fields spans thousands of navigable miles and has seen limited combat as authorities weigh civilian impact.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Death of a President reveals new Oswald details
Frederick M. Winship reports in Look Magazine that Lee Harvey Oswald's sanity collapsed after Marina Oswald chose Ruth Paine over him. The Look serialization cites Dallas politics and a Kennedy-era court case as factors. Manchester portrays Oswald as acting alone but influenced by a broader Dallas “disease of the spirit.”
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Frederick M. Winship
New York
UPI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Look Magazine
William Manchester
Marina Oswald
Marina
Ruth Paine
Irving
Tex
Oswald
Manchester
Look
Lee
Edwin Walker
Jacqueline Kennedy
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