Johnson seeks voluntary overseas investment clampdown
President Johnson announced a 700 million dollar tax favor for business and pressed for a voluntary curb on foreign investments at a White House meeting with 1,100 industry leaders. The Treasury plans liberalized depreciation guidelines for plant equipment and machinery, to be issued late today.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Tional Industrial Conference Board
Treasury
Johnson unveils rules to boost business and limit imports
The president announced changes to allow business to gain over 700 million dollars in benefits that would have been lost under previous guidelines. He urged industry to replace old equipment, cut costs, raise efficiency and resist price hikes to sustain growth while warning of future challenges including a growing payments deficit and the need to double national output.
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Johnson
Treasury
Johnson Seeks Ike Hint as U S Backs Vietnam Stance
President Johnson urged continued U S defense of freedom in Viet Nam and sought Dwight D Eisenhower's advice during a White House meeting. Republican leaders backed strike back tactics while Democrats urged negotiated settlement and broader allied help amid renewed combat and Bay of Tonkin fallout.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
South Viet Nam
U.S
U. S
Frank Church
Didaho
George S. McGovern
D-S. C
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
George E. Reedy
Reedy
State Democratic Leaders Set Probe Of Hospital Insurance
Albany AP Democratic leaders ordered a legislative probe into rising hospitalization insurance costs in New York. Sen Seymour R Thaler of Queens to lead the investigation, becoming chair of a 15 member joint health committee. Milton D Stewart to head the inquiry staff as chief counsel.
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Gerry McLaughlin
Albany
New York State
Seymour R. Thaler
Queens
Blue Cross
Ance
Senate
Joseph Zaretzki
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Thaler
Senate Committee On Public Health
Zaretzki
Travia
Milton D. Stewart
Stewart
Averell Harriman
Integration pressure in Mississippi by civil rights leaders
UPI reports Wylie Branton urged President Johnson to back Negro voting rights in Mississippi with federal force if needed, even a military governor. NAACP leaders Henry and Evers testified amid reports of violence. the commission held its first Mississippi hearing as 24,000 of 400,000 eligible Blacks were registered.
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UPI
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Johnson
Sissippi
Wylie Branton
Southern Regional Council
Mississippi
Branton
Atlanta
Aaron Henry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Henry
Charles Evers
Jesse James Brewer
Laurel
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Civil Rights Commission
Evers
Dominick
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Burch
Goldwater
Ohio
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Mr. King
Peking Talks Tough but Backs No Specific Action
U S analysts say China’s radio broadcasts pledge general support to North Vietnam without committing to concrete steps. The February 13 statement warned the U S lesson from Korea could recur in Indochina, echoing past Chinese warnings before the 1950 Korean War entry.
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U.S
North Viet Nam
China
State Department
Peking
United States
Indochina
Viet Nam
Yalu River
North Korea
United Nations
Famed U.S. Aviatrix Dies in Mountain Crash
Los Angeles AP reports the crash in the San Gabriel mountains killed two aboard, including Joan Merriam Smith 28, noted for her around the world bid. Authorities say Trixie Ann Schubert was with her, and both were identified only later due to burns.
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Los Angeles
Joan Merriam Smith
San Gabriel Mountains
Merriam
Trixie Ann Schubert
Jerrie Mack
Columbus
Ohio
Ranger 8 Eyes Moon for Close Survey of Landing Site
Ranger 8 blasted from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Agena to a near perfect course toward the moon. The probe should reach the Sea of Tranquility around 4 30 a m Saturday and may photograph up to 4000 sites with its six cameras.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
United States
Moon
Ranger
H. M. Schurmeier
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sea of Tranquallity
Mare Cognitu
Ranger-7
Burch Urges GOP Southern Growth Without Confederate Symbol
Republican National Chairman Dean Burch told 300 young Republicans that the GOP must win African American votes and build southern strength without using the Confederate flag. He stressed an economic conservatism approach and rejected racist appeals.
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Peter H. Dominick
Colorado
Viet Nam Council Sworn In Amid Political Turmoil
South Viet Nam forms a 20 member Legislative Council with Brig. Gen. Pham Xuan Chieu as chairman. Elections planned for March 21 are likely to be postponed due to the North Viet Nam crisis. In the week Feb 7-13 U S and Vietnamese air raids hit North Viet Nam. Debris from a Qui Nhon billet killed an American. 22 killed, 21 wounded among 62 Americans housed there. Troops faced a 2,000 strong mob at Thang Binh.
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Congress
North
Viet Nam
Legislative Council
High National Council
Pham Xuan Chieu
Chieu
U.S
North Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Saigon
Thang Binh
Humphrey Seeks Global Peace at World Consultation
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged world thinkers at a four day peace summit in the UN Assembly Hall to pursue peace with no mile untraveled. He pledged U S aims in Vietnam and stressed resisting aggression while seeking no wider war. The conference chaired by Robert M Hutchins drew about 2000 leaders from around the world amid Southeast Asia tensions.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Southeast Asia
Humphrey
Viet Nam
United Nations Assembly Hall
Robert M. Hutchins
John XXII
Vatican Bombing Jolts Pope as Three Men Sought
Italian and Vatican police hunted at least three men after a bomb exploded near the pope's bedroom in Vatican City. A bearded man and a younger companion fled the scene with a possible driver and another man in the car may have stayed behind. The blast damaged the wall corridor and Swiss Guard barracks, wakened the pope, and followed a string of similar incidents amid political tensions over the play The Deputy and Communist protests.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Vaticans City
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Rome
Rolf Hochhuth
Pius XII
Senate
Pius
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