Johnson pushes peace appeal with 112.8 billion budget
President Johnson linked a new peace drive to a record 112.8 billion dollar budget and urged fight in Viet Nam if needed. He proposed tax changes, faster corporate collections, and a four year House term while touting the Great Society amid mixed political reaction. He spoke 52 minutes before a joint session, with applause and a televised national audience.
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BeckwithSilent On Klan Ties Amid HUAC Inquiry
Byron De La Beckwith refused to answer if he was a Ku Klux Klan organizer and invoked the Fifth Amendment on questions about the Greenwood bombings and Klan recruiting. The Mississippi figure, linked to the Medgar Evers case, had two murder trials end without a verdict, as HUAC questioned Klan ties and activities.
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Widow of Tarkington Dies in Indiana at 95
Mrs. Booth Tarkington, widow of the Hoosier novelist and two time Pulitzer Prize winner, died in Methodist Hospital Indianapolis at age 95 after an illness since summer. Friends credited her with guiding Tarkington’s artistic growth during their marriage starting in 1912, years that yielded Penrod Seventeen The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.
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FHA Home Buyers Face Higher Interest Rates
FHA loan buyers face higher costs as Congress warned the agency may raise rates beyond 5.5 percent to as high as 6 percent. FHA Commissioner Philip N Brownstein testified that market churn and rising investment returns threaten kept rates, with December onward seeing substantial increases.
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New Era Begins In India After Shastri Death
India's leaders moved to form a new political era after the cremation of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Gulzari Lal Nanda took charge as prime minister amid looming leadership challenges while a million mourners lined the funeral route by the Jumna River. U S Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin attended brief ceremonies as world leaders mourned. Prime Minister Ka maraj of the Congress party planned a meeting to assess the political shift following Shastri's death, reportedly from a heart attack in Tashkent after visiting Pakistan talks.
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Sov‘t
Alexei N. Kosygin
Humphrey
Kosyin
Tashkent
Soviet Asia
Viet Nam to order three day Tet cease fire
Vietnam announces a three day cease-fire for the upcoming lunar New Year festival, with Viet Nam press noting ongoing talks on formalization. On the battlefield, a US Australian push northwest of Saigon yields Viet Cong deaths and a large rice cache seized, as bombers strike near Pleiku and a long North Vietnam bombing lull continues.
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Viet Nam Aid Plan Outlined
U S aid officials outlined a long term rural reconstruction and pacification plan for South Vietnam aimed at eroding Viet Cong influence. Special teams of 60 to 80 South Vietnamese will be assigned to freed villages to root out hidden Viet Cong cells and build local governance and community services. About half the team members will be armed and they may stay in a village for a year or longer to stabilize security.
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Trade Wanes as New York Transit Strike Bites Nation
Thousands of businessmen nationwide feel the impact of New York's 12 day transit strike. Secretaries cannot type, goods sit on docks, and deliveries run late. Shippers report delayed stock purchases and diverted ocean freight while garment firms struggle to restock and advertise.
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King to Protest Barring Of Negro Legislator
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. announced he will join a march in Atlanta tomorrow to protest Julian Bond being barred from the Georgia legislature. King, head of the SCLC, links the move to a freedom of speech issue and urges creative protest amid racial injustice. In other news the Justice Department intervened in school desegregation cases across four Georgia counties including Taliaferro and Savannah, while in Mississippi Vernon Dahmer’s death follows a firebombing. In Florida Sam Jones vows to challenge the reapportionment act by contesting Sen Verle Pope’s seat, noting the act’s provisions.
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Jacksonville
Fla
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South Viet Nam envoy urges U S caution in peace push
In New York Ambassador Vu Van Thai urged U S caution in the peace offensive. He told the Overseas Press Club luncheon that Vietnam’s position is the search for peace should not aid Communist gains in the war.
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Transit Authority Mum On Position
Negotiators for the striking Transport Workers Union urged acceptance of a two year package worth about 60 million dollars to end New York transit crisis. The Transit Authority had not yet acted and members returned agitated to the Americana Hotel after negotiations.
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Douglas MacMahon
No Major Strike Role For Rocky
Rockefeller moves toward New York City to weigh strike impact and avoid direct action. Mayor Lindsay resists federal involvement as transit talks continue while unions and transit authorities push for a negotiated settlement and potential funding.
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Pope Paul VI defends ecumenical council tradition
The pope told the weekly audience the council strengthens Catholic doctrine by adding needed elements not replacing the faith. He said the council did not aim to touch all points and does not form a complete system but confirms illustrates defends and develops the faith with balanced new doctrines.
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