Cautionary December Drop in U.S. Jobless Rate Cited
The Labor Department reported a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fall from 5.9 to 5.5 percent in December with 100,000 fewer unemployed at 3.8 million. Adult male unemployment edged up while teen and female unemployment fell. total employment declined 700,000 to 68.6 million, still above the previous year.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Harold J. Goldstein
Goldstein
Deny Iowa calls federal health plan unnecessary
Iowa Medical Society told the House Ways and Means Committee that President Johnsons plan to finance care for the aged through social security is superfluous for Iowa. The society backs Kerr Mills and opposes King Anderson, noting Iowa already provides ample health care and is expanding programs using federal matching funds. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Mills plan an eight day Spain and Portugal trip funded by a Rambler dealers contest.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Medical Society
Johnson
Iowa
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kerr-Mills
General Assembly
Gilbert Mills
Spain
Portugal
Mills
American Motors Corporation
Rambler
Better tax deal for big donors
WASHINGTON UP I reports Senate tax writers approved a plan to liberalize how high income donors are treated for charitable gifts. The Finance Committee, meeting to speed Johnson’s 11.1 billion tax cut bill, agreed to allow individuals to carry forward charitable deductions for up to five years, extending corporate rules. Under current law individuals may deduct up to 30 percent of income.
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Washinton
UPI
Senate
Finance
Johnson
House
Carl T. Curtis
Rneb
Weather Outlook From Unite A Ressnternational Toowa
Mostly cloudy tonight through Saturday with occasional snow in the northwest late tonight spreading across the state Saturday. Warmer tonight and Saturday, lows tonight 0 to 10 above east and north to 15 southwest, highs Saturday in the 20s north to the lower 30s in the extreme south. Snow ends Sunday with a colder trend west. town five day outlook shows temperatures near to slightly below normal with a warmer Saturday, colder Monday, then warmer Wednesday.
Sheriff Puts Cicero Under Siege to Break Crime Syndicate
In Cicero Illinois sheriff Richard Ogilvie dispatches a special police squad to canvass bars and clubs for 16 hours daily to crush the resurging crime syndicate led by Al C Pone. Cicero officials reject the invasion while County Board President Seymour Simon criticizes the move.
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Cicero
UPI
Underworld Czar al C. Pone
Cook County
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Seymour Simon
Old West
Titan 2 rocket test firing set for Gemini program
UPI reports a Titan-2 rocket test at Cape Kennedy as a major step for the Gemini program. The 90 foot rocket with 430000 pounds thrust in the first stage will fire for 30 seconds while the second stage ignites, aiming to place a dummy Gemini capsule into orbit in March with at least two more unmanned flights planned before the first manned mission early next year. The Titan-2, powered by toxic propellants, surpasses Atlas rockets used in Mercury. The test is set for about 1 45 p.m. EST.
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Cape. Kennedy
UPI
United States
County Legion Meeting Postponed Countywide
Norman Schoonover commander of the Leon Beatty American Legion post in Washington says the county-wide joint Legion and Auxiliary meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed due to the department commander’s inability to attend. The delay affects Wellman officials and the county plans.
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Norman Schoonover
Leon Beatty American Legion
Washington
Er Miller
Wellman
Joint Legion and Auxiliary
CIA says Soviet economy faltering needs Western machinery
CIA officials disclosed that the Soviet economy is slipping behind in growth, with 1962 and 1963 gains around 2 percent versus 6 percent in the 1950s and 3.7 percent in the United States last year. Russia faces lower gold reserves, a drop in agricultural output, and plans to expand chemical and fertilizer industries requiring imports. The agency also noted higher Western credits costs for Moscow and said the break in secrecy was driven by policy relevance and a new information posture.
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Washington
UPD
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Kremlin
U.S
Russia
CIA
Nikita Khrushchev
West
United States
Paul M Chretien
Johnson
Free World
Rioting in Panama Canal Zone Draws U S Army Martial Law
Heavy fighting erupts as Panamanian mobs clash with U S troops at the border, with tear gas and rifle fire used to restore order. Attacks on American property and embassies continue as President Chiari denounces U S actions and calls for international mediation amid martial law and curfews.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
UPI
Panama City
Tropical Radio
Panama
Colon
U.S
Republic
Robert F. Chiari
Washington
Chiari
Security Council of the
United Nations Nd
Organization of American States
OAS
OAS Council
U.S. Army
Meht
Balboa High School
United States
Panama Canal
Johnson
Wallace Stuart
Defense Department
Roberto Chiari
Governor Hughes penal program turns into year of failures
Des Moines reports quote Atty Gen Evan L Hultman charging Gov Harold Hughes penal program as a failure and a comedy of errors based on two prison expert reports at Anamosa and Fort Madison. Hultman seeks Republican nomination for governor amid talk of Hughes seeking re election. He cites disturbances and a 12 month record of penal events under Hughes as proof of a breakdown in administrative channels and discipline. The remarks frame a political clash as influential reports critique the governors direct intervention in penal affairs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Evan L. Hultman
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Hultman
Iowa
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison Enitentiary
Waltons to present East Africa film safari at wild game dinner
Lloyd W. Zeug of Rock Island will show safari films at the Washington County Izaak Walton chapter wild game dinner on January 23. A 6:30 p.m. meal at the Washington YMCA is capped at 200 tickets priced at $2. Ken Peters will MC and Dr. A. C. Peterson will introduce the speaker.
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Lloyd W. Zeug
Rock Island
East Africa
Washington County
Izaak Walton
Washington Ymca
Izaak Tonn Group
Ken Peters
Chicagua
A. C. Peterson
Zeug
Aftign Pti
Mr. Zeng
Illinois
Africa
Alaska
India
Viet Nam
Canada
Izaak Walton League
Lummer
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Lavor
Andrew P. O'Meara
O'Meara
Army Southern Command
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Emma) Sage
John East Jefferson
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