Johnson fights to push tax plan in election year
President Johnson prepares to return to Washington to press his tax surcharge amid Mills opposition and a Vietnam only funding stance. Meany urges a guns and butter budget while Johnson weighs a state of the union push for Great Society programs and possible talks on Hanoi.
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Laird Sees Rockefeller Favored To Push Nixon Bid
Rep. Melvin Laird predicts Rockefeller’s reluctance to run will help Nixon clinch the GOP nomination. Nixon is seen as favorite in Wisconsin and New Hampshire, where George Romney files signatures and challenges Nixon to debates. Romney urges debates on foreign policy, crime, inflation, and leadership.
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Radio Mos News Claims 200 Farmers Killed in Chaoshan Riot
Report from Tokyo based Radio Mos says about 200 hungry Chinese farmers were killed in late December during food riots in Chaoshan County, Kwangtung. The uprising allegedly escalated to street fighting and was suppressed by the Chinese Liberation Army. Chaoshan lies 70 miles from Kwangchou, capital of Kwangtung. The area has seen fighting between pro Maoist forces and opponents with troops sent in earlier.
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NFO expands grain hold with an all-commodity aim
National Farmers Organization pressed into its third day of grain withholding in a nationwide boycott and signaled plans to extend to meat and dairy. President Oren Lee Staley said the action is the routine start of an all-commodity campaign aiming to climax together, with farmers joining in large numbers to combat low prices.
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Iowa Weather Summary From United Press International
Cloudy with intermittent light snow and bitter cold today. Northerly winds rise to 20 to 35 mph. Partly cloudy tonight with scattered light snow mainly southeast and east central. Sunday partly cloudy with warmer conditions in the north. Daytime highs near 10 to 15, northwest to lower 20s in extreme southeast. Tonight lows from 5 below northwest to 5 to 10 above southeast.
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Special treatment for burned girl in Des Moines
Eight year old Mary Francis Kinter suffers third degree burns covering seventy percent of her body and will be flown by special plane to Shrine Burns Institute in Galveston Texas on Thursday January 18 for treatment. She lit a kitchen flame while her mother was ill and was taken to Mercy Hospital. She is the third Za Ga Zig Shrine area child to go to Galveston for treatment.
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Texas
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Atlantic
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4Th St
Blaiberg's heart is working well after transplant
CAPE TOWN South Africa UPI Dr Christiaan Barnard said Blaiberg second heart transplant patient showed general fatigue but no clear problems His throat virus infection nearly cleared and Groote Schuur Hospital bulletin listed him in satisfactory condition The 58 year old retiree ate an excellent breakfast and his new heart functioned well Doctors monitored his pulse and blood pressure every 15 minutes A controversy grew over whether Louis Washkansky body had begun to reject his transplanted heart before his pneumonia death hospital sources said
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South Africa
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Philip Blaiberg
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Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Louis Washkansky
Hughes Calls Conference for Disadvantaged Youth Aid
Des Moines Iowa governor Harold Hughes convened 50 leaders from seven cities to plan summer jobs and schooling for disadvantaged youth. He urged a blend of firmness and love in addressing social ills, citing sobering state statistics and the need to sustain funding and new approaches beyond demonstrations.
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Allies Launch Saigon Area Sweeps After Viet Cong Build Up
U S and allied forces moved into the Mekong Delta and Bien Hoa province near Saigon in two main sweeps after intelligence reports of a Viet Cong buildup. Air and ground units faced scattered harassment but reported no major contacts as four attacks occurred around Saigon since last Saturday. A CH53 helicopter carrying 36 Marines, 3 Navy, 1 soldier and 1 civilian disappeared on Monday with all 41 aboard believed dead.
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Appointment of administrator for Delmer Webb Morrow estate
Public notice announces the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Delmer Webb Morrow. No further names or dates provided in the readable text.
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