Tax Boost Spending Cut Debates at Critical Stage
Washington talks focus on raising taxes and cutting spending this election year. Administration leaders and Congress push for a package acceptable to liberals and conservatives, with Fowler pressuring for a tax hike to curb inflation.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
H. Mahon
D-Tex
Senate
Mills
Committee On Appropriations
Fowler
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Northeast Vietnam clash escalates near Dong Ha
Fighting raged for a third day in northeast South Vietnam as U S and South Vietnamese forces reported 616 enemy killed in two days. Allies said 43 Americans died and 221 wounded, with South Vietnamese losses at 6 dead and 17 wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Marine
Dong Ha
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Hue
Quang Tri City
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Policeman Fatally Wounds Suspect After Hillsboro Stop
In Hillsboro Ohio a patrolman Monte Rayburn 23 shot and wounded by a man Walter Brogan 25 after stopping three men in a car linked to an Adams County armed robbery. A bystander Frank Middleton was wounded. Rayburn died of chest wound. Suspects Fisher 15 and Chasteen 22 captured. Mason abducted but unharmed.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Monte Rayburn
Walter Brogan
Latham
Pike County
Rayburn
Adams County
Brogan
Frank Middleton
James Fisher
David Chasteen
Franklin
Fisher
Forrest Mason
Locust Grove
Mason
May Day Remembered Flowers On Doorsteps
Remembering May Day past when children gathered flowers in spring and left blooms on the doors of people they admired, a nostalgic glimpse of small town traditions and simple neighborly kindness.
Jury Finds Wessner Guilty in Draft Protest Case
James Wessner, 25, a Clinton County protester and UC Berkeley law student, was found guilty by a Cincinnati district court jury of refusing to report for induction. Judge Porter deferred sentencing pending a probation hearing after evidence questions.
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James Wessner
Blanchester
University of California
Cincinnati
U. S. Army
David S. Porter
Wessner
Clinton County
Porter
Thomas Luken
Mary Lewis
Clinton County Selective Service Board
Harvard
Trout Derby Set Saturday At Cowan Lake Park
Fishermen of all ages are invited to Cowan Lake State Park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for the second annual Trout Derby co sponsored by the Wilmington Lions Club and Ohio Division of Wildlife. The derby features a stocked permanent pool with tagged fish and prizes for tagged catches. Lions and local businesses provide prizes including tackleboxes at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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Cowan Lake State Park
Wilmington Lions Club
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Pine Tree Point
Delta Queen Reigns Supreme this Derby Week clash
In Louisville cited as AP report, the Delta Queen riverboat wins her fourth reign as riverboat champion during Derby Week rivalry on the Ohio River. The Belle of Louisville trails after an early speed burst but Delta Queen pulls ahead after the first bridge passes.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
Delta Queen
Kentucky
Ohio River
Eisenhower Recuperates From 3rd Heart Attack
The report notes President Eisenhower recovering after his third heart attack as May Day demonstrations unfold globally. Communist speakers attack the United States while South Vietnam’s leaders reject concessions to the Viet Cong.
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Eisenhower
Associated Press
United States
Andrei A. Grechko
Soviet Union
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
da Nang
North Vietnam
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Madrid
Grechko
Red Square
Phone Strike Accord Near
Negotiators in a two week national telephone strike near a wage settlement and an overall contract. Beirne of CWA says progress shows eye to eye on wages and a total package could be reached soon. IUEW says it will not be bound by Bell System negotiations.
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Washington
Beirne
Bell Telephone System
Bell System
Gordon Freeman
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
IUEW
Senate votes to acquire site for new Senate office building
The Senate approved a 1.25 million land purchase to build a third office building, despite protests from critics who warn total costs could reach around 100 million dollars. Preliminary estimates place construction at about 29.4 million dollars with land acquisition still needing authorization.
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Senate
Washington
John J. Williams
R-Del
Williams
Alaska
Hawaii
B. Everett Jordan
Dn.c
Jordan
Johnson Administration
Mike Mansfield
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Poor People's Campaign Leaders Start 2nd Wave
The Poor People’s Campaign moves toward a second wave with leaders aiming to mobilize thousands for a Washington march. SCLC president Ralph David Abernathy pressed Congress for jobs housing and education while meetings with Senate and House leaders were cordial and constructive.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph David Abernathy
SCLC
Abernathy
Washington
Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Senate
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Mansfield
Students Say Kirk Must Go
New York AP Columbia University stayed open but without classes as protests continued. Senior faculty urged a day of reason and reflection while a student strike gathered support among undergraduates and administrators debated next steps. Police moved onto campus after sit-ins began April 23 targeting President Grayson Kirk amid campus disruptions.
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NEW York
Columbia
J. Michael Nichols
Grayson Kirk
Rockefeller Eyes Vietnam Shift in GOP Presidential Bid
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signals a Vietnam policy pivot for a Republican nomination fight, urging lower American involvement and greater South Vietnamese responsibility. He calls for reversing the Americanization of the war and proposes an Asian nations council to shape strategy.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
New York
World Affairs Council of
Philadelphia
Rockefeller Nixon clash over Vietnam plans at 1968 conference
Rockefeller urged a negotiated peace in Vietnam and opposed military escalation, calling for population security over territory. He outlined a 10 year 150 billion plan to fight poverty while criticizing over promises to slum dwellers. Nixon predicted victory and welcomed Rockefeller’s entry to stimulate debate.
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Rockefeller
Vietnam
Johnson
Nixon
GOP
Ex-President Eisenhower to be flown to Washington hospital
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, is hospitalized at March Air Force Base after a mild myocardial infarction the first official bulletin said his prognosis is uncertain. He will remain several weeks at the base hospital then transfer to Walter Reed Army Hospital for convalescence.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Mamie
Gettysburg
Eldorado Country Club
Palm Desert
March Air Base
Walter Reed
Desert
Johnson
Europe
Air Force
Weather notes for Mrs Ethel Hayes in Ohio
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Thursday will have scattered showers and thundershowers. Tonight lows in the 40s.
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Weather
Ethel Hayes
Ohio
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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