Viet Casualty Figures Hit Six Month Lows
U S combat casualties in Vietnam fell to the lowest level in six months with 114 Americans killed and 893 wounded, five missing. Despite the lull, Forrestal casualties rose to 131 dead with two more deaths, and a Viet Cong bombardment caused damage near Nha Be.
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U.S
Forrestal
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Nha Be
da Nang
U. S
Navy
Shell Oil Co
Long Tao River
National Weeks Give Work Weekday Break Ideas
The note suggests taking time off for National Clown Week and National Smile Week, then for National Greeting Card Week. It also mentions Summer Cheese Sandwich month in August and a Narragansett Indian Pow-Wow in Charlestown Rhode Island on August 12.
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Charlestown
R.I
Rouss Fire Company Picnic at Exchange Shelter
The Rouss Fire Company hosts a family picnic at the Exchange Shelter from August 3rd to 6th starting at 5 PM. Open Friday with the Bookworm store at 11 West Boscawen Street in Winchester Virginia offering teas from 2 to 5 PM.
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Rouss Fire Company
W. Boscawen St
Winchester
Milwaukee curfew halts most violence after firebombing
In Milwaukee the inner core sees massed National Guardsmen and police with shotguns as a curfew reduces violence. A youth was fatally shot during a firebombing incident near a hardware store. Clifford McKissick, 18, a Whitewater State University sophomore, died.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Maier
National
3Rd Street
Cove
John Lavin
Lavin
Clifford McKissick
Whitewater State University
Maier
Vietnam Campaign Opens as Ky Links Peace to North Vietnam
South Vietnam's presidential campaign officially starts with leading candidate for vice president urging de escalation and talks with the Viet Cong. Ky vows no bombing pause until Hanoi may respond, while Dan proposes negotiations including the National Liberation Front. Dan also backs land reform and tax relief for peasants as the war nears a turning point.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Phan Quang Dan
Phan Khac Sun
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
Suu
Provisional Assembly
Dan
President Seeks 10% Surcharge on Taxes Amid Riots
Senator Eastland links urban violence to Communist tactics and rioters from outside cities. Senator Brooke cites economic and social conditions behind unrest. House anti riot probe targets subversive groups. Police chiefs in Cambridge Nashville Cincinnati urge federal anti riot bill. Thurmond calls for Carmichael arrest if he returns to the United States.
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Washington
Mississippi
James O. Eastland
Communist Party the World
Senate
U.S
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
Johnson
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
House Committee On
UN American Activities
Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Stokely Carmichael
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Civil Disorders Commission
Brice. Kinnamon
Cambridge
Mtd
Brown
Kinnamon
Judiciary Committee
Jacob W. Schott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Schott
John A. Sarace
Nashville, Tenn
Carmichael
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R.S.C
United States
Cuba
Justice Department
Thurmond
House Passes Complex Social Security Bill Amid Debate
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 3.2 billion increase in Social Security benefits with a aim to raise payroll taxes and tighten Medicaid eligibility while expanding work requirements. The bill would lift the minimum regular old age benefit from 44 to 50 dollars monthly and increase special benefits for some elderly recipients, though cuts were made to avoid higher tax burdens. Sponsors seek House action within two weeks.
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Washington
Johnson
House Ways and Means Committee
Johnson proposes 10 percent surtax to fund Vietnam costs
President Johnson proposes a 10 percent surtax on individuals and corporations to finance the Vietnam war, authorizes an additional 45 000 troops bringing total to 506 000, and rapid tax collection changes to raise 6.3 billion in FY1968. The measures extend to corporate retroactivity to July 1 and individual income tax changes to October 1, 1967, with sunset as long as wartime expenditures require higher revenues.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Uruguay Faces Deepening Crisis as Strikes Hit
Uruguay sinks deeper into crisis as 200000 government workers strike for a 40 percent pay rise amid wage limits. Power cuts, food shortages, and rationing grip Montevideo while CNT leaders threaten a broader confrontation with President Gestido’s government.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Oscar Gestido
Gestido
National Workers Convention
CNT
Virginia Warm Weather Eases With Weekend Cold Front
Richmond AP reports a cold front will move through Virginia late Friday bringing minor relief from the persistent warmth and high humidity over the weekend.
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Richmond
Virginia
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