Tax Hike Plan Faces Troubling Senate Hearing
President Johnson’s proposed six percent tax surcharge hits steady questions as the Joint Economic Committee report is expected to undermine the plan. Critics note nongovernment testimony, while some members hold back, and economists doubt a cap on inflation via the surtax. Secretary Fowler testifies on war expenses and potential deficits, arguing surpluses would shift without the war and surtax.
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Washington
Johnson
Congressional
Senate
House Economic ‘Committee
House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Economic Committee
Council of Economic Advisers
Gardner Ackley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Treasury
Four Killed and Seventy Five Hurt in India Vote
Four people were killed and 75 injured in clashes as India entered the fourth day of nationwide elections. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pledged firm action against lawlessness while thanking supporters who sent get well messages after facial injuries from a stone during a campaign rally.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Postmaster Urges Snow Clearing to Help Mail Delivery
Joseph C. Haines, acting postmaster, asks patrons to shovel snow from walks to aid the postman. Amid heavy snow, Frank Burton of Gainesboro saw geese flying north, signaling warmer weather to come.
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Joseph C. Haines
Frank Burton
Gainesboro
TV Channel 6 CTV 11 A.M. First Presbyterian Church
Local listings show a TV broadcast on channel 6 and CTV at 11 AM from First Presbyterian Church. Program details and schedule not specified in the fragment.
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First Presbyterian Church
Man Escapes Death as Fire Destroys Cross Junction Home
Faye Luttrell, 62, narrowly escaped with smoke alarms sounding at about 4 a.m. when fire gutted his Cross Junction home on Rt. 522. A blast blew him from the house and windows shattered. he survived uninjured aside from singed hair after just returning from a hospital stay. Two county fire units battled the blaze with only the out-buildings saved. origin under investigation.
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Faye Hutte
Cross Junction
Inlaw
Bryan Stotler
Mr. Luttrell
Rt. 522
Jefferson Jackson Day dinner draws 1000 Virginia Democrats
In Richmond 1000 Virginia Democrats attend the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner at the John Marshall Hotel. Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. is the nearby speaker as talks focus on the General Assembly races, a judgeship, and the 1969 gubernatorial contest. Funds for entry are 35 dollars for men and 15 dollars for women.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
John Marshall Hotel
U.S
William B. Spong Jr
Sidney S. Kellam
Tidewater
Robert R. Merhige
Spong
Portsmouth
John MacKenzie
Kellam
Richard
Virginia Beach
General Assembly
Viet Cong mortar blast hits two villages in Saigon area
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked Ben Ire in Kien Hoa Province, firing mortars at two villages. Eleven civilians were killed and thirty seven wounded, including one American adviser with the U S Agency for International Development who was seriously wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Ben Ire
Kien
Hoa
Bodies Found in Wake of Chemical Plant Blast
Hawthorne New Jersey AP reports a blast at a chemical plant killed 11 workers and injured two. Dawn finds two more bodies discovered as 300 volunteers battled subfreezing night fears and lingering explosions. Sandy Kanter, 19, trapped in debris Friday, was freed after rescuers risked another blast. George Decker helped free Miss Kanter and continued work amid continuing explosions.
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Hawthorne
N.J
Sandy Kanter
Friday
George Decker
Miss Kanter
Amherst Diner Sunday Special Menu
Sunday special offers at Amherst Diner price two twenty five cents per person with a choice of two vegetables or vegetable and salad includes hot rolls beverage ice cream fruit pie or jello for dessert
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Fern’s Fine Foods
Winchester
Amherst Diner
Mao foes hold Inner Mongolia amid clashes and purges
Tokyo AP reports Mao opponents have seized near control of Inner Mongolia as three PLA divisions from Beijing are sent to aid Maoist rebels. Tibet Fukien unrest continues with anti Mao forces, food shortages and quarantined outbreaks in Canton.
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Tokyo
Radio
Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Inner Mongolia
Mao
People’s Liberation Army
Peking
Red Guards
Shantung
Szechwan
Dairen-Port Arthur
Liaotung
Tibet
Fukien Province
Formosa
Huhehot
Lhasa
Chamdo
Manchuria
Foochow
Barefoot in the Snow: Joyce Miller Shovels Cold Ground
Joyce Miller shovels snow barefoot in front of her Richmond suburb home saying her feet stay warm. She often walks barefoot to hang clothes or visit neighbors and believes going shoeless lowers her cold risk compared with wearing shoes.
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Richmond
Joyce Miller
Snowy Skies to Clear Tonight
Weather update notes a low pressure system bringing cloudy skies and intermittent snow with a forecast of clearing and cold temperatures tonight. Total snowfall reaches 7 inches with 17.4 inches for February, while power outages and slick streets prompted chains or snow tires.
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Winchester
Four-Day Toll Tops 1000 in Viet War Battles
Australian troops bypassed an ambush and killed 70 Viet Cong in a six hour clash as allies from South Vietnam Korea the United States and Australia endured a fourth straight day of heavy fighting. The week produced over 1000 enemy deaths across the Mekong Delta to the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Can Tho
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Republic
New Column Begins Monday In The Star
Beginning Monday The Star will publish a weekly column by Lee Hubbard librarian at Winchester Handley Library The column will discuss new adventure books at the library and topics to follow include modern design mans origins and instincts nutrition life in other worlds World War I and its effect on Britain and France and the South Seas
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the Star
Lee Hubbard
Winchester
Handley Library
Britain
France
South Seas
Richmond Weather Brief: Light Ice Slippery Roads
AP reports a mix of low sleet and freezing rain impacting Richmond and surrounding areas. Travelers face slick surfaces as precipitation lingers, prompting cautious driving and potential school delays due to icy conditions.
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Richmond
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