Wednesday, February 7, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Mills' committee looks at tax bills
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — President Johnson had assurances today from a key congressional tax-writer he will get House action on two of his tax bills, but probably not on the one he wants most, the 10 per cent income tax surcharge.
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., scheduled a meeting of his House Ways & Means Committee to approve the President's proposal to continue the present 10 per cent telephone and 7 per cent auto excise taxes. Without action
Koreans-U.S. meet briefly
PANMUNJOM, Korea — (UPI)
— The United States and North Korea met briefly today at this Korean armistice line village and exchanged bitter accusations but never mentioned the seized U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo.
Charges of Korean truce violations filled the angry meeting, which lasted less than 30 minutes.
In Washington, the Defense Department disclosed today that one crewman of the Pueblo was killed and three wounded, one seriously. The Pentagon said it knows the names of the casualties but they are being withheld until next of kin are notified.
Previously, the Pentagon had not indicated whether the crewmen had been wounded in resisting the seizure or injured in some other way, such as while destroying secret electronic gear on the intelligence vessel.
London man loses beard
LONDON—(UPI)—Sometimes you can't win. Firemen Chri-topher Hyde was relieved of his duties when he refused to shave his beard last November.
After a long bettle during which he demonstrated his beard did not affect his work, he was reinstatd. But he reported for work this week clean shaven. The reason? His wife said the beard looked "tatty."
by April 1, these two levies would drop to 1 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively, under prior laws.
During hearings Tuesday on the administration's proposed travel tax, Mills promised House passage by Easter of some form of levy in this area.
"I don't know just how we'll work it out, but we've got to do something," he said.
But at the same time he all but ruled out the 10 per cent income tax surcharge for the fourth time. In words as strong as he's ever used in discussing it, Mills told Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler:
"Any time you spend more than you ought to spend, you've got trouble. Balance of payments trouble and fiscal troubles—I don't see the answer to it in the tex bill."
The Arkansas Democrat, who wields near-absolute power over tax legislation, which must originate in the House, appealed once again for reduced government spending instead of higher income taxes.
Fowler argued that the "bevystone" to the plan to fight the U.S. dollar drain was the surcharge, which he said was aimed at curbing inflation at home thus, keeping the price of exported goods down.
TOPEKA —(UPI)— A resolution rescindering the 1963 Legislature's reion calling for a U.S. constitutional convention was rejected by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee Tuesday.
Senators stop convention call
Also killed by the committee was Gov. Robert Docking's proposal for a state constitutional convention to revise the 108-year-old Kenans document.
Republicans have proposed that a committee be formed to study possible revisions of the Constitution before calling such a convention.
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BRUSSELS — (UPI) — The Belgian government resigned today in another crisis over the nation's dual language problems.
The coalition of Christian Democrats and Liberals split wide open over a Flemish demand that the French section of the Roman Catholic University of Louvain be moved out of the Flemish-speaking town.
Premier Paul Vanden Beynants told the chamber of deputies: "Several ministers have handed in their resignation. I have asked the King for an audience to submit the government's resignation."
Belgians' resignation due to talk
The premier said his team would continue to carry out its tasks as a caretaker government until a new government is formed. He then left the chamber to drive to the palace. The chamber session was immediately suspended.
There are two languages in Belgium — the Dutch dialect known as Flemish and French spoken by the Walloons. The Flemings outnumber the Walloons about 4 to 3.
Over the years there have been riots, government crises and unrest, with each faction seeking to dominate the other.
The current crisis follows three weeks of violence at Louvain University where the Flemish students and professors demanded the French-speaking faculty and students get out.
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Pueblo crewmen confess
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— Six key crewmen aboard the USS Pueblo have signed "confessions" which, when read together, claim that the intelligence ship violated North Korean territorial waters five times between Jan. 18 and 23, U.S. officials disclosed today.
The officials said they could not
be sure under what circumstances the crewmen, among whom were the Pueblo's skipper, navigator and operations officer, "confessed." But they strongly suspected the Americans had signed under duress and that their revelations represented North Korea's charges against the vessel.
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Deadline for Two-Year Air Force ROTC Program is Friday, Feb. 9
If you want to be an Air Force pilot or navigator, but are not currently enrolled in Air Force ROTC it's not too late to qualify for the two-year program.
- Have two years of college remaining graduate or undergraduate
- Pass Air Force Officer Qualifying Test
- Pass Air Force Flying physical
20/20 bilateral vision without glasses for pilots
20/50 bilateral vision without glasses for navigators
Applications cannot be accepted for the next school year alter February 9,1968.
So Hurry!!
Sound interesting? Well if it does, contact Lt. Col. Brown, Room 108 Military Science Building soon.
Travel Abroad this summer!
All students interested in the People-to-People American Student Abroad Program should attend an important meeting Thursday, Feb. 8-8:00 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FEBRUARY 15 IN PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE OFFICE