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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes rep. Mills is firm with lbs on tax continued from Page l to come to grips with our  As one of the areas where spending can be slashed Mills suggested research project which he said will amount to More than $17 billion in the current fiscal year. Mills said it cannot reemphasized too strongly con trolling the future course of Federal spending depends on the administration s initiating the proposals for changes and requires Basic changes i Federal programs not merely appropriations cuts this year.," the ways & Means commit tee which has Laid aside Johnson s tax increase proposal until spending is Cut and the House itself want to get across this message to the president Mills said we want to pause Inthis headlong Rush toward Ever bigger  Mills statement came As Flat rejection of Johnson s renewed Appeal to Congress Togo ahead with the tax boost while launching a search on it sown for places to save. President Johnson said Friday congressional refusal to raise taxes would Cost the american people More than twice As much in the form of higher prices. At a White House meeting with Federal Home loan Bank presidents Johnson acknowledged that making a tax increase request is not popular thing for a president to do for a War that is not  but you have to do what irresponsible and what is right when you sit in this place he said. Inflation warning Johnson said if Congress refuses to pass his tax measure there will be a general spiral of inflation which would amount to an inflation  said his advisers have told him that with the tax boost the nation s Cost of living would go up Only 2 per cent in 1968 endless than that in 1969. But without the tax hike Johnson declared they warn that the living Cost would Rise from 4 to 5 per cent next year with the Prospect of More than that in 1969." this Means that the inflationary tax would be More than double a congressional  refused anew to Supply Congress in Advance with a list of places where he would impound appropriate funds in an Effort to Cut projected spending of $144.2billion this fiscal year and thus reduce a possible deficit of $29billion. The Cross fire of statement left the spending tax controversy on dead Center. There was speculation that the president s tax boost is dead for this year. Red pushes Mao Button saturday october 7, 1967 a mesh. Chinese Wight pier 6 Brail London up1 longshoremen refused Friday to handle a communist chinese freighter whose Crew fought a pitched Bat the with them using pieces of Timber and heavy knotted ropes. The trouble started on pier 8at London s Tilbury Dock thurs Day when a Seaman from the6,508-ton hang Zhou tried to pin a Mao tse Tung badge on a Long Shoreman walking along the pier. The Longshoreman Flung i Down and was attacked by four chinese. Other Dock workers went to his Aid and More screaming chinese joined the Melee. After the five minute battled a be chinese were of a$4.6 billion fund to continue the civilian space program this Fis Cal year. It refused to Cut $100 million that president Johnson says is unneeded. The total was $95.5 million More than previously approved by the House with the additional funds earmarked to Start new programs after the Apollo lunar Landing project. Two efforts to reduce the spending total for the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa were Defeated by narrow margins. The Senate first Defeated a amendment by Sens. William proximire d-wis., and John , a Del to Cut $100 Mil lion from the Bill to finance various future projects such As the Apollo follow up and the voyager program. Then it refused 34 to 31, to approve another Williams amendment to reduce from $36.nillion to $10 million the funds to begin the voyager program aimed at exploring Mars and other planets after the Luna projects. It thus kept intact the $4.6billion Bill to finance Nasa operations for the fiscal Yearl hat began july 1. Continuation of the Apollo pro Grams aimed at putting Astro nauts on the Moon by 1970, was not involved in the proposed cuts. Both the House and Senate ills would provide $2.5 billion his year for  measure now goes to a Louse Senate conference commit tee. Paris Auto show opens Paris up president Harles de Gaulle Friday inaugurated the 54th Paris inter National Auto show. Lottery can t Aid Church schools weather partly Cloudy with showers. Milder sunday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 65, Low 58. Temperatures recorded Friday get 4 4 am pm 63 81 Adana p 68 73 Athens p 48 66 Aviano p 48 56 Berlin p 46 61 Frankfurt p 62 64 London p 4 4 am pm 50 77 Madrid p 46 59 Munich p 50 66 Paris p 60 69 Prestwick cd 50 77 Rome p 76 81 wheelus Clcil Cloudy a partly Cloudy. 2nd weather Wing Concord . Arthenew Hampshire supreme court ruled Friday that parochial an nonpublic schools cannot share in state sweepstakes  a 4-1 decision the court voided a state Law that Wouldhave allowed the parochial and nonpublic schools to share in the sweepstakes profits. Since parochial and other religiously oriented schools appear to predominate among the nonpublic schools which Are sought to be aided by the new Law the court said the major part of the scheme cannot be carried into effect because of the constitutional prohibition against Public Aid to religious institutions the ruling was sought by  w. King and the executive Council on a Law which Wouldhave become effective next Jan. 1. The court majority held that sweepstakes proceeds Are state or Public funds which the first amendment of the . Constitution would prohibit fro being distributed to parochial or private  Justice Edward Lampron Ina minority opinion held that the purpose and primary effect of the recently enacted Law Are not the promotion or advancement of a or any religion but the secular Public purpose of assuring an adequate secular education to All the elementary and secondary school children of new  Lampron said he believed the statute provision that the funds would be used for educational purposes and not be diverted to other purpose can and should be interpreted to limit their use to constitutional  Money which last year totalled $1.8 million was distributed to Public schools on a resident Pupil basis. The Public schools had an enrol ment of 127,514 in 1995-66.the new Law would have brought an additional 30,000children into the distribution under a formula through which state Agency would take a Cen sus to update the distribution  
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