The Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, informed the Nationwide Integration Council that the door was open for negotiations with the Akalis on their excellent calls for like water and territorial readjustment. She hastened so as to add that points regarding different states weren’t, completely in her fingers. “Even when I persuade my partymen, different events will not be prepared to just accept the answer,” she mentioned.
Indo-Pak visas
India and Pakistan agreed to situation double-entry vacationer visas and signal a protocol on the promotion of group tourism quickly. These are among the many selections taken throughout the three-day assembly of the India-Pakistan Joint Fee’s two sub-commissions to broaden cooperation within the fields of journey, tourism, info, training, tradition and sports activities. One of many subcommissions determined that the 2 international locations would additionally prepare change visits of artists, poets, writers and specialists in numerous fields moreover change exhibitions of work, pictures, handicrafts and folkcrafts.
Tax talks
The Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, and the highest industrialists of the nation spoke on totally different wave-lengths on issues of taxation once they met to debate the forthcoming price range. Whereas the Finance Minister favoured a extra elastic tax system to fetch extra revenues, the industrialists needed the incidence of each direct and oblique taxes to be diminished.
Tarzan dies
Johnny Weismuller, the five-time Olympic swimming champion who thrilled tens of millions as Tarzan of the Jungle, died at his dwelling, a funeral dwelling spokesman mentioned. He was 79. Weismuller had been ailing for a very long time after a sequence of strokes. Born in Chicago on June 2, 1904, Weissmuller grew as much as develop into essentially the most profitable swimmer of his day, profitable 5 gold medals on the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. He set 67 world data and gained 52 nationwide championships for numerous occasions. He turned to movies in 1931.