Illinois House tussles over reapportionment maps
Republicans opened the reapportionment fight in the Illinois House with maps for 59 state and 24 congressional districts aimed at favored candidates. Democrats cried foul over district fairness and racial impacts while questions about census data legality and a joint committee lingered amid partisan tensions.
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Larry Kramp
Associated Press
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House
Chicago
Ralph Cake
Abner Mikva
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Choate
Gerald Shea
Riverside
Senate
Shea
Blair
Partee
Illinois House approves 30 million nonpublic school aid plan
The Illinois House passed a 30 million dollar program aiding nonpublic schools by a 110 to 52 vote, sending the measure to Gov. Ogilvie. Proponents and opponents warned of court challenges to constitutionality as it targets funding to private institutions.
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Illinois House
Richard B. Ogilvie
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Ogilvie
Eugene Schlickman
Arlington Heights
Schlickman
Juckett
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Jackett
Bruce L. Douglas
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General Assembly
Supreme Court
Douglas
Illinois
Appeals Court Judges Hear Washington Post Secret Report Case
Nine DC Circuit judges hear Washington Post contentions on a secret Pentagon study. New York Times case linked as appeals court considers government ban and publication impact while guarding national security. The Vietnam era study spans 3000 pages with 4000 supporting documents.
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Appeals Court
Washington Post
Senate Clears Gov Ogilvie No Fault Insurance Plan
The Illinois Senate approved Gov Richard Ogilvies no fault auto insurance measure 31 to 22, requiring firms to pay up to 2000 for medical or funeral costs within 30 days and up to 150 weekly for wages up to 52 weeks, with optional higher coverage. Key sponsor Sen Egbert Green pushed the bill amid Democratic concerns over haste. Sen Thomas Hynes urged further study and suggested sending both no fault measures to Judiciary for summer review.
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Illinois Senate
House
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Egbert B. Green
R-Pekin
Green
Thomas Hynes
Chicago
Senate
Hynes
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Moves Toward Family Income Floor
The House narrowed path for a $2,400 annual family income floor with a 200 to 172 procedural vote. Backed by Nixon and Democratic leaders, supporters aim for a decisive passage while opponents argue the level is too low and harsh on work requirements. Rep. Mills warned against voting for the bill, calling the current system better than a guaranteed income.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
House
Nixon
Rules Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Weather Bureau forecast and temps mix
Forecast from the Weather Bureau at 11 30 a m shows highs in the low 80s tonight partly cloudy with showers or thunderstorms ending. Lows 53 to 58 Wednesday partly sunny with little temperature change. Rain chances 30 percent this afternoon and tonight and 10 percent Wednesday.
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Kennedy Papers Hint U S Pullout View in 1963 Vietnam
Rep Paul McCloskey says secret papers show Robert F Kennedy urged disengagement as State Department and Pentagon clashed over overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. He will seek to place papers on public record amid FOIA suits to release the 47 volume Pentagon study.
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Washington
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
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Ngo Dinh Diem
America
Vietnam
California
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Henry Cabot Lodge
State Department
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Washington Post
McCloskey
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Courts weigh halting Times publication of Pentagon papers
New York federal appeals court heard a government bid to halt further publications of the Pentagon papers with eight or nine judges present. Boston Globe reveals unpublished Pentagon study portions and Maxwell Taylor urged an 8000 man task force into South Vietnam in 1961. A senior colonel resigns in Saigon blasting the ARVN and Nixon policy. Senate foes seek another close vote on a pullout date. An Army probe looks at Brig. Gen. John Donaldson for six civilian killings. May cost of living rises, and the Supreme Court narrows search powers in a 5 4 ruling.
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Associated Press
Washington
Washington Post
Pentagon
New York
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Washington Order
U.S. Dist
Gerhard A. Gesell
Post
Gesell
United States Court of Appeals
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Ogden Reid
R-N.y
Security of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Vietnam
New York Times
Federal Appeals Court
Boston
Boston Globe
Maxwell D. Taylor
John F. Kennedy
South Vietnam
Quitting Colonel Blasts S Viet Army in Vietnamization
Col. David Hackworth, a highly decorated veteran, criticizes Vietnamization and U.S. training of the South Vietnamese army. He says Saigon troops lack motivation, the North Vietnamese are well prepared, and the U.S. should have built a guerrilla force model. He complains of amateurs running the Army and anticipates broader withdrawal.
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