Democrats Propose 2 4 Percent Tax Plan with Sales Hike
Democratic leaders unveil a revenue program backing 2 percent personal and 4 percent corporate taxes, plus raising the local sales tax to one cent and boosting per pupil state school aid. GOP Speaker Ralph T. Smith counters with a unified 3 percent income tax for all, warning of court challenges to a two-tier system.
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Springfield
Ill
Ralph T. Smith
Smith
John Touhy
Chicago
Touhy
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
GOP House
Royal Family Life Revealed in New Movie
A BBC documentary on Britain's royal family titled Royal Family shows Queen Elizabeth II's private life. Highlights include lavish hospitality for 9,000 guests, a yacht crew signaling to reduce noise, and heirlooms dating back to the 19th century. The $360,000 film by Richard Cawston aired privately for press and has sold to networks in the United States Canada and Australia.
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London
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Richard Cawston
British Broadcasting Corp
United States
Canada
Australia
Snicker Day: Miracle Drugs Stir Mixed Health Hopes
A light column notes how exciting new drugs spark curiosity and a sense of missing out even for healthy people, blending optimism with cautious doubt about medical advances.
Narvick Low Bidder on C C Station
Bids for a new Coal City Fire Prevention District station were opened at a city hall meeting. Narvick Brothers led with 967,388 base bid, others included Riber Contractors 103,020. Johnson Downs 99,990. Molaschi Construction 115,576. Officials expect a decision next week. funding via existing tax levy, no bond referendum. The 97 by 73 foot station will sit on DeWitt Place near Broadway. Construction to begin after contractor selection.
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Coal City
City Hall
Richard Witt
Turner Witt and Associates
Kankakee
Riber Contractors
Dwight
Johnson Downs
Molaschi Construction Co
Joliet
Narvick Brothers General Contractors
Morris
Arthur Trotter
Trotter
DeWitt Place
Broadway St
Lynn Pemberton
Board of Trustees
Fire District
Siddeley Grounding of Comet Airliners
London AP says Hawker Siddeley Group reports all Comet airliners grounded for 24 hours after factory inspection reveals small cracks in flight control equipment.
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London
Hawker Siddeley Group
Comet
Weather notes from Collins station on warm spell
Collins Weather Station reported a high of 78 degrees yesterday with a 66 degree low. Showers or thundershowers are likely tonight. Temperatures fall to the mid 50s, Friday cooler with a high near 70. Saturday looks partly sunny with little temperature change. Downtown Morris noon reads 72 degrees.
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Collins
Morris
Morris Planning Commission to hire planning consultant
The Morris Planning Commission voted to investigate hiring a planning consultant on a unit price basis. A list of reputable firms will be obtained from the University of Illinois as the city lacks professional service since ending a contract with Carl Gardner and Associates.
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Morris Planning Commission
University of Illinois
Carl Gardner and Associates of
Chicago
Joe Gannon
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Robert Gilbertson
James Baum
Angie Patti
Ange Hansen
Clyde Baker
Richard Bauer
Baum
Bauer and
Hornsby
Planning Commission
Bauer
Bedford Road
Illinois 47
Lisbon Road
Gannon
General Electric
Morris
Baker
Zoning Board of Appeals
Patti
Quick
N. Division St
Firefly Scientist Named to Post
President Nixon selects Dr William D Mc Elroy Johns Hopkins biologist famed for firefly experiments to head the National Science Foundation at 42500 a year replacing Leland Haworth whose term expired. Franklin Long previously declined after ABM policy disagreement.
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Washington
Nixon
National Science Foundation
William D. McElroy
Johns Hopkins University
McElroy
Leland J. Haworth
Franklin Long
Cornell University
Long
Morris Grade School Board Special Meeting Called
President James Peterson called a special Morris Grade School Board of Education meeting for 4 30 p m today at Franklin School to consider asking the state superintendent for authority to levy two cents per 3100 assessed valuation on 1959 taxes for special education pupil housing funds. If authorized the funds could be used for remodeling renting or a building addition.
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James Peterson
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Superintendent — of Public Instruction
Allies Smash Enemy Attack on Tay Ninh
Allied forces repelled an assault on Tay Ninh City as North Vietnamese commandos hit a U S artillery base nearby. The fighting spread around the city with artillery and rocket barrages, while a Saigon councilman was assassinated in Cholon and a jail was struck injuring dozens.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
U.S
van Dien Quang
Cholon
Cambodia
Washington
Rockefeller Under Guard in Brazil Meetings With Industrialists
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller met with Sao Paulo industrialists and bankers under heavy security on his third day in Brazil. Guards guarded his hotel while talks focused on a $165 million demand for public works in Sao Paulo and a broader $230 million regional aid plan for agriculture health and education in the northeast.
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San Paulo
Brazil
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sao Paulo
New York Governor’s
Rio
Northeast
College Accepts Furniture Bids for Interim Joliet Campus
The junior college board of District 525 approved bids totaling 114674.20 for furniture at Joliet Junior College's interim campus. Bids from General Fireproofing of Chicago Carroll Seating D&L Office Equipment The Bookshop Joliet and others were accepted or considered, with 25 proposals sent and 13 returned.
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Joliet Junior College
Junior College Board
District 525
James Hines
The
Morris Herald
Chicago
Carroll Seating
McGrath
Joliet
D&l
Hines
Chicagoland
E & I of
American Seating
Business International
Brunswick
Franklin Lee
Prairie State
Lowery McDowell
Illinois Senate OKs tax for mechanical voting systems
The Illinois Senate approved a bill allowing counties and cities under one million population to tax up to 5 mills for acquiring and maintaining mechanical voting machines without a referendum. It returns to the House for amendments. Also approved was a $6.1 million appropriation to Chicago Medical School to increase doctor output by about 100 annually.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
House
Delmer Mitchell
Johnston City
Senate
Franklin County
Mitchell
Chicago Medical School
William Harris
R-Pontiac
Illinois
Pony given new life after delicate operation in Atlanta
A four year old Shetland pony nicknamed Little Orphan Annie is recovering from a leg operation by Dr. Howard Rand a vet who usually treats race horses. The pony a charity patient had its leg pinned cast and traction and likely will be placed in a children's home after recovery in about a month.
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Atlanta
Howard L. Rand
Rand
Annie
Jury seeks swimming rules at Stratton Park
A Grundy County coroner's jury inquest into 8 year old Laura Kay Newberry's Memorial Day drowning at Stratton Park recommends restricting the area to swimming wading and skiing and establishing a no wake zone. The verdict calls the death accidental and notes undertow and a possible wake from a boat. Recommendations will be sent to the Illinois Department of Conservation for enforcement.
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Stratton Park
State Conservation Department
Grundy County
Laura Kaye Newberry
Romeoville
Illinois River
Dan Hill
Raymond Newberry Jr
Richard Smith
Victor Salz
Lockport
Newberry
Illinois Department of Conservation
Laura Kay Newberry
Robert Coleman
John Popidinski
LeRoy Claypool
Glenn Bright
Jack O’hagan
Robert White
Cairo Racial Tension Triggers State Trooper Takeover
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie ordered 70 state troopers to Cairo to assume patrol duties amid a curfew and a spike in arson and sniper fire. White deputized citizens and a vigilante group known as the White Hats prompted federal interest and a pending repeal bill.
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Cairo
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Springfield
James McGuire
McGuire
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Jewel Lafontant
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois House
Cairo Lumber Co
Sick Leaves Silent New York Plane Delays
Air traffic controllers in New York Denver and Houston called in sick in large numbers triggering major travel delays. LaGuardia stacked 32 planes on runways while FAA warned of disciplinary action if a strike proves illegal. Denver and Houston centers also saw reduced staffing as operations continued with supervisory staff.
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Washington
New York
Denver
Houston
LaGuardia
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
New York Air Traffic Control Center
Denver Air Route Center
Houston International Airport
Jack Maher
National Coordi
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