Senate OKs 10 Percent Surcharge Tax Bill to Johnson
The Senate approved a 10 percent income tax surcharge for individuals and corporations and ordered a $6 billion federal spending cut, sending the measure to President Johnson who is expected to sign despite opposition to the spending limits. The plan retroactive dates to April 1 for individuals and January 1 for corporations and could expire June 30 next year.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Congress
Senate House
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means
United
Mills
House Appropriations Committee
Dominican Hijacker Forces Caracas Route Landing
A Viasa airliner with 79 aboard was hijacked by a Dominican grenade wielder and forced to Cuba. After a 22 hour delay the aircraft landed in Caracas while the hijacker sought asylum. Passengers included four U.S. citizens and five crew members were treated well. Captain Harry Gibson reported the cockpit incident and fuel concerns.
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Caracas
Cuba
Harry Gibson
Santiago
U.S
Army
Henry Joslin
Dominican Republic
Wanda
William W. Taylor
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Russell Edwards
Gibson
Viasa Airlines
Santo Domingo
Curacco
Havana
Conviction of Three Priests In March Legal Rule
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld convictions of four defendants for obstructing traffic at a Chicago civil rights march three years ago but reversed one of two identical charges on disorderly conduct. The four were John A. Medermott and Revs. John Hill Thomas Heaney and Richard Heidkamp. They were fined 100 dollars for obstructing traffic and 25 dollars for disorderly conduct for blocking an intersection near Soldier Field.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Cook County
High Court
John A. Medermott
John Hill
Thomas Heaney
Richard Heidkamp
Soldier Field
Newark July 4 celebration parade and events listed
The Newark Fourth of July program starts with a 9 30 a.m parade from the church followed by a 10 a.m start prize awards water fights at 11 30 a.m a Little League game at 11 45 a.m lunch in the grade school cafeteria a 1 30 p.m band concert on the high school grounds and a 3 p.m. second ballgame.
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Newark
Weather outlook with mild nights and sunny Saturdays
The forecast from the U S Weather Bureau calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with a low in the lower 60s. Saturday should be mostly sunny cooler and less humid with a high in the lower 80s. Collins Weather Station logged a Thursday high of 85 and a low of 68. Today at 9 am the station read 70 and at 11 am downtown Morris reported 82.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Jails 77 Protesters for Disturbances at Resurrection City
In Washington police arrested 77 demonstrators during clashes as the Poor People Campaign urged nonviolence. Reverend Ralph David Abernathy and other leaders appealed for restraint at a Resurrection City rally after scuffles outside the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
South Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph David Abernathy
Resurrection City
Department of Agriculture
Warren to retire at 77 from U S Supreme Court
Chief Justice Earl Warren plans to leave the Supreme Court after 15 years of liberal rulings on race discrimination and police power. White House officials declined comment as Warren, 77, has long suggested compulsory retirement none now exists for federal judges.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
White House
Warren
Presi
Senators accuse CEO of withholding records on Chicago gangs
Senate investigators say the Office of Economic Opportunity withheld records on a near one million dollar grant for programs involving the Blackstone Rangers and the Devils Disciples. Testimony by Winston Moore and staff investigator John J. Walsh alleges the grant enabled a black mafia style control of centers and teaching, with dropouts educating dropouts.
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Washington
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
Chicago
Winston Moore
Cook County
Senate Permanent Investigations
OEO
John J. Walsh
Blackstone Rangers
Devils Disciples
Walsh
Woodlawn
Picketing at Illinois Bell in Morris Turns Violent
Quiet labor action today at Illinois Bell Telephone in Morris followed a Thursday mass picket that blocked access to the lot. Union steward George Schock was injured when a company wire chief Lawrence White struck him with a car during the confrontation.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
E. Jefferson St
Karl E. Linnemann
Bell Telephone Company
Morris
Lawrence A. White
George Schock
Schock
Jefferson St
Linnemann
White
Robert Lynes
Lynes
Illinois Supreme Court Rules Auto Owner Not Guest Passenger
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a McLean County ruling that an auto owner who lets another drive is not a guest passenger. Alice Summers, owner, was transporting her nephew when the accident occurred on November 14, 1962, injuring her. the court found hospitality extended by the owner, not altered by the driver.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
McLean County
4Th District
Alice Luster Summers
Charles Summers
Supreme Court
Alice Summers
Summers
Alice
Hhis
Injuries Fatal For Arthur N. Foster 75 in Illinois 47 Crash
A two-vehicle crash on Illinois 47 near Mazon at 10 45 a m left Arthur N Foster 75 of Mazon dead He suffered a head injury and was pronounced at Morris Hospital Coroner W Clark Davis ordered an autopsy Sheriff investigators noted skid marks by truck driver Melvin B Buchholz 49 Farmington The Lighting Supply Co Salem owned the truck The Ford and the semi trailer were severely damaged Foster was removed by Davis Ambulance Service and later by Davis Funeral Home Morris
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Illinois 47
Mazon
Arthur N. Foster
Morris Hospital
W. Clark Davis
Foster
Melvin B. Bucheholz
Farmington
Olson
Davis Ambulance Service
Davis
Morris
Buchholz
Lighting Supply Co
Salem
Dame
Pierce
Sheriff's Police
John Olson
James Bell
George Hendrickson
South Africa Plans Gold Shipments and IMF Loans
South Africa will resume gold shipments and has allocated 19 million to the IMF for France and 23 million to the IMF for Britain. Finance Minister Diederrichs says reserves abroad will fall and must be replenished by renewed exports. He criticizes the two tier price system and calls for a higher official price of 35 dollars per ounce.
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Cape Town
Nicolaas Diederrichs
South Africa
International Monetary Fund
France
Fund
Britain
Diederichs
Balthazar J. Vorster
Driver Injured in Backing Accident
A Wilmington man William Hermes, 20, is listed in fair condition at Morris Hospital after a one car crash. He backed out of his driveway across the highway, struck a tree, toppled a fence, and was thrown from the vehicle. Coal City Emergency Squad transported him at 6 20 p.m.
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Wilmington
Morris Hospital
William Hermes
Coal City
Hooker Chemical Plant to Close in Marseilles
The Hooker Chemical Corp plant in Marseilles Illinois will shut down on July 8 ending operations that employed 120 workers. Plant manager Joe Floyd cited low spirits prices and rising material costs as reasons for the closure.
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Marseilles, Ill
Marseilles
Hooker Chemical Corp
Joe Floyd
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Gen
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