Nixon Pledges Reforms As House Passes Surtax Extension
The House approved a 210 to 205 vote to extend the 10 percent income surtax amid presidential pressure and cross party push. The measure now goes to the Senate for possible three month consideration with talks of a six day extension of withholding rates and potential retroactive July 1 timing. President Nixon seeks a longer plan through December and into June next year, while opponents fear lost chances for broader tax reforms.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
City Seeks Sidewalks Along Route Paving Plan In August
A report from Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce details highway plans for widening Broadway from 24th to 42nd street with an August letting. City officials discuss adding sidewalks along the route, contingent on official request and funding by the city. Also noted are no immediate plans for Fisher's Lane paving and a homicide verdict in Belleville with death sentences for three convicted robbers.
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District 7 Highway
Broadway
24Th
42Nd Street
State Highway Department
Mt. Vernon
Wear
Kenneth Setzekorn
Fisher’s Lane
12Th St
State Highway Office
Inter
Mt. Vernon High Plans Dress Code Revisions
Mt. Vernon High School eyes relaxed dress rules after a student committee and parents advised the board. If approved, boys may grow longer sideburns and moustaches, skirts may rise to four inches above the knee, with 48 hour compliance and possible immediate removal for extreme violations.
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Mt. V. High
Mt. Vernon High School
J. D. Shields
No Vets Reunion Delayed By Storm Poweroutage
The annual Veterans Reunion at Mt. Vernon city park is postponed due to extensive storm damage and power failure. American Legion sponsors say they hope the event can proceed Wednesday night.
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Mt. Vernon City Park
American Legion
Charles of Windsor installed Prince of Wales amid bomb scares
Caernarvon Wales AP Charles of Windsor was crowned Prince of Wales in a lavish ceremony as Welsh extremists attempted disruptions with bombs on railways. Queen Elizabeth II placed the regalia and Charles pledged loyalty while bomb threats paused the royal train. Tricia Nixon rode the train earlier, and a crowd of up to 250000 witnessed the pageantry.
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Ronald Thomson
Caernarvon
Wales
Charles of Windsor
Britain
Principality of Wales
London
Caernarvon Castle
Tricia Nixon
Charles
Lightning Fires Destroy Harrisburg Block In Illinois
A lightning strike at 11:00 p.m. ignited a blaze that wiped out nearly a full block of two story brick businesses around the Harrisburg public square. Damage is estimated between 500 000 and 750 000 dollars as General Dollar Store and nearby shops were swept away. Firefighters from ten towns battled the flames until about 2:30 a.m., aided by Carbondale’s ladder truck. Mt. Vernon’s snorkel team was on standby.
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Register-News
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Public Square
Lawrence Logsdon
General Dollar
South Main Street
Illinois
Stricklin Men’s
Roundtable
Henry’s
Gebhardt Auto Supply
John Slighton
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Carrier Mills
Benton
Herrin
Five Killed In Three Car Crash Near Ste Genevieve
A three car wreck on U S 61 near Ste Genevieve Missouri left five dead and several injured. The injured were taken to Ste Genevieve County Hospital. Coroner Adrian Ehler identified two victims as brothers Kenny and Donny McClure of Perryville. The other three were in a car with Mississippi plates and identities were not released.
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Ste. Genevieve, Mo
Missouri Highway Patrol
U.S. 61
Ste. Genevieve
Adrian Ehler
Kenny
Donny McClure
Perryville
Ehler
Mississippi
State Help In Storm Clean-up Job Request
Mayor Rolland Lewis announced he asked Governor Ogilvie for state assistance in storm clean up. He expected to learn by late afternoon what state equipment and personnel would be available to aid in clearing damage from the weekend wind and electrical storm. He anticipated 20 to 25 men from the Effingham highway maintenance district to assist in street clearing.
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Rolland Lewis
Ogilvie
Lewis
Effingham Highway
$100 000 Tank Damaged Here
A $100 000 water tank near Mt. Vernon, part of the Bend Lake Inter city Water System, was damaged by a weekend storm. The 2 million gallon tank was about four fifths complete with a probable cracked footing and one side apparently caved in. It serves Mt Vernon as Rend Lake water storage. intercity service slated to begin in November 1970.
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Mt. Vernon
Bend Lake
Frank Feltmeier
Rend Lake
Snicker-A-Day explores minority rule via a baby in the house
The piece presents a sharp social quip about power dynamics within a family setting. It uses a baby as a focal point to illustrate how a minority voice can dictate household routines and decisions, prompting readers to reflect on control, negotiation, and everyday authority.
Ogilvie Hopes Court Supports Illinois Income Tax
Springfield IL AP Gov Richard B Ogilvie signed into law an Illinois income tax bill set to take effect Aug 1 if the Supreme Court allows It faces a collection location snag at Bensenville and may delay withholding Corporations pay 4 percent individuals 2 4 percent and 244 percent withholding begins Aug 1 Republicans absent at signing with no retaliation pledge.
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Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Supreme Court
Ogilvie
Bensenville
Ogil
Supreme Court
Illinois
New Taxes Passed by Illinois General Assembly
Illinois lawmakers approved a series of tax increases during a six month session. The package includes a 2 percent personal income tax and 4 percent corporate tax, higher gasoline and cigarette levies, a 20 percent cigars and pipe tobacco tax, beer and whiskey rate hikes, motel hotel tax rise, parimutuel betting tax, and race track admissions. An adjusted city and county sales tax with a state sales tax cut leaves overall rates at current levels.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois General Assembly
No Demands On Churches NAACP Rejects Reparations Move
In Jackson Mississippi Bishop Stephen G Spottswood NAACP board chair rejects black militants push for church reparations. He says reparations concept not fair to white generation and criticizes a church task force that urged the National Council of Churches to raise 500 million.
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Jackson
Miss
Stephen G. Spottswood
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bishop Spottswood
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington, D.C
Spottswood
National Council of Churches
James Forman
Belleville Spanker Fined for Schoolyard Punishments
Belleville Illinois AP reports a man, Michael S. Crawford, 24, was arrested after a wave of paddlings by a stranger. He pleaded guilty in Magistrate's Court and was fined 500 dollars with 450 stayed. He admitted seven spankings, sometimes for littering or bicycle riding.
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Michael S. Crawford
Ora Polk
Crawford
Notable founder John B. Kinnear of McLeansboro
Excerpts from John B. Kinnear's history recount his origins in Parker's Prairie 1857 birth. teaching career begun at twenty. eight years in teaching including Carmi superintendent. U S Treasury auditor in 1886. Civil Service Retirement Association secretary. helped pioneer civil service retirement bill enacted after two decades. later cashier of Peoples Savings Bank in Washington. twice Takoma Park mayor. decades in real estate and claims. active Baptist teacher. authored early McLeansboro history first printed 1938.
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McLeansboro
John B. Kinnear
Parker's Prairie
James
Charlotte F. Kinnear
Carmi
U. S. Treasury
Civil Service Retirement Association
Drew
Treasury
Peoples Savings Bank of Washington
Takoma Park
Washington
Parker’s Prairie Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Sunday Schol
Name Origins of McLeansboro in Early 1820s
A historical note describes how Hamilton County chose a county seat location on Dr William McLeans farm in 1821 and settled the name McLeansboro after a tavern tale by a resident known for drinking tangle foot. At that time no town buildings existed, only surrounding houses nearby.
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Samuel Leach
Joel Pace
James Ratcliff
Hamilton County
Hamilton
White County
Gad
McLeansboro
McLean
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