Billions In Road Bonds May Be Needed in Illinois
Illinois highway funding may require bond issues beyond gas taxes says Francis S. Lorenz director of the State Department of Public Works and Buildings. He urges considering higher motor vehicle registration and license fees or a fuel tax hike to sustain road construction and maintenance amid rising costs. Lorenz notes past bond approvals and warns that current funds fall short for urgent highway needs, with 16 000 miles of state highways and a looming maintenance bill of 75 million by 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zakarian
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Francis S. Lorenz
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Lorenz
Nean
William L. Grindle
Dherrin
Illinois Highway Study Commission
Grindle
Commission
Sen. Grindle
Department of Public Works
Otto Kerner
Secretary of State
Public Works Department
Cook County
Senate Hunts Compromise To End Airline Strike
Senate leaders press behind the scenes for a share-the-blame plan to force 27 day airline machinists back to work. A proposed 60 day back to work order could require President Johnson to act and possibly appoint a board after a grace period. Democratic and Republican leaders tussle over who must authorize actions and how long blocking the strike should last.
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Senate
Wayne Morse
D- Ore
Congress
Johnson
Morse
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Major Battle Builds Near Cambodia in South Viet Nam
Helicopters ferried heavy U S troop reinforcements into the central plateau near Cambodia as three days of fighting built toward a major battle. B52s bombed suspected enemy positions near the frontier while the 1st Cavalry Division swelled American strength to 10 000 plus.
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Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Cavalry
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi
Navy
U.S. Defense Department
Demilitarized Zone
North
Musicians to bury pianist Bud Powell
Local 802 of the AFL-CIO said it would arrange Bud Powell’s funeral and pay expenses. Powell 41 died Monday night in Kings County Hospital Brooklyn where his body remained unclaimed in the morgue. Officials cited a combination of malnutrition alcoholism and tuberculosis as the cause of death.
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Bud Powell
Afl-Cio American Federation of Musicians
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn
Powell
U.S. to Pull Six Recon Squadrons from France
The Pentagon announced the United States will move six Air Force reconnaissance squadrons based in France beginning this month. Three squadrons relocate to Britain, one is inactivated, and two return to the United States. Relocation to be completed by October with units redistributed to Shaw AFB and Mountain Home AFB, while NATO support is provided by a squadron from Stewart AFB to Sembach, Germany.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
France
Pentagon
Defense Department
Britain
NATO
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United Kingdom
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base
D.C
Stewart Air Force Base
N.Y
Sembach
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Inland Steel Price Increase Strips to Stress Inflation Debate
Government and industry officials studied Inland Steel Co. price rise of 2 to 3 dollars per ton for strip and sheet metal used in autos and appliances. The move prompts inflation worries, with Sen. Gore calling it inflationary while officials assess economic impact and potential government response.
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Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Council of Economic Advisers
Inland
Gardner Ackley
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Cleveland
Walter J. Campbell
Steel Magazine
Weather outlook shows fair, cool tonight with warm days
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with night lows in the 60s. Thursday remains fair with daytime highs in the 80s to around 90. Friday may bring a chance of showers.
State delays city share plan for highway costs
State highway officials push back a new order requiring Downstate cities to pay up to 75 percent of costs for state road projects within municipal borders, with Chicago exempted. The Aug 1 start was postponed to Oct 1 as the Illinois Municipal League studies the directive amid political critique and questions of legal authority.
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John Zakarian
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Downstate
Chicago
Illinois Municipal League
League
A. L. Sargent
Ltazue
Highway Office
Municipal League
Sargent
Connally Probes Massacre Aftermath And Warning
Governor John B. Connally ordered a meeting of key law officers to discuss preventing future mass shootings after the Charles Whitman rampage that left 16 dead and 31 wounded. Whitman’s autopsy suggested a brain tumor. UT psychiatrist notes Whitman described thoughts of campus tower violence in a past interview.
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John B. Connally
Charles Whitman
Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Connally
Rio de Janeiro
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Washington
Johnson
Senate
University of Texas
Maurice Dean Heatly
Heatly
Peoria Couple Drowns on Minnesota Lake
Mr and Mrs Howard K Dahl both 54 of Peoria drowned Tuesday on a boat ride in Woman Lake near Hackensack Minnesota while staying at a resort.
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Peoria
Hackensack, Minn
Howard K. Dahl
Woman Lake
Hackensack
Minnesota
Defense Seeks Guards Bar on Witness Intimidation
Defense lawyers urged the court to bar Menard prison guards from approaching or intimidating inmates called to testify in a four defendant murder trial. They said witnesses in Springfield city jail were under state pressure and complained of guards glaring at them. Judge Douglass showed concern but did not rule immediately, indicating guards should not visit the witnesses.
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Springfield
Menard
David Conn Sr
Sparta
Circuit Court
Creel Douglass
Springfield City
Richard Shaikowitz
Alton
Douglass
Petition Seeks Delay on Rend Lake Junior College Referendum
A group led by Vincent A. Birchler asks the Illinois Junior College Board to withhold action on the Rend Lake district referendum until a feasibility study by Southern Illinois University is completed by Aug. 15. The board may still deny the petition if the Rend Lake plan is deemed not in the system’s best interest.
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State Junior College Board
Rend Lake
Vincent A. Birchler
Randolph County
Rend
Southern Illinois
State Board
Bend Lake
Southern Illinois University
Gerald Smith
Junior College Board
SIU
Chicago
Rend Lake District
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Ilinois
Demonian
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
New York
Inland Steel
Gov. Connally Studies
Austin, Tex
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