Coal tax law to return 1 percent to mining counties
New legislation returns a 1 percent sales tax on coal and minerals to the county of origin, potentially delivering about 200000 dollars annually to Franklin Perry Randolph and Williamson counties plus up to 2 million statewide. Gov Walker signed the bill, effective Sept 1, with expected benefits by December.
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Don Frost
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Daniel Walker
Chicago
Hart
Walker
Cook County
Ilinois
TI Am
Franklin County Board
Charles Dawson
Dawson
Franklin County
Williamson County
Robert Williams
Henry Horner
Lake Michigan
Randolph
Frank Maybell
Price-Control Phase 4 prompts flood of filings and debate
Washington AP. The Cost of Living Council foresees widespread requests for price increases when the freeze ends and Phase 4 begins. Large firms over 100 million in sales must give 30 days advance notice. smaller firms may raise prices if justified. IRS gains enforcement authority as Phase 4 expands.
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R Gregory Nokes Washington
Cost of Living Council
Bert Concklin
Council
Office of Price Stabilization
Internal Revenue Service
John T. Dunlop
IRS
Pro
Mayors Seek Support Letters for Southern Illinois Freeway Plan
At a Carbondale meeting representatives from Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion discussed soliciting letters of support from ten area towns and local industries for a proposed freeway from Southern Illinois to the St Louis metro area. The letters aim to back a session with Gov Daniel Walker and Transportation Secretary Langhorne Bond after Labor Day coordinated by Rep Clyde Choate.
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Southern Illinois
St. Louis, Mo
Chambers of Commerce
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
Daniel Walker
Dept. of Transportation
Langhorne Bond
Walker
Bond
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
House
Pinckneyville
Sparta
du Quoin
Chester
Carterville
Johnston City
Harrisburg
Vienna
Metropolis
Anna-Jonesboro
David R. Derge
Southern Illinois University At
Thomas Deem
John A. Logan College
Search for stranded boy in New Mexico continues
Radio contact kept the search for a lost boy in the Manzano Mountains southeast of Albuquerque active as air and ground crews scoured the area. Capt. Rick Tweed urged the boy to keep talking while rescuers coordinated with ACRA-19 and citizen band radio operators amid uncertain reports from across the country.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Manzano Mountains
Manzano
Rick Tweed
Larry
Tweed
California
Florida
ACRA-19
Channel 14
Citizens Band Radio
Laborers strike across twelve Illinois counties over overtime pay
The Southwestern Laborers District Council with 5000 members from 54 unions in 12 Illinois counties began a strike over overtime rules. They join carpenters and fathers who sought time and a half for highway projects in Madison and St Clair counties. A builder spokesman cited a regular pay increase as a counterproposal. The carpenters and fathers had halted about 150 million dollars in construction across ten counties. No talks are planned.
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Southwestern Laborers District Council
Illinois
Southern Illinois Builders Association
SIBA
Madison
St. Clair
Agnew Denies Kickback Claims in Heated Press Conference
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew labeled rumors of $1000 weekly kickbacks and a $50000 contractor payment as false and malicious. He vowed not to resign and urged reporters to stop defamatory leaks as a Baltimore grand jury probes Maryland political corruption tied to contractors and GOP fund raising.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
Baltimore
U.S
U.S. Atty
George Beall
Baltimore County
Benal
Nixon Secludes at Camp David as Watergate Suit Looms
President Nixon works on a Watergate public response at Camp David while Senate Watergate committee attorneys prepare a lawsuit seeking access to subpoenaed tapes and documents. Cox expands ITT antitrust probe with a new investigator as a federal grand jury begins ITT review. Senator Talmadge suggests splitting the committee to speed inquiry.
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Tom Raum
Washington
Nixon
Camp David
Senate Watergate Committee
Samuel Cash
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Cox
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Watergate Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Georgia
Coal gas from coal conversion pilot proves success in Chicago
The Interior Department announced a coal to gas pilot plant in Chicago ran over 100 hours converting three tons per hour of Montana lignite into pipeline quality gas. Officials expect future coal gas to be cheaper than imported LNG and note joint funding of 120 million dollars from government and industry.
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Interior Department
George R. Hill
Office of Coal Research
Chicago
Montana
Hill
The
Institute of Gas Technology
National crime commission urges sweeping gun ban and revision of penalties
A federal crime commission urges states to outlaw handguns except for law enforcement and military use and to seize civilian firearms. It also calls repealing jail terms for gambling marijuana pornography prostitution and private consensual acts. The 318 page report by the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals was produced after two years of study.
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Washington
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice Standards
Douglas criticizes colleagues in Cambodia bombing dispute
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas accuses fellow justices of overturning his order to halt actions beyond the law in the Cambodia bombing. He targets an Marshall order issued at the court on Saturday and notes his dissent dated the same day but released today. He says what court members told Marshall on August 4 1973 does not conform with ground rules.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
U.S
Cambodia
Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Brother Marshall
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Capital Bill
Bill Brock
R-Tenn
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Love
Belleville
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Cocochin Mountains
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