Cost To Society Prison Big Business
The Southern Windsan d prison operation shows high spending with Me nard Penitentiary near six million dollars in operating costs for the last biennium. The facility employs 354 with 82 guards, seeking 40 hour weeks, plus requests for up to 1 million in capital improvements and 2.4 million to replace a failing power plant. Budget notes include 45 thousand of 1.125 million appropriated dollars released. plans include occupational therapy, industrial buildings, guard towers, and a high school facility. Potential moves to Winds Security Hospital are discussed, with mental health authorities weighing the transfer of facilities and inmate housing.
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Marie Volkert
Wiindsand
Menfard Penitentiary
Dept. of Public Safety
72Nd General Assembly
Menard
Ross V. Randolph
Winds Security Hospital
State Dept. of Mental Health
Ford Plant Strike Ends at Chicago Heights
Settlement ends a strike that idled more than 30,000 workers across five states. Local 588 stops picketing and the Chicago Heights stamping plant prepares to reopen after resolving 74 grievances. Stamping shipments affect 21 Ford plants, with officials citing joint agreement by Ford and the UAW.
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Chicago
Chicago Heights
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Ford
M. M. Cummins
Ray Bannan
Ford Department
Robert Johnston
Chicago veto blocks 1.16 percent corporate tax limit
Springfield Aug 23 Gov Otto Kerner vetoed a bill that would have set Chicago’s corporate tax cap at 1.16 per cent for 1964 and later. The measure would have allowed the rate to rise to 1.26 per $100 of property value by referendum. Chicago last had a ceiling in 1955 with 1962 taxes at 1.06 and an estimated 1962 rate of 1.01.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Chicago
Vietnam ministers fall under Buddhist crackdown chaos in Saigon
Aug 23 AP report says Vietnamese armed forces move to control ministries under martial law, Diem faces Buddhist opposition. Foreign Minister Vu Van Mau resigns in protest as ambassadors and diplomats resign, Lodge visits Buddhist monks in asylum, lines to U.S. Embassy restored amid turmoil.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Vu van Mau
Leaaersmp
Sion
India
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Kennedy
Frederick E. Nolting
United Nations, Jr
jMrs
Ngo Dinha Nuhu
Rudent
Mau
United States
Tran van Chuong
Dixie Mayor Warns Top Film Stars
Gadsden Alabama August 23 Mayor Leslie Gilliland accuses visiting film stars Paul Newman Marlon Brando Anthony Franciosa and Virgil Frye of rabble rousing over racial tensions He vows to jail anyone who breaks the law Newman defends stars saying they seek help and fundraising for hospitals and civil rights Brando says no march is planned but may return to support the Negro community on an undetermined date possibly with the school opening month end
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Gadsden
Ala
Leslie Gilliland
Paul Newman
Marlon Brando
Hollywood
Gilliland
Brando
Newman
Anthony Franciesa
Virgil’ Frye
Franciosa
Governor Kerner vetoes fire and police pay bills
Gov Otto Kerner vetoed bills raising minimum salaries for firefighters and police in cities over 5 000, and vetoed anti integration measures requiring referendum. He cited no new revenue and noted city conditions vary. Chicago excluded from the bill provisions. Municipal League official A L Sargent praised the veto as upholding municipal powers.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Chicago
A. L. Sargent
Tinoise Municipal League
Fair weather for Southern Illinois through Saturday
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures through Saturday. Low tonight in the 60s, high Saturday 88 to 94 degrees.
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Southern
Illinois
New U S Stance Lodge Can Talk Tough In Viet Nam
Ambassador to the United Nations and 1960 vice presidential candidate Cabot Lodge arrives in Saigon amid a shift in U S posture in Southeast Asia. The State Department denounced repressive actions against Buddhists as Henry Cabot Lodge prepares to engage with Vietnamese leaders, signaling a more assertive U S stance.
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Lodge
Viet Nam
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations
Robert Bunson
Associated Press
Saigon
United States
Southeast Asia
State Department
Henry Jdent
Cabot Lodge
U.S. Am
Tachikawa
Air Force Base
Jaloa Oe
Arbitration Bill Averts Rail Strike in Senate Race
Washington August 23 The Senate Commerce Committee approved binding arbitration to settle the railroad work rules dispute. A seven member panel including two carrier, two union, and three public members would issue a ruling within 90 days post enactment. The plan blocks strikes pending arbitration and covers firemen jobs and train crew make up.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce Committee
Arbitration Board
Wirtz
Visitor Finds Church Wealth Embarrassing minister says
Sydney August 23 A Presbyterian minister returning from two months in the United States says he found the wealth of American churches embarrassing and notes that ministers share concern over maintaining spiritual values above monetary concerns.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
Gordon Powell
Rescue Drill Near Breakthrough For Trapped Miners
A new escape hole drilling to free three miners trapped 10 days in Hazleton Pennsylvania reached a point where two men heard the drill through a six inch lifeline. The operation slowed to avoid caveins as crews advance toward the 12 inch hole, with a smaller rig drilling toward Louis Bova who was 25 feet away.
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Hazleton
David“ Fellin
Henry’ Throne
Fellin
Louis Bova
Bova
Throne
Kennedy bill slashed by GOP in foreign aid cut
Washington August 23 AP Republicans carved more than 1 billion from the foreign aid authorization bill. The House cut the measure despite Kennedy administration hopes, with a 222-188 vote. The plan now awaits Senate action as major amendments gain partisan support and limits oil the aid program.
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Washington
Fort
Eign
Otto Passman
D-La
Cuba
Senate
U.S
Bokaro
India
Alliance
Kerner Signs Curfew Bill and University Name Change
Gov. Otto Kerner signed a statewide curfew for 18 and under with 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays and 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. on weekends, with exemptions for accompanied youths and work travel. He also renamed Illinois State Normal University to Illinois State University at Normal beginning next January and vetoed an electronic eavesdropping consent bill. A $15,000 appropriation was signed for licensing to restore the Vandalia state...
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Frieday
Kerner
Illinois State Normal University
Illinois State University At Normal
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