Tax reprieve for foundations jobless rate plunges
Washington AP reports unemployment fell five tenths of one percent to 34 percent of the labor force as workers leave the labor pool. Employed total rises 78.7 million. analysts caution the drop reflects disengagement, not a turn in the economy. Los Angeles AP cites UCLA forecast: mild recession through mid 1970 with U.S. jobless rate rising to 5.6 percent by Q3 1970 before easing in 1971.
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Washington
Labor Department
Howard Stambler
Division of Employment Analysis
Stambler Aid
Los Angeles
University of California At
CCB Seeks Word on HUD Funds for Carpendale NDP
No official word on funding for Carpendale's Neighborhood Development Program. Ann Hicks of the Community Conservation Board says a $340 million pot may be released in weeks, but HUD and congressional offices have no information. HUD Secretary Romer Bey said funds would flow to 35 cities within three weeks.
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Carpendale
NDP
Ann Hicks
Ovfifice
Community Conservation Board
Kenneth J. Gray
Charles Percy
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
HUD
George Rom~ Bey
Weather outlook says cloudy with warmer temps tonight
Cloudy and warmer tonight with occasional rain and a low near 40. Saturday turning warmer with occasional rain and a high in the upper 30s. Weather details appear on map page 17 inside Classified Comics and TV sections.
Senate Keeps Tax Exemption Amid Tax Reform Clash
The Senate voted to drop a provision ending a tax exemption for private foundations, despite opposition that called it a death sentence. Proponents argued most foundations evade taxes, while opponents warned it could derail tax reform. The chamber also advanced a 15 percent Social Security increase proposal and approved a medical deduction restoration for seniors and dependent parents.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
George Murphy
Calif
Three Suspects Questioned in Levering Slaying Case
Police in Carbondale investigate three men in the kidnapping murder of Lisa Levering. A suspect from Jackson County, not living in Carbondale, was questioned for six hours as police await Crime Lab results. A dark sedan and a heavyset man described by two girls are linked to the case, with a sketch and more details possibly released next week.
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Lisa Levering
Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Jackson County
Hazel
Illinois Crime Lab
Brush School
Miss Leviering
Lake Chautauqua
Miss Levering
Sam
Lake Chatauqua
Ogilvie backs appointive state offices in Illinois
Governor Richard B. Ogilvie told the Printing Industry of Illinois that four elective offices should become appointive: superintendent of instruction, treasurer, attorney general, and supreme court clerk. He urged a joint lieutenant governor ticket and proposed an auditor general to bolster independent auditing, while opposing a current state auditor role.
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Theillinois Constitutional Convention
Ilinois Association
Ogilvie
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Paul Simon
Secretary of ‘State
States seek new highway funding sources for local roads
The Titness Highway Study Commission discussed three revenue options for cities, counties, and townships to fund road programs. A half-cent sales tax increase, diverting highway funds from the Road Fund, and reallocating a portion of sales tax revenues were proposed, with constitutional and legal questions noted.
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Titness Highway Study Commission
W. Robert Blair
R-Park Forest
Commission
Blair
Ellis Damer
University Ofllinois
Army appoints civilian counsel in My Lai probe
Secretary of the Army Stan ley R. Resor taps Robert MacCrate of Sullivan and Cromwell to aid Lt. Gen. William R. Peers in an inquiry into a possible cover-up in the original 1965 field investigation of reports of atrocities at My Lai. MacCrate selects Jerome Walsh Jr. as associate counsel as Calley faces court-martial for the killings of at least 109 Vietnamese civilians in March 1968. The Peers board, questioning witnesses at the Pentagon, seeks objectivity and impartiality amid testimony on why the initial investigation concluded no further action was needed.
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Washington
Stanley R. Resor
Army
My Lai
Pentagon
Resor
William BR. Peers
Robert MacCrate
New York
Sullivan and Cromwell
MacCrate
Jerome K. Walsh Jr
Walsh and Frisch
Peers Board
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai Hamlet
Peers
Myai
Calley
Ernest Medina
Special Army
Medina
My Lai 4
Boston
I. Lee Bailey
Robb denies Marines killed civilians in Vietnam inquiry
Maj. Charles Robb, son-in-law of Lyndon B. Johnson, urged Pentagon investigation into allegations that Marines in his company killed or injured Vietnamese civilians. He said he knew of no such incidents and noted Senator Percy asked for an inquiry based on a letter from Martin-Trigona. He added Percy referred the matter to Defense Department for review.
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Las Vegas
Ney
Charles Robb
Pentagon
Marine
Lyndon
Johnson
Washington
Charles H. Percy
R-I
U.S
Percy
Anthony ‘Martin-Trigona
Champaign
Ilc
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Rebb
Marine Company
Harvard Hall Occupied by Black Unity Protesters
About 50 to 100 protesters seized Harvard University Hall in Cambridge to press demands for increased Black enrollment and improved conditions for Black workers. Harvard officials warned of trespass charges if they stayed and later allowed talks with demonstrators. No violence reported, and onlookers acted as police lookouts near University Hall.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
University Hall
Harvard College
Ernest R. May
May
L. Gard Wiggins
Harvard
Archibald
Cox
Organization For Black Unity
OBU
University Con-Bullhorn
Shore
Police seize guns in raid on Black Panther leader
Chicago police raided the Ray mond Hilliard Homes apartment of Bobby Rush, 22, Panthers deputy minister of defense, seizing a .22 derringer, several hundred rounds, and Army manuals on booby traps. A search warrant led officers to batter in the door. no one was home. Rush faces possible marijuana charges as Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed in a separate raid.
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Chicago
South Side
Bobby Rush
Panther
Rush
Ray
Mond Hilliard Homes Project
William Woods
Woods
Fred Hampton
Llinois
Black Panther Party
West Side
Mark Clark
Peoria
Ill
The
Panthers
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Barrington
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