Illinois service tax questioned by court ruling
Editorial argues that a July 1 nickel tax on drugs and four selective services may violate the state constitution and 14th Amendment. Judge Donovan suggests uniformity concerns could undo the tax, risking a $140 million shortfall plus $40 million lost inheritance tax, possibly forcing a special legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Donovan
Otto Kerner
Theodore Jones
State Revenue
Judge Donovan
Jones
Kerner
Presidential Wardrobe of Washington Icons satire
A shop named DeQuinceys shelves political presidents from McCarthy to Nixon in satire. The clerk offers choices like Romney and Kennedy, spoofing wear, sincerity, and politics. The piece riffs on public opinion, party shifts, and the idea of a president as a fashion line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
McCarthy
Kennedy
Detroit
Nixon
Rockefeller
Washington's quiet revolution among the Negro elite
Myra MacPherson surveys Washington's rising Black professional class as they gain access to elite schools, private clubs, embassies, and White House events. The shift brings integrated social life for some, yet club exclusivity and social boundaries persist among the city’s notable Black leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra MacPherson
New York Times
Washington
Yale
Harvard
Radcliffe
Vassar
White House
Aubrey Robinson
Federal Court For
District of Columbia
Robinson
Carl Rowan
Finland
United States Information Agency
Judge Robinson
Rowan
Gold Coast
Platinum Coast
16Th Street
Rock Creek Park
George Washington
Racial Strife Tests Illinois Cities Galesburg Pekin
Illinois editor notes race issues moving from the Deep South to cities like Galesburg and Pekin. In Galesburg a Negro section and an open housing ordinance spark clashes with lenders and NAACP protests. Pekin fears housing moves near Caterpillar and faces lingering anti Negro sentiment despite proximity to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Galesburg
Pekin
van Wolverton
Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
Deep South
Peoria
Rock Isline
Carbondale
Aurora
Joliet
Champaign
Cairo
East St. Louis
Robert P. Cabeen
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Ray Young
Louisville
Miss
Galesburg High School
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
Young
Ku Klux Klan
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Caterpillar
Dirksen
Everett Dirksen
South
Second look stalls Yale Bassar merger and other images
The piece notes Yale and Bassar will not merge and Elihu Yale may recover his fraternity pin. It references Coolidge, Hoffa, a devalued pound with Twiggy, Arnold Palmer Academy, subpar performance, and McNamara’s ban in a satirical collage of 1960s themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Bassar
Elihu Yale
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NEA
Capital
North Portal Estates
District-Maryland
Atlanta
District of Columbia Corporation
Charles Duncan
Dartmouth
Robert Weaver
Ralph Bunche
Ralph Jr
Sen
Human Relations Commission
Tazewell County
Peor
Calvin Coolidge
Vietnam
United States
World
Jimmy Hoffa
Twiggy
Arnold Palmer Golf Academy
McNamara
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