Barricades Ahead For Highway Program
Editorial argues Illinois highway funding faces a lean year with $191 million in total highway receipts and only about $30.7 million left to match $32 million in federal aid for the primary system. Governors, legislators, and local units blame each other as debates over gasoline tax increases and Arrington amendments threaten 1966 highway revenues. The piece warns a special session would not solve the impasse and a reckoning is coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
O. T. Banton
Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers
Virden E
Otto Kerner
Illinois Senate
GOP
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Kerner
Arrington
General Assembly
Highway Study Commission
Ralph Brown
Highway
Brown
Secretary of State
Department of Public Safety
Department of Finance
Auditor of Public Accounts
Senate
State
Supreme Court
Dept
Dept. Public Safety
Judicial System
Dept. of Finance
Sec
Dept. of Public Safety
Dept. of Finance and
State Auditor
Cook County
Chicago
Cook Quarry
Francis S. Lorenz
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Statehouse
Lorenz
Springfield
Cities
Downstate
Townshins
Percy Weighs Senate Race and Moderation Question
Charles Percy’s aide lists seven reasons stirring hesitancy about a senate bid. Non political factors include European seminars, a June Scandinavia trip, and roles with Outboard Marine and the National Recreation and Park Association. Percy seeks certainty he can run as a moderate and influence state issues.
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Charles Percy
Bell & Howell Board
Scott Cohen
Percy
U. S. State Department
Europe
Scandinavia
National Recreation and Park Association
Outboard Marine Manuacturing Co
Reo
Paul Douglas
Cohen
Aid and policy clash in farm federation view
The American Farm Bureau Federation urges tying farm policy to foreign aid, arguing for more multilateral support and less political conditioning. Charles B. Shuman warns aid should push economic reform rather than political strings while recognizing limits on U S food and technical aid to developing nations.
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United States
American Farm Bureau Federation
AFBF
U. S
Charles B. Shuman
Farm Group
America
Mixed cultural notes from Felts column and college games
Dave Felts reviews a Samson et Dalila revival noting familiar ballet music and a new lyric, then shifts to Earlham College’s loss to Southwest Texas State in the GE College Bowl. The piece also covers Fanfani’s UN role, Viking claims debate, and a Brentano’s Pollock puzzle ad with playful puzzle chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera Company
Saint-Saens
New York Times
Little Egypt
Mummyland
Earlham College
Southwest Texas State College
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Earlham
Lyndon Johnson
San Mateos
Texas
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Teachers College
Illini highway funding crisis nears critical period
Sanctioned by O T Banton the article warns that mounting maintenance costs threaten Illinois highway construction. It traces tax history from 1951 to 1966, outlines revenue gaps, and discusses potential special legislative action including a possible 2 cent gas tax hike earmarked for highways and bond financing as options to bridge the funding shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Banton
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
Illinois Highway Division
Illinois Highway Study Commission
Virden E. Staff
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Washington
New
Illinois Committee
Pérey
Perey
Dave Felts
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
United Nations General Assembly
University of Rome
Christopher Columbus
New World
New York
Yale
Fanfani
Sir Isaac Newton
Isaac
U. N. General Assembly
Vinland
Columbus
India
Brentano's
Jackson Pollock
Cies
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