Southern Illinois offers cultural and natural treasures for tourists
Stephen Tatarsky highlights Southern Illinois as a tourism treasure chest with two major rivers, four large lakes, wildlife refuges, and the Shawnee National Forest. He notes driving routes forming a tourist triangle from Cairo to Du Quoin, but warns of poor roads, limited access, and scarce signage limiting visitors. The piece lists new developments like Pounds campground, Rim Rock Trail, and Lake Glendale projects, plus attendance figures and concession activity at Pirates Cove, Crab Orchard, Little Grassy, and Devil's Kitchen Lakes.
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Leasee
Bill Brown
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Kerner vetoes remap plan for Illinois House seats
Gov. Kerner vetoed a Republican drafted remap to redraw Illinois House districts, citing inequities in population. The action sets up a bipartisan 10 member commission to craft a new map or move to at large elections if no agreement is reached. Southern Illinois could lose a district under the proposed changes.
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Prayers For U S Peace As Pope And Kennedy Meet
In Rome July 2 Pope Paul VI and President Kennedy discussed peace and a united human family. The Pontiff praised Kennedy for efforts to end racial discrimination and spoke of shared moral principles of truth justice and liberty. The meeting highlighted unity and the Church’s teaching on the dignity of every person.
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Kennedy Meets Pope and Italy Talks on East West Tensions
Kennedy’s 10 day European tour included a papal audience where a Vatican source cited the president saying he hoped to visit the United States. Pope Paul indicated providence would decide. In Rome Kennedy and Italian President Segni discussed easing East West tensions and Italy’s ideas on a multinational NATO nuclear force. A joint communique framed the talks as a useful exchange on East West relations.
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Kerr Rebuts Kerner Veto Over Cigarette Tax Plan
Gov Otto Kerner vowed to veto the one cent per pack cigarette tax drawing a blow to Southern Illinois recreation promoters. The bill would split revenue between recreation and the general fund, with an estimated 26 million dollars per biennium. Senator Gordon Kerr argues the veto harms tourist industry and park access.
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NAACP call for national civil rights convention in Washington
Chicago July 2 AP The NAACP unanimously adopted an emergency resolution calling for a national civil rights legislative convention in Washington August 6 to 8 The measure urges a much tougher civil rights program than the one proposed by President Kennedy and was adopted at the convention's second session.
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Court rules tattooing a constitutional right in New York
A New York state Supreme Court justice ruled tattooing is an inalienable right and invalidated a city ban as unconstitutional. He noted historical figures such as Lady Randolph Churchill and King Edward VII as being tattooed and found no evidence linking tattooing to hepatitis or danger. The case arose from a Coney Island tattoo emporium challenging the ban.
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Coney Island
Governor Kerner rejects cigarette tax hike and taxes plan
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner said he would veto the legislature’s one cent per pack cigarette tax increase and oppose earmarking revenue for recreation and parks. He defended no new taxes for two years while noting revenue gains from tightened tax collection and sales tax reforms. He described the just-concluded session as favorable to administration bills amid GOP majorities and outlined plans to reorganize IPAC and appoint a new relief agency director.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Otto Kerner
Kerner
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Brookport
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IPAC
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New State Relief Agency
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Khrushchev Attacks Kennedy Visit in Berlin
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a Red Berlin rally that Kennedy’s West Berlin speech showed two different presidents and accused the U S leader of influenced revenge sentiments. He warned capitalism threatens East Germany and urged unity of Germany under socialism.
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Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. A bit cooler with lows in the upper 60s. Wednesday remains generally fair and cooler with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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