University budget clash edges toward final passage
Senate conference report clears the university systems bill after two House amendments are dropped. Gov. Walker plans a resolution moment as the legislature works past June adjournment. Budget totals stay at 646 million for ordinary and contingent expenses amid a push to program budgeting and higher education funding.
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Conference Committee
House
Higher Education Board
Daniel Walker
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois and
Hanahan
John R. Lauer
R Broadwell
Board of Regents
Senate Appropriations Committees
House Appropriations Committee
Illinois approves 1.7 billion for road program and freeway plans
The Illinois General Assembly approved a 1.7 billion transportation appropriation, 200 million more than Governor Daniel Walker requested. The extra funds support a proposed 1,950 mile supplementary freeway system while Walker questions spending pace and aims to avoid backtracking on his freeway plans.
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Transportation Department
Walker
W. Robert Blair
R-Park Forest
Blair
GOP
Carbondale
Bi-State Development Authority
East St. Louis
Decatur
Marion
Harrisburg
Illinois House Hikes Minimum Wage and Sets Abortion Bill
The Illinois House approved a plan to raise the adult minimum wage from 1.60 to 1.75 an hour starting January 1974 with a total 50 cent increase by 1976. The measure passed 111 to 13 and goes to Governor Walker. The abortion regulation bill follows Supreme Court guidelines, sponsored by Rep. Robert Day.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Daniel Wailxer
House
Daniel Walker
Illinois
Robert Day
R. Peoria
Supreme Court
Butter and eggs climb as price freeze lags
AP market basket survey across 13 cities shows butter and eggs rising in June despite a 60 day price freeze. From June 1 to July 1 most items held steady, eight cities saw higher totals, while butter rose up to 11 percent in Los Angeles and eggs up to 18 percent in Seattle.
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Albuquerque
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Salt Lake City
Nixon signs antiwar measures to curb Indochina action
President Nixon signs legislation to end all U S military action in Indochina by August 1 and indicates he may seek new war powers if needed for a Southeast Asia peace. He stresses a Cambodian settlement as the remaining peace element and pledges responsible actions to win that peace.
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Calif
Nixon
U. S
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Congress
Ozark Air Lines flights to resume at Williamson County Airport
Ozark Air Lines will resume 85 percent of flights this Thursday with full service returning within 30 days after a strike by Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association ended. Allen Douglas, Ozark’s Williamson County Airport manager, said 62 cities in 15 states will be served, except East Coast locations. The dispute, over wages and work rules, had halted operations for 13 months under an expired contract. Top mechanic pay will reach $7 per hour by March 1.
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Chicago
Walker
Blair
William A. Redmond
Bensenville
Redmond
Illinois
Ozark Air Lines
Williamson County
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
Ozark
Allen Douglas
Edward Crane
Douglas
Crane
Israeli air attache Yosef Alon slain in Washington attack
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan accused Palestinian terrorists of killing Israeli air attache Yosef Alon outside his Chevy Chase Maryland home. Alon’s body arrived in Israel aboard a U.S. Air Force jet escorted by Israeli fighters as Dayan vowed to liquidate the terrorist movement and pursue those responsible.
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Moshe Dayan
Yosef Alon
Washington
Israel
Alon
Chevy Chase
Dayan
Lod
Dean's Watergate Testimony Triggers Counterblast
Dean testified before the Senate Watergate committee for five days and alleged presidential involvement. Charles Colson dismissed the claims as unfounded, insisting Dean lied about briefing the President on Watergate.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Dean
White House
Senate
Colson
Weather Outlook Glows With Heat And Storms Through Week
Tonight expect humidity with partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the 70s. Tuesday turns partly sunny hot and humid with a 90 to 95 degree high. Wednesday to Friday trend fair to partly cloudy with chances of showers and thunderstorms.
Snake-handling believer bitten as faith rally draws crowd
In Newport Tennessee a rattlesnake bite left Murl Bass, 35, of Chattanooga hospitalized in undetermined condition after a Sunday ritual at the Church of God in Jesus Name. Hundreds attended despite a court ban on handling snakes and other believers tested faith with flames and more venomous serpents.
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Murl Bass
Church of God In Jesus
Chattanooga
Little Church
East Tennessee
Newport
Bass
Erlanger Hospital
Liston Pack
Pack
North Carolina
Knoxville
Jesus
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Williams
Ben Laws
Middlesboro
Laws
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