Senate votes to halt funds for U S combat in Cambodia Laos
A Senate vote backed by 63 to 19 approves antibombing amendments to bar all U S funding for combat in Indochina. House action 219 to 188 had denied funds for further hostility in Cambodia. Conference committee to reconcile with a 3.6 billion appropriation and end limits on bombing.
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U.S
Indochina
House
Cambbdia
Laos
United States
Cambodia
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Moinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Charles A. Percy
Congress
Vietnam
Eagleton
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Jesse Helms
Iceland accuses Britain of ramming Icelandic tug
Reykjavik charges 10 to 20 British trawlers rammed an Icelandic tug three times in disputed waters east of Iceland, risking sinking. Government spokesman Hannes Johnson calls the act a horrible act of British aggression. London reports two British trawlers rammed by an Icelandic gunboat in a fresh flare up.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Hannes Johnson
London
Atlantic
Mid-year Budget Review Shows Higher Revenue Boost
The Nixon administration submitted a mid-year federal budget review to Congress showing $17 billion higher income than January estimates. Deficit projections for 1973 and 1974 were trimmed to $18 billion and $3 billion respectively, driven by strong income tax receipts amid booming profits and wages.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Nixon Pompidou discuss broad new Atlantic charter
In Reykjavik Nixon and Pompidou end two day talks with a plan for a wider Atlantic alliance summit. Kissinger outlined a 16 nation gathering by October or November to tackle monetary trade and defense issues, with continued bilateral talks and possible deputy level meetings to draft principles.
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Reykjavik
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Ireland
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
France
Atlantic Alliance
Michel Jobert
Paris
Cobden honors ex mayor for park funded from his salary
Former Cobden mayor G Wallace Rich saved his $1920 mayoral salary plus $800 in private donations to develop a city park. The 300 by 60 foot site in town center features a basketball court shuffleboard merry go round and swings. Completion followed his four year term with a potluck tribute at Giant City Park attended by about 150.
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Wanda Barras
Southern Illinoisan
Cobden
G. Wallace Rich
Rich
Giant City Park
Heil
Illinois House OKs bill delaying 1975 soft coal standards
Illinois lawmakers approve a Hart sponsored measure to delay enforcing EPA and PCB air rules on soft coal until sulfur removal equipment is available and public hearings confirm readiness. The bill argues current equipment gaps threaten Southern Illinois jobs and a $1 billion coal industry.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois House
House
Richard Hart
D-Benton
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Pollution Control Board
PCB
EPA
Hart
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Fanklin
Montgomery
Freeman 5
Franklin County
Illinois Institute For Environmental Quality
Chicago
Illinois Senate approves 621 million freeway plan
The Illinois Senate cleared a 621 million freeway construction package backed by Republicans as a counter to Gov. Daniel Walker's plan. The measure faces a hard test in the House where Walker supporters threaten a veto, while some GOP leaders hint they may back the plan if Walker rejects expansion. Senator Hudson Sours blasted Southern Democrats for abstaining as Sen. Kenneth Buzbee voted no, predicting the governor will get the program he wants. The Senate also approved a state savings and loan branch bill 35-8. In regional action, Southern Illinois lawmakers backed a tax freeze measure with most votes in favor and no opposition reported.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
Illinois Senate
House
Senate
Walker
GOP
W. Robert Blair
R-Park Forest
Clyde L. Choate
D-Anna
Richard B. Ogilvie
General Assembly
Sparta
Carbondale
Hudson Sours
Sours
Kenneth Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Buzbee
Howard Mohr
Forest Park
Savings and Loan Associations
Warning from judge may yield contempt ruling in Illinois liquor panel case
U S District Judge Walker warned Gov Daniel Walker of possible contempt for not withdrawing his nomination for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Judge Poos ordered Walker to show cause why he should not be held in contempt and to appear June 5 in Alton to address the Sandquist nomination and prior removal actions.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
Illinois Liquor Coutol Commission
Omer Poos
Walker
Illinois Senate
Elroy C. Sandquist Jr
Chicago
Sandquist
Donald Adams
Quincy
Adams
Poos
Alton
Court backs acting directors authority over state payments
Attorney general William J. Scott advised Comptroller George Lindberg to issue pay checks to Gov. Daniel Walker's acting directors and honor their vouchers. The 17 page opinion names Joel Adelman and Dr Joyce Laehof as acting directors and clarifies authority under new statutes and a new state office. Adelman controls welfare checks for more than 300000 recipients. Papadopoulos abolishes Greek monarchy and proclaims Greece a presidential republic with himself as first president.
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Springfield
William J. Scott
George Lindberg
Daniel Walker
Scott
Lindberg
Joel Adelman
State Department of Public Aid
Joyce Laehof
State Department of Public Health
Adelman
Walker
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Greece
Papadopoulos
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St. Clair Counties
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Chester
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
James Holloway
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
Benton
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Ting
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