Kerner tax plan gets clean bill of health at hearing
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner's proposed tax legislation drew broad support at a Senate revenue committee hearing. Civic groups and industry leaders welcomed the plan as a route to fill a $1.038 billion revenue gap over the next two years through broadening the tax base.
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John Zakarian
Lineay-Schaub
Springfield
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Senate Revenue Committee
Kerner
Illinois considers broad sales tax to include services
Illinois weighs expanding the 3.5 percent sales tax to cover services such as legal, medical and barber services. The plan could raise about 685 million dollars over 20 months, funded largely by natural growth and limiting city sharing. Support from Caterpillar, LWV, and other groups backs an honest approach to meet a 5.6 billion budget, with Sept. 1 as the potential start date.
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Kerner
Theodore Jones
Jones
Illinois
Border clashes widen jitters in Vietnam theater
AP reports a South Vietnamese task force plus U S Marines faced heavy fighting near the DMZ. The 5 000 strong force struck the 88th Mobile Battalion near Dong Ha and Quang Tri while Marines battled a bunkered ridge near Con Thien Camp Carroll. Air and artillery supported the actions as Red mortar fire spread along the zone.
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Dong Ha
Quang Tri City
Con Thien
Camp Carrol
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Tan An
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi - Haiphong
Air Force
Thailand
Ma Gia Pass
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
Gulf declaration on free passage urged for Gulf of Aqaba
The United States and Britain lead talks with a dozen maritime nations to issue a declaration ensuring free and innocent passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel would gain immediate benefits, while Egypt opposes the blockade. U Thant, Goldberg and Fedorenko participate in UN efforts to break the Security Council stalemate as Wilson and Johnson discuss Middle East strategy.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Britain
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Egypt
U. S
Middle East
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Senate
House
Gulf
U.N
United Nations, N.Y
AP U.N
Security Council
Council
Arthur J. Goldberg
U Thant
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Hans Tabor
Goldberg-Fedorenko
Fatal clash on Israel Syria border claims first lives
An armed clash on Israel's border with Syria leaves two Israelis and one Syrian dead. The incident, near Kfar Hanassi, follows days of border shooting as Gen. Moshe Dayan is appointed defense minister. Egypt threatens Suez closure and De Gaulle calls for Western mediation.
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Israel
Syria
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Dayan
Kfar Hanassi
United States
Jordan
Jerusalem
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Paris
Soviet Union
Britain
Washington
London
Suez Canal
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
McNamara Plans Major Guard and Reserve Cuts
Washington AP reports Secretary McNamara plans to eliminate 15 National Guard divisions and five Army Reserve brigades, facing strong Senate and House opposition.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
National Guard
Senate
House
Weekend Weather Outlook For Fair and Cool Start
Fair and cool tonight with low 50s to 55. Mostly sunny and slightly warmer Saturday with a high near 80. Includes weather details and map on page 18.
Judge sets sentencing for Richard Speck in Peoria
Judge Herbert C. Paschen announced Speck will be sentenced Monday in Peoria for murdering eight nurses. A Circuit Court jury had recommended the death penalty in the electric chair after conviction for the July 14, 1966 slayings, with the trial moved from Chicago due to prejudice claims.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Peoria
Herbert C. Paschen
McNamara Halts Military Drinking Rituals After Paratrooper Death
Secretary of Defense McNamara orders an immediate halt to initiation style drinking ceremonies in the armed forces. The directive follows the April 14 death of Lt. Ronald Greer Reeves at Fort Bragg after a prop blast event. Reeves, a Clemson graduate and nondrinker, died after consuming the equivalent of 17 ounces of 87 proof vodka. The coroner jury ruled the death accidental.
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Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ronald Greer Reeves
Reeves
Clemson University
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Carbondale Named Growth Center in Regional EDA District
The five county Greater Egypt Economic Development District, led by Carbondale as growth center, earns EDA aid eligibility. Franklin Jackson Jefferson Perry Williamson counties qualify for a 10 percent aid bonus with potential water sewer upgrades and a Tech Tape Corp expansion loan pending.
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The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Southern Illinois
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Greater Egypt
Franklin
Jackson
Jefferson
Perry
Williamson
Carbondale
Illinois
EDA Public Works
Technical Tape Corp
Madame Mao Uses Two Tons Of Paper On Opera Revision
A Chinese press account from Hsinhua portrays Chiang Ching pressing cultural control during the Cultural Revolution. The report, told from Madame Mao’s viewpoint, frames the opera On the Docks as a clash over heroic workers versus complex middle characters.
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Charles Mohr
New York Times
Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Chiang Ching
Liu Shao-Chi
Hsinhua
Yenan Forum
Liu
Ity
Madame Mao
New China
Goodyear blimp snagged on power lines near Dunreith
The Goodyear blimp May flower hooked on high tension lines above U S 40 near Dunreith Indiana. The pilot dumped fuel and ballast then floated clear and moored in a field for repairs. Crew members escaped safely while the co-pilot Richard Nye was hospitalized briefly. Repair at the scene is to take two to three days before the craft heads to Akron for examination.
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Dunreith
Ind
U.S. 40
Indiana
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Lee Cermak
Richard Nye
Miami
Fla
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Richard Johnson
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