State chamber tax plan prompts budget surplus debate
The Illinois State Chamber offers an 8 percent flat income tax for individuals and corporations and a deferment of $437 million in 1970 spending to cut Ogilvie's proposed rate. It argues surpluses in 1971 justify delaying programs, but warns deferral could hurt essential services like education.
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Tuenois
Chamber
Posal
Ogilvie
Gov. Ogilvie
Senate
State Chamber
General Assembly
Warning on national security state risks and defense policy
A report by nine senators and 36 representatives warns the United States risks becoming a national security state. It argues current manpower and spending assume three simultaneous wars and urges a shift to realistic contingencies. Critics blame civilian leadership. propose a defense policy centered on vital core interests and safer savings. Notable signers include Fulbright McGovern and Mikva, with internalist and internationalist credentials.
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United States
Europe
China
South America
Grap
Iself
W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Harold E. Hughes
Towa
George
Longest Day incident cited in WWII tale and TV skits
The column recalls John M. Steele a World War II paratrooper who dangled on a church steeple near dawn June 6 1944 in France and was later captured escaped and rejoined his unit. It also notes a TV humor segment and mentions Vaughn Meador the Kennedy impersonator and Raoul Fleischman founder backer of the New Yorker among other notes.
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Cornelius Ryan
John M. Steele
Metropolis
Steele
France
David Frye
Hubert Tumphrey
William F. Buckley Jr
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Kin F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Vaughn Meador
Raoul Fleischman
Harold Ross
New Yorkera Magazine
Fleischman
The
New Yorker
New Rker
Illinois may lure coal to synthetic fuel plant
A 1960s plan to convert coal into synthetic fuel was floated by Humble Oil and Refinery Co. officials with mentions of a large Illinois site, 10,000 jobs, and a $400 million initial investment. Gov. Shapiro and Ray Dickerson teased a major industrial development, while no formal site or company announcement was made.
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Richard H. Seen
Lindsay-Sehaub Ni
WTP
G. H. Shipley
Humble Oil and Refinery Co
Mlingis Mining Institute
Gene Graves
Department of Business and Economic Development
Graves
Sinois
Ray C. Dickerson
Dickerson
Champaign
Shapiro
Humble
Consolidated Edison
Chicago
Central
Elingis
USI
United States Industrial Chemical Co
Tuscola
Quiet Memorial Day reading honors Vietnam War dead
In Carbondale at Woodlawn Cemetery on East Main Street a Memorial Day reading listed American names killed in Vietnam. The event began near dawn and ran past 1 a.m. with about 60 participants and many listeners. Readers and witnesses described shared grief, noting names spoke across diverse ethnicities while urging an end to the war. Leland and Peg Stauber led the observance.
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The
Southern Windsan
Carbondale
Woodawn Cemetery
East Main Street
Whems
Leland and
Peg Stauber
Real Men Editor Debate on Draft and Vietnam War
A passionate polemic argues real men fight in Vietnam while many U S youths dodge the draft. It contrasts draft resistance with older soldiers dying abroad and questions religion based exemptions, urging unity against communism and honoring those who died defending the country.
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Minassan
Vietnam
America
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John McCarter
Senate Revenue Committee
David Felts
Gerous
John Steele
Sue
London Zoo
Ilinois
Lindsay-Sehaub
Chamber of Commerce
Dickerson’s Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Champaign - Urbana
Decatur
Ting
Weston
College Presidents Benevolent and Protective Nion
Vassar
Old Ben No. 26
Ming, Near
Lesser
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