Highway tax hike and bonding bill pass House to Senate
Springfield lawmakers approved a 1 cent gas tax increase and higher vehicle fees as part of Gov. Ogilvie's highway package, plus a controversial seven member highway bonding authority. The vote leaned party line with Republicans 90 for passage. The measure would fund a priority road program and allow up to 2 billion in bonds over 26 years to build about 2,200 miles of roads. Democrats pressed amendments on bond terms and tax provisions amid lengthy debates. Senate later moved to reduce penalties for small marijuana offenses.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
House
Senate
Highway Bonding Authority
John Alsup
Decatur
James Holloway
Sparta
Highway Authority
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
McCormick
Illinois
B Ath
Choate
General Assembly
Robert Bish
R-Park Forest
Minois
Allies hit as Vietnam shelling peaks in 24 hours
Allied command reports more than 100 bases and towns hit by Viet Cong rockets and mortars across South Vietnam. US and South Vietnamese casualties rise with at least 49 Americans killed and over 100 wounded in ground fighting or shelling. South Vietnamese losses described as light. Analysts link the surge to pressure ahead of Midway Talks.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Midway
U.S. Command
U.S
Freck
Laird Rebukes Hanoi Over Prisoner Broadcasts
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird criticized Hanoi for contrived radio broadcasts purporting to quote U S pilots detained in North Vietnam. He urged openness to inspect POW camps and challenged the broadcasts as inadequate and deceptive.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Laird
United States
South Vietnam
Navy
Cmdr
John S. McCain
McCain
Fof
Pentagon
Defense Department
Jerry Friedheim
Department
Sniper Fire Kills Driver in East St. Louis
A passing vehicle opened fire on a car straddling East St. Louis and Floremont early today. William Hagler 21 of Granite City driver was killed. Robert Kilger 22 in fair condition and Ronnie Sample 18 in serious condition at St Marys Hospital. Investigating sheriff deputies.
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East
Search continues for missing U S spy plane over Aleutians
In Anchorage Alaska AP reports at least 15 military planes and two Coast Guard vessels kept searching the western Aleutians for an Air Force reconnaissance plane missing with 19 aboard. The last radio contact placed the RCI37 near Amchitka Island after a routine flight from Shemya to Eielson Air Force Base. The Pentagon said the four turbo fan engine aircraft carries electronic reconnaissance gear and suggested downing may have occurred.
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Anchorage
Tradio Communication
Shemya
China accuses Soviet raids across Manchurian border
Peking charged Moscow with firing across the Manchurian frontier and sending hundreds of armored vehicles into Sinkiang. Beijing said clashes since March have escalated, including a May 31 incursion by Soviet planes, with casualties, seizures, and a river accident caused by a searchlight. China urged a halt to firing and demanded return of kidnapped nationals and assets, warning of consequences if ignored.
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Tokyo
Red China
Sinkiang
Moscow
Peking
China
Wapalao
Heilung River
Heilungkiang
Heilung
Justice warns on campus disorder and coerced concessions
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Underwood told 60 court officials that campus disorders risk undermining education by allowing small groups to disrupt operations. He criticized Supreme Court rulings expanding criminal defendants rights and warned that endless relitigation harms justice. Cosmos 284 capsule safely landed in the Soviet Union after a May 29 launch.
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Cornell
Columbia
Berkeley
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Bochum
Germany
Bochum Space Observatory
Soviet Union
Metropolis Chief First Witness in Cairo Murder Trial
Metropolis crime trial opens with Cairo Police Chief Carl Clutts testifying for the state in the Willie Smith Jr case over the Feb 17 murder of Mrs. Mary Magee in Cairo. Prosecution describes suspect George Paurom and notes an addressed card near the victim. Defense plans cross-examination and a venue change due to Cairo racial tensions.
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Cairo
Carl Clutts
Metropolis
Willie Smith Jr
Smith
Mary Magee
Clutts
Gliorge Pauroim
William Meehan
Lin
Meehan
Weather outlook: showers possible tonight and Saturday
A brief weather note forecasts showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low near 7. Saturday features a chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high in the 80s.
Forman and aides occupy church offices in protest
James Forman and followers occupied the National Council of Churches executive offices and later United Presbyterian Church offices in New York to press demands for $300 million in reparations for past injustices to Negroes. The sit-ins continued at the Reformed Church in America and within the Interchurch Center on Riverside Drive, interrupting a Sunday service at Riverside Church last month.
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New York
James Forman
National Council of Churches Today
United Presbyterian Church
Reformed Church In America
Forman
Interchurch Center
Riverside Drive
Riverside Church
U S agents seize four men and arsenal on Long Island
Federal agents and Suffolk County detectives raided Long Island homes and seized four men with $50,000 worth of munitions and right wing literature. The cache included a large caliber machine gun, six submachines, 10 000 rounds, 23 rifles, 18 pistols, 19 silencers, bombs, flare guns, and gun parts. Treasury official Phillip Koplein said some suspects may belong to right wing groups.
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New York
Suffolk County
Long Island
Phillip E. Kopslein
Treasury Department
Abchot Tobacco and Firearm Division
UMW Leader Boyle to Speak at Illinois Sea Miners Meeting
W. A. B. "Tony" Boyle international president of the United Mine Workers of America will address a mass meeting of Illinois sea miners at noon Sunday in West Frankfort High School. He will discuss union matters and progress on mine health and safety legislation.
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