Editorial: Sales tax hike vs franchise tax in Illinois debate
The editorial weighs a half-cent sales tax increase against a tenfold rise in the corporate franchise tax. It notes potential revenue for schools and warns higher corporate taxes may be passed to consumers, harming state products and employment, while urging merit-based argument and caution against masking a tax as a tax on the rich.
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Illinois
House Revenue Committee
Stratton
Democratic House
Senate
Eisenhower Pushes Higher Rates for Savings Bonds
President Eisenhower urged Congress to remove rate ceilings on government savings bonds and to raise the permanent and temporary debt limits. The Treasury seeks a modest rate increase from 3 38 to 3 34 percent to attract investors and stabilize long term issues, while nudging the debt ceiling from 283 to 288 billion and temporary from 288 to 295 billion. Congress is urged to act to ensure cash for government operations and curb speculative excess.
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U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
NATO Meeting in London Shapes Atlantic Outlook for Decade
About 600 delegates from government science business labor and professions gather at the Atlantic Congress in London. They will consider but not decide actions to resolve NATO tensions including nuclear arms disengagement and national commitments. The German question and disputes over fishing rights and free trade versus the Common Market are debated alongside concerns about Communist economic progress in developing nations. The aim is a fresh guide for the alliance for the next decade, with nonbinding but influential decisions.
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Atlantic Community of Nations
London
NATO
Iceland
Atlantic Community
Atlantic Alliance
Rockefeller links and Algonquin luminaries in a nostalgic review
Dave Felts surveys William Manchester and Gerald Carson notes on Rockefeller philanthropy at the University of Chicago, the Big Ten era songs, and Auburn era entertainments. He recalls the Algonquin Round Table circle with Ross Thurber and Parker figures, and mournes Dr. Robert Bell Browne of Illinois.
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Rockefeller
William Manchester
Little, Brown
Gerald Carson
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
U of C
Jerry Carson
University of Illinois
Illinois Magazine
Michigan
Purdue
Jolly Boys Chicago
Standard Oil
Good Fellows
Illinois
New York
Algonquin Hotel
Ross
James Thurber
Harold Ross
New Yorker Magazine
Thurber
Algonquin Round Table
Alexander Woollcott
Heywood Broun
Robert
Miami University
Bob Browne
Robert Bell Browne
Wisconsin
Marion
Round Table
Do Morse Charges Against Presidents Provoke Tempered Debate
The piece questions whether Wayne Morse s past critical quotes about FDR and Truman plus terms like corruption and malfeasance constitute intemperate language. It notes Morse's party shifts and asks if his attacks deserve inclusion in the Luce ambassador nomination record.
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Clare Boothe Luce
U.S
Brazil
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Senate
Oregon
United States
Luce
Price Support Evils
A Atlanta Constitution editorial argues grain price supports distort markets after a grain surplus. It notes feed efficiency rising from 77 to 145 eggs per 50 pounds, hopes for 160, and critiques government storage costs and protection levels for wheat. It urges buying and freezing eggs and poultry and cites farm economics, subsidies, and protected prices.
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Atlanta Constitution
Congress
You Can't Bulldoze A Mountaineer by Charles Stafford
Report From Kentucky Coal Mine describes armed clashes between 750 small nonunion mines and the United Mine Workers Union in eastern Kentucky. It notes deaths, arson, and dynamite against loading ramps and mines, and profiles Lonzo Collins and local attitudes toward union contracts amid a stubborn, work-ethic culture.
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Charles Stafford
Associated Press
Whitesburg
Kentucky
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Hatfield
Kentucky McCoy
Jonse Hatfield
Rose Anne McCoy
Kentucky Mountains
UMW
Ohio
Tug Rivers
Virginia
Kentucky Bluegrass
Hearn
Lonzo Collins
Collins
Isom
John L. Lewis
Flanary
Dr. Flanary
Climate Of Extremism Refrain In South
The piece cites Sen. John C. Stennis warning that civil rights laws could trigger population migrations from Mississippi and Arkansas. It notes North Carolina's education climate as appealing to industry, and observes a growing, moderate voice in public opinion favoring educational stability over integration, with emphasis on schooling.
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Associated Press
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
North Carolina
the Post-Herald
Birmingham
Alabama
Chemstrand Corp
U.S
Stennis
Chemstrand Chemical
Little Rock
Ark
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida rape trial opens with all-male jury panel
Four young white men face possible life sentences in a Florida rape case. Judge W. May Walker, a veteran from the north Florida area, will preside in Circuit Court. The court summoned 156 prospective jurors, all men, with a few Negroes among them. In jail awaiting trial are William Collinsworth, 23, a telephone lineman. Patrick G Scarborough, 20, an Air Force enlisted man. David Beagles, 18, a high school senior. and Ollie Stoutamire, 16.
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Fellak W. May Walker
North Florida
William Collinsworth
Patrick G. Scarborough
Air Force
David Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Carolyn Garrott wins DAR Good Citizen Award
Carolyn Garrott of Anna is named the Daughters of American Revolution Good Citizen Award recipient. A senior at Anna-Jonesboro High School she belongs to the Local Honor Society band Latin Club and Future Teachers of America. She plans to major in English at Carthage College.
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Carolyn Garrott
Anna
Daughters of American Revolution
Anna-Jonesboro High School
Future Teachers of America
Garrett
Carthage College
Wall Street Delays Spark Carbondale Traffic Frustration
A reader questions City of Carbondale officials over stalled plans to surface South Wall Street from East Main to East College Street. The letter cites chronic deterioration, traffic bottlenecks at Main Street intersections, and promises from 1958 and 1959 that have not materialized, despite state highway approval and fuel tax funds. The writer urges action to relieve congestion and improve arterial traffic.
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Carbondale
South Wall Street
East Main
East College St
Main Street
Washington Street
Illinois Avenue
State Highway Department
Wall Street
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Chadwick
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New Yorker
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Braun
Beatnik
Denver Post
Democratic Party
San Francisco Chronicle
Independent
John C. Stennis
Sen. Stennis
Florida
Tallahassee, Fla
DAR
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