Demand Revenue Reform Through a New Illinois Article
Editorial argues all Illinois residents should pressure lawmakers for a special session to draft a Revenue Article, enabling a public referendum in November. If enacted this year, 1963 legislation could modernize taxes to relieve fiscal crises, else reform waits until 1965.
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Miinois
Otto Kener
General Assembly
Ilinois
Springfield
Kerner
Finois Public Aid Commission
Illinois
Kennedy shifts on budget as economy falters
President Kennedy alters fiscal stance amid slower growth. Unemployment at 5.4 percent remains high and steel mills run at 60 percent capacity, prompting a switch from balanced-budget rhetoric to tax cuts. Deficits now pitched as economic stimulus rather than burden.
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Kennedy
White House
New Haven
Organizing Is Not Enough for Youth Delinquency
The Christian Science Monitor critiques the Mobilization for Youth project as a costly, committee driven plan aimed at NYC youth. It questions the real test lies in intangibles and the ability to curb delinquency amid urban pressure and enticing temptations.
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Christian Science Monitor
New York City
United States
New York
Lower East Side
Dirksen Uses Coin To Aid Political Planning
Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois jokes he uses a coin to decide high level politics. One side reads Go ahead and do it the other The hell with it. He says the device cuts time wasted on decision making and notes his votes against the minimum wage housing and area redevelopment bills show how the coin works.
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Everett M
Dirksen
Mlinois
Sil ver Treasury of Light Verse and a Stoddard King find
Dave Felts reviews anthologies and memoir fragments, noting many items credited to Anonymous. He recalls discovering a Stoddard King excerpt in Saturday Evening Post and revisits memories of Springfield friends and local lunches. He also reflects on Miami University commencement antics and a book-Travel piece planned by Viking, plus a personal reminiscence road trip with color and humor.
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Mentor Books
Geoffrey Chaucer
Ogden Nash
Stoddard King
Saturday Evening Post
Anonymous
Spokane Spokesman- Review
Post
Springfield
Vachel Lindsays
Miami University
Carmencita Garcia
Miami Redskins
Miami
Oxford
Ohio
B.S
Liberty
Ind
Ohio Line
Montezuma
Wendell Willkie
Rushville
Indiana
Gine Illinois
Wisconsin
Rockville
Connersville
Indianapolis
Ayres Department Store
Moonshine crackdown visit fuels Prohibition era memory
Sheriff recounts a moonshine raid deep in ridge country. A large still was found and destroyed, with guards present and bullets fired during the pursuit. The piece links past Prohibition bootlegging to modern enforcement trends and notes shifts in illegal liquor patterns and branding in the South and East.
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Cub
Para
New York-Philadelphia
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
United States
Western Style Of Advertising Tried By Reds
Soviet economists urge more advertising and brand differentiation to raise product quality and reduce waste, a view revived by Prof. Marshall I Goldman of Wellesley College. He notes Soviet standards are low and improving choice could fix it, with experts in Russia adopting capitalist advertising ideas.
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Bible Belt
Suua
Goldman
Soviet Union
Reds
Peter Bart
New York Times News Service
New York
Marshall I. Goldman
Wellesley College
Harvard University
Iscng
Vwaitaminsh
Labor unions' tax loophole fuels vast untaxed gains
A 1962 tax analysis warns that unions' private investments exceed 500 million dollars, with earnings from such holdings taxed differently than bingo income. It argues Section 501 exemptions create uneven competition with private firms, enabling unions to act as wealthy, powerful entities. The piece critiques the 1954 code and Hoffa's role in financing union activities.
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Washington
House ,Ways and Means Committee
Cam
Hoffa
Public planning critique in Carbondale over wasteful spending
Paula Anne Franklin denounces Garbondale City Council for overruling planning recommendations and wasting nearly $18,000 on a welfare-oriented plan. She urges thoughtful, inclusive growth and public services over private interests and labor loopholes, calling for intelligent council members.
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Tllinois
Garbondale
Planning Commission
Carbont
Bondale
Carbondale
Paula Anne Franklin Carbondale
Writer dispute over Ficocelli ends in university dismissal
Kent Jackson argues the controversy over firing cellist Ficocelli harms his career and future teaching prospects. He urges critics to stop letters that cause turmoil and questions sending ships to scrap when they may still have value.
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Southern Clincisan
Ficcocelli
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