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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1965
Page
1
Charity Will, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Will of Herrin, had her hair trimmed at Anita's Beauty Shop. Her hair measured about 35 inches and was cut because it tangled after swimming. The girl was thrilled and laughed through the procedure.
Springfield June 16 House Speaker John Touhy accuses Republicans of issuing ultimatums harming Illinois welfare as Senate blocks bills at passage stage. Touhy defends Democratic efforts to clear the calendar and criticizes threats to disrupt state government over education mental health school transportation and police salaries. He cites Senate Republican leader Russell Arrington whose stance is summarized as no no no.
West Berlin officials fear riots may break out Thursday after East Berlin guards killed a German veteran and wounded his fiancée. A rally in front of City Hall is planned as the 12th anniversary of East German anti Communist revolt is marked. The couple were shot while boating on the Teltow Canal near Communist territory.
The Illinois House approved a bill granting a 25 percent salary increase to all county school superintendents, effective next term, with Monroe Deming and Leslie Stilley named among those rising from 11000 to 13750. Debate included objections about cost and merit. The same session advanced a Democratic congressional remap, criticized by Republicans as partisan gerrymandering and leaving districts unchanged from the prior map.
Both chambers move the junior college bill toward a conference committee to resolve key differences. Senate amendments would raise tuition share to 33 percent, equalize operating aid at 50 percent through July 1967, and let districts levy up to three cents per $100 AV for tuition payments. House opponents fear delays as reapportionment stalemate lingers.
Billie C. Jacobini of Carbondale receives SIU commencement honors after a long path since 1944. She earned a Caldwell Prize in History with a near perfect 5.0 average and plans to pursue a master's in history as a SIU graduate assistant.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara opened a news conference without a stated topic as U S troop buildup in South Vietnam loomed. The Viet Nam war dominated questions amid reports of possible 75 000 to 80 000 troops over the coming months. In Santo Domingo rebels and U S troops clashed with 26 Dominicans dead and 27 American paratroopers wounded amid heavy but varied gunfire.
The forecast notes a fair and pleasant night and into Thursday with little temperature change. Expect a high around 80 to 85 degrees on Thursday and overnight lows near 60.
A Gallatin County Illinois proposal for a $280 million atomic research plant was filed in Washington DC by George M. Scherrer and a coalition of state groups. The bid competes with 64 other applications from 39 states for a final 15 sites chosen by the National Academy of Sciences in about two years.
An $8 000 payment by ex convict Irwin Wiedrick to Secretary of State Paul Powell in 1961 surfaced in a General Assembly corruption probe. Powell, then House speaker, helped defeat a bill raising taxes on parimutuel betting. The Illinois Crime Commission dismissed charges and did not disclose details. Powell denied wrongdoing, calling a finder’s fee a normal business aid. Senator Simon criticized the report as weak and urged stronger conflict of interest laws.
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI has named Archbishop John Patrick Cody of New Orleans as archbishop of Chicago. Cody, 57, succeeds Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer who died April 9, making Chicago the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese.
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