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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1959
Page
1
Illinois Senate defeats move to pull a corporation franchise tax bill from the president's table amid a debate that the measure would boost the sales tax. Amendments sought to cut rates and divert revenue to schools, while a House panel delays action on a Stratton bill raising beer and liquor taxes about 90 percent, expected to generate roughly 25 million dollars.
The Senate Revenue Committee voted 9 to 0 to report the bill with a do not pass recommendation despite sponsor Rep. Morris proposing an amendment to cut the rate. Democrats plan floor debate while Republicans expect to block final passage. Caterpillar and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce opposed the measure, arguing it overtaxes industry.
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Lows tonight in the 60s, highs Thursday in the 80s, and Thursday night lows in the 60s. Yesterday’s high 90, low 54, sunrise 5 31 am, sunset 8 28 pm. Crab Orchard Lake spillway and Little Grassy Lake one inch below spillway.
In Middleboro Massachusetts William Coyle 22 was killed by police fire after a Massachusetts manhunt for the Coyle brothers who had fled Philadelphia after a liquor store robbery and kidnapping. John Coyle 24 was captured unharmed. A 49 year old hostage William Sedgwick escaped earlier. A police line of up to 400 searched the woods near Route 28.
A London high court jury awarded Liberace eight thousand pounds on libel charges against the Daily Mirror. The panel found columnist William Connor’s 1956 description implied the pianist was homosexual, a claim Liberace denied. The judge urged the jury to consider the ordinary meaning of the words and not speculative interpretations.
Washington reports say President Eisenhower and Senate leaders demand immediate findings on why a Navy patrol plane did not fire back during a Monday air attack over the Sea of Japan. Crew statements claim gun parts were missing and the tail gunner's turret was knocked out.
A U S Navy P4M Mercator patrol plane was attacked by 15 to 20 bursts from Communist MIG jets 45 miles off North Korea. The tail gunner, Aviation Electronics Mate 2 C Donald E Corder, was wounded and the aircraft limped home with two engines out. The squadron commander Lt Cmdr Donald R Mayer and the crew received commendations, with Corder to receive the Purple Heart.
The Soviet government will allow Vice President Richard M. Nixon to tour Siberian cities during his peacetime goodwill visit to the USSR next month. If approved, Nixon would become the highest ranking U.S. official to visit the region. The trip, to open the American national exhibit in Moscow on July 25, is arranged with the State Department and Soviet Embassy as part of a tit for tat with Deputy Premier Fol Kozlov who is due to visit New York to open the Soviet trade and cultural exhibit.
The president of International Telemeter Co. says pay television will roll out in Canada before year end. Viewers can choose sports, a motion picture, or a local show simultaneously with coin boxes attached to home sets.
A federal grand jury indicted Dave Beck former Teamster leader and two trucking executives Roy Fruehauf and Burge Seymour for a $200 000 payment in 1954 The charges reference Taft Hartley Act violations involving union officers and management officials The executives testified to a senate committee that the payment was made jointly but without a stated purpose
The government reported May personal income rose to a record annual rate of 376.2 billion dollars. Secretary Lewis L. Strauss said the high purchasing power supports business confidence and hope for further employment gains.
A three alarm fire on Chicago West Side killed five children trapped in third and fourth floor apartments of a four story building at 2301 2319 W Madison St. Fire crews extinguished the blaze after about an hour and other occupants were saved.
President Eisenhower rejected calls for a White House conference with steel company and union representatives to avert a strike. He reiterated no government intervention in the ongoing collective bargaining while welcoming a push for impartial productivity and wage figures.
President Eisenhower said the Geneva foreign ministers talks seem to have reached an impasse and prospects for a summit conference are slim. The report notes limited movement and uncertain diplomatic momentum between the involved nations.
Donald E. Corder, 20, of Jacksonville Illinois, said he minded less about being shot than losing his second class rating after a Tuesday attack by Communist MIGs on a U S Navy patrol plane. He was the sole injured crew member among 14 during the engagement and had just been promoted to aviation electronics technician second class the morning before.
The case details Navy airman Donald Eugene Corder 20 of Farmers City Illinois who was wounded in a June Sea of Japan combat attack. He tried to return fire as the tail gunner but was hit and his gun disabled. His parents lament the lack of retaliation and note his Navy plans and family military enlistments.
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