Gilbert urged to back billboard ban in Illinois
Editorial urges Sen John G Gilbert to support the billboard restriction bill. It notes the measure would bring a $4 million federal road bonus and faces a Senate vote after a tied committee, with attention to Southern Illinois tourism and highway aesthetics.
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John G. Gilbert
Gilbert
Carbondale
Senate Highway Committee
Gordon Kerr
Brookport
Senate
House
Gil
Bert
Illinois
Southern
Legislators Shy Away From Modest Reforms
The Illinois General Assembly battles over reapportionment have stalled many beneficial bills as political fights persist. Lawmakers face a deadly struggle that blocks modest reforms despite broad support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois General Assembly
Viet Debate at Last Marks U S Viet Nam Policy Rift
The essay contrasts Senator Fulbright and Rep. Laird on Viet Nam aims debating negotiated settlement versus total military victory. It questions feasibility of victory and argues U S efforts should enable Vietnam to determine its own government while avoiding broad war with China. It also notes Illinois campaign finance bill fate and calls for transparency in expenditures.
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Viet Nam
U.S. Congress
Johnson
William J. Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Sen
Fulbright
United States
Rep. Laird
U.S
Southeast Asia
Red China
Russia
Marvin Lieberman
Decatur
Illinois House Elections Committee
House
Rep
Lieberman
John Alsup
Dan Pierce
Highland Park
Joseph Connelley
Charleston
Pierce
Connelley
Illinois Revenue Commission
Rep. Lieberman
House Elections Committee
Notable 20th Century Notices In Obits And Ads
Column notes honorary degree for Benjamin McLane Spock at Yale and citation praising his calm guidance. Obituary reads for H V Kaltenborn with career path via Brooklyn Eagle to Harvard. Norden dies in Zurich at 85. bombsight value noted. Saturday Review cartoonist Bur Shafer dies. tribute to J Wesley Smith. Lincoln's Log Cabin Library boxed set offered by World Publishing Co.
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Yale University
Benjamin McLane Spock
Yale
Western Reserve University
Saturday Review
J. Wesley Smith
Bur Shafer
Orange
Calif
World Publishing Co
Lincoln
Log Cabin
Washington
H. Jack Lang
Red China Uses Art To Glorify Party Line In Song and Film
Mark Gayn reports on The Red Lantern and other works shaped to Maoist doctrine, noting the arts as ideological tools. He profiles writers and filmmakers in Shanghai and Beijing, describes censorship and pay, and recounts past purges of Hu Feng Ting Ling Chen Chi Hsia and Mao Tun, highlighting ongoing party discipline in culture.
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Mark Gayn
Toronto Daily Star
New York Times
Canton
China
Congo
United Nations
G.I
Viet Nam
Lei Feng
Mao Tse- Tung
Shanghai
Union of Writers
Yenan
Mao
Yenan Forum
Wu Hsun
Hu Feng
Moscow
Ting Ling
Chen Chi-Hsia
Peking
Chen
Chase
Mao Tun
Clean Streams Law Faces Mine Acid Waste Loophole
A Pennsylvania bill would strike an exemption in the Clean Streams Law allowing mine acid dumping into polluted waterways. The measure passed the lower house 195 to 6 and awaits Senate action. The debate cites decades of amendments and ongoing pollution, with officials urging rapid action to curb contamination.
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Richard Spong
Pennsylvania
Senate
Sanitary Water Board
Harrisburg
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress Approves Record 16 Million for Investigations
The 88th Congress authorized 16 million dollars for committee investigations in 1963-64, the highest since 1951. Senate panels led with 3.7 million, including the Judiciary and Government Operations committees, while the House reached 7.3 million overall.
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83Th
Congress
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
88Th Congress
Committees
Congressional
Robert G. Baker
Senate
General Dynamics Corp
Joseph Valachi
House Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Government Operations Committee
House
House Government Operations Committee
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William G. Stratton
Dave Felts
H. V. Kaltenborn
Kaltenborn
Brooklyn Eagle
Harvard College
Carl L. Norden
Zurich
Switzerland
Air Force
Ministry of Culture
Toa T
Gov. Rockefeller
New York
Hudson River
Eisenhower
Congressional Quarterly Inc
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