Costly Area Problem Ugh Litterbugs
Nancy Hodges reports on Southern Illinois District 9 highway crews cleaning 235000 dollars of debris across 14 counties with 59000 hours. Littering harms workers and vehicles. a Mississippi trucker claimed a stray hog found near Olive Branch. More roadside receptacles and public awareness are urged as summer worsens the problem.
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Nancy Hodges
Illinois
Carbondale
Main
Pop
Olive Branch
Jim Newton
Mississippi
Newton
Littering Fines Defined for Public Highways
The notice states littering on public highways in Illinois carries a fine from five to fifty dollars. It bans depositing weeds trash garb age glass broken bottles boards or nails that could puncture a tire and outlines unlawful items to avoid.
Weather forecast page brief with scattered Thursday showers
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. A little warmer Thursday with low tonight in the low to mid 60s. High Friday 87 to 91. Weather details and map on page 22.
Troopers Rout Negroes In Alabama
Gadsden Alabama June 19 AP about 500 to 350 Negroes protested on courthouse lawn when some 100 state troopers led by Col Lingo moved in to enforce security. Night sticks and electric prods dispersed the crowd and a white bystander group. patrols were set. About 200 peace officers were in Gadsden including deputies and county police. Medgar Evers funeral in Virginia drew leaders and officials. Udall attended cabinet meeting for the ceremony.
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Gadsden
Ala
Albert ‘Linego
Lingo
Alabama
Washington
Medgar W. ‘Evers
Jt. Myer
Jackson
Miss
Jed
Interior Department
Stewart
Udall Jett
Illinois House approves pay raise for National Guard troops
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill to raise National Guard pay from 6000 to 9000 annually, with behind the scenes talks between white and Negro leaders shaping the measure. The governor's signature and Senate passage were pending, while 800 troops had been deployed to quell racial disorders.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Cambridge
Illinois ‘Guard
House of Representatives
Senate
Space duo Valentina Tereshkova and Bykovsky return home
Tass reported that Valentina Tereshkova completed a three day flight landing about 380 miles northeast of Karaganda. Bykovsky touched down near 30 miles northwest at 12:20 p.m. local time, both cosmonauts reported in good condition. Moscow crowds cheered the happy landing as doctors and officials greeted them.
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Moscow
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery’ Bykovsky
Kazakhstan
Khrushchev
Tion
Valentina
Bykovsky
Tal
Tass
Kara
Atganda
Kazhad
Akhstan
Valchtina
Moscovites
Elizabeth Taylor Plans Marriage To Richard Burton
A spokesman confirmed Elizabeth Taylor intends to marry Richard Burton. She remains married to Eddie Fisher and Burton is married to Sybil Williams. Taylor has been in New York since separating from Fisher and Burton has not announced a date for the wedding.
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Elzabeth ‘Taylor
Richard Burton
Pye
Elizabeth
Richard Hanley
Miss Taylor
Burton
Eddie Fisher
Sybil Williams Burton
Five-Point Civil Rights Plan Taken To Congress
President Kennedy unveils a five point civil rights program to desegregate public facilities, expand education and employment opportunities, and authorize federal court suits to combat discrimination. The plan also creates a federal community relations service to ease tensions and improve race relations in affected communities. It calls for baring discrimination by hotels restaurants theaters and stores with the attorney general empowered to sue if private funds are unavailable.
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Washington
Kennedy
Con J
Kenedy
Gener
Sage
Congress
Alabama
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Illinois House
Illinois House votes pay raises for lawmakers and officials
Legislators move to raise pay from six thousand to nine thousand dollars for members and senators and approve additional raises for state leaders. A separate bill would lift pay to seven and a half thousand, while the governor and other top officials see increases to forty thousand and twenty six and a half thousand respectively. Debate lasts about four hours in a tense night session.
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Murphy
Harris Rowe
R-Jackson‘ville
Carl Munsicker
Pontiac
Hunsicker
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Ilinois House
Aul Elward
Dem-Chicago
House
Elward
Leland Kennedy
Dern-Alton
Springfield Cigarette Tax Bill Clears Committee in Illinois
Springfield lawmakers advance cigarette tax increase amid debate over proceeds usage and distribution. Quotes reflect Republican leadership and discussion of a one cent per pack raise directed to recreation and state funding.
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Rep
J.°.Murphy
Antioch
New York
Illinois
Attend the Committee Tuesday on cigarette tax impact
The cigarette tax would yield about 13 million dollars annually. A close House committee vote signals a difficult hurdle ahead for the tax bills in the House.
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House
Cardinals Milestone Conclave Opens to Name Pope
Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope as voting begins with four ballots daily. antebellum records note a wide field and expected 2/3 majority for the successor to Pope John XXIII. The event occurs amid other national concerns and a spaceflight update from Cape Canaveral reporting Tiros satellite 7 imagery.
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Nathan City
Church
Bel
Kerimson
Bieta
Bykovsky
Atlantic
John
Ecu ‘Council
Pacific
Hoover Better After Miraculous Improvement
Former President Herbert Hoover has shown an almost miraculous improvement from his tense illness a family spokesman said today.
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Hoover
New York
Herbert Hoover
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Dewey Colyard
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Shevill
Evers
Maryland
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Mocow
Russia
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U.S
Valery Bykovsky
JFK
Ralph H. Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Pla
Tivos .7
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Tiros
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Otto Kerner
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