State Police Take Over Cairo Amid Vigilante Tensions
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie directed Illinois State Police to assume patrols in Cairo after reports of white deputized citizens causing law enforcement disruption. Four arson fires and sniper fire were noted as tensions rose, with civil rights officials urging swift state intervention and a bill to repeal vigilante authorization advancing in the Illinois House.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Cairo
Ogilvie
James T. McGuire
McGuire
Osiro
Associated Press
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Jewel Lafontant
Chicago
Tineis
National Guard
Illinois
Midwest
U. Commission On Civil Right
White Hats
Ilinois House
Leslie Jones
Flora
House
Tony Level
Smith presses income tax plan while Dems push own 2/4% proposal
House Speaker Ralph T. Smith urged Republicans to back the administration income tax bill, signaling the sales tax broadening bills are dead. Democrats proposed a 2 percent personal and 4 percent corporate tax, with Touhy and Choate predicting some GOP support to amend other revenue bills.
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Richard A. Teen
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
House
Ralph T. Smith
Republican House
John P. Touhy
Chicago
Clyde Choate
Anna
Richard J. Daley
Richard B. Ogilvie
Choate
Touhy
Smith
Ogilvie
Tlinois Supreme Court
SIU Rebuilding funds Old Springfield arson case
The Illinois Senate approved an emergency measure to fund SIU Carbondale Old Main replacement with 1.148 million dollars for classrooms temporary facilities and demolition costs. The package awaits House and Governor approval with total project near 3 million for classrooms and 738000 for site work and a temporary building addition to the Humanities and Social Sciences Building. A 10000 dollar SIU Old Main arson reward stands. contributions beyond that are pooled to reach the guaranteed 10000.
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Springfield
Ulinois Senate
Southern Ilinois University
Carbon Gale
Illinois Building Authority
Richard B. Ogilvie
Southern Illinois University
Minors Senate
SIU Humanities and Social Sciences
Bil
SIU
Delyte i. Morris
Illinois Senate approves MLK Jr Holiday bill despite split
Springfield reports that the Senate Revenue Committee backed bond and highway authority bills and sent them to the Senate floor. Lawmakers faced a heated fight as Columbus Day being made a legal holiday forced school, public office, and bank closures. The MLK Jr birthday holiday measure passed despite opposition. Details on pages 1 10 16.
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Senate Revenue Committee
Senate
Ilinois
Martin Luther King Jr
Rain Tonight And Friday Thunderstorm Chance
Weather brief notes a chance of thundershowers tonight and Friday with lows in the mid to upper 60s and a high near 90. Inland and coastal sections may see varying conditions as crews provide sea weather details on page 22 inside the publication.
Nixon Clifford Urges Vietnam Pullout by End of 1970
Former Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford calls on President Nixon to restrain military actions in Vietnam and withdraw all American ground combat forces by end of 1970. He argues disengagement will force Saigon to broaden its base and take a larger share of the fighting. He notes costs and aims to pressure policy during a Foreign Affairs piece and in talks with officials and civic groups. Nixon plans a televised news conference tonight amid urges for faster troop pullback and new arms talks.
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Max Frankel
New York Times
Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Nixon
Vietnam
Clifford
Saigon
Foreign Affairs
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
United States
U.S
Johnson
Council On Foreign Relations
Ford
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Defense
U. S
Moscow
Paris Allies trade charges over VietNam peace talks
The United States and South Vietnam accused North Vietnam and the Viet Cong backed provisional revolutionary government of blocking progress in Paris by demanding a Saigon government ouster and threatening with force. Walsh pressed for mutual withdrawal of allied troops and rejected a one sided South Vietnam withdrawal. The new NLF backed government held the conference seat with Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh unlikely to offer new initiatives.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
Lawrence E. Walsh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Walsh
National Literation Front
NLF
Nguyen Thi Binh
Cities seek extra sales tax funds in Springfield
More than 100 city officials from across the state converged in Springfield to urge the Senate to approve a bill granting cities an additional quarter percent in sales tax revenue. Attendees included Champaign City Manager Warren Browning, Decatur City Attorney Hilmer Landholt, Carbondale Mayer David Keene, and East St. Louis City Attorney Robert Godfrey, who planned to lobby local legislators after House passage. Separately, three Queensborough Community College faculty members were sentenced to 15 days in jail for violating an injunction against sit-ins at the campus.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Senate
Warren Browning
Champaign
Hilmer Landholt
Decatur
Carbondale Mayer
New York
Ogilvie backs measure for East St. Louis junior college
In Illinois House Appropriations Committee, a bill to establish an experimental East St. Louis junior college faced a postponement as members demanded more information. Sponsor Merle Ouwwein pledged further testimony, while critics argued the plan shifts costs from locals to the state and questioned annexation options.
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Ogilvie
E. St. Louis College
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
East St. Louis
Illinois House Appropriation Committee
Richard B. Ogilvie
Richard A. Walsh
Walsh
Sen
Merle Ouwein
R-Edwardsville
James C. Kirie
Rover .Grave
Kirie
Ottwein
Bone
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Ann Arbor
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