Kerner tax plan stalls as GOP blocks broadening sales tax
Springfield Republicans on the Revenue Committee refused to advance Gov. Otto Kerner's plan to widen the state sales tax to cover services. An 8 to 5 party line vote kept the bills alive only technically, with Arrington signaling possible alternate proposals while urging a governor statement on alternatives.
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Lindsay Schaub
Springfield
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W. Russell Arrington
Arrington
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Alan Loukas
Chicago
Legislative Revenue Commission
Senate snags on mental health center bill
The bill to alter the Adolph Meyer Zone Center in Decatur and require up to half beds for mentally fragile patients faces a Senate reconsideration vote after Sen. Hudson Sours charged the measure defeats the program’s purpose. If approved, it will go to the governor.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Senate
Adolph Meyer
Decatur
House
Hudson Sours
Sours
William G. Horsley
Adolph Meyer Center
Illinois Senate approves mileage hike for lawmakers
The Illinois Senate voted to raise legislators travel pay to 15 cents a mile or actual costs for one round trip weekly to Springfield when in session, up from 10 cents. The measure returns to the House with another amendment expanding the Fair Employment Practices Act to employers of 25 or more.
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Illinois Senate
Springfield
House
Senate
Terrell Clarke
Western Springs
Lar Daly
Chicago
U S outlines peace plan for Arab Israeli talks
United States rejects Soviet demand for punishment of Israel over the Middle East war and proposes a five point peace program. The plan calls for Arab Israeli negotiations with appropriate third party assistance.
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William L. Ryan
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Israel
Middle East
Illinois House approves crime curbs and aid bills
The Illinois House passed measures banning B girls soliciting drinks and making aggravated assault a crime on public conveyances. It also approved peephole and light requirements for multi dwellings, a Good Samaritan bill for nurses, and an $8.5 million Kaskaskia River watershed project with a $1.7 million reappropriation.
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Carl Klein
Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Good Samaritan
Kaskaskia River
Riots In Atlanta And Montgomery Protesters Clash After Advice To Stay Calm
Crowds of about 350 Negro youths attacked shops and police cars in a Georgia shopping district as Stokeley Carmichael urged calm. Two injured include ABC Newsman John Casserly and eight arrested. In Montgomery 250 to 300 joined a Capitol protest halted by police. 12 arrested including Rev. Richard Boone. Dr Martin Luther King Jr urged disobedience to unjust laws.
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Atlanta
Stokeley Carmichael
John Casserly
American Broadcasting Co
Newsman
Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Ira DeMent
Richard Boone
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Delta battle near Saigon claims 169 Viet Cong killed
An American task force pushing into the Mekong Delta reported 169 Viet Cong killed in a night battle 19 miles south of Saigon. Twenty eight American infantrymen were killed, 126 wounded, and four helicopters shot down.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
Navy
Rach Hui River
Clay to call 4 witnesses in a federal induction trial
The government rested its case after calling four witnesses in Cassius Clay’s trial on the charge of refusing to be drafted. Clay pled innocent before Judge Joe Ingraham and an all white jury as his lawyers also planned to present four witnesses. Clay stated not guilty in a loud voice after the indictment was read. ADM. JACOBS DIES Washington AP Vice Adm Randall Jacobs former chief of naval personnel who organized WAVES died Monday in Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 81.
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Tex
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Armed Services
U.S
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Washington (Ap
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WAVES
Bethesda Naval Hospital
NBC questions Garrison case evidence in Shaw conspiracy
NBC reported New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison relied on testimony not passed by a lie detector and that he knew this. Shaw faces conspiracy to murder Kennedy charges in New Orleans. Garrison disputes the Warren Commission and says his probe reveals a broader Dallas conspiracy.
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National Broadcasting Co
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Garrison
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
NBC
Washington, D.C
Senate may vote on Dodd Thursday
Signs show an agreement for a final vote on a resolution to censure Sen. Thomas J. Dodd by Thursday. Sen. Long backs a timely vote on one of two misconduct charges, proposing a Thursday decision if a vote occurs today on the travel expense charge and a second charge tied to converting political funds.
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Russell B. Long
D-La
Dodd
Connecticut
Ethics Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Long
Senate
Weather outlook with showers and thunderstorms likely
Cloudy conditions persist into Wednesday with several chances of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures remain near 70 overnight and near 90 Wednesday.
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