Sheriff Elmer Kelley resigns over lack of cooperation in Union County
Union County Sheriff Elmer Kelley quits effective July 15 after charges against two men were dismissed in circuit court. Kelley cited seven months of “lack of cooperation,” amid changes in the state's attorney's office and new policies in filing formal charges after arrests. Jonesboro and Anna are named locales, with the resignation affecting the county jail reopening and a temporary sheriff appointment until the November election.
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Wanda Barras
Southern Illinoisan
Union County
Elmer Kelley
Jonesboro
Kelley
Ned Foley
Board of Commissioners
James Leaton
Pomona
R. Corydon Finch
Leaton
Sheriff’s Office
Danny Reynolds
Gary Hileman
Anna
Paul D. Reese
Reese
Cobden
Dennis Ralls
Foley
Poverty funds approved to sustain anti poverty programs
A House appropriations subcommittee backed 218 million to operate 977 community action agencies through July 1 1975. The move, urged by Speaker Carl Albert, faces further hurdles in the full committee and House as Nixon sought to end the program.
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Washington
Nixon
House Appropriations
Carl Albert
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Tonight will be fair and cooler with lows in the 50s. Thursday looks partly sunny and cooler with highs in the 70s. Friday and Saturday remain fair with little temperature change. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer.
Senate rejects land use bill amendment in 5244 vote
The Senate failed to pass an amendment to withhold federal funds from states not developing land use programs. The measure would authorize over 1 billion dollars in grants to states and tribes over eight years and suspend portions of highway, airport, and land water conservation funds if plans are not approved within five years. Senator Henry M. Jackson defended the sanctions as incentive to gain state cooperation.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Interior
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Senate Interior Committee
U S and Soviet Union Sign First Tax Treaty
The United States and the Soviet Union signed their first tax agreement on the Treasury steps, aiming to prevent double taxation and spur trade. The pact exempts profits from U S sales to the USSR and Soviet earnings from U S sales, with six month tax exemptions for citizens in the other country and journalist exemptions. The treaty, pending Senate ratification, would take effect Jan 1 and run at least three years, with a six month notice possibility to end.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Nikolae S. Patelichev
Treasury Department
White House
Senate
U.S
Nixon Brezhnev Hold Talks in Maryland Mountains
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev move summit talks to Camp David in Maryland to pursue SALT progress. They confer with advisers at Aspen Lodge and Dogwood Lodge over strategic arms limits while aiming for a breakthrough with Geneva negotiators.
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Camp David
Maryland
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Geneva
Aspen Lodge
Henry Kissinger
Ziegler
Alexander M. Haig
Brezhnev
Andrey Bromyko
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dogwood
Illinois House to consider half cent sales tax cut plan
Illinois Senate approves a half cent reduction in the state sales tax aimed at providing 75 million dollars in relief to 96 downstate counties while funding a proposed six county regional mass transit authority. The measure sits for House action as Speaker Blair contemplates extending the tax to Cook to McHenry counties.
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Springfield
Illinois
Senate
House
W. Robert Blair
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Blair
Park Forest
Regional Transportation Authority
Cook
DuPage
Will
Kane
Lake
McHenry
Chicago
Transport Authority
Harris
Daniel Walker
Walker
Board of Elections
Moore
Harbor Hall
Bloomington
Sam Maragos
Illinois State Bar Association
Harris Fowell
Naperville
Insurance
State Insurance Department
Dean refuses to meet panel before Monday hearings
Former presidential counsel John W. Dean III refuses to answer further questions before his Monday appearances. The Senate Watergate Committee considers contempt actions as it subpoenas Dean's personal bank records and those of White House and campaign officials. No final decision on compelling Dean to testify.
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Martha Angle
Washington Star-News
Washington
John W. Dean III
Senate Watergate Committee
Sen. Baker
Nixon Finance Committee Found Guilty in Vesco Donation Case
Federal Judge George L. Hart found the Nixon re election finance committee guilty of violating the campaign finance act by failing to report a 200000 contribution from Robert L. Vesco. The committee was fined 3000 split as 1000 on three counts and the sentence stayed for 10 days pending appeal.
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Nixon
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Stans
Vesco
John N. Mitchell
New York City
Hart
Kenneth W
Parkinson
Finance Committee
New York
Laird aides intervened in stock fraud probe say SEC
SEC attorneys told U S district judge that Melvin Laird directed aides to intervene in the Florida East Coast Railway stock fraud investigation involving Edward Ball. The hearings note inquiries about the probe and requests to halt harassment of Ball, with aides Baroody Garment Wallace Dressendorfer named.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Melvin R. Laird
Florida
SEC
U.S
Charles W. Colson
Theodore A. Levine
William B. Jones
Laird
Ball
Levine
William Baroody
White House
Leonard Garment
Carl
Connally hints at quitting White House post soon
John B. Connally said at a White House briefing he hopes to leave his part time unpaid presidential consultant role by midsummer. He denied discontent yet noted leakers are often accurate and urged firmer Phase 4 wage price controls on problem industries without a tax increase.
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Washington
John B. Connally
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Connally
Nixon
Texas
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