State budget talks heat up with Kerner plan debate
Springfield legislators and Gov Otto Kerner meet to discuss the 5.6 billion state budget and revenue options. Senate leaders push for an alternative plan while Republicans balk at broadening the sales tax to services.
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John Zakarian Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Republican
Otto Kerner
Sen
W. Russell Arrington
Senate
Arrington
Kerner
Senate Revenue Committee
Thomas McGloon
Chicago
McGloon
Everett Peterson
St. Joseph
Senate Public Finance Committee
Illinois
New York City
Revenue Committee
William Harris
Pontine
Bills to aid police fail in Illinois Senate
Illinois Senate defeated six House-passed bills aimed at shielding police officers and city officials from accusations. The measures would require accusers to take lie detector tests before the accused, potentially impacting downstate communities. Minority Leader Thomas McGloon opposed the package, saying law enforcement sought such legislation for years.
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Joseph M. Webb
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Senate
House
Senate
Thomas McGloon
Chicago
De Gaulle Blames U S Role in Vietnam for Middle East War
President Charles de Gaulle accused Israel of starting the Middle East war but said the conflict stemmed from U S intervention in Vietnam. He told the cabinet that peace depends on the United States pulling out of Vietnam. France had previously avoided blaming either side and called for unity among the Big Four to oppose arms use.
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Charles de Gaulle
Israel
Middle East
U.S
Vietnam
de Gaulle
France
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Britain Warns of Possible Loss of Favorable Opinion
Britain pressed the United Nations for urgent action in the Middle East as George Brown warned that Israel’s retention of the Old City could isolate it from world opinion. Egypt and Russia backed punitive measures while Israel insisted the conquered sector stay. Brown urged a UN envoy and reentry for Lt Gen Odd Bull to Jerusalem to bolster peacekeeping.
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U.S
Johnson
Eban
U.N
U Thant
Egypt
U. S
Israel
Middle East
Red China
United Nations
Britain
U. N
Brown
Odd Bull
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Jerusalem
Assembly
Vote fraud bill passes House after veto threats
The election fraud measure cleared the Illinois House by 92 to 72 and heads to Gov. Otto Kerner. It would require disability based registration marks and written oaths, allow two officials of different parties to assist voters, and aims to curb fraud while facing criticism as potentially discriminatory toward the poor.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Otto Kerner
House
Gov
Kerner
Armed man seized near Soviet office
Police arrested Michael Rocco Natale, 40, as he approached the Soviet United Nations mission in New York carrying a loaded .32 caliber revolver and a hunting knife. Premier Kosygin was inside at the time. Natale walked through barriers, rang the doorbell, and tried to gain entry before officers detained him.
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United Nations
Alexei N. Kosygin
Michael Rocco Natale
Natale
Curfew Proclaimed After Atlanta Riot Deaths
In Atlanta curfew ordered for six blocks around the Dixie Hills center after a night of rock throwing gas bombing and gunfire. Timothy Ross 46 died from a head wound and 9 year old Reginald Rivers was injured. three others wounded as police maintained control near the apartment complex.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ivan Allen
Dixie Hills
Allen
Sho
J. F. Brown
Timothy Ross
Reginald Rivers
U S to Enter Rubber Talks in Pittsburgh
Invitations were sent from Washington for a 4 p.m. Pittsburgh meeting to end a rubber strike. William E. Simkin will lead talks with the Big Five and United Rubber Workers at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel. Major strikers include B F Goodrich Firestone and Uniroyal Inc. Funds for strikers have fallen to 15 dollars weekly.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Big Five
United Rubber Workers
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Penn-Sheraton Hotel
B. F. Goodrich
Firestone Tire Rubber Co
Uniroyal Inc
URW
Firestone
UAW
White House Baby Born Luci Nugent Delights Family
Luci Nugent gave birth to an 8 pound 10 ounce boy at Seton Hospital, born 6:59 a.m. on the first day of summer. Father Patrick Nugent announced the birth with cigars and candy, noting the boy's 21 inch length and slate gray eyes as grandparents and family celebrated. The White House confirmed mother and baby are in excellent condition.
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Luci Johnson Nugent
Patrick J. Nugent
Seton Hospital
Luci
Prescient
Washington
Johnson
Waukegan
Gerard Nugent
Nugents
White House
Austin
Secret Service
Pat Nugent
Police foil RAM assassination plot against civil rights leaders
Queens detectives arrested 12 men and four women in Queens Brooklyn and Manhattan in an operation led by Queens District Attorney Thomas Mackell. He said RAM followers planned to kill Roy Wilkins and other leaders with rifles bombs and weapons. The arrests followed a grand jury indictment charging arson anarchy and homicide and Wilkins has been under police protection since the threat. The Illinois Central will discontinue two trains between Memphis and New Orleans August 1 due to poor patronage Louisiana 3 and Creole 8 routes are affected.
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New York
Queens
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Thomas Mackel
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peoples
Mackell
RAM
Revolutionary Action Movement
Wilkins
Mao Tse-tung
Robert Williams
Kew Gardens
Illinois Central Railroad
Memphis
New Orleans
Storms bring heavy rain and gusty winds across tonight
Showers and thunderstorms move through the region with strong gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall expected. Weather map and details are on page 11.
Mutiny kills 18 Britons in Aden clash
A South Arabian army mutiny and Aden police attack left 18 Britons dead and 23 wounded, as authorities imposed a curfew in Aden city. Britain reevaluates plans to grant independence to the federation by January 9, amid security concerns in the southwest Arabian Peninsula.
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London
Aden
South Arabian Federation
Arabian Peninsula
Arabia
Disturber Student Rejects Urbana Boys State
An Urbana high school student James M. Hill 17 refuses to sign a Boys State application calling the program totalitarian. He says it teaches cadences and obedience rather than citizenship. Sidney T. Holzman Chicago election chief calls Hill a disturber noting Hill refused to join an organization he sees as militaristic. Boys State began in Illinois in 1934 offering a mock state run by the Legion and civic groups.
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Urbana
American Legion
Springfield
James M. Hill
Sidney T. Holzman
Boys’ State
Hill
Holzman
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
Boys State
Illinois
Legion
Reds step up offensive in two areas
The AP report details intensified Communist probes and clashes in the central highlands and the 1st Corps area south of the DMZ. American forces report 48 Communists killed in the 1st Corps area, with 3 Americans dead and 32 wounded. Viet Cong casualties in two clashes near Da Nang total 62, while Marine posts near Con Thien and Gio Linh face rocket and mortar attacks. Two heavy assaults occur in Kontum and Binh Dinh Provinces as US commands launch 23 major ground sweeps. The piece also notes the death of Rep. J Arthur Younger at 74 from leukemia.
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U.S
Central Highlands
1St Corps
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Gio Linh
Kontum
Laos
Binh Dinh
U.S. 1St Cavalry
South Vietnam
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Abba Eban
Atlanta
Akron, Ohio
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Mrs
Lyndon B. Johnson
Patrick Nugent
Reds
Saigon
J. Arthur Younger
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