Illinois Senate approves pay raise for lawmakers
The Illinois Senate voted 32 to 15 to raise state legislators salaries from 9000 to 12000 a year. The move followed a decision to reject a bill increasing per pupil state aid to 400 for now. The measure would take effect in the next legislative term if signed by the governor. The body also boosted minimum city salaries for firemen and policemen across population bands. Senator John Gilbert of Carbon Dale criticized delaying school aid despite local budgets already relying on the higher figure.
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Joseph M. Webb
Lindsay Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Senate
House
Senate
General Assembly
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Illinois School Problems Commission
Gilbert
Smith
Everett Peters
Illinois
Illinois House Passes Tax Plan Amid Chicago Support
The Illinois House backed a tax package drafted by Republicans and opposed by Downstate conservatives after Chicago Democrats delivered crucial votes. The plan includes a half cent state sales tax hike, a city sales tax match, higher cigarette and inheritance taxes, and a $30 million McCormick Place renewal appropriation.
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John Zakarian Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Senate
House
Chicago
James E. Eatherly
C. L. McCormick
Otto Kerner
Touhy
McCormick Place
General Revenue Fund
Kerner
General Assembly
Senate
Lloyd C. Harris
Granite City
Norbert Springer
Chester
William J. Cunningham
Pinckneyville
Ben C. Harpstrite
New Baden
Sam Vadalabene
Birds blast Red positions in Vietnam coastal and highland campaigns
B52 bombers dropped about 180000 pounds of bombs on communist infiltration routes in Quang Tri Province near the DMZ and in Kontum Province highlands. A Red rocket and mortar barrage killed nine Marines and wounded 25 in Quang Tri while infiltrating Red forces in Kontum decimated an American parachute unit. Ground fighting centered around the DMZ and highland areas with clashes reported by U.S. military headquarters.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri
Demiliarized Zone
Kontum
Dmz
Highland
Negro Gangs Rampage in Buffalo East Side
About 350 youths roamed the East Side Tuesday night and early today setting fires smashing windows looting shops and hurling rocks at people and police. Police counted 23 arrests and seven injured including four officers. Total fire losses were around 50000 dollars.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Senate approves debt ceiling raise to 365 billion
The Senate sent a bill to the White House to raise the national debt limit from 336 billion to 365 billion by July 1 1968, a temporary increase aimed at funding the Vietnam war and avoiding government insolvency. The measure, cleared 60 to 30, would avert a Friday expiration and end the era of repeated temporary increases.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Johnson
Senate
House
Treasury
Weather Outlook Forecast for Thursday
Cloudy with considerable cloudiness and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s and mild night with lows 65 to 70. Details and map on page 11.
Congress unlikely to act on Johnson tax surcharge soon
Federal Reserve chief William McChesney Martin Jr and Council of Economic Advisers chair Gardner Ackley pressed for a tax surcharge to curb inflation but Congress shows little chance of hearings before August. House Ways and Means is tied up with Social Security reforms as July 4 recess looms, while GOP leaders demand substantial budget cuts before any tax increase.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Capi
Tol Hill
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Humphrey Tours Korea for Park Inauguration
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey flew to Seoul to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Park Chung Hee on Saturday, underscoring U.S. support for South Korea amid regional tensions.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Korea
Park Chung Hee
South Korea
Miniskirted riders find London subway seats painful
Eddy Gilmore reports Londoners on the Inner Circle line complain of fiberglass seats. The Railway Review says London Transport is receiving complaints about the experimental seats which are cold in the morning and hard for sitting, while some passengers prefer older seats and outfits.
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London
Railway Review
National Union of Railwaymen
London Transport
Inner Circle Line
Johnson Defends Policies At Youth Chamber Speech
President Johnson, to 10 000 Junior Chamber of Commerce members, defends his policies and attacks critics calling them cussers and doubters. He says antipoverty funds rose despite wartime costs and cites talks with Kosygin as a step toward better understanding and cooperation.
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Baltimore
Johnson
Vietnam
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
UN Forges Rival Middle East Resolutions at General Assembly
Two groups at a U.N. emergency session advance rival compromise drafts on Israel and Arab territory. One plan urges troop withdrawal with Security Council action. the other ties withdrawal to multiple principles easing tensions, with Western and other nations backing it.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
India
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Assembly
Israel
Leopoldo Benites
Ecuador
General Assembly
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Hussein seeks Johnsons aid in Jordan crisis
King Hussein of Jordan is set to ask President Johnson at the White House for bailout assistance as Israel occupies Jordanian territory and refugees flood the country. U S officials anticipate sympathy but note US action depends on broader international constraints, including UNRWA funding.
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Washington
White House
Israel
Jerusalem
Jordan
Middle East
Hussein
Johnson
U.S
United States
U.N. Relief and Work Agency
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