NAACP Convention Opens in Jackson Targets Nixon School Policy
In Jackson Mississippi the NAACP convenes with about 2000 delegates to censure or criticize President Nixon over federal school integration guidelines. Ruby Hurley urges a strong resolution while others doubt formal censure. Topics include EEOC enforcement powers and extending the 1965 Voting Rights Act amid rising Southern membership.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
NAACP
Resolutions Committee
Ruby Hurley
Atlanta, Ga
Equal Employment Oportunity Commission
Henry Moon
Heart attack fatal to Tshombe
Moise Tshombe the former Congo premier and Katanga leader died at 49 in Algiers from an apparent heart attack. Algerian doctors said he died in his sleep and an autopsy would be performed. His death follows two years after a hijacking incident that brought him to Algeria and amid years of exile and secrecy.
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Congo
Katanga
Tshombe
Algeria
Spain
Palma de Majorca
Kinshasa
Leopoldville
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Belgium
Kennedy Plans Quiet European Tour This Summer
Sen Edward Kennedy plans a low profile August trip to Europe during the congressional recess to avoid meetings with heads of state and curb speculation about his Presidential future. He believes it is too early to forecast events three years ahead.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Europe
Kennedy
Senate
Jeader
Illinois House approves highway tax package in heated session
The Illinois House backed a highway program pushed by Gov. Gas, approving a 1.5 cent per gallon tax increase and a 2 billion dollar Winds Highway Trust Authority over ten years. Critics warned toll road plans and cross border gasoline price shifts could hurt stations and border economies.
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Lindsay-Sehaub News Service
Springfield
Richard B. Opiivie
Illinois House
House
Winds Highway Trust Authority
Rolland F. Tipsword
Taylorville
Tipsword
Senate
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Choate
House approves 520 per pupil school aid bill
The Illinois House, with six votes to spare, approved a 520 per pupil aid level for public schools and sent the measure to the governor. The bill cuts from 550, shifts from membership to attendance formulas, and adds bloc grants including extra aid for districts with 5 percent or more state employee parents. Critics warn funds may be diverted to non school uses. The 91 to 51 vote followed a lengthy appeal by Minority Leader Touhy.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Tilingis House
House
Senate
Richard B. Ogilvie
East St. Louis
Chicago
Richard C. Hart
D-Benton
Hart
Illinois judge holds racing post at Fox Valley Trotting Club
A House committee will probe whether Cook County Circuit Court Judge Robert Lee Hunter has a conflict of interest due to his secretarial post and stock in the Fox Valley Trotting Club. Hunter, 70, earns 15 500 annually as club secretary while presiding over Divorce Court and owning stock with his wife Elizabeth totaling 6 838 shares. The panel cites potential embarrassment if a judge with racing ties is assigned felony gambling cases.
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Springfield
Robert Lee Hunter
Cook County
George W. Lindberg
Crystal Lake
Hunter
Fox Valley
Sportsman's Park
Cicero
Elizabeth
Lindberg
Illinois House approves bills to fund doctors' growth
The Illinois House passed and sent to the governor two appropriation bills totaling 7 million dollars to expand the medical workforce. About 3.5 million goes to the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago and a matching amount to Southern Illinois University's medical education program slated to begin this fall.
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Lindsay-Seraub News Service
Springfield Thellinois House
Surprise Senate Bingo bill approved may face veto by governor
In a surprise Sunday vote the Illinois Senate approved a bingo bill with minimal margins. It returns to the House to settle about six amendments before reaching Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, who has signaled possible veto. The measure would let church groups service clubs and charities run bingo with a state license and revenue sharing to the school fund.
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Senate
House
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Everett R
Peters
R-St. Joseph
Robert W.W. McCarthy
O'Decautr
Tom Merritt
Rhoopeston
Department of Revenue
Old Main bill intact as college budgets pass
The House rejected efforts to cut the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University budgets Saturday, moving toward final passage. The GOP task force had trimmed about 12 percent earlier, with the U I seeking about $195 million for fiscal 1970 and SIU about $93 million. An amendment to reduce $3 million of a $5 million emergency request for replacing SIU's Old Main, destroyed by fire three weeks ago, was defeated.
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University of Illinois and
Southern Ilinois University
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Senate
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SIU
Old Main
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