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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1976
Page
2
Washington AP President Ford may sign a stopgap bill to prevent payroll tax withholding increases at midnight. If enacted, the freeze lasts through Sept 1 easing a $3 to $6 weekly rise. Congress acts to broaden withholding to interest and dividend income to curb lost taxes.
The State Department signaled it may tighten travel for PLO delegates to the United Nations, limiting them to the New York region after a chief delegate violated rules by appearing on a Washington television interview show. A prior similar breach by another delegate was reported last fall.
A Circuit Court ruled unconstitutional an Illinois law banning advertising by licensed medical practitioners. Judge Arthur L. Dunne issued the decision, and the Illinois attorney general's office plans to appeal the ruling.
Beirut reports say Lebanese Christians and Syrian backers press a three front offensive against Palestinian guerrillas and leftist Lebanese Muslims. Christians claim control of Jiar el Basha refugee camp east of Beirut and push a final offensive on Ta\\a Zaatar. Libyan premier threatens intervention if camps fall.
Northwestern University medical school introduced a tracheal voice restoration procedure developed in Italy to enable cancer patients to speak nearly normally after larynx removal. Dr. George Sisson noted over 100 such operations in Italy and Spain, with three performed at Northwestern and a fourth in Dayton.
The IRS agreed to notify about 775 Vietnam War protestors and others targeted by the former Special Service unit. It said notifying 10,500 additional persons with files would be very difficult. Representative Bella Abzug urged full disclosure and warned of legislative action to compel notification.
A Carbondale Community High School magazine note highlights David Perk, son of Mr and Mrs Harry F W Perk. David, an 11th grader at Unterlochen Arts Academy Michigan, had two pieces published in The Inter Jochen Review Spring 1976, earning a scholarship at a May convocation for creative writing and photography. Wayne City seeks information on Charles T Samuel in a Civil War pension inquiry from 1893. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released Spring Wildflowers of Carlyle Rend Shelbyville Lakes, following Summer and Fall Wildflowers, featuring 100 species with Mohlenbrock of Southern Illinois University Carbondale as author and $1.25 price.
The Justice Department blocked FBI Director Clarence Kelley from receiving investigative reports on a burglary probe. A department official formed a 12-agent team to handle much of the work, with reports previously sent to Kelley and aide James Adams now halted. Department orders prohibit further reporting to Kelley or Adams.
Byline reads that resources are available at formation offices and from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Louis. The piece notes a culture of CB radio handles with a nod to Smokey Bear warnings, and praises William Harrell of Southern Illinois University Carbondale for his photography and his yellow VW Beetle as a potential standout handle.
Former GOP nominee Barry Goldwater endorsed President Ford for the Republican nomination, urging Republicans to stay with Ford to avoid a risky split over Reagan. Goldwater said he would not back either candidate previously, but then stated support for Ford in a convention letter, as delegates tallied Ford 1,001 to Reagan 976 with 182 uncommitted.
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