No state tax hike pinned on inflation growth federal money
Governor Thompson’s $11.2 billion budget would not raise taxes, say officials, but critics argue the plan relies on inflation and federal funds to avoid new levies. Budget details note unchanged sales and income tax, licenses, and a small possible insurance inspection fee, with heavy reliance on federal road funds to spur jobs and capital projects including a proposed $100 million I-270 East St. Louis bypass.
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Gov aid in arrest for mansion break in Springfield
Alfred Meier Jr. 39, resident of an Springfield detox center, was charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to state property after allegedly breaking into the Executive Mansion during Gov. James R. Thompson’s absence. He climbed the east gate, broke a second floor door window, and entered as dogs barked and a silent alarm sounded.
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Johnson knew Israel had bomb kept it secret
CIA briefing details that in 1968 Richard Helms told President Johnson about Israels nuclear capability and ordered secrecy. The 1976 NRC briefing notes Helms discussed telling Johnson and keeping the matter quiet, amid probes into uranium diversion from Apollo plant to Israel in the mid 1960s.
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