Illinois Supreme Court strikes down service occupation tax
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the service occupation tax unconstitutional for failing to tax uniformly. The decision affects about 70 million a year and prompts a potential special legislative session to replace funds. Proceeds had been frozen, with refunds possible for paid taxpayers.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Thomas E. Kluczynski
Phyllis Fiorito
Jay Lee Studios
Chicago
Cook County
Thomas Donovan
Samuel Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Directors of Revenue and Finance
Illinois
John Zakarian Lindsay-Schaub
Kerner
General Assembly
Firemen return to work after injunction in Rockford
Firemen resumed duties in Rockford after Circuit Court Judge Albert S. O'Sullivan issued a temporary injunction ending a 50 percent walkout by 176 firefighters. The union sought a $200 yearly raise to reach a $7,200 starting salary matching police.
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Rockford
Albert S. O’sullivan
O’sullivan
Donald Lindstrand
International Association of Firefighters
F111 Missing On Mission Over Southeast Asia
The Defense Department reports one F111A fighter bomber is overdue on a bombing mission over North Vietnam after radio contact was lost over Laos. Six F111s recently based in Ta Khli Thailand, with a two-man crew aboard the missing jet.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Vietnam
Thailand
North Vietnam
Laos
Ta Khli
Panhandle
Allied death toll rises in Vietnam week long clash
U S and South Vietnamese commands report higher fatalities for Americans and allied troops last week while enemy losses show mixed totals. US: 349 killed, 1,965 wounded. SV: 270 killed. Enemy killed: 2,223 by allies, 3,428 by SV. Air offensive pounds Hue area and Khe Sanh depot zones. heavy B52s strikes across A Shau Valley and near Hue.
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U.S
Hue
Saigon
A Shau
Khe Sanh
Robert E. Cushman
1St Corps
Quyet Thang
Riots Break Out During Memphis Civil Rights March
Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in Memphis as Martin Luther King Jr led a march. Looting damaged Beale Street and Main Street while teargas and armed officers finally pushed the crowd away from downtown. Governor Ellington sent patrols and National Guardsmen to assist. King arrived from New York and rejoined the protest at its end.
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Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King
Beale Street
Main Street
Nashville
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
West Tennessee Armories
King
New York
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin dies in training crash
Moscow reports the 34 year old space pioneer died when a MIG15 jet he was in crashed near Vladimir. Col Vladimir Seryogin, space backup team commander, also perished. Gagarin's ashes reportedly to be interred at the Kremlin Wall. He had orbited Earth in 1961, opening the space era.
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Yuri A. Gagarin
Vladimir S. Seryogin
Gagarin
Seryogin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red Square
Tchaikovsky
Scriabin
Victor Louis
Moscow
London Evening News
Vladimir
U.S
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Theodore C. Freeman
Charles A. Bassett II
Elliot H. Lee Jr
Edward G. Givens
Cliftor C. Williams
Robert H. Lawrence Jr
Vladimir M. Komarov
Smelovki
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Gargarin
Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Alexei
Anna Timofeyvna
Yuri
Saratov
Volga
Soviet Air Force Academy
Orenburg
Sputnik
Upper Crab Orchard Creek Watershed plan outlined
Warrick presented a preliminary report in Marion detailing a watershed district project with estimated capital costs of 1 050 000 funded mainly by federal 566 and 304 000 locally for land and admin. Annual costs 18 000 and benefits about 164 000, with damage reduction to 57 percent and 42 000 in indirect benefits, affecting 330 landowners.
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Upper Crab Orchard Creek
Paul J. Warrick
Marion
Warrick
Soil Conservation Service
Crab Orchard Creek
Crab Orchard Lake
Buckley Creek
Robert Walker
University of Illinois
Fair Weather Tomorrow With Mild Night Temps
Forecast shows a fair spell with minimal temperature shifts. Tonight’s lows near 50 to 55, Friday’s highs around the 70s, promising pleasant conditions across the region.
Kennedy Opens Indiana Primary Challenge With McCarthy
Kennedy files for the Indiana May 7 presidential primary as McCarthy and a Johnson stand-in also enter. Nixon runs solo on the Republican ticket while Branigin and McCarthy backers file candidacies. In Indiana, Owens-Illinois glass workers end a 51 day wildcat strike as machine operators return to work and join the picket line earlier.
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Salt Lake City
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Roger D. Branigin
McCarthy
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