Illinois officials urge ceilings on relief budget plan
Springfield May 13 AP Gov Otto Kerner and other state officials urged immediate passage of emergency May and June relief funding without ceilings. They also backed setting reasonable ceilings for the 1963-65 public aid budget starting July 1. Attending the meeting were Lt Gov Shapiro Auditor Howlett Treasurer Scott School Supt Page and others. secretary of state Charles F Carpentier boycotted. Officials hope a quick settlement frees funds to finance relief benefits this month and next.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Othe
Kerner
Samuel Shapiro
Michael J. Howlett
William J. Scott
Suipt
Ray Page
Warren B. Boyer
Alty
William G. Clark
Europe
Harald Swank
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Scott
Tax Exempt Status Revoked From Pacifist Group
The Internal Revenue Service revoked the tax exempt status of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a pacifist group active since 1926, saying its aims to end war require legislation. Church leaders decried the move as a First Amendment issue, while the ACLU urged withdrawal of the revocation.
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Peter Kihsse
New York Times
New York
Internal Revenue Service
Fellowship of Reconciliation
National Council of Churches
Notre Dame University
America
Yank Deaths Under Study
Army Special Warfare officers monitor South Vietnam for a potential guerrilla drive to kill U.S. advisers after two off duty killings last Monday. One slain adviser was a lieutenant and the other a sergeant, with incidents reported in two widely separated Red infested areas.
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Fred §. Hoffman
Associated Press
Washington
Army
South
Viet Nam
Guerrilas
U.S
Cooler For Southern Illinois Clears Tonight
A clearing pattern brings cooler air to Southern Illinois with overnight low temperatures in the 80s. Tuesday promises sunshine and pleasant conditions with bright skies and lighter winds in the 708 area.
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Illinois
Rail Panel Report Due on Work Rule Dispute
A three man presidential panel reports to President Kennedy with suggestions to resolve a work rule dispute that could halt railroads by June 12. The panel completes the final phase of the strike-delaying machinery amid the ongoing "great featherbed dispute" as staff finalize details for the President.
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Washington
Kennedy
Federal troops massed near riot city in Birmingham
Rioting tension flared as riot trained federal troops moved into Alabama to back up local officers amid bombings and unrest. President Kennedy ordered deployment to Maxwell Air Force Base and Anniston, with Wallace demanding troop withdrawal and King urging restraint and nonviolence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Jackie Robinson
Floyd Patterson
Steel City
Kennedy
Guy
George C. Wallace
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
PL. Mee Cletlan
Anniston
Alabama National Guard
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
White House
George Wallace
Launch Preparations Continue for 22 Orbit Mercury Mission
Cape Canaveral weather clouds threaten a May 13 Atlas launch for Project Mercury. If conditions improve, the 22 orbit flight with astronaut Gordon Cooper aims to last about 34 hours, with a final mission review pending and conditions expected to clear by launch time.
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Cape Canaveral
Cooper
Gordon Cooper
Cape
Canaveral
Pacific
Midway
Mercury Control Center
Supreme Court rules against forced political dues by rail workers
The court held that about 30 North Carolina employees of Southern Railway cannot be required to pay the portion of union dues used for political purposes. Justice Brennan wrote the majority decision, with separate dissents from Justice Harlan and Justice Goldberg recused. The ruling directs a lower court to determine what expenditures are political and to consider refunds proportional to political spending. The case concerns union shop agreements with the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brennan
Harlan
Goldberg
North Carolina
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina Supreme Court
Georgia
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Reds Order 10 Diplomats Out As Spies
Moscow on May 13 reported the Soviet Union expelled or declared persona non grata ten Western diplomats, five Americans and five Britons, amid espionage claims linked to Penkovsky and Wynne. Four Americans already left. others named include William C. Jones, Hugh Montgomery, Alexis Davison, Rodney Carlson, and Richard Jacob.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Moscovw
U. S
Greville Wynne
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky
Wynne
Tass
William C. Jones
Hugh Montgomery
Springfield
Mass
Alexis Davison
Atlanta
Rodney Carlson
Alcester
S. C
Richard Jacob
Rail merger proposed by Union Pacific and Rock Island
New York May 13 AP the Union Pacific Railroad Co and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co agreed to merge The Rock Island would sell its lines south and southwest of Kansas City to Southern Pacific The plan would place Southern Pacific in Kansas City and Union Pacific in Chicago and St Louis The announcement came after an eight month study It involves exchanging 718 authorized but unissued Union Pacific shares for each Rock Island share Union Pacific headquarters are in New York and Rock Island has about three million shares The roles of the Rock Island wives and plans to London were not explained The British Foreign Office said it would have no comment on ongoing studies
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Chicago, Rock Island
Pacific Railroad Co
Rock Island
Kansas City
Southern Pacific, Co
Southern Pacific
Kansas, City
Union Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
Chisholm
J. War
jJey
F. Stewart
I. Rausell
Southern ‘Pacific
Rock Island Lines
Kansas
London
Engi
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Wirephota
Charles F. Carpentier
By Revenue Service
American Civil Liberties Union
Nyack
Lee Stern
D. W. Littleton
Internal Revenue Sercie
Stern
United States
China
Albert Boutwell
Wallace
Gaston Motel
Integration Movement
A. D. King
King
Camp Davis
Maryland Mountains
Ralph D. Abernathy
I Gaston
Als
John. Sparkman
Bill Haley
Reds
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