Revenue amendment gains support in House committee
The House Constitutional Amendment Committee approved a Peskin led revenue amendment by 9 to 6, sending it toward floor action. It seeks authority for the General Assembly to levy taxes as needed and to classify real and personal property for tax purposes on a reasonable basis while navigating the no classification constraint of the 1870 constitution. Gov Kerner is urged to push prompt action to establish basic authority for state revenue policy and taxpayer burdens.
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Otto Kerner
General Assembly
House
Bernard Peskin
D-Northbrook
Kerner
Illinois
Castro Obsession Drowns Latin America Crisis
The piece argues Sen McGovern challenges overfocus on Fidel Castro in the US press. It notes Castro’s long prominence since Cuba’s shift to communism, questions whether his departure would alter hemispheric communism, and urges attention to poverty illiteracy corruption and disease across Latin America rather than one man. It contrasts US distraction with broader regional challenges and calls for policy focus on the hemisphere’s real problems.
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New York Times
George
McGovern
United States
Fidel Castro
Batista
Castro
Cuba
Sen. McGovern
Hemisphere
China
Sidel Castro
Latin America
Kentucky
New Jersey
Music at markets boosts shopper spending says Vermont survey
A Vermont survey finds music in supermarkets encourages longer shopping. Five minutes yields $1.47 on average, six to ten minutes $3.59, and 21 minutes or more delivers more items but $16.14 less in the purse. The report suggests music lures buyers and could spur more purchases.
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Vermont
Second Look at a bygone era in headlines and race lore
The item reflects on era defining headlines mentioning the Kentucky Derby and Memorial Day speedway at Indianapolis, notes John F. Kennedy Jr with a minor haircut incident, hints at White House response from barbers' union, mentions mountaineering trends on Everest, and cites the U S Department of Agriculture as a large salaried workforce excluding the Farm Bureau.
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Indianapolis
John F. Kennedy, Jr
White House
Barbers’ Union
Dancing Through Big Name Bands In Dave Felts Column
Column recalls Ted Weems and other big bands from dance hall days, mentions Aragon Ballroom and Trianon in Chicago, Springfield events, and college proms, plus notes on BVDs and fashion, a Waikiki beach book club postcard, Margaret Bourke White’s upcoming autobiography, and astronaut Cooper’s postflight sleep and meal details.
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Perry Como
Ted Weeems
Ted Weems
Wayne King
Ben Bernie
Frankie Masters
Griff Williams
Abe Lyman
Sammy Kay
Isham Jones
Guy Lombardo
Ted Fiority
Jan Garber
Paul Whileman
Aragon
Chicago
Trianon
Armory
Springfield
Harvard
Radcliffe College
Byd's
BVD
Culture Club
Booklovers
Waikiki
Margaret Bourke
White
Simon & Schuster
Time-Life-Fortune Group
Miss Bourke-White
Astronaut Cooper
Migration Of Jobless Europe Faces Weak Spots
Geneva report notes Western Europe depends on rich nations to employ the poor. Migration trends from Greece, Spain, Italy signal possible future economic and political instability. Italian expert cites 1.5 million Italians working abroad and 700,000 jobless at home as signs of shifting prosperity.
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Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
Greece
Spain
Ialy
Aegean
Atlantic
Middle East
Latin America
Africa
Italy
Germany
France
Holland
Belgium
Peloponnesus Peninsula
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
Athens
United States
Yugoslavia
North Africa
Egypt
Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
South America
Trailer Use Is Defended by Southern Illinoisan Editor
The Southern Illinoisan editor defends trailer living for students in Carbondale, arguing trailers offer affordable housing and do not harm the local economy. The piece contrasts a prior letter opposing trailers, extends to global labor shifts, and warns of European migration pressures and remittances shaping Europe’s economy.
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Southern
Illnoisan
SIU
Carbondale
Gummie
JFK Given Bad Advice About Haiti
The piece criticizes U S policy on Haiti and Latin America, arguing the OAS is ineffective and suggests the United States should have acted to remove Duvalier. It highlights Sen Fulbright’s call for firmer action, notes immigration pressures from Europe, and warns of potential upheaval from unemployment driven by population and migration trends.
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OAS
Latin America
al Capone
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Washington
Hemisphere
United States
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina
Khrushchev
Cuba
Haiti
Duvalier
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U.S
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Mount
Everest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Dave Felts
Bebe Daniels
Byd
Paris
JFK
Florida
Kennedy
Organization of American States
Lea Durocher
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