Carbondale Voters Back Council-Manager Government
Editorial praises Carbondale for approving a switch to council-manager government by a two to one margin. It urges prompt formation of a citizens committee to draft qualifications and assist in screening candidates for city manager, noting the final choice rests with the council. The piece credits local groups and calls for careful, economical administration.
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Carbondale
Citizens For Council-Manager
Melvin Haas
C. E. F. Howe
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Advisory Committee
Jaycees
League of Women Voters
Trading stamps tax ruling doubts double taxation impact
Illinois Supreme Court upholds sales tax on stamps redeemable for merchandise, rejecting that stamps are a tax on the original purchase. The decision notes no merchant charge or price reduction for stamps, while economists say check cashing and services add to food costs. The state taxes about 3 million dollars annually from stamp redemptions.
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Illinois Supreme Court
High Court
Congress
National Commission of Food Marketing
Ilinois
Chicago Hopes for Rent Supplement Projects Amid Legislation
Congress approved rent supplement measures that would limit sites to suburban areas and central city blocks, pushing Chicago to seek a share of 20 000 housing units. The plan ties 5 percent to D-3 housing loans while the rent share remains 25 percent of income, but faces social and administrative hurdles. The piece notes the neighborly quip about Sid meaning dream.
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Congress
Chicago
The Rich Man's Guide to Europe and Travel Notes
Dave Felts reviews a new Prentice-Hall travel book The Rich Man's Guide to Europe by Charles Graves priced at ten dollars. The piece weaves in rail travel, a Bloomington writer Harold Sinclair, and brief detours to Hiram College and Rice University with light, nostalgic reflections on vacations and travel culture. (Entity density: mentions Charles Graves Harold Sinclair Hiram College Rice University West Coast rail trips Iberian trip Palma de Mallorca Barcelona Gibraltar Bar Harbor)
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Europe
Prentice-Hall
Charles Graves
Gritti Palace
Venice
Marion
West Side
West Coast
Peter Lyon
Lippincott
Lyon
New York
Chicago
Tulsa
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Vancouver
Minneapolis
New York City
Palma de Mallorca
Barcelona
Gibraltar
Iberian Peninsula
Hiram College
Rice University
James Abram Garfield
Vadhe! Lindsay
Western Reserve Eclectic Institute
Hiram
Ohio
Garfield
Williams
Rice
Rice Institute
Bar Harbor
Maine
Massive push planned to create jobs for unskilled Negroes
Washington reports a sweeping plan within the civil rights movement to redesign jobs for hard-core unemployed Negroes. Advocates urge employers to hire without wait for training, aiming for tens of thousands of direct job opportunities and a coordinated domestic war footing across business and government.
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Bruce Biossat
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington
U. S
Administration Press Friction Over Viet Nam Reporting
The Johnson administration grows uneasy at war coverage in Saigon and Washington. Secretary Rusk on Issues and Answers criticized reporters for pressing Ky and hinted at possible new reporting restrictions if the war accelerates.
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J. F. Ter Horst
North American Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Saigon
Dean Rusk
ABC
Nguyen Cao Ky
Rusk
You
Can Tho
U.S
White House
Pentagon
State Department
Robert H. Fleming
Fleming
Washington Press Corps
ABC News
Bill D. Moyers
Mr. Johnson
White
Congress
Illinois highway crisis hinges on local funding aid
A Illinois Highway Study Commission member warns the state cannot meet federal aid of 32 million dollars for the year without local and county contributions. Chicago and Cook County would cover about 11 million, with Lake County and Decatur adding more. total required local match reaches 16.3 million dollars to preserve federal highway funds.
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Robert D. Reid
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
O. T. Banton
Illinois Highway Study Commission
Banton
Chicago
Cook County
Lake County
Decatur
Commission
Francis Lorenz
Illinois Highway Division
Otto Kerner
Senate
W. Russell Arrington
Kerner
Sen
Arrington
General Revenue
Courts
Secretary of State’s Office
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Vietnam
NATO
Sid
Dave Felts
Weepenthe
Calif
Directory of Postoffices
U.S. Postal Guide
Monterey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harold Sinclair
Bloomington
Sinclair
Dill Pickle Club
Sandburg, Lindsay, Masters
Ben Hecht
Burton Rascoe
Bert Leston Taylor
Harry Hansen
Harriett Monroe
South
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
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