Forest Service studies $40 million Shawnee development plan
The Forest Service estimates $40 million total for Shawnee National Forest recreation and timber industry development over 10 to 20 years. A $10 million land acquisition plan is up for Freeman approval, with boundary extension to close gaps and a river-to-river road planned. Private firms could add motels and services to attract tourists as federal ownership rises to about 35 percent in an expanded 800,000 acre forest.
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Shawnee National Forest
Frank Kopecky
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Kopecky
Freeman
National Forest Reservation Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart Udall
Army
Cyrus Vance
Southern Ilinois Inc
One
Southern Tlinois Recreation Council
Shawnee Hills Recreation Association
Southernlinois University
Wopecky
Frank Kirk
State Board of Economic Development
SUL
Midnais
Midwest
The
North Central States
Desegregation plea denied in Birmingham case ruling
Federal Judge Seybourn Lynne refused an injunction to desegregate Birmingham schools until good faith of officials is tested by applying the state pupil placement law without discrimination. The decision dismisses claims by Negro plaintiffs who did not exhaust remedies, with an appeal likely to follow.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S
Seybourn
H. Lynne
Lynne
St. U. S
Lynne Sac
Theo R. Wright
Hearnd
James Armstrong
5Th Circuit
Alabama
Pope in grave condition as stomach growth looms
Vatican reports Pope John XXII, 81, battles persistent hemorrhaging from a gastric heteroplasia. doctors struggle to stem bleeding while evaluating a potentially malignant growth. L Osservatore Romano confirms illness, with surgery considered but deemed too risky for the pontiff at his age. Cardinal Cicognani prepared for increased duties as conclave looms.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Leturn
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Papal
L'Osservalore
Amblo
Cicognani
Washington
John
Hungary
Poland
St. Peter
Senate approves mental health fund measure amid debate
The Senate, with one dissent, advances a $848 million mental health bill despite tensions over civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr urges Kennedy to escort Black students to Alabama, while Gov Wallace vows to block enrollment. The House previously passed a related bill aiding mental health facilities and research, with broad support.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Kennedy
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
King
Kang
Washington
Senate
White House
Pope
Opponents Try To Make Law Unenforceable
The Illinois Senate debated a Sunday closing law with amendments aimed at killing enforcement. Proposals to allow Sunday horse auctions and food sales were defeated, while a ban on Sunday alcohol sales failed. Debates centered on enforcement practicality and potential home stead exemptions for old age relief costs.
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Ralph H. Johnson
Lunday-Schaub
Springfield
Dlinois
Senate Today
Senate
Egbert B. Green
R-Pekin
Showers Across Southern Illinois Forecast
Weather outlook for southern Illinois mentions increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. A cooler trend is expected with winds calming, and highs in the upper 70s. Indiana noted little change after removing a provision in its old age assistance law.
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Ilinois
Ance Deni
Harold
A C. Swank
Indiana
Living Cost Holds At Record Level In April
The Labor Department reported April CPI at 106.2 of the 1957-59 base, equal to March, and 1 percent above 1902. The average family now spends 10.62 to buy what 10 did last year. Meats, poultry, fish fell 2.4 percent, easing but sugar prices rise may gradually offset. About 950,000 workers in automotive, aerospace and farm equipment sectors will gain 1 cent an hour in wages.
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Washington
Labor Department
Hwan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Submarine Thresher Sheds Parts Found At Sea
Norfolk May 26 AP fifteen small boxes of metal O rings recovered from the ocean floor by the Lamont ship Conard during search for the Thresher. The nuclear submarine sank April 10 with 129 crew 220 miles off Boston. A naval court in Portsmouth reviews new underwater photos to determine the sinking cause.
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U. S. Navy
Thresher
Atlantic ‘ Fleet
Lamont Laboratory
Con'ad
Boston
Naval Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth
Senate restores part of Post Office budget cut
A Senate House committee agreed to restore 40 million of the 92 million trimmed from the Post Office Depart ment budget. Senator A Willis Robertson said the extra funds should assure adequate postal service for the fiscal year starting July 1. Postmaster General J Edward Day had warned that Saturday mail might be stopped and deliveries halted to new suburbs and office buildings if the House cut remained.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
House
Post Office Department
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
J. Edward Day
The Heir Dies Clermant Vervand
Jean Michelin, 80, heir of the famed Michelin tire family and son of founder Andre Michelin, died on Monday in Clermant Vervand, France. The long-known tire magnate’s death ends a line linked to the company bearing the family name
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Clermant-Vervand
France
Jean’ Michelin
Andre Michelin
Senators debate Sabbath bill amid four year trial proposal
Adopted last week amendments allow merchants to close on a substitute Sabbath and stay open on Sunday, with a four year trial. After amendments, Sen. Arthur W. Sprague urged printing the bill before final passage, quipping that legislating morals harms competition.
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Arthur W. Sprague
R-Lagrange
Daley backed tax hike proposed in Illinois Assembly
May 28 AP report notes legislation sought by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley to raise city sales tax from half to one cent and add liquor and cigarette levies. The measure, backed by Illinois Municipal League, could also apply to downstate cities and raise about 45 million dollars annually. It would set cigarette tax up to 3 cents per pack whisky up to 50 cents a gallon wine 8 to 20 cents per gallon by alcohol content.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
John Toulty
Paul Powell
Vienna
Daley
Illinois Municipal League
Senate Votes Cigarette Tax For Park Fund
Illinois Senate approves a 1 cent cigarette tax hike 32 to 8 to fund park development. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Gordon Kerr, moves to the House with expectations of passage. Half the revenue would buy land and develop parks, the rest into the general fund. Gov. Kerner’s veto opposition to earmarking could affect fate.
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C. T. Banton
Lindsay-Lehaub
Springfield
Ilinois Senate
Gordon Kerr
Brookport
General Revenue Fund
Kerr
Ota Kerner
Dept. of Conservation
Department For Land Buying and Development
Ilinois
William Grindle
D-Herrin
Paul Simon
D-Troy
Paul Graham
Mattoon
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Gilbert
Simon
W. Russell Arrington
Kerner
Judges to retire at age 70 in Illinois 1976 plan
Illinois House committee approved a bill requiring judges across all levels to retire at 70 beginning in 1976. The measure aims to enable a 12 year minimum on the bench for pension eligibility and outlines limited magistrate duties and salaries for the new court system across downstate and Cook County.
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House Judicial Reform Committee
Ilinois
Justices of the Peace
Police
Judicial Advisory Council
Cook County
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