Illinois saves millions via ADC pilot in 21 counties
The state reports a pilot ADC program in 21 Illinois counties cut costs and boosted staff to target high-potential self-support cases. From 1962 to 1983, total caseload fell while expenditures halved, with salaries rising as overall ADC expenses dropped from about $11.38 million to $5.78 million.
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Williamson County
Public Aid Dept
ADC
Illinois
Alexander
Franklin
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
Swank
Jackson County
Alexander County
Stamp Plan Called Success
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman reported three years of trial show the foods skimp plan aiding the needy as a success. Pilot began in McDowell County West Virginia and now operates in 43 areas across 22 states with about 292000 participants. President Johnson urged nationwide extension. House approved, Senate debate ongoing.
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Washington
Yille L. Freeman
McDowell County
West Virginia
Franklin County
Ulinois
Johson
Congress
House
Senate
Romney declares public emergency as National Guard moves into Hillsdale
Hillsdale Michigan mayor appeals for help as violence erupts after arrests of three pickets including a striker's wife. Gov Romney orders National Guard to Hillsdale and Essex Wire Co plant to close except for skeleton crews. Gun prohibition imposed except for police and troops in the city of 7,629.
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Hillsdale
Mich
George W. Romney
National Guard
Essex Wire Co
Romney
Lower
Michigan
Lawfords Accepted Duplex in Manhattan Reversal
New York May 28 Peter Lawfords once barred from a Manhattan apartment have reportedly found and accepted a 14 room duplex on upper Fifth Avenue. Earl Wilson of the New York Post cites a published report noting the residence has no barriers against actors and Democrats.
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Lawfords
New York
Peter Lawfords
Manhattan
Earl Wilson
New York Post
Upper Fifth Avenue
United States Laos flights spark Cold War tensions in Asia
Assistant Secretary Bundy warned of a real danger of a Communist takeover in Southeast Asia amid Laos patrol flights disputed by Soviet claims. London and Washington discussed Laos Cambodia and Vietnam as British officials dismissed Moscow’s accusations as propaganda while Laos reported right wing forces moving near Vientiane and Muong Huong.
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London
Willa P. Bundy
Southeast Asia
Bundy
Washington
U.S
Laos
Britain
Far Eastern
Richard A. Butler
Cambodia
Viet Nam
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Dan
Gerous
Pathal Lao
International Control Commission
Prince $Yania Phouma
Meking River
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Muong Huong
NAACP charges Cham paign Realtors over housing sales
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed a complaint against the Champaign County Board of Realtors alleging the board tried to discourage sales of homes to Negroes. The action could threaten member dealers with license revocation if sustained.
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NAACP
Champaign Realtors
Champaign
May
Champaign County Board of Realtors
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Real Estate Board
Johnson calls Asian talks in Hawaii conference
President Johnson orders top U.S. military and diplomatic officials to meet in Honolulu next week to review Southeast Asia. Secretary of State Dean Rusk will chair the session, with Henry Cabot Lodge flying from Saigon, joined by Defense Secretary McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Hono- Tulu
Southeast Asia
White House
Dean Rusk
Henry Cabot Ledge
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Hawaii
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cloudy Weather Forecast for Southern Illinois
A fragmentary weather update notes cloudy conditions for Southern Illinois with continued coal? spelling errors. Tonight and Friday show mostly cloudy skies with a low temperatures. Highs Friday are expected in the mid to upper seventies.
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Tlinois
Viet Nam Ad Attacks War in New York
An advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune lists 149 draft age men who refuse to fight in Vietnam. Phillip Abbot Luce, treasurer of Ad Hoc Committee, gathered names by writing to friends across 18 states and DC. The signers condemn U S involvement as suppressive of Vietnamese independence and call for broader publication and support. The effort follows a similar April ad in National Guardian signed by 87 students from Yale and 22 colleges.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Viet Nam
Phillip Abbot Luce
District of Columbia
Luce
Cu‘ba
Cuba
State Department
Manhattan Tribe of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Mississippi
Ohio State
South
United States
National Guardian
Yale University
David W. Piper
Piper Aircraft Corp
Lockhaven
Albert Maher
Houston, Tex
Living Cost Rise Means Wage Boosts
Washington, May 28 AP says April living costs rose one tenth of one percent while the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a stabilizing price trend. The CPI reached 107.8, equating to $10.78 for items costing $10 in 1957-59 base. Recreation, rent, and medical costs drove the rise. many workers will gain one cent per hour under wage contracts tied to CPI, including 800,000 in auto industries and 65,000 in aerospace sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Warren Hits Bail System
The May article reports at a National Conference on Bail and Criminal Justice that the U S system fails the poor, with 430 judges prosecutors and officials attending. Attorney General Robert F Kennedy leads the discussion noting bondsmen and fees keep freedom tied to wealth and many defendants lose time credits.
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New York Times
Washington
Chi
Robert F. Kennedy
Warren
Judy Garland in Hong Kong Hospitalized in Critical Condition
American Broadcasting Co correspondent Stanley Rich reported that Judy Garland was rushed to a Hong Kong hospital unconscious and in critical condition. Oxygen was given and doctors worked two hours after arrival. she later left danger but remained listed as critical. The report noted she fears storms and was said to be stricken in her hotel as a typhoon battered Hong Kong with 90 mile per hour winds.
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New York
American Broadcasting Co
Stanley Rich
Hong Kong
Judy Garland
Rich
Miss Garland
T Hat
Nehru's funeral marks end of an era in India
Nehru's body was cremated on May 28 in a Hindu rite watched by hundreds of thousands along the Jumna riverbank. Sanjaya Sandhi lit the pyre as crowds surged, police clashed with mourners, and dignitaries like Dean Rusk faced pressure in the vast procession. Speculation points to Lal Bahadur Shastri as likely successor as India forms a caretaker government pending Congress leadership choice.
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New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jumna
Nehru
Sanjaya Sandhi
Eac
Red Fatt
Prime Ministers
India
A. S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Nagpur
Agnos
Nanda
Congress Party
Sargepalli Radhakrishnar
Lal Bahadur Shstri
Congressmen allege U.S. aid to Minutemen and gun sales
Texas Democrat Henry B. Gonzalez accuses the government of supplying free ammunition to the extreme right Minutemen. He cites Army programs distributing guns at cost and ammo to civilians linked to the NRA. A former Minutemen regional leader and two others were arrested for selling $17,000 worth of arms to Secret Service agents.
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Washington
Texas
The
Minutemen
Henry B. Gonzalez
D. Tee
Justice Department
Army
National Board For the
Richard Leuchli
Collinsville
Secret Service
National Rifle Association
Gonzalez
N. S. Riecke Jr
Paul Mevere
Yeo.nen
Ing
New Orleans
Riecke
Memorial Day Baton Twirlers Barred in Rockford Parade
In Rockford on Memorial Day weekend civic leaders clash with mothers over banning Nancy's Baton Twirlers from the parade for scanty costumes. Parade marshal Olson defers to Memoriam Associations president Heisler, who worries skirts could invite wolf whistles. two other groups are approved and Nancy's hopes for compromise to become third.
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Rockford
May
Ih Memoriam
Robert J. Olson
Gerald Heisler
Association
Nancy
Baton Twirlers
Nancy Hanson
Heisier
Cuba executes four CIA agents landed at Cuba
Havana reports four men described as CIA agents captured as they attempted to land in Cuba have been executed. The release says they sailed from Miami and marks the first mention of infiltrator captures since exiles in the United States announced plans to start guerrilla warfare.
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Navana
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Havana
United States
Jmen
Miami
Bank Robber Steals $10,000 in Sherrard Bank Heist
A gunman robbed the Palmers State Bank of Sherrard of about $10,000 with an accomplice waiting outside in a car. The crime occurred in Sherrard on a date in May, per AP dispatch.
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Sherrard
Palmers
Apollo program launches unmanned moonship model
An unmanned Apollo model launched from Cape Kennedy on a Saturn 1 booster marks the first in a long series of test flights aimed at manned lunar landings. The 190-foot rocket reached orbit at 17 400 mph, carrying a 37 300 pound payload to about 100 miles high, with a new guidance system for future manned missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Apollo
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
United States
Cambodia Accepts U N Controllers At Border
Cambodian Foreign Minister Huot Sambath told the U N Security Council that Phnom Penh would accept United Nations controllers to curb incidents along the 600 mile frontier with South Vietnam but refused to fund the mission. He urged reviving the Geneva conference to guarantee neutrality and border integrity.
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United Nations
N. Y
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Huot Sambath
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Cambo-a
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