GOP Eyes Deal With Scott Mirrors Percy Pact Past
Illinois Republicans contemplate backing Attorney General Bill Scott for governor in 1976 after exploring a 1966 deal that backed Charles Percy against Douglas. The column recalls past GOP strategy linking a top ticket to a strong gubernatorial bid and weighs whether Scott could be promised statewide support in return for steering the Senate race.
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AL Manning Copley
Springfield
Illinois
Charles Percy
Percy
Pekin
Nixon
Everett M. Dirksen
Congressional Research Center
Sen
Dirksen
U. S. Senate
Victor Smith
Stategory
JCP
Paul Douglas
Douglas
Hay Rence
Otto Kerner
GOP
Bell & Howell
Atty
Bill Scott
Stevenson
Scott
Navy Seabee Camp Shields duty for Carl Rodekamp
Carl M. Rodekamp, son of Mr and Mrs Carl F Rodekamp of 108 Sixth Ave Sterling, has reported for duty at Seabee Camp Shields on Okinawa. William R Spears Jr of Route 2 Rock Falls completes the Fleet Sonar School course in underwater detection gear operation and maintenance for submarines.
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Carl Rodekamp
Carl M. Rodekamp
Carl F. Rodekamp
Sixth Ave
Sterling
Seabee Camp
Shields
Okinawa
Navy
William Spears JR
William R. Spears Jr
Route 2
Rock Falls
Fleet Sonar School
AstroGraph Lost In The Mails
This week’s AstroGraph feature copy has been lost in transit between Cleveland Ohio and Sterling. An urgent request seeks replacement copy to resume the popular feature promptly.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sterling
Community Meeting Calendar June 26 to July 14
Calendar notices list events in Sinnissippi Park Rock Falls and area. Altar and Rosary picnic June 26 at noon. Rock Falls Little League Auxiliary meeting June 27. Yesteryear Questers June 28 at 6 30 p.m. at Mrs. Wick’s home. SHS Class of 1983 reunion June 30 at Jul's Danish Farm. National Catholic Society of Foresters picnic July 3 at Sinnissippi Park. YWCA Women’s Club attend Oliver July 14 at Timber Lake Playhouse with reservations by July 3.
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St. Mary’s
Maurice Wick
Riverview Road
Rock Falls
Jul
National Catholic Society of Foresters
Sinnissippi Park
Business Professional and Industrial Women’s Club
The
YWCA
Oliver
Timber Lake Playhouse
Marget Jane Falls
Telephone
Kansas Senator Ross Cast Critical Vote on Johnson Impeachment
In 1868 Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas cast the decisive vote that cleared President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charges, altering the course of Reconstruction era politics and congressional history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund G. Ross
Kansas
Andrew Johnson
Nixon popularity holds after drop in May
Gallup reports Nixon's approval steady at 44 percent after May low. The poll follows Nixon Pompidou talks and precedes John Dean III Senate testimony on Watergate, with reaction and post Brezhnev sentiment to be seen.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
John Dean III
Senate
Pint Blood Drive Tuesday At Rock Falls Community Building
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Rock Falls Community Building on Tuesday June 26 from noon to 530 PM. Citizens in good health are urged to donate a pint of blood, a yearly obligation for many and a gift to those in need.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Red Grace Blood Mobile
Rock Falls
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Congress of Texas
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New York
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Fern Brown
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Win Baker
Peter Payne
Bud Bristol
Paul Jennings
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Staan Mae
Seersuckers
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Third Street
Gallup Poll
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Kennedy
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Truman
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