One Man One Vote Bill For Unit Schools Clears Senate Panel
SPRINGFIELD The Senate education committee backed House Bill 838 to apply one man one vote to unit school district formation elections. The vote was 13 to 0 with Senator Everett Laughlin voting by proxy for the measure. The bill, already passed by the Illinois House, aims to allow district formation elections to follow federal and state one man one vote standards. Sponsor Rep Charles Clabaugh noted a committee change adding the new provision.
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Senate
Springfield
Senate Education Committee
Milnois House
Everett Laughlin
Rfreeport
Sen
Laughlin
The
Daily Gazette
Richard Boe A
Illinois
Sterling Police Beat Report: Multiple Traffic Violations
Sterling Police charged William A. McNichols 19 Dixon with improper backing and no license after a Park Drive minor collision injuring Ricardo Martinez 37. Donald L. Melberg 38 Sterling cited for failure to yield after a collision at E 3rd Street and 6th Avenue. Henry P. Heitman 68 Peru cited for disregarding a traffic device after a crash at Avenue G and W 3rd Street. A window at Smitty's Sewing Center was broken with a telephone receiver thrown from a pay phone booth.
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William A. McNichols
Dixon
Sterling
Park Drive
3Rd Avenue
McNichols
Ricardo Martinez
W. St
Martinez Auto
Donald L. Melberg
Broadway
E. 3Rd Street
6Th Avenue
Faye E. Cox
7Th Ave
Melberg
Henry P. Heitman
Peru
Karen
Buckingham
W. St. St
Avenue G
W. 3Rd Street
Heitman
Smitty's Sewing Center
E. 3Rd St
Two Killed In Copter Crash At Illinois Highway Project
A helicopter crashed during takeoff near an Illinois highway construction site killing pilot Raymond Drennan of Chicago and state right of way engineer Leonard J. Larkin from the Dixon office. Construction engineer Gerald Martin, also of Dixon, was seriously injured and taken to Memorial Hospital in Beloit. Police said the craft flipped when its skids hit a high voltage line, plunging about 30 feet.
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Rockton, Til
Illinois 2
Raymond Drennan
Chicago
Leonard J. Larkin
Ilinois
Dixon
Gerald Martin
Memorial Hospital
Beloit
Wis
Sheriff's Police
Winnebago County
Sterling City Council Meeting Agenda Tonight
The Sterling City Council will meet at 7 30 PM in the council chambers. Agenda includes approval of minutes and planning commission minutes, appointments to planning commission library board Grandon Civic Center Downtown Development Committee, annexation utilities and dancing ordinances, officer reports resolutions petitions communications bills payrolls audience comments press conference and adjournment.
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Sterling City Council
Sterling Coliseum
Planning Commission
Library Board
Grandon Civic Center
Sterling Grade Board To Meet On May 24
The Sterling Elementary Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday May 24 at 7 15 p m in the board room at Challand Junior High School. The District 134 board date was moved from the third to the fourth Monday at the April reorganization meeting.
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Sterling Elementary Board of Education
Challand Junior High School
District 134
Chinchilla imports spark U S fur industry
Chinchillas were first imported into the United States in 1922. The shipment included seven males and four females and founded a new fur industry.
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United States
Deer crashes into Sieg Co. auto parts store
A deer became the first Monday morning customer at Sieg Co Sterling Auto Parts at 8 30 am. It bounded through a plate glass door causing property damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars while attempting to flee the store. Police officer Housenga shot the injured animal outside after a chase through the showroom. The incident prompted discussions of a venison offer with purchases prior to disposition by Edenls.
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Sieg ©O
Sterling Auto Parts
Illinois Conservation
Sieg
Mike O’brien
Sterling
Steve Housenga
Deer
Sieg Co
Robert Buhrow
Gazette
Ervin Challenges Nixon Crime Bill as Unconstitutional
Senator Sam J. Ervin argues the Nixon administration crime control bill is unconstitutional and politically motivated. He says pretrial detention lacks practicality, citing a 1968 District of Columbia study showing low re arrest rates within 18 months and noting few crimes occur within 60 days while free on bail.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sam J. Ervin
North Carolina
Justice Department
Ervin
Capitol Hill
District of Columbia
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Atlantic Ocean
Bureau of Standards
Bakalis Urges Citizens Campaign In Education Rally
Illinois Superintendent Bakalis urged a phone and letter campaign to back Senate Bill 1018 to add about 49 million dollars in aid to public schools without new taxes. He warned the 275 million shortfall in funding requires further state savings and cautioned the bill would be a stop gap to fix the education system. The Evanston rally drew about 2,000 people, far short of TEA hopes, with Rep. Eugenia Chapman and Sen. Harris Fawell speaking on related funding measures.
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Evanston
Illinois
Michael J. Bakalis
Bakalis
Ilinois Education Association
Associated Press
Eugenia Chapman
Arlington Heights
IEA
General Assembly
Harris Fawell
Naperville
Fawell
James D. Nowlan
Toulon
Strayer-Haig
Rostruma
George Fischer
National Education Association
Fischer
Sterling Rock Falls
Tom Tinley
Bob McMurry
Elizabeth Stevens
Fred Svoboda
Whiteside County Courthouse Report Violation of Probation Charge
Kenneth E. Wyatt a 17 year old Sterling youth was arraigned on a probation violation. Stephen Bruce Marney 19 Prophetstown and two minor girls aged 12 and 13 were returned from Texas by Whiteside sheriff L L Kimel. Wyatt on probation for a battery conviction and Marney faced possible charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Morrison
Kenneth E. Wyatt
Sterling
Ivan Lovaas
Wyatt
Stephen Bruce Marwey
Prophetstown
Whiteside
Texas
L. L
Butch” Kimmel
Marney
Sentenced To Vandalia On Battery Charge
Morrison Herminio Rod riguez, 25, Sterling, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to aggravated battery. Judge John L. Poole gave three years probation with the first nine months in the Illinois Department of Corrections Vandalia facility. Rodriguez was arrested Christmas morning for a stabbing involving Emilio Diaz, hospitalized. he faced resisting arrest, weapon charges, and attempted murder, later reduced to aggravated battery.
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Morrison
Herminio Rodriguez
Sterling
John L. Poole
Rodriguez
Ilinois
Marriage Licenses Issued to Local Couples
The county clerk office issued several marriage licenses late last week. Names include Billy Joe Myers and Vicki Lynne Brill of Rock Falls. Raymond LeRoy Saffell and Connie June Mitchell of Rock Falls. Mark Hewitt Lutz and Hollie Jean Eaglin of Sterling. Duane Donald Link and Dixie Lee Shirley of Sterling. Michael Kenneth Knox of Peoria and Maureen Frances Hermes of Rock Falls. Richard William Hadcock and Judy Darlene Reynolds of Sterling.
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Morrison
Billy Joe Myers
Vicki Lynne Brill
Rock Falls
Raymond LeRoy Saffell
Connie June Mitchell
Mark Hewitt Lutz
Hollie Jean Eaglin
Sterling
Duane Donald Link
Dixie Lee Shirley
Michael Kenneth Knox
Peoria
Maureen Frances Hermes
Richard William Hadcock
Judy Darlene Reynolds
Minaret of Jam Leaning Like Pisa Tower
An Afghanistan heritage site the 227 foot Minaret of Jam tilts at roughly half the lean of Italy's Tower of Pisa, a centuries old phenomenon noted in recent measurements and observations.
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Afghanistan
Italy
Pisa
May Salad Bar At Lincoln School
Lincoln School Mothers will hold a salad bar at 1 p.m. on Wednesday May 19 in the school gym. Members donate a salad or casserole. Miss Louise Meier’s kindergarten room and the fifth and sixth grade chorus will entertain. This is the final meeting of the year with installation of officers.
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Lincoln School
Louise Meier
Hospital Notes Discharges Listed for May 15 16
The Community General Hospital discharge log for May 15 lists William Franz meier Mrs Gerald Damhoff Mrs Janet Stanford Mrs Rudolph Muetzel Charles D Forren Mrs Sue Sack Miss Marie Verland Mrs Edward Gale and son Mrs Vernon Royer Mrs William P King and daughter Mrs Chester Thormahlen Mrs Paul Nusbaum Mrs Kenneth W Braasch and daughter Mrs Gregorio Marquez Matthew J McDonald Mrs Edward Crow Sr Eric J Rubright Walter D Berge Daniel E Brown Norma Jones George B Galloway Richard A Harrington and Anthony Eakle. Discharges for May 16 include Bryan A Netz Mrs Patricia Kittle John H Buyers Clarence M Mangler Patricia Ann Detorrice Mrs Heino A Maliniemi and son Mark Steven Webb Scott Van Oosten Mrs Donald J Egan and Donna Marie Price.
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Community General Hospital
William Franzmeier
Gerald Damhoff
Janet Stanford
Rudolph Muetzel
Charles D. Forren
Sue Sack
Marie Verland
Edward Gale
Vernon Royer
William P. King
Chester Thormahlen
Paul Nusbaum
Kenneth W. Braasch
Gregorio Marquez
Matthew J. McDonald
Edward Crow Sr
Eric J. Rubright
Walter D. Berge
Daniel E. Brown
Norma Jones
George B. Galloway
Richard A. Harrington
Anthony Eakle
Bryan A. Netz
Patricia Kittle
John H. Buyers
Clarence M. Mangler
Patricia Ann Detorrice
Heino A. Maliniemi
Mark Steven Webb
Scott van Oosten
Donald J. Egan
Donna Marie Price
New Births Reported in Sterling and Nearby Cities
New arrivals include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Smeltzer at Community General Hospital on May 15 in Sterling. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Archie J. Spencer at Community General Hospital on May 15 in Sterling, listed with Rock Falls and Sterling addresses. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Graham on May 15 at Community General Hospital. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Armando Cantu on May 16 in Sterling. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. McCaffre on May 16 in Dixon. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Morse on May 16 at Community General Hospital.
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Ronald Smeltzer
4Th Ave
Sterling
Community General Hospital
Archie J. Spencer
E. 7Th St
Rock Falls
Michael Graham
Deer Grove
Armando Cantu
Woodburn Ave
Francis E. McCaffre
S. Galena Ave
Dixon
Ronnie Morse
Prophetstown
Evangeline Name Meaning Reported in State
A brief note states the Greek name Evangeline means bringing good news and is recognized within the state. The origin and interpretation are attributed to classical Greek roots and cultural usage.
Sterling Police Fire Commissioner Pushes Trivia Division Plan
Column notes frustration with neighborhood disputes and anonymous complaints in Sterling. Mentions dog control, weed ordinances, and loud stereos, praising local parks and urging residents to follow ordinances or face court. Highlights Fire Department merit certificate, city spring cleanup, booster club auction, and tavern dancing proposal for safety. End with street chatter and daily mail receipts.
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New Sterling
Harry Manfield
Sterling Police Department
Sterling
Sterling Fire Crews Tackle Multiple Small Blazes
Sterling firefighters responded to a cardboard box fire on the third floor of Northwestern Steel and Wire Co at 121 Wallace St at 12:32 a.m. Minor damage reported. They also washed down a gasoline leak at Locust Street at 8:25 p.m. Saturday and fought a car fire at 1st Avenue and E Ard Street, owner Robert Sweet of Polo, causing minor damage. A trash and garage fire at 609 Ave D Sterling caused minor damage with unspecified cause.
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Sterling
Northwestern Steel and Wire Co
Wallace St
Locust Street
Robert Sweet
Polo
1St Avenue
E Ard Street
Raymond A. Phillips
Ave. D. Sterling
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Sterling Grade Board
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Nixon
By Gregg Herrington
Crisis In Education
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Sterling A School Warriors
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