Springfield report on 78th assembly swearing in and speaker vote
Rep Susan Catania describes the opening of the Illinois 78th General Assembly in Springfield. The house elected speaker after multiple ballots and negotiations, with Harold Katz and Eugenia Chapman among nominees. Catania ultimately supports Robert Blair then Eugenia Chapman before Blair gains 89 votes and promises reform. She hopes Blair unifies the GOP majority and enables effective legislation.
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Illinois 78Th General Assembly
Springfield
House of Representatives
House
Illinois
Harold Katz
Glencoe
House Journal
John Fury
Chicago
Michael J. Howlett
77Th General Assembly
Tobias Barry
LaSalle
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Eugenia S. Chapman
Arlington Heights
Clyde L. Choate
Anna
Henry J. Hyde
Harold A. Katz
Harold Washington
Your Alderman Report On Urban Crime And Suburban Flight
A constituent worries that rising crime in Hyde Park makes residents fear returning home at night and consider moving, while a New York Times editorial notes that suburban flight may be short lived as urban problems persist and urges addressing root causes to diminish crime. The author plans to offer further suggestions in a future Hyde Park Herald column.
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a_ constituent
Hyde Park
White Plains
Palo Alto
Manhattan
San Francisco
Hyde Park Herald
Mann praises Catania and Katz for Speaker votes
Representative Robert E. Mann commends Susan Catania for courage on her first day as a legislator by twice voting for Eugenia Chapman for Democrat Speaker, the only House member to leave her party for a Speaker candidate. Mann also praises Harold A. Katz, nominating him for Speaker on the first ballot, then switches to Chapman for the next ballots. Katz withdrew after the first ballot. Choate was the other Democratic candidate.
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Robert E. Mann
Susan Catania
Eugenia Chapman
Mann
Harold A. Katz
Glencoe
Katz
House
Rep
Chapman
Clyde Choate
Letters to the Editor on Cats and School Budgets
A reader shares Uncle Don's note about Adlai Stevenson on protecting birds by restricting roaming cats. The letter argues cats roam by nature, question of public nuisance, and cites Chicago teachers seeking budget solutions beyond strikes while criticizing administrative costs in public schools.
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Don
Max
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Chicago Teachers’ Union
Board of Education
Board proposes 1200 teaching cuts amid growing bureaucracy
A 1949 Springfield protest contends the Board targets 1200 teaching positions while preserving administrative growth. Critics cite year round offices, expanded area offices, slowed processes, and rising admin costs outpacing teacher salaries. They accuse Union leaders of appeasement and warn children lose in bureaucratic burden.
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Board of Education
N. LaSalle
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Henry Hyde
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Catania
Hyde
Choate
Peggy Smith Martin
General Assembly
Tees
John Hirschfeld
Leon M. Despres
New York Times
Eli Ginzberg
Columbia University
Adlai Stevenson
Howlett
Illinois House
Innstead
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