Springfield report on the first annual General Assembly and McGovern support
A Springfield update credits a strong people powered victory in Chicago's South Side and endorses Ali Mikva Tony Scariano and Leland Rayson with campaign numbers. It notes a new Democratic Party in Miami backing George McGovern for President and urges volunteer support. The author shares personal campaign efforts at the Sherman House and recalls a 24 hour telethon to retire campaign debts.
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General Assembly
Bob Mann
Chicago
South Side
Ali Mikva
Tony Scariano
Leland Rayson
Mikva
Scariano
Rayson
New Democratic Party
Miami
George McGovern
McGovern
Sen. McGovern
W. Monroe Street
Sherman House
Ilinois
George
Democratic Party
Cook County
24Th District
Eric Hatchett
Sue Purrington
Tony Gouletas
Arlene Rubin
Neil Bosanko
Alice
Lake Michigan Bill of Rights sparks hearings and lakefront debate
State Representative Mann and colleagues pushed the Lake Michigan Bill of Rights to curb pollution and control shoreline development. The Senate Agriculture Committee tabled it, but it mobilized Chicagoans and prompted Daley to delay a lake airport plan. The same session saw passage of the Senior Citizens Property Tax Relief Act offering up to 500 dollars yearly to elderly and disabled renters and homeowners. He co sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment, forecasting its eventual adoption.
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Lake Michigan
House
Citizens Action Program
CAP
Chicago
Senate Agriculture Committee
Commission
Lawrence Bloom
Daley
Alderman Reports on Neighborhood Security and Deterrents
An expert on crime-fighting joins store owners in Hyde Park to discuss preventing daytime robberies. The discussion covers deterrents, police force levels, and a persistent burglar who evades conviction despite multiple arrests. The expert notes a buzzer and signal system could aid deterrence.
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Hyde Park
Hyde Park community crime plan uses buzzers and cameras
Alderman Leon M. Despres outlines a program for 1972 73 featuring neighbor alarms, oscillating cameras, and armed guard options to deter robberies. He proposes a volunteer court watching corps coordinated by a central office to study prosecutions, plea bargaining, juries, sentences, and supervision for better police and court cooperation.
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Hyde Park
Hellstrom Chronicle effect in Cook County politics
The piece argues reform efforts backfire in Cook County politics, likening the Barrett bribery case to the Hellstrom Chronicle effect. It claims indictments weed out some wrongdoers but ultimately strengthen the remaining reform survivors and their evasive tactics. It notes the case of Eddie Barrett as a focal point.
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Barrett
Hellstrom
Bugs
Cook County
C.R
Eddie Barrett
Bribbes
Illusions of change in county leasing scandal unfolds
Hodgman formerly worked in Eddie Barretts office and facedDismissal after a May report revealed that leases negotiated for county space benefited a firm linked to Hodgmans son. Leases approved by the County Board drew criticism for being costly, while Barrett fired Hodgman as reforms claimed a victory before Hodgman and Barrett survived the scrutiny.
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Hodgman
Eddie Barrett
Barrett
Barrett’s secret hiring scheme in Cook County politics
The piece alleges Eddie Barrett hired Hodgman as a consultant at $50 a day under a daily contract to avoid county board approval. It notes Hodgman earned more under this plan and questions whether Barrett took bribes from the voting machine firm, urging caution about further reform in Cook County politics.
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Hodgman
Barrett
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Robert E. Mann
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Leon M. Despres
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