Rail Car Shortage Jeopardizes Crops
A National Council of Farmer Cooperatives lawyer testified before a Senate panel that scarce rail freight cars threaten both last year’s and this year’s crops. He cited fertilizer plant shutdowns due to insufficient car capacity and supported a Magnuson bill to provide government loan guarantees for railcar purchases or rehabilitations.
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National Farm Organization
James S. Krzyminski
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Senate
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Krzyminski
Illinois House to take up bills reviving death penalty
Illinois lawmakers moved three Republican death penalty bills to the House floor with a fourth measure proposing harsher penalties for illegal drug deaths. A Democratic bill to repeal stop and frisk was approved, while a handgun ban failed amid gun club opposition. Two Wolf bills stalled in committee.
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Ill
Illinois House
Judiciary Committee
Raymond Ewell
Chicago
Henry Hyde
Park Ridge
Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
W. Joseph Gibbs
Hyde
Cunningham
Palmer
John Jacob Wolf
House
Wolf
Chicago House splits on stop and frisk repeal vote
The measure to repeal stop and frisk drew an 11 8 vote with four present as Rep Harold Washington faced calls to force the bill from committee. Proponents argue discrimination against blacks on Chicago's South Side, while opponents say the law aided police statewide. The text also notes Mariner 9 has returned about 7 000 Mars photos mapping 85 percent of the planet.
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Harold Washington
Chicago
Mariner 9
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