Cross country ride seeks funds for black cowboy museum
Don Daniels 25 and Terry Sims 18 vow to reach New York by hitchhiking and saddlebags to raise money for a Phoenix black cowboy museum. After a week in Chicago horses cost far more than expected while disease and quarantines halted their trek begun last May near Phoenix.
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Chicago
New York
Phoenix
Ariz
Don Daniels
Black Community Development
Terry Sims
West
Daniels
Sims
Texas- Oklahoma
Texas
Amarillo
Tex
St. Louis
Bill Pickett
Remington
Illinois board delays Danville sewer decision to study docs
The Illinois Pollution Control Board postponed a ruling on adding domestic and residential hookups to Danville’s sewer system until next week while the attorney general’s office reviews documents from the Danville Sanitary District. The board also ordered Cordova to upgrade its sewage system due to air and water pollution. No completion date was set.
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Quincy, Ill
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Danville
Grand jury probes Panthers raid with lost transcripts
The Chicago special grand jury investigating the Panthers raid that killed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark is tangled by lost transcripts and the appointment of a new investigator. Judge Power set August 17 for a hearing on motions to quash indictments while Mitchell Ware resigns from the Illinois Bureau of Investigation to review transcripts.
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Chicago
Joseph A. Power
Barnabas Sears
Power
Mitchell Ware
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Ware
IBI
Richard B. Ogilvie
Judge Power
Sears
Fred Hampton
The
Illinois Panther Par
Mark Clark
Peoria
Cook County
Hanrahan
James B. Conlisk
IBI Receives $362000 Federal Crime Grant
The Illinois Bureau of Investigation won a $362,045 federal anti crime grant from LEAA to support its strategic organized crime intelligence section. total LEAA awards exceed $471000 for five state agencies including Illinois ID and Cook County agencies.
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Chicago
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
IBI
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Bureau
Strategic
LEAA
U.S. Justice Department
National Legal Air and Defender Association
Illinois Bureau of Identification
Four Coal City Teens Face Theft Charge Over School Lunches
Four Coal City youths were involved in a theft at Coal City Grade School. Douglas Wills and Tom Pringle faced theft charges while Jerry McLuckie and Brad Born were absent due to military service. Police testified the group broke into a locker room, entered the cafeteria, and stole hamburgers and hot dogs at 8:30 a.m. Each was ordered to pay about $30 restitution.
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Coal City
Robert Malmquist
Douglas Wills
Tom Pringle
U.S. Air Force
Jerry McLuckie
Brad Born
al Conant
Conant
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Speaker's Corner
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Kevin Berry
Trek For Black Cowboy Museum
Illinois
Harry M
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Mazon
Pioneer Seeds
Prairie Lake Lodge
Marseilles
Panther
High Court
Atty
Edward V. Hanrahan
Home Savings and Loan Association
Joliet
George
Donna Curry
Goose Lake Township
Sheriff’s Police Department
Echo Lanes
Bedford Road
Plymouth
Chrysler Motors “Car
Chrysherz
Plymount
Chrysler
Chrysler Plymouth
Royal
Cidar
Grundy Motors, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
Fury
Division Street
Morris
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