Illinois governor creates private school aid study panel
Governor Richard B. Ogilvie signed a bill forming a commission to study state aid for private and parochial schools. He lamented the legislature’s rejection of a 32 million dollar program and urged ensuring equal educational opportunity for all Illinois children. The panel includes 10 legislators and four members of the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Illinois Commerce Commission
Perbohner
Weekend Heat Persists With Small Daily Changes
The forecast shows Saturday to Wednesday temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal highs of 81 to 86 and lows of 60 to 66 with minor daily shifts. Slight precipitation possible Monday or Tuesday. tonight partly cloudy near 70. Saturday partly sunny and warm with highs in the upper 80s. Sunday partly cloudy with little change. Collins Weather Station logged 85 high, 65 low yesterday, noon in Morris downtown at 75.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Quiet growth of camping along Illinois River and area railroads
A Morris Daily Herald Friday Review piece notes rising camping along the Illinois River and Mud Slough with 51 Barr campsites leased for families from Bloomington, Champaign, Elgin and Chicago area. It details road access, lack of electricity, water testing, and positive camper relations. It also reports a 29 percent rise in Morris traffic accidents in early 1969, with specifics on location hotspots and highway congestion around Illinois 47, Bedford Road, and Division Street, plus Rock Island railroad cooperation and upcoming repairs.
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Illinois River
Stratton State Park
James Barr
Illinois
Barr
Mazon Creek
Nut Slough
Morris
Paul Hatcher
Gordon Bell
Shabbona
Goose Lake Village
Ward
Division
Liberty St
Division St
Rock Island
Illinois 47
Illinois Division of Highways
Ottawa
Bedford Road
Robert H. Blasius
Blasius
George St
Benton and
Chapin Sts
Illinois River Bridge
Grant St
Minooka
Ogilvie Fires Perbohner from Illinois ICC Post
Governor Richard Ogilvie dismissed Robert M. Perbohner from the Illinois Commerce Commission over his bank stock involvement linked to the resignations of two state supreme court justices. Perbohner, 69, denied wrongdoing and cited a 23 000 dollar annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Robert M. Perbohner
Illinois Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Richard B. Ogilvie
Perbohner
Ogilvie
Los Angeles
ICC
Ray Klingbiel
Roy Solfisburg Jr
Commission
Rockford
Firefighters gain ground as Alaska blaze eases
Hundreds of firefighters with shovels and water dropping helicopters battled the Swanson River forest fire behind new lines and evacuees began returning home. A shift in wind from north to southwesterly eased pressure on Soldotna and nearby Kenaiboth, with Anchorage smoke drifting south and reduced visibility to four miles. More than 50,000 acres burned across the marshy fire area, charing the Kenai National Moose Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldotna
Alaska
Swanson River
Kenai
Kenai Peninsula
Anchorage
Bureau of Land Management
Kenai National
Chicago Teachers Union predicts definite strike over contract
Chicago teachers union leader John Desmond says a strike will occur if the Board of Education reneges on the May pact. A Sept 2 strike referendum is planned, with a walkout likely Sept 3 if approved. The union cites smaller raises and cuts to Christmas leave, aides, class size, and health benefits as breaches of the May agreement.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
John Desmond
House of Representatives
Desmond
Board of Education
Richard J Daley
James F. Redmond
Illinois
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Daley
Jack Carey
Snicker A Day Towel Earns Notable Attention
A quirky item called Snicker A Day Towel draws interest for its bold claim and eye catching design. Shoppers note its playful gimmick and potential novelty appeal amid casual home accessories.
Riots Rock Northern Ireland as Deaths Mount in Belfast
In Belfast and Armagh gunfire left five dead and 192 wounded as sectarian fighting flared. British troops were redeployed from leave with 600 infantrymen sent to Ulster and 600 more recalled as violence across Londonderry and other cities raised fears of further clashes.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Armagh
Ulster
Royal Air Force
England
Londonderry
Royal Green Jackets
British Defense Ministry
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Britain
Irish Immigrants Republican Organization
London
Birmingham
Glasgow
Irish Civil Rights Solidarity Group
Derry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
James Callaghan
Mail Truck Crash on I 80 Wreaks Damage Near Illinois 47
A mail truck crash on Interstate 80 five miles east of Illinois 47 caused about twenty five thousand dollars in damage to one of two semis involved. Franklin Harlow 37 of Burlington Iowa and Mosie Simpson 45 of Chicago were the drivers. both reported minor injuries and planned private medical care. Simpson drove away. Harlow was ticketed for improper line usage.
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Illinois 47
Franklin Harlow
Burlington
Iowa
Mosie Simpson
Chicago
Harlow
Simpson
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
S Am
Romines
Bellatini Bi-Rite Gets Air Pollution Permit Approval
The Illinois Air Pollution Control Board approved a permit for Bellatini Bi-Rite in Coal City to install an incinerator aimed at controlling fly ash and reducing air contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellatini Bi-Rite
Coal City
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
Judge Grants Hearing on Kopechne Exhume Request
Luzerne County judge set a hearing for August 25 at 10 a.m. on a request by District Attorney Edmund Dinis to exhume the body of Mary Jo Kopechne who died in the Chappaquiddick accident involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Dinis planned an autopsy and will pursue a September 3 inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes Barre
Dist. Atty
Edmund Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Luzerne County
Miss Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddicks
Major $135 Million Petrochemical Complex Planned
Northern Petrochemical Co. announces a $125 million expansion to Morris polyolefin complex to become one of the world’s largest. Olefin plant and 500 million pound per year low density polyethylene unit planned with groundbreaking this fall and production by mid 1971.
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Northern Petrochemical Co
Northern Natural Gas of
Omaha
Neb
Morrison U. S. 6
W. J. Haude
Amercan
Haude
Gulf Coast
Canada
Alaska
Upper Midwest
Northwest
Northern Petrochemical
U.S
Luminus Co
Bloomfield
N. J
Northern Natural Gas Company
Rushton
Kan
Morris
Northern Natural Gas
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William Palmer
Joseph Mattson
Morris Country Club
Morris Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Herald
Commission On Private School Aid
Hatcher Woods
Liberty
The
Morris Daily Herald
Morris and Grundy County
Donald Ward
Kroger
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