Illinois House Trims Over 100 Million From Budget
Illinois House Republicans cut more than 100 million dollars from a 2.5 billion dollar budget in a Wednesday session. Major reductions include 42 million to the mental health department and 40 million from the teachers retirement fund, with further cuts to child services public health and public safety. Democrats decried politics in the process while Republicans defended the need to reduce expenditures.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Mental Health Department
Teachers Retirement Fund
Department of Children and Family Services
Public Health
Public Safety Department
Anthony Seariano
D-Park Forest
William Pollack
Chicago
Scariano
Barry
Illinois Youth Commission
LSD Pills Seized in Chicago Drug Raid
Federal agents seized LSD pills in Chicago after a undercover buyer transaction. Thomas Mascal and Fred Schwartz, both 25, were arrested and charged with possession and sale of dangerous drugs. Otto Heinecke led the seizure with FDA agents.
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Chicago
Thomas Mascal
Fred Schwartz
Otto Heinecke
Federal Drug Administration Agency
Bubble chamber contract awarded for Argonne lab
The Atomic Energy Commission awarded Miller-Davis Co. a 3.194 million dollar contract to build the world's largest bubble chamber at Argonne National Laboratory. Kenneth A. Dunbar said the device will support university researchers and study subnuclear particles using a superconducting magnet with minimal power use and should be ready to test in 1969.
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Argonne, Ill
Atomic Energy Commission
Miller- Davis Co
Stone Park
Aecs Argonne National Laboratory
Kenneth A. Dunbar
Commission
Chicago
Miller-Davis
Dunbar
Firemen threaten resignation over bingo clash in West Middlesex
In West Middlesex Pennsylvania police shut a firemen charity bingo at a carnival prompting anger among firefighters. They threaten to resign on July 14 unless the mayor who backed the action is ousted. The mayor says bingo is illegal and funds must be raised for a new firehouse by other means.
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West Middlesex
Arthur Pantall
Boy Drowns In Farm Pond Near Rockford
A 12 year old boy Lee Weaver of Durand died after drowning Wednesday in a pond on a Winnebago County farm near Rockford. Divers recovered the body about 200 feet from shore.
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Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Lee Weaver
Lionel Weaver
Durand
Winnebago County
Savanna Man Drowns in Mississippi River
Wayne Hutchinson, 48, of Savanna, drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming opposite Mississippi Palisades State Park. Albany Rescue Squad recovered his body about two hours later in the Mississippi River.
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Savanna, Ill
Wayne Hutchinson
Savanna
Mississippi River
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Albany Rescue
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Morris, Illinois
Palmer Martin
Princeton
Michigan Fruit
Little Link
Morris
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Floyd Schaible
AEC
Lrate
MFA
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