Illinois Senate backs highway program bond proposal debate
Gov. Ogilvie's highway plan including a one cent gas tax boost advances in the Senate Revenue Committee by a 10 to 5 vote with Republican support. Opponents urge voter approval, warn inflation and potential scandals, while supporters insist a pay-as-you-go approach cannot meet future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Senate Revenue Committee
Paul Simon
Senate
Robert Clair
R-Park Forest
House
William F. Cellini
Public Works and
Cellini
Simon
Adams Award winner at Joliet Junior College graduation
Mrs. Gerald Benson former Georgiean Dare daughter of Mr and Mrs George Dare graduated from Joliet Junior College June 11. She won the Adams Award for top scholastic average in her class and received a $300 Book Exchange scholarship. She will attend the College of St Francis Joliet next fall.
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Gerald Benson
Georgiean Dare
George Dare
Joliet Junior College
The
Book Exchange
Benson
College of St. Francis
Joliet
Will names church, diocese and several legatees in Marshall estate
The 1965 will of Stanley K. Marshall lists St Lawrence Catholic Church in South Wilmington and the Joliet diocese as beneficiaries with 300 and 500 dollars respectively. It also leaves 500 dollars to Alliance College and 130000 in personal property plus 1500 in real estate as part of an estate probated after his death on April 1, 1969 with executors and multiple heirs named.
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St. Lawrence Catholic Church
South Wilmington
Joliet
Stanley K. Marshall
Circuit Court
Marshall
Alliance College of
Cambridge Springs
First National Bank of
Dwight
Frank H. Marshall
Elgin
Frank H. Marshall Jr
Naperville
General Motors Corp
Aniela Palowa
Stanislaw
Russia
Anastasia Marszalek
Wroclaw
Poland
Josef Marszalek
Anna Lichocka
Maria Marszalek
Sulkowskiego 6
Gibson
Marion A. Macleod
Weston Site Authorized For Nuclear Accelerator
The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy approved 217.67 million dollars for the Weston IN accelerator project toward a full 250 million. The facility near Chicago in DuPage and Kane Counties will be named Enrico Fermi Laboratory honoring the physicist who started the first successful nuclear chain reaction.
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Washington
Joint
Committee On Atomic Energy
Weston
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Chicago
DuPage
Kane Counties
Enrico Fermi Laboratory
Predicting Minority Irish Government Fall Election
Ireland began counting ballots amid predictions of a minority government and possible fall election. Fianna Fail faced opposition from Fine Gael and Labor, with northeast Dublin a key battleground where Conor Cruise O Brien challenged Charles Haughey. The proportional system complicates polls and projections.
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Dublin
Ireland
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Fine Gael—Irish Party
Labor Party
Dail
Conor Cruise O’brien
New York University
Charles Haughey
Lynch
Haughey
O’brien
Ogilvie asked to probe Cairo vigilante group White Hats
Governor Ogilvie was asked to send a representative to Cairo Illinois to investigate the White Hats a white citizens group seen by blacks as vigilantes The Illinois House moved to repeal the 1885 law permitting such groups The town saw fires and arson attempts with $370000 in damage and a curfew in effect as blacks reported being shot at during calls
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Chicago
Richard Ogilvie
Cairo
Ill
Illinois House
White Hats
Mississippi River
Ogilvie
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Illinois
Jewel Lafontant
Fourth Murder Charge Sentences Man in Chicago Case
M L Jenkins, 47, already serving a 100 to 150 year term for one of four murders, received a concurrent 50 to 100 year sentence for the third murder after pleading guilty to the 1966 tavern shooting. The piece notes prior convictions, reversals, and a comment from Matthew P Walsh. Scallops swim by clapping their shells together in the nearby sea.
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Chicago
M. L. Jenkins
Jenkins
Irwin Cohen
State
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Cohen
Virginia
Matthew P. Walsh
Inmate Le Land Shoulders Convicted of Murder
Convict Le land Shoulders 27 of Lawrenceville Ill. found guilty of second degree murder in the Nov 3 1968 slaying of fellow inmate Samuel Kosak 27 of Gary Ind. A nine to three jury deliberated seven hours before the verdict Judge Carl T. Smith set July 7 for sentencing.
The East Indian Arum Pollinates by Snail Visitor
The East Indian Arum plant attracts a snail that climbs through sticky sap on the flower to pollinate it. The sap is poisonous and the snail dies soon after completing pollination.
Students Granted Greater Authority
University of Illinois Champaign Urbana students gained more control over operations of the student union building. The measure, adopted by trustees as a compromise policy statement, followed recommendations from Chancellor J W Peltason.
Divorces Granted on Mental Cruelty Grounds
Diane Watson of South Wilmington is granted divorce from Carl Watson of Gardner on mental cruelty. Leon M. Severe of Coal City is granted divorce from Frederica E. Severe of Wilmington on mental cruelty. Hattie A. Cusimano of Saratoga Township is granted divorce from John J. Cusimano of Saratoga Township on mental cruelty.
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Diane Watson
South Wilmington
Carl Watson
Gardner
Leon M. Severe
Coal City
Frederica E. Severe
Wilmington
Hattie A. Cusimano
Saratoga Township
John J. Cusimano
Union board gains final say on recreation programs
The union board, now empowered to make final decisions on all recreational and cultural programs of the union building, shifts authority from the union director and administration. The board of trustees completed its two-day annual meeting Wednesday afternoon.
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Board of Trustees
Peck Re elected President of Academy for Third Term
Gregory Peck was re elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a third term. He has served as the actors branch representative to the academy's board of directors since 1964.
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Hollywood
Gregory Peck
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Peck
Actors’ Branch
Academy
Board of Directors
Minor Traffic Collision in Morris Stirs Police Report
Police say a minor accident occurred on the 100 block of Benton Street around 12 45 p m. James A Susan 16 of 1043 Hoge Street turning left in a 1959 Chevrolet struck the left rear fender of a 1962 Pontiac owned by Mrs Mary L Weingart of 721 Liberty Street. Minor damage to both vehicles.
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Morris
Glenn Johnson
E. Benton St
James A. Susan
Hoge St
Benton St
Mary L. Weingart
Liberty St
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Sandwich
Streator
Riverdale
Braidwood
Cicero
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Coalt City
Jim Conrie
John Lohmar
Plainfield
Dom Davito
Pete Berta
Janice
Edmund Berta
Jennifer
Loyola University
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Berta
Janice Berta
Fred Scapillato
Alice Wessels
Wayne Knocke
Felix Pichon
Gerald Matteson
Elsie Matteson
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
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