Nixon Extends Wage Price Controls For A Year
President Nixon wins a one year extension of wage and price controls after a bitterly divided Congress. The House approved 267 to 115 just hours before the deadline, while the Senate had acted by voice vote. The measure excludes mandatory rollbacks but adds some disclosure provisions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Gardner Notes Spring concert at GSW High
The GSW Band held its annual Spring Concert in the high school gym with selections including Marcho Poco Mexican Fantasy and Cherish Miss Kathy Schopp directed Try To Remember. Guest soloists Christine Wright and Bill Chase performed. Duane Schopp, son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Schopp, graduates Yankton College and will teach PE at Yankton Middle School.
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GSW
Kathy Schopp
Christine Wright
Joliet Junior College
Bill Chase
Illinois State University
Duane Schopp
Gordon Schopp
Yankton College
Yankton, S.C
Yankton Middle School
Verona Kindergarten Registration Opens in Fall 1973
Verona grade school invites parents to enroll pupils for kindergarten in the fall of 1973. Registration runs Monday from 9 30 to 11 30 a m at the grade school office. Children must be five by Dec 1 1973 and bring a birth certificate. Visitation will occur at that time in the kindergarten. Gas or electric ranges for sale can be listed in the classified ads.
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Verona
Inmates Take Guard Hostage at Menard Prison
About 42 inmates seized a guard at Menard State Prison in Chester Illinois taking hostage Bill Sheets 60. Negotiations via a window ended just before midnight as officials sought safe resolution. Guard J D Henderson hospitalized. 1600 inmates confined amid floodwaters blocking access.
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Chester
Ill
Menard State Prison
A. M. Monahan
Illinois Department of Corrections
Menard
Joseph Coughlin
Corrections Department
Harvey Johnson
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Dwight Pitman
Illinois State Police
Monahan
Coughlin
J. D. Henderson
Memorial Hospital
Illinois
St. Louis
Daley reacts to Watergate shocks and political rifts
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley said he is shocked by Watergate developments that led to the resignations of Attorney General Kleindienst and two White House aides. He urged confidence in government and nonpartisan handling while noting ongoing disputes with Governor Walker over EPA and transit leadership.
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White House
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Washington
Capitol Hill
Everett Dirksen
R-Nl
Congress
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Richard G. Kleindienst
Daley
Uing
Daniel Walker Walker
State Environmental Protection Agency
State Senate
Milton S. Pikarsky
City Public Works
Chicago Transit Authority
Walker
Gover
Springfield
Mary Lee Leahy
EPA
Leahy
Andrew
Illinois
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Todd
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Charles Ingram
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John Brooks
John
James Brooks
Cindy Bennett
Phi Rho Sorority
Augustana College
Rock Island
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Eileen Susanne
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Gary Morris
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Leo Fatlan
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Church of Hope
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Vernon Sorensen Jr
East Side
Chester Huston
Morris Lions Club
Morris Holiday Inn
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Watergate
Ayers Electric, Inc. Electrical Contractors
C. Ayers
Illinois Ave
Morris
Boggs Dairy Queen
Alyce
Bill Boggs
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Division
Farmers Insurance Group
Richard Leach
Fair Friendly
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Hancock’s
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Bulova
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Jarman
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Connie
Jacqueline
Mother Goose
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America
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Morris, Ill
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