Stevenson Blames Nixon for Gas Crisis in Chicago Hearing
Independent dealers told Sen Stevenson s consumer sub committee in Chicago that they must pay high prices or face black market gas. Stevenson and Illinois officials blamed the Nixon administration and major oil companies for shortages and pressure on independents.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
Stevenson
Senate Commerce Committee
William Glassman
Liberty Petroleum Co
Mount Vernon
Charles Hague
Tri America Oil Co
Clark Oil and Refining Corp
Amsterdam
Illinois Commerce Commission
Marvin S. Lieberman
Coal City Notes Library Hours Adjusted Through June 7
The Coal City library will be closed Tuesday and Thursday mornings from now through June 7. It will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday. It will be open Friday, June 1, from 3 to 6 p.m. due to graduation.
Daley Pushes Crosstown Expressway Ahead in Chicago
Mayor Richard J. Daley urged moving forward with the Crosstown Expressway despite Gov. Daniel Walker’s opposition. He announced Marshall Subway as acting head of Public Works and defended the plan’s benefits, noting 69 homes affected in phase one and promise of better housing for residents. The $1 billion project seeks gubernatorial approval to qualify for 90 percent federal aid.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daniel Walker
Walker
Daley
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Midway Airport
Stevenson Expressway
Honors Day at Minooka High School May 23
Minooka High School held its Honors Day assembly in the gym on May 23. One hundred thirty four students received certificates for achievement and service across Student Council Speech Perfect Attendance Library Cafeteria Newspaper Yearbook Band Chorus Agriculture Art and class offices. Special awards went to Joe Galloway for high math proficiency tests Carolyn Fitzer for Most Valuable Staffer and Betty Crocker Awards. Seniors received a $5 certificate from Tri-County Bank of Minooka. Jane Heap of the Minooka American Legion Auxiliary earned 14 certificates of merit for outstanding service.
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Minooka
Minooka High School
Joe Galloway
Carolyn Fitzer
Betty Crocker
Tri-County Bank of Minooka
Jane Heap
Minooka American Legion Auxiliary
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Jeffrey Cale
Borg- Warner
Nixon
ICC
Lieberman
Interior Department
Office of Oil and Gas
J. Lisle Reed
William R. Deutsch
Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association
Congress
Alaska
Coal City Notes
Crosstown
Morris Dry
Court House
Bawa
Liberty
Attirren
Seodorant
Hormsby
Waverly
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