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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1955
Page
3
Gov. Stratton signed a new apportionment bill creating 58 Senate and 59 House districts in Illinois. The overhaul shifts power toward Chicago and Cook County, effective 1956, amid a noted technical flaw in the 1st Senate and 3rd House districts.
A Chicago report outlines how town boundaries and reapportionment reshape the state legislature. It notes a 1954 change. by Thursday midnight the remapping would go to a special commission if not completed, increasing Senate districts by 7 and House districts by 8 to 31 new Assembly seats, with 177 House members and 58 Senate seats in 1957 and detailed Cook County versus downstate representation.
The shift gives downstate a durable hold on the House until 1963 when districts must be redrawn by population. Senate seats frozen. About 25 House members face loss of their seats, with potential moves to the Senate. several veterans may be drawn into intra-party fights.
Belle Glade Florida Lonnie Patterson 25 serving seven years for breaking and entering was spotted fleeing from Glades State Prison Farm by Pete Lee a ranch cowboy on Walter Schlecter’s ranch He gave chase on horseback and lassooed the escapee after a half mile bringing him down.
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