No Disclosures 19 Fired By Gov. Walker
Gov Daniel Walker sacks 19 state employees for failing to file required financial disclosures. He reports net worth around 383,560 with assets including Deerfield home, Lake County farmland, and a Chicago power of attorney. The move affects appointees earning 20,000 plus and board members, while Walker cites public interest over privacy.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
Walker
Ilinois Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Chicago
Robert O. Case
Lake County
Deerfield
Jackson Ends Active Run for Democratic Nomination
Five years into his bid Henry M Jackson appears to admit he will not secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Sources say he will retire to a status of availability and scale back campaign activities due to money shortages. His loss in Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court money ruling weakened his campaign. he plans one final Connecticut trip while seeking Senate reelection in Washington.
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Henry M
Jackson
D-Wash
Secret Service
Washington
Seattle
Henry M. Jackson
Massachusetts
Washington State
Neale Chaney
Connecticut
South Dakota
George McGovern
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Illinois ethics reform petitions filed in massive two foot box
The Coalition for Political Honesty delivered 635000 signatures for three constitutional ethics amendments to the Illinois Board of Elections. The 27560 pages filled a 20 foot long red white and blue book shown at the Capitol before being handed to the elections board. The board must verify sufficient valid signatures, 375000, to place the measures on the November ballot.
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Canoeing For Honesty
Patrick Quinn
Coalition For Political Honesty
Capitol
Springfield
State Board of Elections
Quinn
Ill
Secretary of State
Elections Board
Ronald Michaelson
Hinsdale
Pressure Grows For Kerner Pardon
Chicago labor groups and Illinois politicians urge President Ford to grant a full pardon to former Gov Otto Kerner. AFL-CIO Chicago Federation representatives cite his long public service and health, as Kerner faces months to live with lung cancer after federal conviction on bribery charges.
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Kerner
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Ralph Metcalfe
D-Il
Illinois
Charles Percy
Adlai Stevenson
Ford
Otto Kerner
Labor
Afl-Cio
Federation
William A. Lee
Metcalfe
Sociery
Newton Girl Stabbed. Prosecutors Assigned in Murder Case
Indiana Attorney General William Scott assigned two assistants to aid in prosecuting escaped mental hospital patient Michael Lett, charged with aggravated kidnapping in the case of 12-year-old Catherine Jo Harris. Harris’s body was found in rural Cumberland County after her disappearance on April 19. Lett, a 21-year-old from rural Washington, Indiana, is jailed in Illinois. he was arrested in Naples, Florida, for possession of a stolen car. No murder charges have been filed yet.
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Springfield
Ill
William Scott
Newton
Catherine Jo Harris
Wayne Maroon
Jasper County
Scott
Cumberland County
Michael Lett
Washington
Ind
Illinois
Lett
Westville
Naples
Fla
Bruce Locher
Roger Longtin
Patricia Fehrenbacher
Set Up Pickets At Midnight 14000 UPS Drivers Strike
United Parcel Service drivers in 13 Midwest and Rocky Mountain states began a strike at midnight after talks stalled. About 14,000 UPS drivers, workers and sorters in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming joined picket lines as negotiations were set to resume Tuesday.
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Arlington Heights, Ill
Teamsters
United Parcel Service
Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
UPS
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Here Are Winning Lottery Numbers Here Are Winning Lottery Numbers
CHICAGO AP here are the winning numbers and color drawn Friday in the new Double Derby game of the Illinois State Lottery 026400 Blue.
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Chicago
Governor Signs Bill For $145 Million Public Aid Boost
Governor Walker signed legislation authorizing an extra 145.6 million dollars for public aid payments in May and June. The measure, approved by the Senate after Republican resistance, had earlier passed the House. Officials said the funds are to cover obligations through the fiscal year ending June 30, including 1.4 million for the aged and disabled, 50.2 million for dependent children, 90.7 million for medical assistance, and 803 thousand in other aid.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
House
Airlines raise fares as CAB approves increases
The Civil Aeronautics Board today allowed a 2 percent rise in domestic air fares for the next two weeks and permitted up to 10 percent increases in first class and promotional transatlantic fares to Europe. The board rejected economy fare hikes on North Atlantic routes while approving metered increases for British Airways and Air France supersonic service.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Atlantic
British Airways
Air France
Ozark Air Lines Fare Rise With Concorde Service
Ozark and other carriers raise fares today as Concorde flights from Washington to London and Paris start May 24. Subsonic first class fares rise about 20 percent. Washington London $801 and Washington Paris $827. Domestic 2 percent lift applies to the 48 contiguous states. Airlines named include American Braniff Continental Trans World United Allegheny Frontier Hughes Air West and Texas International.
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Ozark Air Lines
Washington
New York
London
Paris
States
American
Braniff
Continental
Trans World Airlines
United
Allegheny
Frontier
Hughes Air West
Ozark
Texas International
City to Begin Broadway Crosswalk in 1978 Fiscal Year
City manager Kay Botch announced plans to start design and construction of a pedestrian crosswalk at 16th Street and Broadway and widening of Broadway in the 1978 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1977. The project aims to ease traffic by Casey Junior High School and reduce pedestrian hazards. Funding comes from the Federal Highway Administration and the state Department of Transportation, with federal approval pending on an environmental impact study.
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Kay Botch
16Th Street
Broadway
Botch
District & Board of Education
Casey Junior High School
Federal Highway Administration
FHA
State Department of Transportation
Register-News
Gary Bone
Effingham
Bone
Shootgun hold-up at Clark Station nets $200
Police report a male robber wielding a shotgun entered Clark Service Station at 1515 Broadway at 3 a.m. today, stealing $200 after ordering attendant John Stark to open the till. The ninth armed robbery at the station in 34 months, suspect described as about 19 to 23, 5'10", 170 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, moustache, fled south on 16th Street.
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Clark
Broadway
John Stark
S. 28Th St
Stark
16Th Street
$600000 Worth Of Coins Stolen In Chicago Exhibit
A $600,000 collection of rare gold and silver coins is missing from the Sheraton Chicago Hotel after an exhibit by the Central States Numismatic Society. James Kauffman, an employee of Mark Precious Metals Inc of Los Angeles, reported the loss. The coins were in a security room with guards after the exhibit ended Thursday.
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Chicago
Sheraton
James Kauffman
Mark Precious Metals, Inc
Los Angeles
Central States Numismatic Society
Sympathetic British MP Seeks Steps Toward American Separation
On February 20 1776 David a member of Parliament sympathetic to the Americans wrote at Benjamin Franklin that measures should be taken to unwind channels of communication and to begin steps toward separation, reflecting early British support for American independence.
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David
Benanklin
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