Nader report fuels debate on Congress influence
Editorials argue Naders congressional profiles expose insiders to lobbyists buyers include AMA Machinists GOP and IN T and T. Critics say profiles repeat known facts while lobbyists profit. Authors ponder whether Nader has fewer friends than foes as influence battles shift.
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Ralph
Ralph Nader
Congress
Capitol Hill
The
New York Post
American Medical Association
National Association of Machinists
Republican Party
International Telephone
Telegraph
Nader
National Association of Railroad Passengers
Yippies oust Rubin and Hoffman from Youth International
Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, aged 34 and 35, are voted out of leadership as the Youth International party moves away from high speaking fees and personal gain. A Yippie spokesman says Hoffman and Rubin are becoming more like the ruling class in their old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
Chicago
Youth International Party
Hoffman
Rubin
Community letters praise volunteers and critique sentencing
Readers thank Livingston Apartments volunteers for weekly town transport and Lions Club efforts aiding the community. A letter questions concurrent sentences for inmates, praising prison staff and urging wiser sentencing, noting costs and risks for workers and governance.
Suit Seeks $251993 From DNC Over 1968 Convention Bills
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. sues the Democratic National Committee in U S District Court seeking 251,992 39 for electrical work maintenance and carpentry bills from the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Defendants include Jean Westwood and 112 others. Charges note 1969 mailings but nonpayment. Judge Bernard M. Decker assigned. hearing date not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.S
Democratic National Committee
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Jean Westwood
Bernard M. Decker
Emington Community Notices And Local Socials
Emington hosts Mary Young's Bright Star Club luncheon at her home. Ladies Aid meets at Congregational Church with a noon buffet and gift exchange. Airman Thomas Adams, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ammi Jacobs, has left for Vietnam. Lisa Lambert visits Miss Lois Bane in Odell. Sacred Heart Church in Campus plans a Christmas party with reservations. No Emington Friendship Club meeting in January. Rev and Mrs Clare Nave to celebrate 40th anniversary with open house December 17. Patti Herr visits Pontiac. Harold Locke and son Dennis attend Donnelley party in Palomar Inn. Wedding of Thomas Kinkade at Congregational Church.
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Kathrine Sancken
Emington
Mary Young
Bright Star Club
Ladies Aid Society
Congregational
Adams
Karen Johnson
Mazon
California
Air Corps
Launermin High School
Lisa Lambert
Odell
Lois Bane
Confraternity of the Blessed
Congregational Church
Nave
Patti Herr
Pontiac
Harold Locke
Dennis
Donnelley’s
Palomar Inn
Thomas Kinkade
Burger condemns penal system as crime breeder
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger warned in Philadelphia that longer prison terms and bigger police won't curb crime. He said the harsh American penal system itself is a major source of rising crime, stating that two-thirds of inmates are in the system at any given time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
1.S.P. Pontiac
Tom Wicker
New York Times News Service
New York
Warren E. Burger
Philadelphia
Burger
$1.86 Million I-55 Contract Awarded to Chicago Firms
A contract valued at 1,859,641 dollars for 1.06 miles of grading and drainage on I-55 near Lexington is awarded to Thomas M. Madden Co. and The Schloss Co. in Chicago as part of Ogilvie's 1972 road program. It includes two bridges for I-35 over Mackinaw River and two for I-55 over Turkey Creek plus a grade separation and approaches two miles southwest of Lexington.
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McLean County
William F. Cellini
Richard B. Ogilvie
Mackinaw River
Turkey Creek
Lexington
Thomas M. Madden Co
Schloss Co
Chicago
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General Motors
Columbus
Ohio
Livingston
Lions Club
Casey Trainor
Lebos
Washington Street
Christ
T. Shonkwiler
Livingston Apartments
Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
N. Main St
Ilingis
Livingston County
Jerome Pearce
John Plesko
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Caviezel
John Renne
Weldon Greeneberg
Ken Bond
Wayne Jensen
Donald Jobst
Merlyn Shanebrook
Chatsworth
Chenoa
Cornet
Cutlom
Fairbury
Flanagan
Forrest
Launemin
Dwight
Gridley
Ain Mo
Ilinois
Dally
Hinais
U.s.mail
Illinois
Howard
Wicker
Cambridge
Mass
Kosco Pound-American Trial Lawyers Foundation
Gerhard O.W. Mueller
New York University
Criminal Law Education and Research Center
Mueller
United States
Berry's
NEA. Ir
Sears
Kenmore Dishwasher
Salk
Sears, Roewack and CO
Madison
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