Supervisors Reject Humiston Woods Purchase in 26-4 Vote
Livingston County Supervisors voted 26 to 4 against a resolution to buy Humiston Woods if $25,000 in federal funds became available to cover the total cost. State funds could have provided $50,000 if the county accepted title. Opponents warned of high cleanup and maintenance costs and liability, while supporters argued for conservation.
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Livingston County
Humiston Woods
State Department of Conservation
Long Point
Carl Sass
Ronald Losey
Reading
Elwin Brown
Esmen
Glenn Antrim
Rooks Creek
Keith Holland
Newtown
Lewis Lyons
T. R. Bennett
Floyd Byrne
Pontiac
Fred M. Rieger
Pleasant Ridge
Frank Stahler
Union
Earl Mortimore
Owego
Carl Klein
Pike Township
Wayne Patterson
Amity
John Satter
J. H. Benjamin
Paxton
Benjamin
Wilton Erlenborn
Livingston County Extension Council
Air Conditioning Considered for County Courthouse
Livingston County Supervisors discussed partial air conditioning for the courthouse on the final day of the June session. The Public Properties committee would study wiring needs and costs, with estimates from neighboring McLean County guiding plans for a possible 25k to 30k dollar project. The board urged timely action within budget constraints. A separate AP note reported up to eight inches of snow in Yellowstone National Park, closing several highways.
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Livingston County
Cs. Crescentia Bachtold
Germanville
Wayne Patterson
Public Properties Committee
Pike
Carl F. Klein
McLean County
Klein
Dwight
Paul Finch
Tom R. Bennett
Pontiac
Haag
Elwin Brown
Esmen
Saunemin
John Spafford
Ruppel
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Union Rejects Final Interlake Offer
Interlake Steel Corporation says its final 20 month contract proposal to IBEW Local 103 representatives at the Pontiac fabricating plant was rejected. The current wage contract expires June 30 and the offer would raise hourly pay by about 20 percent, roughly 1300 dollars annually per worker, with additional fringe and working condition benefits. Plant manager Robert Harris urged acceptance to avoid delaying progress and preserving community confidence.
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Interlake Steel Corporation
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Pontiac
Robert Harris
Harris
Interlake
Lumber Prices Turn From Headache to Lumbermen’s Worry
Sterling F. Green reports that lumber prices have fallen from frantic highs as tight money and higher mortgage rates curb housing starts. Mills struggle with timber shortages despite lower wood costs, urging passage of a national forest timber supply bill to stabilize prices and keep housing on track.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Ernest J. Hodges
American Forest Institute
Hodges
Nixon
National Forest
Race Violence Strikes Harrisburg Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a teenage Black youth was fatally shot by white patrolman Raymond Kertulis who claimed self defense after a gasoline bomb incident. Police suspended the officer as clashes involving city and state police erupt in predominantly Black districts. Over 20 arrests, 10 injuries, and a curfew are noted amid two nights of unrest as fire crews faced hostility and alarms were sometimes ignored.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin Watts
Charles Scott
Raymond Kertulis
Watts
Kertulis
Ross McAlicher
Scott
Cost of Living Still Rising
Washington AP reports May's cost of living rose three tenths of a percent with a dim outlook for leveling off. A May index of 126.8 means typical families pay 12.68 for goods and services that cost 10 in the 1957-59 base. Higher prices span food apparel services rent and mortgage interest.
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Washington
Labor Department
Black Panthers Say They Are Imprisoned in Cuba
Raymond Johnson, a 22 year old Panther lieutenant, says he and other Black Panthers in Cuba are isolated, imprisoned, and barred from organizing. He claims some have been sent to labor camps and that Eldridge Cleaver is among those unhappy with Cuban conditions.
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Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Eldridge Cleaver
Raymond Johnson
Alexandria
Johnson
Black Militant
Panthers
Black Panther Party
United States
United Nations
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Africa
Omar Talif
New York
Byron Muese Booth
Los Angeles
Calif
Earl Farrow
Denver
Colo
Charles Rhaim Smith
James Akili
Cleaver
Justices File Statements in Illinois Stock Probe
Chief Justice Ray J. Solfisburg disclosed owning 14000 dollars in Chicago bank stock as part of an Illinois Supreme Court probe into possible improprieties. Justice Klingbiel also tied to the same bank stock amid a case involving bank official Theodore Isaacs as a House committee seeks potential undue influence in 1966 actions.
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Springfield
Ilc
Ray J. Solfisburg
Illneis Supreme Court
Chicago
Solfisburg
Ray I. Klingbiel
Illinois House
Civic Center Bank and Trust Co
High Court
Klinghiel
East Moline
Theodore Isaacs
Illinois State Revenue
House Committee
Isaacs
Room for Compromise in Illinois Tax Debate
Democratic leaders attacked Gov. Ogilvie over his 3 percent uniform income tax plan but signaled room for compromise in the final days of the legislature. Ogilvie refused to budge from the single rate and rejected higher corporate taxes. lawmakers urged action.
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Springfield
Ogilvie
Thomas A. McGloon
John Touhy
Chicago
General Strike Idles Most Of Italy's State Workers
Across Italy more than one million public workers joined a 48 hour strike led by the big three unions. Rome ministries emptied as clerks and office staff walked out while rail postal and communications workers paused. Tourists remained off limits as guards and guides boycotted sites. In Sardinia stockmen clashed with an army unit over grazing land use. In Milan clashes between left and right wings followed hunger strike actions by eleven pretrial detainees. Prisoners in Pesaro protested cell conditions and TV access after recreation breaks.
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Patrick O'Keefe
Associated Press
ROME
Italy
Orgosolo
Sardinia
Trieste
Milan
San Vittore
Pesaro
Thundery Weather Streak With Warm, Humid Outlook
Weather brief notes thundershowers with partly cloudy skies tonight and windy warm conditions. Thunderstorms likely Thursday and Friday after hot humid daytime highs near 90. Pontiac reads 85 at 11 30 am, yesterday 73/63, rainfall 0.02 inch, five day forecast calls for above normal temperatures and 0.5 to 1.5 inches rain with several rain days.
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Pontiac
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Humiston Woods Purchase
Soil and Water Conservation District
Earl Dippon
Nebraska Township
Tom Bennett
John H. Knowles
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
HEW
Robert Finch
American Medical Association
Everett Dirksen
RTL
Elmer Shover
Albert Straub
London
Judy Garland
Chelsea
Arnold Chase
Line Creek
Red Boiling Springs
Tenn
National Airlines
New Orleans
Swank
Illinois
Public Aid
Harold Swank
Independent Union of Public Aid
Chicago Rights Organization
Operation Breadbasket
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