Combat zone on turnpikes sparks truck car clash
A motorist 55 mph on the New Jersey Turnpike is outrun by a speeding tractor trailer. The piece argues highway friction, cites DOT and AAA data, notes enforcement limits, and urges motorists to stay in their lane as trucker arrogance grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Turnpike
America
Ken Pierson
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
Bureau
Department of Transportation
Pierson
National Highway Safety Council
Withal
American Automobile Association
American Trucking Association
Teamsters Union
Letters to the Editor: system failures and inmate concerns
A reader from Pontiac criticizes the corrections system citing repeated life threats, inmate frustration, and a call for urgent change. The letter praises Officer Johnson for his escape risk handling and urges reforms to reduce violence and inequities in institutions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Johnson
Ewing- Schneider Engagement Promoted by Flanagan Family
Mr and Mrs Bill Ewing announce the engagement of their daughter Mary to Kevin Schneider son of Mr and Mrs Louis Schneider of Flanagan They are both Flanagan High School graduates of 1973 and work at St James Hospital Pontiac and Meils Barage A late winter wedding is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ewing Flanagan
Bill Ewing
Mary
Kevin Schneider
Louis Schneider
Flanagan
Miss Ewing
Flanagan High School
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
Mr. Schneider
Meils Barage
Graymont
Graymont Hustlers
Walter Mundschenk
Fawn Johnson
Kenneth Mundschenk
Bill Munschenk
Jane
Dale Wheeler
Gale
Gary
Mildred Haas
Julius Mundschenk
Albion
Neb
Chuck Hicks
Todd
Simpson
Fairbury
Vernell Drager
Linda
Chris
Lake Tomahawk
Wis
Macomb
Rachel Marshall
Della Bratt
Velma Jones
Odell
Florence Dunahee
Chenoa
Amy Ahrends
Lucille Ahrends
Brenda
Gladys Potter
Diane
Diane Potter
Norwalk
Conn
Illinois House OKs tax relief bill with food and medicine cuts
The Illinois House approved a tax relief measure 153 to 5 to eliminate the sales tax on nonprescription medicines and reduce the food tax, sending the bill to the Senate where leaders said time is short for action.
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Skip Wollenberg
Associated Press
Springfield, Ill
Senate
Illinois House
House
Senate Revenue Committee
W. Robert Blair
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Harris
James Houlihan
Chicago
Daniel Walker
Walker
Houlihan
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Harold Hughes
Iowa
DOT
Pennsylvania Highway Patrol
U.s.mail
John McCutcheon
Pontiac, Il
Mary Ewing
K. Schneider
Berry's
NEA
McHenry, Lake, Kane
DuPage
Cook
Senate Appropriations Committee
Governor’s Office of Human Resources
Washington
Agriculture Department
Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
H. Main St
Rene
Livingston County
Jereme Pearre
John Piesho
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Caviezel
David Hett
Weldom Gretneberg
Ken Bond
Wayne Jensen
Donald Jobst
Merlyn Shanebreck
Chataworth
Chenea
Cornell
Cullem
Feirbery
Sy Mall
Ejeieeston County
Sillness
Itweis
Simeaeen
Rewspaper
North St
Pontiac, Illinets
Edith Green
Colfax
Philco
Sears
Seth Thomas
Metcalf
Stoddards
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana
Park Lane Mercury
Red” Stockle
Betty
Rosemary
Loren Powell
CAE
Sherwin-Williams
Ndia
Barrer
Sharwin-Williama Com
T. Keller
G-H. Kater
T. Kalter
Keller
Ketter
N. Mill ST
Econome
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