Letters on elections and local appreciation from Thornton Township
A reader urges careful study of many candidates for the constitutional convention and stresses the impact of delegates on Illinois state government. The piece thanks the Dalton Riverdale readers for a wedding anniversary notice and notes a forthcoming local picnic started in 1926. The Oakland-Kenwood American Legion Auxiliary praises newspaper coverage and announces state award wins by its press books.
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Thornton Township
Illinois
Dalton
Riverdale
Roseland
Leidberg
John B. Slager
Oakland-Kenwood
American Legion Auxiliary
Lucille Acklin
John
Redoing America and the plan to tame suburbs
The review highlights Edmund K. Faltermayer's book on making cities livable and keeping suburbs orderly. It argues that US growth risks chaos from private interests and suggests practical, affordable steps used by Western Europe to control the environment while maintaining high living standards.
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America
Edmund K. Faltermayer
Fortune Magazine
Faltermayer
Western
Europe
Tilo
United States
James Edward Jones Enters 6th District Constitutional Bid
Blue Island attorney James Edward Jones announces his candidacy for delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Illinois 6th Senatorial District. A lifelong Republican with two University of Illinois degrees he seeks non collectivist reforms and less government. He has never held public office and invites active campaign help.
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James Edward Jones
Blue Island
Jones
Hancock County
Illinois
Washington
America
University of Illinois
Vigilante Law Repealed in Illinois
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie signed Senate Bill 825 repealing an 1885 statute that allowed the formation of vigilante groups to detect criminals. The measure, prompted by unrest in Cairo, ends the legal possibility of such deputized associations though none were known to exist.
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Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
Cairo
Christmas Seal Design Contest Extended in Cook County
Chicago area artists have until Tuesday September 9 to submit Christmas Seal art entries. prize money totals 500 for first, 100 for second, with winners advancing to a national 1000 grand prize. open to all 18 plus residents or workers in Cook County. display of prior winning designs at Artists Guild of Chicago offers inspiration. Entries due by 5 p.m. at The Tuberculosis Institute.
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Chicagoland
Albert P. Weisman
Cook County
Weisman
Artists Guild of Chicago
E. Erie
Heidi Brandt
Jean Simpson
Jorgen Hansen
L. Gerald Snyder
Chicago
Tuberculosis Institute
Washington
Companies Target Northwest Passage Use for Oil Trade
A joint U S oil industry expedition will test the Northwest Passage for commercial tanker use. The 115,000 ton S 8 Manhattan will attempt a route from the East Coast to Alaska to move Alaskan oil to the Lower 48 amid uncertain deposits and transport options. Also Illinois approves 5.4 million dollars for free lunches for undernourished children in the 1969 70 year.
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New York
Northwest Passage
Newfoundland
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Petroleum Today
U. S
S. 8
Manhattan
North Slope
America
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Local Students to Receive Degrees at SIU Ceremony
Local students from Dalton and Riverdale will receive degrees at Southern Illinois University's late summer commencement in Carbondale on August 30. Named graduates include Martin Balow Terese Belford David Greubel and Douglas Kragness from Dalton and John D Orazio Robert Edwards and Jon Fistonich from Riverdale. Sen Charles H Percy named John Caldwell as special assistant to head a new Springfield office, effective September 8.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Dalton
Martin F. Balow
University
Terese M. Belford
Dorchester
David L. Greubel
Douglas R. Kragness
Riverdale
John C. D'Orazio
Clark St
Robert F. Edwards
LaSalle
Jon R. Fistonich
Columbus Rd
Charles H. Percy
R.ill
John R. Caldwell
Caldwell
Springfield
Victor Smith
Illinois
Republican State Central Committee
Percy
They'll Study The Illinois Constitution
Thomas Miller, South Holland Village Trustee and 8th District delegate candidate, appoints a distinguished committee to study the Illinois Constitution in preparation for Con-Con. The first meeting was held Aug. 23 at the Dorchester Ramada Inn in Dalton with members from Calumet City, South Holland, Homewood, Lansing, and Park Forest.
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Thomas Miller
South Holland
Dorchester Ramada Inn
Dalton
Rudy Milasich
Calumet City
Vern Vollbrecht
William Augustus
Homewood
School Dist
Richard
Miller Seeks Illinois Constitutional Reform Endorsement
Miller, a South Holland village trustee and Republican candidate for delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention from the Eighth District, urged rewriting the state constitution at the Thornton Township Republican meeting on August 20. He argued the current document reflects a rural, 100 year old framework and is ill suited to urbanization and industrialization, calling for a shorter, clearer, modern text and an annual legislative session with adequate staff. Miller endorsed by the Thornton Organization after presentations by Con-Con candidates.
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Thomas H. Miller
Thornton Township
State of
Illinois
Miller
South Holland Village
Legislative Department
Inttendance
Thornton Township Regular Republican Organization
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Mrs
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