Dolton Faces Unprecedented Petition Challenges in Village Elections
In Dolton Illinois four of five parties face petitions challenges before the April 15 village election. The objector Daniel M Dumas accuses ABC Party American Independent Party Citizens Party and Voters For Progress of petition defects while Home Owners Action Party led by Tom Harper runs unchallenged. Citizens Party denounces the move as Harper's insult to voters.
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Dolton
Estelle Wilk
Citizens Party
Voters For Progress
A Better Community
American Independent Party
Daniel M. Dumas
Dobson
Dumas
Kenneth M. Cole, Jr
Dalton
Voters For Progress Party
Edward E. Lee
Loise Quilici
John Smida, Jr
Jerry Perelli
Marvin Isaacson
John G. Smida, JR
Jerry F. Perelli
Michigan
Daniel Dumas
Chicago Civic Center
Harper
Wilk
MacKay
Ralph Berg
Riverdale Marine Killed In Viet Nam
PFC Robert Whitney 21 of Riverdale was killed in action in Viet Nam on Sunday February 16. A Thornton Township High School and Thornton Junior College alumnus, he joined the Marines last April and served one month in country with the First Marine Division. Survived by his mother Mrs Dorothy Whitney and siblings, funeral arrangements by Brown Funeral Home.
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Robert Whitney
Dorothy Whitney
Edbrooke Ave
Riverdale
Viet Nam
Marine Corps
Marine
Pfc Whitney Was
Thornton Township High School
Thornton Junior College
Harvey
First National Bank
Chicago
Harry Whitney, Jr
Park Forest
Frances Powers
Dolton
Brown Funeral Home
Lincoln Ave
East Replies Dolton Presidential Candidate on Image and Competition
East, Dolton ABC Party candidate for village president, argues the community is respectable and seeks to improve its image. He defends Dolton’s two party system and questions the motives behind objections to petitions.
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Lawrence East
Dolton
A Better Community
ABC
Dalton
America
Stacey Replies Stacey on Dalton village election ballot change
Stacey, candidate for village president from the American Independent Party, discusses withdrawal and replacement rules for a candidate on the April 15, 1969 ballot. He criticizes a group he calls monopolizing village government and asserts the party will appear on the ballot with local Dolton support.
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Daniel M. Stacey
American Independent Party
Dalton Village
Kenneth M. Cole
Dalton
Dolton
Citizen's Party slate for Dolton village offices
The Citizen's Party nominates Norman MacKay for village president and LaVerne Cothrall for village clerk with Robert Hall and incumbents Donald Cleghorn and Wesley Lane as trustees. Objections claim the slate includes the name of the Citizens Progressive Party in violation of state election law.
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Citizen
Citizens Party
Harper
Dalton
Citizen’s Party
Norman MacKay
LaVerne Cothrell
Wesley Lane
Donald Cleghorn
Robert Hall
LaVerne Cothrall
Dumas
You Know It Liberty Quote by Daniel Webster
A quotation attributed to Daniel Webster remarks that God grants liberty only to those who love it and who are ready to guard and defend it. The saying emphasizes vigilance and dedication as conditions of freedom.
Hot Line Bowl to the Political Scene this Week
A brief note announces a program titled Hot Line Bowl moving into the political arena this week with a tease that another session follows next week. The item emphasizes programming change and upcoming schedule.
Radio Personality Slain in Riverdale Home
David Miller 36 a LaGrange country and western DJ was stabbed to death last Sunday in his Riverdale house at 13640 Parnell. His wife Barbara 25 held. Miller hosted a one hour program on WTAQ and died at St Francis Hospital. Barbara Miller charged with voluntary manslaughter and set for Riverdale Court on March 24.
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Riverdale
David Miller
LaGrange
Barbara
Miller
WTAQ
Voters For Progress Assails Opponents In Dalton
Paul Lombardo, senior spokesman for Voters For Progress, accuses the ruling party in Dalton of using underhanded tactics to disqualify candidates and deny voters their right to choose. He frames the action as dirty politics reflecting insecurity and a history of inaction, urging citizens to defend democracy and the ballot box.
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Voters For Progress Party
Paul Lombardo
Voters For Progress
Dalton
Dolton
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Larry East
Lois Bruns
Eugene Jaeger
Robert Misner
Joseph Zorich
Robert D. Misner
Lois A. Bruns
AIP
The
Daniel Stacey
Vivian Lucas
Robert Weiss
Ralph Thompson
Kenneth Cole, Jr
Peoples’ Choice
East
Stacey
Citizens Progressive Party
Daniel Webster
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