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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1971
Page
7
Rep. W. Robert Blair built a reputation for temper and power in Illinois politics. From firing the GOP staff to shaping highway bond policy, Blair’s blunt style and strategic moves influenced districts, court funding, and highway financing under the Ogilvie administration.
Gov. Ogilvie approves a bill creating an independent legislative investigating commission to replace the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission. The 12 members become the governing board, with Charles Siragusa as special counsel at 30 000 a year. The budget is 245 000, and the panel will study broad topics including the impact of mergers on Illinois investors.
The Postmaster General announced a bulk mail center to be built at the former Forest Park Naval Ordinance Station in Chicago. The 525000 square foot facility is due for completion by October 1973 and will be part of a 21 center, 950 million bulk mail network operating by end of 1975 to handle parcels and second and third class mail. A separate report notes a large fish kill in northern Illinois near Sterling.
Fishermen report a large fish kill with bass catfish carp crappie and wall eyed pike along the river. EPA was notified and began sampling water and fish tissue as state biologists warn against eating affected fish.
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