Recycling crisis in cities calls for federal action
Editorial argues cities face a looming trash crisis with half of them running out of landfill space in five years. It cites a national study showing 250 million tons of waste annually and outlines barriers from federal policies, high disposal costs, and limited recycled markets, urging federal policy changes and loans to boost recycling programs.
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America
National League of Cities
United States Conference of Mayors
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Champaign
Illinois PCB enacts first in nation noise rules
The Illinois Pollution Control Board adopts new state noise pollution regulations effective for new sources immediately and allowing existing sources one to three years to comply. Critics say rules are unworkable but supporters praise cautious pioneering while urging careful monitoring and consideration of technology and economic impact.
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Illinois Pollution Control Board
IPCB
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Lester W. Brann Jr
Brann
Chamber
Illinois
Pollution Control Board
Appeal process for suspended Illinois drivers licenses
A reader asks about hardship permit denial for a delivery driver. The reply explains appeals: request a hearing before the Board of Review at the Hearing Department of the Secretary of State in Springfield, or request an administrative hearing to be held as early as practicable within 20 days. Illinois State Bar Association.
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Secretary of State
Springfield
Board of Review
Illinois State Bar Assn
Illinois State Bar Center
Illinois Bar Center
Ill
Senate moves to overhaul campaign finance laws
A July 11 Senate Rules Committee vote advances a sweeping campaign finance reform. The bill would cap candidate spending, restrict contributions, create a Federal Elections Commission, and repeal Section 315 of the Communications Act. It also shifts enforcement to a seven member bipartisan panel and faces mixed support in Congress.
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Alan Ehrenhalt
Congressional Quarterly
Congress
Senate Rules Committee
House
Federal Elections Commission
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Senate
White House
Common Cause
National Committee For
Nixon
Joe Biden
Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
Council For
Susan Bennett King
Committee
Secretary of the
General Accounting Office
GAO
Justice Department
Corporate gifts fuel Nixon campaign under legal loopholes
Large firms and executives used executive packages and donor funds to back Nixon in 1972. Top names include Bechtel, Lockheed, American Airlines, Ashland Oil, Georgia Pacific, Coastal States Gas, and American Motors, with contributions routed through employee funds and personal gifts amid legal scrutiny and Watergate fallout.
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James R. Polk
Washington Star-News
Washington
Florida
Nixon
American Airlines
Ashland Oil
George A. Spater
Maurice H. Stans
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Georgia- Pacific
Potland
Ore
Federal Trade Commission
Louisiana Pacific Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
San Francisco
Bechtel Corp
American Motors
Robert B. Evans
Ralph W. Parsons
Los Angeles
Houston
Coastal States Gas
Oscar S. Wyatt Jr
Justice Department
Coastal States
Africa
Lebanon
Gulf Resources and Chemical Corp
Mexico City
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Pity the poor pedestrian on Herrin streets
A reader from Herrin argues that Park Avenue sidewalks are unsafe and obstructed by cars, vans, and debris from Hemlock to Kroger. She describes dangerous crossings, foul odors at lights, and roughened paths forcing disabled pedestrians to detour through alleys.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Park Avenue
Hemlock Street
Cypress
Fost
Speedway South
Hemlock and Park
Kroger’s
Katie Neatherry
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