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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
7
Gov. Ogilvie signed a bill requiring women seeking marriage licenses to file an affidavit proving rubella immunity after Rep. John Conolly backed the measure. The law aims to ensure immunity before license issuance in Waukegan.
Planning consultants propose expanding Chicago lakefront parklands across the 29 mile shoreline. The draft report suggests creating lakefront peninsulas and multiple manmade lakes to extend public access and green space by a factor of ten to twenty.
The Senate 62 to 22 approved the Labor and HEW appropriations bill sending it to President Nixon who is expected to veto. The measure funds most federal social welfare programs but exceeds the president's request by 1.7 billion and leaves a loophole that could raise costs. The session also noted a model law to drop festival permits and a plan to make election day a national holiday.
Uniformed policemen stood outside the Black Panthers headquarters in Algiers as unofficial sources said police were investigating the group. Paris sources reported security police visited the Panthers for a formal inquiry, possibly signaling closure of the Algiers office.
Herbert C. Paschen the judge who sentenced Richard Speck to the electric chair for murdering eight nurses died at his Wilmette home after a long illness He was 68 Paschen a former Cook County treasurer and Democratic leader is noted for the high profile 1967 death sentence later set aside by the US Supreme Court
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