Simon to run tnN primary for governor in Illinois
Lt. Gov. Paul Simon plans to enter the Democratic primary for governor, ignoring party convention norms. Dan Walker already seeks the nomination, and the move could trigger a three man race if Daley opposes or supports Simon.
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Frank Leeming Jr
Lindsay-Schaub
Paul Simon
Simon
Richard Daley
Chicago
Dan Walker
Walker
Daley
General Assembly
IBI chief Ware submits resume for East St. Louis police post
Mitchell Ware, former Illinois Bureau of Investigation superintendent and top Black police official, submitted a resume for East St. Louis police chief at Mayor Williams request. Ware says noncommittal, noting Chicago law practice pays more. A citizens committee will screen applicants for the vacancy.
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Gladfelter
Lindsay-Schaub
Metro-East Journal
Mitchell Ware
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
IBI
East St. Louis
James E. Williams Sr
Williams
Ware
Chicago
IBS
Citizens’ Committee
J. Cedell Mosley
Ross Randolph
Cook County Sheriff’s Office
City Council
Eight jurors seated for Murphysboro triple-accused trial
In Jackson County Circuit Court Murphysboro eight jurors were seated to try Milton Boyd James K Holley and Leonard Thomas on charges of attempt to murder mob action criminal damage to property and aggravated assault stemming from a gunfight with police in Carbondale on November 12 1979. The panel includes jurors from Carbondale and Murphysboro. Judge Everett Prosser urged Boyd to route any questions through his attorney Jeffrey Haas who acted as stand in for the defense. Thirty eight prospective jurors had been questioned since Monday.
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Ware
IBI
Cook County
Joseph A. Power
Chicago
Barnabas Sears
IBS
Ogilvie
State Police
Old Public Safety Department
Jackson County Circuit Court
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Milton Boyd
James K. Holley
Leonard Thomas
Roger W. Jackson
Ella M. Arnett
Avis D. Hallek
Mary Elkens
Jerry Snider
Sandra Roark
Mary Grob
Janis Stotlar
Boyd
Everett Prosser
Jeffrey Haas
Haas
Prosser
Troy State University
Wallace
Nixon
Alabama
State college officials eye budgets
The Joint Council of Presidents of Illinois senior public universities and the Board of Higher Education planned a closed session to discuss a financial crisis. Jerome Sachs said the timetable and procedures for future budgets would be the topic, not the fiscal 1973 budgets. The meeting aimed to standardize report formats used by boards, the Assembly, and the Bureau of the Budget.
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Council of Presidents of
Illinois Senior Public Universities
Board of Higher Education
Jerome Sachs
Northeastern Illinois State College
Southern Illinois University
Sachs
Joint Council
Higher Board
Illinois Junior College Board
Harold Fischer
STU Board of Trustees
Illinois
Loyal to Boyle password dropped by UMW
The United Mine Workers of America will stop requiring the password Loyal to Boyle to enter union meetings under an injunction from a U.S. District Court judge. The move follows a suit by a miners reform group accusing the leadership of ordering password use to gain access, tied to indictments against W A Boyle over 1969 campaign contributions.
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U.S. District Court
United Mineworkers of America
Boyle
W. A
Tony) Boyle
GMO train derailed near Ocoya after collision
A Gulf Mobile and Ohio passenger train derailed after hitting a truck south of Pontiac at Ocoya, 97 miles southwest of Chicago. Spokesman reported 82 aboard with injuries but no fatalities as seven cars and two diesel locomotives left the tracks in an upright position. Train departed Chicago shortly after 8 a.m. en route to St Louis, the 9 38 a.m. Pontiac stop preceded the accident.
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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Pontiac
Ocoya
Chicago
St. Louis
Warmer Tonight With Mostly Sunny Saturday In City
Tonight will be fair and warmer with a low near 67. Saturday brings partly sunny skies and highs in the low 90s. Humidity remains high as heat continues across the area.
SIU hosts national meeting of agricultural economists
More than 800 agricultural economists from across the United States, with families, gather at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale August 15 18 for the American Agricultural Economics Association conference. Highlights include opening address by Vernon W. Ruttan and seminars on international adjustments in agriculture and environmental impacts.
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United States
Carbondale
American Agricultural Economics Association
Southern Illinois University
Stu
Vernon W. Ruttan
Economic Development Center
University of Minnesota
Cris V. Wells
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Agriculture Higher Education
International agriculture leaders tour Southern Illinois area
A delegation of 33 cabinet level agriculture leaders from 16 countries visits Southern Illinois Sunday through Aug 20 to attend an American Agricultural Economics Association meeting at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. They will tour Dixon Springs, Du Quoin Packing Plant, Fidelity orchards, Pinckneyville grain and equipment firms, and other rural agricultural sites while discussing price policy credit and transportation.
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Southern Illinois
American Agricultural Economics Association
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Uni
Versity
University of Illinois
Illinois
Robert Frank
Jackson County
South America
Africa
Indochina
India
Dixon Springs Agriculture Center
Dixon Springs
du Quoin
Fidelity Orchards
United Electric Coal Co
Pinckneyville Grain Co
Pinckneyville Equipment Co
Twin County Service Co
Per
Howell
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
III Production Credit Association
Federal Land Bank Association
Cooperative Extension Service
The
Conservation Service
Jake Bender
Pinckneyville
Dale Greer
Pinckney
American Thresherman’s Association
Washington International Center
Agency For International Development
Washington D.C
United States
Wallace Reopens Black School Under Choice Plan
Gov George C Wallace orders Limestone County to reopen New Hope Junior High and allow Black residents to choose schools. The action aims to ease integration, with $30 000 for renovations and bus transportation for pupils opting to attend other schools.
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Troy
Ala
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Wallace
Limestone County
New Hope
New Hope School
Tanner
East Limestone
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Washington
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Jil Thomas
Frank Thomas
Orchard Dr
Leo Robinson
Fire Department
Almont Crawshaw
Robinson
SIU
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Virginia Marmaduke
College Agriculture Economics
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Wham
Orders
Ry County Farm Bureau
Harold Kuehn
Dowell
W. S
Ike” Brandon
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Howard Hood
City National Bank
United States Department of Agriculture and Allied Agencies
C. R. Howell
Perry County
Pyatt Brothers
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