Origin of Jo Daviess County name in Illinois tale on sesquicentennial
An editorial reflects on petition verifications for George Wallace on Illinois ballots and explores why Jo Daviess County bears the given first name Jo. It notes McHenry and Jo Daviess misspellings and previews Illinois county-name origins as part of a sesquicentennial reflection.
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George Wallace
Alabama
American Independent Party
Illinois
Wallace
Secretary of State
McHenry
Jo Daviess
Joseph Hamilton Daviess
Kentucky
U.S
Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
White House
Joe
Washington
Franklin
Logan
Boone
Wayne
Menard
George
Ben
John
Daniel
Anthony
Pierre
Daviess
Henry Horner
Korner
Daley-led Chicago Machine Faces Change at Springfield Fair
The Illinois State Fair frames a moment of potential transformation for the Cook County Democratic machine led by Mayor Richard J. Daley. The parade shows strong ward loyalty among Irish and other groups, while rising Negro leadership and Republican shifts test the machine’s future cohesion and influence.
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Springfield
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Cook County
Democratic Machine
Caesar Augustus
Trish
West Side
Bernard Neistein
Denning
Republican Party
Democratic
Illinois cities respond cautiously to Kerner Report findings
An Associated Press survey shows Illinois cities discuss the Kerner Report on civil disorders with varied interest and limited concrete action. Cities like Quincy Peoria Galesburg Springfield and Chicago weigh recommendations on open housing human relations commissions and police community programs amid mixed public support.
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Edward W. Runden
Associated Press
Illinois
Kerner
Ces
Chicago
Maywood
Peoria
Waukegan
Harvey
National Advisory Commission On
Johnson
Otto Kerner
Downstate
Weseley Olson
Quincy
Olson
Police and Fire Commission
Peoria Journal Star
Robert T. Cabeen
Galesburg
Cabeen
Glen Kniss
Springfield
Kniss
Commission
Charles L. Meyers
Rock Island
Sa Cameas
Burns
Richard J. Daley
Chris Vlahoplus
Samuel Shapiro
Vlahoplus
Iilinois
Quietly persuasive former Illinois governor advocates civil rights
Former Illinois governor Otto Kerner urges stronger civil liberties and a statewide fair housing law. He praises Lincoln's dignity and warns that delaying FEPC funding and job equity keeps minorities in poverty while Illinois boosts exports and creates jobs through bold trade missions.
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Kerner
Abraham Lincoln
Land of Lincoln
America
Hitler
California
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Germany
General Assembly
Fair Employment Commission
FEPC
Kerner Riot Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Cassell
Area GOP Enthusiasm Angers Reader Over Front Page
Reader criticizes Southern Illinoisan for partisan framing after the Nixon nomination and questions Ben Gelman’s Aug 11 column. He argues the paper uses propaganda rather than factual material and calls the piece an obituary in political disguise. James L. Kirkpatrick Dowell voices concern.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Richard M. Nixon
Barry M. Goldwater
Republican Party
Ben Gelman
Spiro Agnew
Gelman
James L. Kirkpatrick Dowell
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Daviess County
Plain Joe
YWCA
James E. Burns
Chicago Human Relations Commission
M. W. Newman
Chicago Daily News
Samuel H. Shapiro
Shapiro
Stokely Carmichael
Gov. Kerner
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