State suspends bid riggers
The Illinois secretary of transportation ordered six months suspensions for nine construction firms and four individuals convicted of bid rigging. Pre qualification ratings for the firms are withdrawn for six months, barring them from county township or municipal motor fuel tax projects. The action targets the November 14 1969 Interstate 74 bid in central Illinois.
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Illinois’ Secretary of Transportation
Illinois
J. L. Simmons and Co
Decatur
Chicago
Shappert Engineering Co
Belvidere
Champaign Asphalt Co
Champaign
Shoemaker Bridge Co
Urbana
O’neil Brothers Construction Co
la Neil Construction Co
Danville
A. J. Walker Construction Co
Mattoon
Neal Lentz Construction Inc
Elwin
Culberson Construction Co
Pana
Illinois Gasless Sunday Spurs Noticeable Statewide Effect
The voluntary gasless Sunday reduced travel across Illinois with many stations locking pumps from 9 p.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday. State police noted lighter Sunday traffic in Maryville Madison County and expressways were sparse. The Illinois Gas Dealers Association reported most calls were for mechanical breakdowns rather than gas depletion. Deputy in Kane County praised the lighter traffic as wonderful and unheard of.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Nixon
Maryville
Madison County
Illinois Department of Transportation
Donald Tarach
Illinois Gas Dealers Association
Cook County
Robert Jacobs
Kane County
Viet Cong Hit Oil Reserves Near Saigon
Viet Cong attacked South Vietnam oil facilities near Saigon, wiping out an estimated 35 to 50 percent of reserves. Early estimates show more than 10 million gallons of fuel burned in the blaze, marking the closest strike to Saigon since the cease-fire ten months ago.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Shakeup in state DVR personnel hits Southern Illinois office
A DVR investigation into casework handling in Saline County triggers resignations and transfers. Harker Miley quits Harrisburg office after 27 years. Robert Bartimus moves from Benton to Harrisburg. Acting regional supervisor Edwin Kleeman from Mt. Vernon replaces Frederick Tamen, who moves to Carbondale. The probe, spanning three months, involves Pearce Hospital Foundation and the Harrisburg DVR office with possible backdating of hospital admissions and kickback concerns.
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Wanda Barras
Southern Illinois
Illinois Central Gulf
Cobden
Robert D. Taylor
Centralia
Richard Arning
Donald E. Shedelbower
Bill Baltzell
Ronald Haack
Mascoutah
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
James Johnson
Carbondale
Anna
Johnson
R.L. Cover
Union County
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DVR
Illinois
Saline County
Dept . of Public Health
Division of Health Finance
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Pearce Hospital Foundation, Inc
Eldorado
Harrisburg Dvr
Springfield
Dept. of Public Health
Springfield Dvr
Miley
Harrisburg
Bartimus
Jordan Goldstein
Benton
Jack Dale
Jerry Cain
Benton Dvr
Cain
Ben Fenton
Pearce Hospital
Clay Mackey
Fenton
Mackey
Kleeman
Mt. Vernon
Olney
Alfred Slicer
Daniel Walker
Slicer
Sleer
Straton, Kerner
Nixon tax figures spark White House disclosure plan
A White House set of documents to Congress shows President Nixon paid under 6,000 in federal income taxes over three years and reveals 1969 to 1973 tax data. It lists 1969 taxes at 72,686 and notes deductions for vice presidential papers donation.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Nixon
Congress
San Clemente, Calif
New York State
Manhattan
California
District of Columbia
National Archives
Internal Revenue Service
San Clemente
Robert Abplanalo
Key Biscayne
Fla
Public financing bill seeks to end filibuster push
Democrats press a plan for publicly financed presidential campaigns to cut off a Senate filibuster and force votes on the funding bill and a linked debt-ceiling measure. Nixon faces charges of sabotage as the Sunday session fails to break the deadlock with the debt near $463 billion actual and $400 billion legal.
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Janet Stashar Washington
Senate
Congress
Nixon
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