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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
5
Earl Warren will stay as chief justice through the current Supreme Court term ending in June. President elect Richard Nixon says he will select a Warren successor after the term ends following Warren's resignation earlier this year.
County officials favor a weighted vote system to address one man one vote. Under the plan board members would vote in proportion to the number of people they represent, while districts within the county would likely remain undisturbed.
Illinois drivers with moving violation convictions will be retested first under a stricter licensing law taking effect Jan 1. The law retains age 69 plus every three years for seniors, adds an eye test, raises license fees to 8 and raises minimum age to 18 with training course exceptions.
The Jonesboro Grade School board raised boiler insurance from 100000 to 200000, adding 48 per year for three years to total 505.76. The panel also approved this year’s lunch program. Supt. George Rice noted no other business at December meeting.
Goffrey Hughes, chair of the Illinois Region I Tourism Promotion Council, says an adult education course on Historic and Scenic South Illinois is planned at several junior colleges. A 12-week non credit course ran this fall at Kaskaskia JC and ends Monday. Bend Lake and John Logan colleges show interest but await scheduling.
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