Illinois Farm Bureau reverses on districts policy
Illinois Farm Bureau delegates vote to oppose single member House districts and to back multi member districts with cumulative voting. They defeat a plan to cut the House to 118 members, arguing the system protects minority views while maintaining 177 seats. A second resolution supports farmland preservation and local tax funding.
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Chicago
House of Representatives
Illinois Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Charles W. Young
de Soto
Stan Johnson
Malta
People
DeKalb County
DeKalb
Samuel Zumwalt
Warsaw
Hancock County
No shortage of natural gas for Illinois
Illinois will have adequate gas this winter even if temperatures fall up to ten percent below normal, ICC chairman Michael V. Hasten says. An ICC survey found supply sufficient to serve current customers and allow new connections, due to conservation, better exploration, and more gas drillings driven by higher wellhead prices.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois State Commerce Commission
Michael V. Hasten
Hasten
ICC
Referendum on corn checkoff planned in Illinois
Illinois officials announce a public referendum set for March 6 to decide if corn producers approve a corn checkoff. Director John Block says 15 hearings led to the decision, with elections in county extension offices and a 15 member board to be chosen. If approved, a quarter cent per bushel at first sale funds corn research and market expansion.
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Springfield
Illinois
John Block
East St. Louis patrolman charged with attempted murder
East St Louis patrolman Michael L Roberts 29 faces attempted murder charges in the shooting of Leon Dansberry 27 as Dansberry was brought to the station for booking in connection with the fatal shooting of Roberts friend Andre Townsend 21. The off duty officer allegedly fired a .357 service revolver from about three feet striking Dansberry in the chest and Dansberry remained in critical condition at St Mary's Hospital ICU.
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East
Roberts
Dansberry
Townsend
St. Mary’s Hospital
Strike prompts rent boycott by Chicago area gas dealers
About 1 000 Illinois gasoline dealers in the Chicago area vote to withhold rent for days without gasoline due to a Teamsters strike. The move aims to pressure Shell Gulf Texaco and Phillips to resume bargaining. Shell stations faced a 60 percent gasoline shortage as drivers walkouts continued. Ballots from roughly 2 000 drivers were in progress with results due next week.
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Chicago
Robert Jacobs
The
Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association
Jacobs
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Gulf
Texaco
Phillips
Waukegan
Gary
Ind
Nuclear plant valve error releases radioactive water into Mississippi
An operator opened 11 valves instead of four at Illinois Unit 2 during drain and refuel, releasing about 4000 gallons of radioactive water and a small portion to the Mississippi River. NRC said no injuries or human/environmental threat. investigation pending.
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Cordova
Illinois
Quad Cities
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jan Strasma
NRC
Mississippi River
Steve Awjin
Commonwealth Edison Co
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