Counties push for jail upgrades across Illinois including Union
State inspectors press Union County to abandon its jail unless improvements are funded and planned as part of regional detention center efforts. Union faces $20,000 local match and must show broader regional cooperation while debates on health, safety standards and consolidation grow.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Atty. R. Corydon
Finch
Iail
Union County
Comity Falls
Department of Revenue misses $2.3 million in misfiled checks
An alert Department of Revenue employee saved the state $2.3 million by uncovering mangled income tax checks left in cartons at the Springfield processing center. Two large corporate checks, $900,000 and $650,000, may have remained uncashed for months, prompting an investigation and possible disciplinary action. Governor Ogilvie had pledged improved state management since 1969.
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Department of Revenue
Income Tax Processing Center
Springfield
Revenue
George Mahin
Southern Illinoisan Editorial Leadership Note
John C. Gardner serves as Editor and General Manager with Robert D. Reid and James K. Adams as Managing Editor and Business Manager respectively in the Southern Illinoisan newsroom leadership lineup.
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John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
Local Editor Questions Legality of Stray Dog Killings
Letter writer cites 1969 Illinois statutes suggesting private or individual privatees may turn stray animals over to public authorities. Claims six animals shot to date by Mage ofthurst, urging legal review.
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Mage Ofthurst
Tlmnois
Legal limits on disposing of stray dogs in Carterville
Rex Emery notes a local stance that stray dogs are a nuisance yet killing them is illegal except for farmers when livestock are at risk. He criticizes government officials for not following standards and questions enforcement as Hurst officials decline to comment.
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Rex Emery
Carterville
Hurst
Pucinski
Cullerton
wa _Pueinski
The Southern Lin e Christmas Displays Draw Mixed Reactions
Editor notes a negative take on local holiday displays funded by merchants and donated by citizens. The letter warns of geopolitical prophecies about American power, urging repentance and warning of a United States of Europe while praising public generosity despite vandalism.
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Herrin
Vietnam
Long Bee
America
United States
Europe
Asia
América
Prophetic warnings mix scripture with political peril
A fragmentary scriptural prophecy warns of an Eastern Army of 300,000,000 communists reshaping Europe, while America relies on alliances and faces divine judgment. Nostradamus and biblical verses are cited to predict upheaval, nuclear war, and ultimate divine intervention near the millennium, alongside personal notes about expecting a child and Christmas wishes.
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America
Word of God
Jers
Hosea
Antic
Christ
Nostradamus
Partridge, goose, and coal voyage in odd holiday note
A brisk, fragmentary look at holiday imagery and distant trades. A birdwatcher hopes for a snow goose at the feeder while references to partridge in a pear tree appear in a Christmas stamp. The text mentions ships carrying Norwegian water and coal to Newcastle, hinting at global supply lines.
Pucinski Emerges as Daley Backed Senate Hopeful
Roman Pucinski, veteran congressman and Chicago figure, seeks the Democratic line for the 1972 U.S. Senate race against Charles Percy. He appears before Springfield party committees, touts a conservative with a social conscience stance, and emphasizes a partnership of management, labor, and government amid a crowded field led by Mayor Daley’s backing.
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Robert W. Link
Lindsay-Schaub
Roman Conrad Pucinski
Springfield
St. Nicholas Hotel
Pucinski
Democrat State Central Committee
U.S
Charles Percy
Cook County
Sherman House
Democrat
U.S. Senate
Aleni
Dixon
Chicago
Simon
Senate
Congress
Percy
Pucitsk
Mondey
Dafey
Mayor “Daley
John Marshall Law School
Pueiisti
The
Sun-Times
Daley
Phoinski
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