Public Defender System in Illinois Weighs Costs and Governance
Illinois legislators will study a statewide public defender proposal from the Judicial Advisory Council. The plan would shift indigent defense costs from counties to the state, with initial estimates around 5 million for the next biennium. The debate raises questions on criminal prosecution structure and balance of state local finance.
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Springfield
Judicial Advisory Council
The
Winds Bar Association
Defender General
General Assembly
Ogilvie hints at tax power over local governments
Observers including a Chicago paper read Gov elect Ogilvie's remarks as supporting expanded taxing authority for Illinois cities rather than state supplements for pay raises. He suggested permissive taxes and income taxes for suburban workers in Chicago, warning that true home rule remains constrained by the General Assembly.
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Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
General Assembly
Soldier’s view of Vietnam war finally lands at home
A Southern Illinoisan editor notes soldiers’ conviction that Vietnam is a real war and laments public misperception. He portrays the GI facing nightly mortars and booby traps, separated only by 12,000 miles from home yet feeling near and personal.
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Illnoisan
Vietnam
America
Southeast Asia
New York
Ty Drang
Eighteen and a Half: A Soldier’s Transformations
An eighteen and a half year old private in the 3rd Bn 60 Inf 9 Div reflects on wartime growth. He abandons loafing, learns to live on scant supplies, mates with comrades, and wields his rifle as both tool and weapon while coping with loss and fear.
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S. Grable
Oil industry eyes coal fields for synthetic fuel plant
Major oil companies move to coal reserves seeking a 100000 barrel daily synthetic fuel plant in Illinois. Humble plans to convert coal to liquids by 1980, relying on Illinois No 6 coal and a large utility customer. Other majors like Occidental, Gulf, and Standard Oil units extend coal acquisitions amid rising demand for liquid hydrocarbons.
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Robert W. Link
Lindau-Schaub
G. H. Shipley
Illinois
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Occidental Petroleum
Island Creek
U. S
Standard Oil of Ohio
Old Ben Company
Southern Illinois
Continental Oil
Consolidation Coal
Consolidation
Truax-Tract
Gulf Oil
Spencer Chemical
Standard and Poor Stock
Gulf
Pittsburgh
Midway
Kentucky
Jersey Standard
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
Mississippi
West Virginia
Illinois State Geological Survey
Southern
Hubert Risser
State Geological Survey
Ilinois
Atlas of
Walter Voskuil
Risser
Southern Illinois, Inc
Franklin Hotel
Benton
Jack Simon
United States
Tabu ad art 1898 painting and 1969 cultural notes
Column surveys perfume advertising history from 1898 Tabu image by Dana Perfumes, with caricatures and varied versions. It notes Minnesota team naming shifts to Minnesota Twins and Vikings, the Minneapolis Symphony becoming Minnesota Symphony, and reflections on President elect correspondence. It also recalls social events, theatre news, and Bantam Books releasing major reports.
Tax rules on cigarette purchases in Illinois
The Illinois State Bar Association explains that cigarettes incur three taxes: a state cigarette tax of 9 cents per pack, the state retailers' occupation tax or sales tax, and a Federal tax. When bought from vending machines the tax is included in the price, making it automatic.
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