Illinois Central Gulf Railroad formed in $1 billion merger
The merger of Illinois Central and Gulf Mobile & Ohio creates the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co a 8 400 mile system spanning 13 states from the Gulf Coast to Minnesota The ICC approved the plan and required Union Pacific to divest its IC Industries stock within 10 years The new entity includes three Mississippi shortlines and is positioned to revitalize railroad technology and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois Central and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroads
Middle United States
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Illinois Central Industries Holding Company
Mississippi
Illinois Central Gulf
Gulf Coast
Minnesota
Illinois Central Board
William B. Johnson
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Glen P. Brock
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific Railroad
Brown Bros. Harriman & Co
Harriman
Illinois Central Industries
Union Pacific
Terests
H. D. Granberry
Carbondale
Ilinois
GM & O
East St. Louis
Murphysboro
Tamms
Cairo
Ohioan Ashbrook Condemns Nixon and Launches Challenge
Rep. John M. Ashbrook announced a bid for the Republican presidential nomination aiming to remind Nixon of 1968 campaign promises. He will start with the New Hampshire and Florida primaries and criticizes Nixon on national security and welfare policy.
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Washington
Nixon
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
New Hampshire
Florida
Ashbrook
U.S
Red China
Soviet Union
Former Powell aide fined for public records tampering
William Glenn, 53, pleaded guilty to tampering with public records while serving as an aide to the late Secretary of State Paul Powell. Judge Paul Verticchio fined him $1,000 after Glenn testified he took 16 boxes of uncashed checks and registration forms home due to inability to complete work in office. The judge denied probation.
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Springfield
William Glenn
Paul Powell
Paul Verticchio
Circuit Court
Glenn
Powwell
Verticchio
ILEC Grant Verified for Southern Illinois Training Drive
A $24,950 ILEC grant to Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission funds training for law enforcement officers in 27 Southern Illinois counties. Tuesday's announcement by ILEC chairman Arthur J. Bilek places Tuesday's total ILEC grants at $195,000 and pushes state crime prevention funding past $45 million in two years. Other recipients include Lincoln College De Witt County Lewis and Clark Library System Will County Henry County Warren County Elmhurst North Chicago Northwest Illinois Criminal Justice Commission Crystal Lake Belleville Deerfield Kane County and the Illinois Appellate Court. Programs cover law enforcement training criminology courses communications equipment police community relations and administrative ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Greater Egypt
de Witt County
Lewis and Clark Library System
Wood River
Will County
Henry County
Warren County
Elmhurst
North Chicago
Northwest Illinois Criminal Justice Commission
Crystal Lake
Belleville
Deerfield
Kane County
Illinois Appellate Court
Carbondale Crime Ranking Opens Federal Funds Path
Carbondale ranks tenth in Illinois for crime rate per capita according to FBI data, sparking eligibility for federal funds to plan a crime prevention program. City officials note reporting limitations and outline impending grant applications for a citywide burglary and crime prevention effort.
Illinois announces record 550.4 million road program
Illinois officials unveil a record 550.4 million road-building plan for 1972 to upgrade the system and spur jobs. Key projects include Interstate 55 from Chicago to St Louis and the Crosstown Expressway purchase of land, with federal funding support and a new transportation department starting soon. Weather outlook calls for rain tonight, turning colder, with a high near 40 the next day.
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Michael Robinson
Associated Press
Springfield
Chicago
Crosstown
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
William F. Cellini
Richard Gotterman
Department of Transportation
General Assembly
Cellini
St. Louis
Rock Falls
Jacksonville
Nixon says no private deal with Soviets on troops
President Nixon told West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in Key Biscayne that his May Moscow trip will not yield a private force withdrawal agreement. The pledge mirrors Brezhnev’s assurance and boosts Brandt’s detente policy as U S officials call American and German positions parallel. Nixon also announced David Kennedy as the new U S ambassador to NATO.
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Washington Star Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Moscow
Europe
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brandt
Russia
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
United States
William P. Rogers
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Key Biscayne, Fla
David Kennedy
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kennedy
Atlantic Alliance
Local hoops results round up from Illinois tournaments
In Carbondale Alton defeated Marion 98 to 52 and Lawrenceville beat Marian Catholic 75 to 51. Centralia Mt. Vernon edged Arlington 77 to 76 in overtime while Wheeling downed Pinckneyville 62 to 51. Breese Althoff topped Trico 88 to 48.
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Carbondale
Alton
Marion
Lawrenceville
Marian Catholic
Centralia
Mt. Vernon
Arlington
Wheeling
Pinckneyville
Breese Althoff
Trico
Illinois 1972 outlook outlines I-24 and I-57 work
The Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings lists the 1972 program totaling about 42.844 million dollars for interstate and non interstate highway projects in District 9 with major items including nine miles of I-24 south of Goreville and a Mississippi River bridge on I-57. Savings come from a joint Illinois Missouri project and additional work on signs shoulders rest areas and right of way acquisitions across Jackson and Alexander Counties.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
District 9
Carbondale
Gore
Goreville
Saline Creek
C and EI Railroad
Dry Fork Creek
Mississippi River
Alexander County
Illinois
Missouri
Sikeston, Mo
Franklin County
Wetang
Pulaski County
Rt. 146
Union County
Benton
Jackson County
Rt. 51
Makanda
Buskydell
Rt. 3
Rt. 149
Gorham
Grand Tower
Ware
Cairo
Klondike
Harrisburg
City of
West Vienna
Vienna
Illinois Central Railroad
Hoffa Charges Washington Kept Him in Maximum Security
Former Teamsters leader James Hoffa says he was confined in maximum security for nearly three years on orders from Washington. He told the Detroit News he was assigned to a job that kept him in a cage for seven hours daily. Hoffa’s 13 year sentence was commuted by President Nixon after about four years of confinement at Lewisburg penitentiary.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Washington
Hoffa
Detroit News
Nixon
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
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Louisville
William J. Bauer
U.S. District Court
Railroad
United Transportation Union
Ohioan
Powell
U.S. Air Force Honor Guard
Bonita Troutt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jim Rush
FBI
Rush
Rosemont
O’hare
Phoenix
Harvey
Madison
Fox Lake
Calumet City
East Chicago Heights
Chicago Ridge
Peoria
Rockford
Joliet
Decatur
Waukegan
Evanston
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Bush
Joe Dakin
Thomas McNamara
Dakin
McNamara
Family Living
NATO
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