Truckers Allegedly Back Campaigns With Contributions
Des Moines records show trucking industry funding to key congressional committees totaling at least 830,000 over two years. House Public Works Democrats and Republican members received contributions from 500 to 3,000. Senate Finance and Ways and Means also cited. Jonathan Katz notes funds aimed at broader bills to widen truck limits and highway taxes.
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Iowa
Des Moines Register
Nick Kotz
Washington
House of Representatives
House Public Works Committee
Register
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House Ways and Means Committee
Katz
Johnson Administration
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House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committees
Truckers Campaign Fund
Congress
George Fallon
Dmd
Subcommittee
John C. Kluczynski
D-Ir
Public Works Committee
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Kenneth Gray
Illinois
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Gray
Charlotte Red
Prize bull injuries man at Madison County Fair
John Wilson, 46, of Coulterville was gored in the thigh by a prize bull he was grooming for judging in Highland at the Madison County Fair. He is in satisfactory condition at St Joseph Hospital. The incident occurred during a Best of Breed class in the ring. A separate court note reports Jack E Throgmorton of Marion pled innocent to aggravated battery charges involving a step daughter. Bond set at $2000.
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Highland
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Wilson
Williamson County
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Creal Springs
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Lan Haney
Throgmorton
Sheriff’s Office
Gun control bills advance in House and Senate committee
The House passed a scaled back interstate mail order ban on rifles shotguns and handgun ammunition by 304 to 118 with 158 Democrats and 146 Republicans for. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a similar bill 9 to 3 and delayed full action until after Labor Day as opposition to federal registration and state licensing remains strong.
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New York Times
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Congress
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Congressional
Capitol Hill
Clifford B. Case
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National Rifle Association
Charles S. Joelson
D-N. J
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Cleveland
Vanik
Albert
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Emanuel Celler
D-N. Y
West Frankfort Youth Center Hosts Splash Party at Park Pool
A dance and swim event called a splash party will run from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the West Frankfort park pool. The West Frankfort Youth Center sponsors the final park district summer program with music by Forlorn Hope and Zeigler. Admission is 1 dollar for ages 13 to 21. Lifeguards will be on duty and dancing is allowed around the pool. Proceeds fund a new ballroom at the youth center.
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West Frankfort
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