Legislation May Help Induce U of Change
James B. Holderman of the State Board of Higher Education reacted to a 69 page study report on governing structure for the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University. The report urged each campus to have an independent administrator reporting to the boards, but no action was taken.
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Coleman T. Mobley
Lindsay Schaub
Chicago
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
James B. Holderman
State Board of Higher Education
James Nature
Higher Board
Holderman
University board actions on higher education reform and moratorium
The Worthy committee report on university governance faces opposition from the U of I trustees while chancellors report to the president. A plan to appoint trustees by the governor may require legislative action. Western Illinois University loses a master’s in agri business, and a six month moratorium on computer equipment purchases prompts study of a statewide network. President Henry objects to the moratorium lack of consultation.
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U of I
David D. Henry
SIU
Delyte Morris
Worthy
Otto Kerner
William G. Stratton
Western Illinois University
Western
Henry
Peoria garbage strike continues as union seeks raises
Garbage crews from Teamsters Local 627 employed by National Disposal Co. walked off the job in Peoria for a second day in a wage dispute. About 50 to 60 drivers and helpers began the strike Tuesday over a $1 hourly raise and a one year contract, affecting city garbage collection under a city contract.
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Peoria
Teamsters Union
Teamsters Local 627
National Disposal Co
San Diego bids for 1972 GOP convention site
San Diego under White House pressure offers itself as a possible site for the 1972 Republican National Convention. City officials cite room shortages but City Manager Walter Hahn says it could host as an uncontested convention. Chicago San Francisco Houston and Miami Beach are other active contenders.
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San Diego
Calif
White House
Nixon
San Clemente
Walter Hahn
Hahn
Republican National Committee
Chicago
San Francisco
Houston
Miami Beach
Page withdraws EPA nomination amid new accusations in Illinois
Ray Page, Nixon campaign manager and former Illinois school superintendent candidate, asked Tuesday to withdraw his nomination as assistant regional administrator of the EPA amid allegations of steering state contracts to Bryant and Stratton Educational Center in exchange for campaign support. A June 11 hearing is planned to review the related concerns over funding and favors tied to Colleen Colby Kurtz, operator of the school. Page previously withdrew a nomination for regional education commissioner after criticism of his DPI leadership.
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Chicago
Ray Page
Nixon
Illinois
Page
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Bryant and Stratton Educational Center
Colleen Colby Kurtz
Kurtz
U.S
Homosexual minister suspended by Southwest Texas conference
Gene Leggett, an admitted homosexual, was suspended from ministry by 144 to 117 votes in a Southwest Texas United Methodist conference session in San Antonio. He will surrender his ministerial credentials and church membership. Leggett, 36, based in Dallas, also ran a home for homosexuals called the House of the Covenants.
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San Antonio
Tex
Gene Leggett
Southwest Texas United Methodist Conference
Gay Liberation Front
Leggett
Dallas Theater Center
Dallas
House of the Covenants
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Illinois Department of Registration and Education
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Middleton
Princeville
Todd Gorsuch
Calvin Stone
Walter Wingett
GOP Convention
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Southern Baptist Convention
St. Louis
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