Illinois Board approves Rend Lake junior college petition
The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a petition to organize a Rend Lake Class I junior college pending a Southern Illinois University study on territorial disputes. The district would cover Jefferson Franklin Hamilton Perry Wayne and White counties and include Mount Vernon Community College.
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Robert D. Reid
Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Rend Lake
Southern Illinois University
Lyman Glenny
Linois
Jefferson
Franklin
Hamilton
Perry
Wayne
White
Mount Vernon Community College
Mount Vernon
Rend Lake College
Board of Higher Education
Stephenson
Carroll
Daviess
Ogle
Illinois
Freeport
Missing Fairfield Clerk Prompts State Audit
Fairfield, AP The State Conservation Department will audit the city clerk’s hunting license account after the clerk, Harlan Black, went missing. Police report his wife filed a missing persons report. The office allegedly owes the state $4100 from license sales.
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Fairfield
State Conservation Department
Harlan Black
Raymond R. Gregg Jr
Conservation Department
Gregg
Illinois Revenue Up 22.9 Percent in 1965 67
Illinois general revenue collections for the first 11 months of the 1965 67 biennium rose 22.9 percent about 172.3 million dollars from two years earlier Sen W Russell Arrington said the figures supported rejecting Gov Otto Kerner s tax increase proposal. Chicago parents sue thalidomide makers for 2 million over birth deformity. In Smithboro a car and a tractor trailer collided head on on Illinois 40 killing Jack Barnes and Nina Buck and injuring a truck passenger William Camp. John Simes 19 of Paris fatally injured in a car truck crash near Marshall. Nettie Upchurch 64 of Carrier Mills dies at Doctors Hospital Harrisburg funeral Friday at James Thornton Funeral Home Carrier Mills burial Robinson Cemetery. Funeral directors note the body may be viewed after 5 p m today.
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Arrington
Springfield
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Illinois
Senate
Otto Kerner
Smithboro
Illinois 40
Jack Barnes
Vandalia
Nina Buck
William Camp
Oklahoma City
Okla
Nettie Upchurch
Carrier Mills
Doctors Hospital
Harrisburg
Vinesa Jalowiec
Herrin
Creal
Springs
Stonefort
Earnest Upchurch
James Thornton
George Ritter
Robinson Cemetery
Burnside
Funenal
Five youths held in Union County break‑in case
A 19 year old girl and four boys aged 16 to 19 are being held in Union County in connection with a break in at the Bob West DX Service Station at 202 West Vienna Street in Anna. West said a neighbor saw youths in the station at 10 p.m. and called the police after hours.
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Union County
Bob West
Vienna St
Anna
West
Edwardsville SIU Approves Three New Degree Programs
Lindsay-Schaub reports Edwardsville campus of Southern Illinois University gains three new master's programs in geographic studies English studies and mathematical sciences. The geography program targets Air Force enrollments at St. Louis center, with about 75 students expected. English could attract about 65 current Edwardsville students. the math program projects 16 to 20 degrees yearly within five years.
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Edwardsville
SIU
Lindsay-Schaub
Chingo
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Southern Illinois University
United States Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center
St. Louis
Air Force Center
Williamson County officers named to head 1968 sesquicentennial plan
The Williamson County Historical Society appointed Mrs. Luther Wiseman president and Mrs. Lena Tyner secretary to lead a steering committee for the 1968 Illinois Sesquicentennial county celebration. They will recruit civic, fraternal, and government groups plus citizens to represent the effort. All 102 counties will mark the state 150th anniversary. The Chicago River once flowed into Lake Michigan before the reversal by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
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Williamson County Historical Society
Illinois
Board of Commissioners
Luther Wiseman
Lena Tyner
Chicago Board Rejects College Bargaining Rights
The Chicago Board of Education votes 7 to 3 against recognizing a Cook County junior college teachers union. Edward S. Scheffler states recognition decision rests with a future college board to be appointed by Mayor Daley by July 1.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Cook County
Edward S. Scheffler
Cook County College Teachers Union
Richard J. Daley
House Committee OKs FCC power to regulate CATV
The House Commerce Committee approved the Administration's bid to grant the FCC authority to regulate community antenna television nationwide. The move aims to set uniform rates and practices for CATV operators across states.
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House Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
CATV Bill Advances Limiting FCC Control on Systems
A West Virginia Senate committee backed a bill granting FCC authority over CATV systems while barring rate setting and limiting program origination to weather and news. The measure aims to curb CATV use as a pay television platform, preserving subscriber access and regulator oversight.
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Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
FCC
Police Briefs From Prairie du Rocher Buncombe and Macomb
Prairie du Rocher driver Danny Brown cited for $15 speeding is too fast for conditions. Buncombe sees George C. Newman fined $15 for speeding. Macomb reports Paul A. Grindstaff and Delbert P. Lynn ticketed for speeding with $15 fines.
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Prairie du Rocher
Danny Brown
Buncombe
George C. Newman
Macomb
Paul A. Grindstaff
iChester
Delbert P. Lynn
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