Gasohol Legislation Fizzles in Illinois House
Illinois lawmakers debated gasohol as a tax break for still operators and road fund impact. The House passed 70 to 47 to sustain a ruling barring the amendment from a school transportation bill, potentially ending gasohol incentives this session. Supporters warn of corn surplus relief and higher corn prices. critics urge more study before state funds lose millions. ADM and Farm Bureau figures shape the debate as hearings loom after session.
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William Redmond
John Dunn
D-Decatur
American Agriculture Movement
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ADM
Archer Daniels Midd
Dunn
United States
Clarence Neff
Illinois
Farm Bureau
Riverboat accident injures five in Albany
A Mississippi Queen riverboat struck a power line near Albany injuring about five spectators on the Illinois shore. Five people were taken to Mercy Hospital Clinton Iowa. The 80 foot smokestacks pulled down a power tower landing in the Albany Marina parking lot and toppled a car.
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Mississippi River
Illinois
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Welch
Albany Marina
Thompson cites mood for road plan demise in Illinois
Gov. James Thompson blamed the Democratic dominated General Assembly and public mood for setbacks to his proposed state transportation program. He spoke at a Chicago luncheon of the Federal Bar Association on Monday. A former janitor at the Art Institute of Chicago pleaded innocent to stealing three Paul Cezanne paintings valued at 3 million dollars. Laud Spencer Pace, 28, of Chicago, pleaded to the theft charges in Cook County Circuit Court after being indicted May 31 and arrested May 23 for attempting to sell the works.
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Thompson
Chicago
James Thompson
Illinois
Federal Bar Association
Chicago Art Institute
Laud Spencer Pace
Cook County
Pace
Paul Cezanne
Illinois moves to consolidate three civil rights agencies
Legislation to merge the Fair Employment Practices Commission, the Human Relations Commission and the Department of Equal Employment Opportunity into a single Department of Human Rights and a Human Rights Commission moves toward House approval after easing concerns of Black legislators. The plan, now reworked with their input, would start January 1 with funding tied to the combined budgets and potentially grow after a transition period. Included: housing and public accommodations oversight. The measure faces House State Organization Committee hearing Wednesday.
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Senate
James Thompson
Earlean Collins
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Thompson
Joan Schilf
Department of Human Rights
Human Rights Commission
Sen. Collins
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Human Relations Commission
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BOX 102
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