EPA proposes traffic controls for 11 metro areas aims curb driving
The EPA unveiled plans for 11 metropolitan areas including Los Angeles and New York City to curb driving with vehicle inspections, gasoline rationing, and downtown bans. New York City would tighten taxi rules and parking, while Los Angeles faces gasoline sales caps and parking reductions starting 1977 and 1974 respectively.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Los Angeles
New Jersey
EPA
Robert W. Fri
Congress
Fri
New York State
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
el Paso
Texas
New York City
California
Manhattan
New York
Nixon urges bipartisan partnership as Dirksen library cornerstone laid
President Nixon cites the late Sen. Everett Dirksen to urge cooperation between the presidency and Congress. He praises Dirksen for balancing a strong presidency with collaboration and says the model still guides U.S. policy amid the Brezhnev visit and approaching wage price measures after a 60 day freeze.
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Everett Dirksen
Congress
Dirksen
Illinois
America
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Colson links Hunt to ITT inquiry amid Watergate hearings
Colson testified that Hunt was sent to Denver to question ITT lobbyist Dita Beard about a possible political payment by ITT. The memo connected the payment to an antitrust settlement effort, and Hunt filed a report in John Dean’s files. Magruder testified that Nixon operatives aimed to discredit O'Brien and win political information through the Watergate scheme. A separate White House find revealed a concealed Nixon campaign contributor list with coded entries totaling over $1 million.
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Jeb Stuart Magruder
Sam Ervin
Watergate Investigation Committee
White House
Charles W. Colson
Capitol
E. Howard Hunt
ITT
Dita Beard
Hunt
Denver
Colson
John W. Dean III
Securities and Exchange Commission
Democratic
Nixon
Senate
Magruder
Lawyers For Common Cause
Citizens’ Group
Grand Tower pageant set for Tricentennial July 6 8
A Mississippi River Tricentennial celebration planned for Grand Tower July 6 8 features a scale model of the pageant set. Attendees include Christian Moe Archibald McLeod of SIU Carbondale Jim Seed of Du Quoin Tom Hale of Grand Tower and T Richard Mager SIUC VP. Events include Homecoming frontier arts exhibitions muzzle loading and canoe rides.
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Christian Moe
Archibald McLeod
Theater
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Jim Seed
Quoin
Tom Hale
T. Richard Mager
SIUC
Weather Outlook With Heat and Humid Night Skies
Tonight remains humid with partly cloudy skies and low temperatures in the 70s. Saturday brings mostly sunny weather, hot and humid with 90s highs. Sunday and Monday expect scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Nixon orders profits sweep targets seven industries
James W. McLane, head of the new special freeze group, named electrical machinery and chemicals among seven or nine industries to receive focus in a federal profits sweep. The White House review could trigger first government-ordered price rollbacks since Phase 3 began January 11, seen as needed after Phase 3 proved ineffective.
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James W. McLane
New
Nixon
White House
SIU medical school opens with 48 first-year students
The SIU School of Medicine at Carbondale officially opened with 48 first-year students, to begin basic science study Monday. Dean Richard H. May, SIU officials, and AMA representative Dr. Glen Leymaster addressed the convocation, highlighting medical education growth and community-based training.
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Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
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Illinois Board of Higher Education
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New Medical School
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Springfield
Mental Health Budget Cuts Hit Central Southern Illinois Institutions
The Mental Health Appropriations Bill proposes major cuts in central and southern Illinois facilities led by a 591200 cut at Anna State Hospital and a 523000 reduction at Alton State Hospital. Illinois Security Hospital at Chester would rise by 805700, and increases also appear for Herman Adler Zone Center Champaign and Galesburg State Hospital.
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Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Adolph Meyer Zone Center
Decatur
Meyer Zone Center
Champaign
Illinois Senate panel nixes $10 per exemption tax credit proposal
The Senate revenue committee voted 75 to reject a Democratic backed plan to grant a $10 state income tax credit per exemption. The proposal, offered by Rep. James Londrigan and supported in the Senate by Cecil Partee, was rejected along party lines.
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Illinois Senate Revenue Committee
Senate
James Londrigan
Springfield
Cecil Partee
Chicago
Administration denies claim of Angelos file seal breach
A Friday denial from the Walker administration disputes former Champaign County official Richard Ieen Johnson and Democrat candidate for Congress Lindsay-Schaub that the Angelos file seal was broken when IBI agents returned it to the Liquor Control Commission. The IBI allegedly duplicated pages on two dates, Feb 23 and Apr 7, while the seal was intact as per transcripts and affidavits, with Johnson claiming the purpose was to protect records from destruction.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Lawrence E. Johnson
Angelos
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Liquor Control Commission
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Champaign County
Congress
21St
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Walker
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Decatur
Maples
Ambassador Inn
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Elroy Sandquist
Murphy
Michael Leahy
Kenneth Metcalf
Metcalf
Johnson disputes Angelos file records accuracy
Lawrence E. Johnson of Champaign says he did not read a Chicago Tribune story quoting him on the Angelos file seal. He affirms Feb 23 commission records and April 17 affidavits are accurate and cites IBI involvement and Director Thomas Murphy’s actions as factors in delays.
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Thomas J. Murphy
IBI
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Lawrence E. Johnson
Champaign
Angelos
Liquor Control Commission
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
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Johnson
Wayne Kerstetter
Murphy
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Dputy
Kerstetter
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