Illinois Chamber backs modified $1 billion resources bond
The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce now supports changes to the $1 billion resources bond issue, dropping private pollution loans, raising interest to 5 percent, and granting General Assembly project expenditure power. Hearings in Springfield are set with final action possible July 15. The Chamber calls the measure a net positive for Illinois amid other groups backing the bill.
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Illinois
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
House Water Resources Committee
Springfield
State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
State Medical Society
Conservationists
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. Stanley Enlund
White House Palaces Politics Hurts McGovern in Dakota Row
The Evans Novak report notes Sen George McGovern lost a judicial pick after boosting late senator Kennedy at a Sioux Falls convention. McGovern backed Francis Dunn for the Eighth Circuit. on April 25 the White House dropped Dunn and nominated Myron Bright from North Dakota instead. The move leaves South Dakota without circuit representation and hints McGovern faced punishment for not remaining neutral in the Democratic race.
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Democratic Party
White House
Evans-Novak
George McGovern
D-S.d
Robert Kennedy
Sioux Falls
Sen
McGovern
South Dakota
Francis Dunn
Humphrey
Sens
Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
California
Sen. McGovern
Fort Dearborn and the Whistlers through a century
The piece recalls Fort Dearborn founded in 1803 by Capt. John Whistler at Chicago River’s mouth and notes James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s grandfather. It also mentions the 1920s wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, a 75 year old death in sports pages and his multilingual talents, law degree, and Polish premier Ignace Paderewski connection.
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Whistler
Illinois
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
John Whistler
Detroit
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Capt. Whistler
Fort Dearborn
Henry Dearborn
Thomas Jefferson
Wladek
University of Vienna
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Wladek Zybszko
Herrin Park Inlet Covers Sent To Board Urged
Herrin Newcomers Club calls on the Herrin Park District to install grating or protective covers over dangerous storm water inlets near the Tot Lot. The group cites child safety concerns and notes the board has already ordered two covers and replaced one after a vandalism incident.
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Southen
Illinoisan
Herrin City Park
Herrin Park
Herrin Newcomers Club
Michael Lindsay
Lawrence A. Lipe
Michael D. Berry
Lawrence Feil
Ted Bollman
George L. Adams
Richard E. O’connor
Paul Frost
Tom Keohane
Jon Becker
Fredrick Hamblin
Walter Wright
George Blatter
Edward Arbogast
Harold Stewart
Dan M. Cox
Park District Board
Fred Lowe
Letter on nursing home care and county facility praises
A reader from Carbondale laments the defeat of a Springfield nursing home bond issue. She compares four private centers unfavorably to Jackson County Nursing Home, praising the county facility as affordable and well above expectations, and expresses sympathy for residents without expanded services.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Springfield
Jackson County
Midwest
Hallie Parrish
Ernest Shult
Carbondale
Coretta King Steps Forward After King's Death
The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. speaks of a definite role in continuing his work. She plans greater involvement with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and led marches, including in Memphis, while balancing four children and writing a memoir.
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Kathry Johnson
Associated Press
Atlanta
Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King Jr
Coretta King
King
Mrs. King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Memphis
Albany
Coretta Scott
Alabama
Ohio
Obie L. Scott Jr
Marion
Ala
Coretta
Antioch
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Stu
Stop him and say hello editor letter to Ben Gelman
A letter from Wayne Rush criticizes Ben Gelman but the author praises Gelman as warm generous and insightful. The writer urges readers to greet Gelman on the street and notes his notable world understanding and acumen. He ends with Gelman’s quip that it’s better to have one reader than none.
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Southern Illnoisan
Wayne Rush
Zeigler
Ben Gelman
Rush
Gelman
Illinois
Ben
Postmaster selection dilemma in Herrin Illinois
In a letter to The Southern Illinoisan a representative explains the Herrin postmaster vacancy, the Civil Service constraints, and the nine exam passes. The deputy postmaster general selected Fred Schoonover as permanent postmaster based on disability criteria amid a public call to suspend the process or reexamine. The piece outlines the dilemma between law, veterans preferences, and political influence in the appointment.
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Illnoisan
Herrin
Civil Service Commission
Carl Miller
Fred Schoonover
William Grindle
Paul T. Popham
Herman J. Colombo
Thomas Childers
Millage M. King
Martin L. Will
Mrs
Bernell Murray
Congress
Postmaster General
Howard Barker
Schoonover
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Wladek Zbyszko
Herrin Board
Maurice Chevalier
Martin Luther King
Boston University
Selma
Montgomery
Motgomery
Yolanda
Barbara Hicks
Gray
Mendation
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