Parochiaid aided nonpublic schools to pass in Illinois
Illinois House supporters expect quick adoption of a $30 million parochiaid program for aid to nonpublic schools with Gov Ogilvie’s signature assured. The bills authorize grants to parents via the state superintendent, ranging from 48 to 60 dollars per elementary pupil and 60 to 90 dollars per high school pupil, with first payments due March 1972. Police briefs note two Carbondale arrests for traffic violations.
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Springfiel
Illinois House
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction
Illinois Senate nears vote on bingo licensing bill
Illinois lawmakers move toward legalized bingo with Sen. Howard R. Mohr planning a Senate vote on the Illinois Bingo License and Tax Act. Gov. Ogilvie says he’d sign if safeguards prevent organized crime, with 10 percent of gross bingo earnings to state funds for mental health and schools.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Howard R. Mohr
Park Forest
Illinois
Mohr
General Assembly
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
Ogilvie
House
Land reclamation plan moves through Senate committee
A bill giving state authority to pre approve reclamation plans for strip mining operations won unanimous approval in the Senate Agriculture and Commerce Committee. Sponsor Rep. James Nowlan says it has strong passage potential before the June 30 recess.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Senate Agriculture and Commerce Committee
James Nowlan
Toulon
Senate
General Assembly
Senate Elections Committee
House
Munitions Cache Found Near Saigon as Clash Ongoing
U S air cavalrymen clashed with North Vietnamese troops 43 miles east of Saigon while nine miles southeast of the city South Vietnamese militiamen uncovered a cache of enemy munitions. The stockpile included 15 Soviet rifles 20 hand grenades 20 blasting caps and 1300 rounds. North Vietnamese rockets and mortars pounded Firebase Sarge area in the north as casualties were reported light by the South Vietnamese Command.
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Saigon
U.S
Armed Forces
Demilitarized Zone
Sarge
Slayings at Motorcycle Club Headquarters in North Augusta
Police found two men dead and two women critically injured at a house used as the motorcycle club headquarters in North Augusta, South Carolina. all four victims had their throats slashed and were tied up. A neighbor alerted authorities after a woman escaped around 3 a.m. and asked for help.
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North Augusta
S.C
Augusta
Mildred Wall
Aiken County
Vietnam Troop Centers Add Drug Tests and Treatment
The U S Command opens two laboratories and new treatment facilities at Long Binh and Cam Ranh centers to screen for narcotics using urinalysis and provide 5 to 7 days of in country treatment before evacuation home. Additional post return care is planned as part of Nixon antidrug push amid an estimated 30 000 to 40 000 heroin addicted servicemen in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
United States
Army
Long Binh
Cam Ranh Air Force Base
Ocean-dumping report faulted by Senate advisory panel
A scientific panel convened by the Senate Public Works committee criticized the CEQ ocean-dumping report for financial and political shortcomings and for ignoring legal issues. The group led by Dr. James R. Arnold argued dumping farther offshore does not solve disposal problems and noted illegality of using international waters as a public dump. Police brief: Carbondale, Robert M. Christie, 19, cited for speeding.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Council On Environmental Quality
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Council
Russell Train
World Oceans
Arnold
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Eugene F. Schlickman
Burlington Heights
Robert Cherry
Chicago
Schlickman
Carbondale
Gary W. Wright
David M. Beal
Ranc Seco
Herrin
Senate Committee
James R. Arnold
The
University of California At San Diego
Robert M. Christie
General Electric
Emerson
Nath
Biedermans
Marion, Illinois
Westinghouse
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