Illinois highway bills Outlook not bad
The Highway Study Commission members and legislators view the House passage of 18 highway bills as not disastrous, hoping Senate approval in form. The plan includes a net increase of about 28 million from fuel taxes and 30.9 million from truck licenses, with other revenue provisions trimmed or dropped.
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C.T. Banton
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Tilingis Highway Study Commission
Senate
House
Senate Revenue Committee
Everett R. Peters
Rst
Joseph
Jong
Highway Study Commission
Peters
Commission
W. Robert Blair
R-Fark Forest
Chaiman
Highway Commission
Blair
Illinois highway bonding plan sparks tax and debt concerns
Governor Ogilvie proposes a $2 billion highway bond program via a highway trust authority. Critics warn debt and interest costs rise for taxpayers, urge pay-as-you-go funding, and question the need for a 10 year principal deferral amidst Illinois debt already near $2.4 billion.
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Tleiois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Tilmois
Illinois
Law enforcement deserves appreciation for a thankless job
Equlitor argues police and sheriff offices are underfunded and underappreciated. He calls for a public Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, transparency through open stations, and constructive criticism without demoralizing the force.
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Equlitor
Sheriff's Department
The Nation Faces A Solid Waste Crisis Of The 1960s
A New York Times survey and interviews project a coming emergency from solid wastes. Americans average over five pounds per person daily, totaling 350 million tons yearly, with only 25 million collected. Cities struggle with space, disposal methods, and safety, prompting calls for consumption shifts and a closed recycling economy.
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Ry Gladwin Hile
New York Times
Los Angeles
Karl Wolf
American Public Works N
Gary
Detroit
Public Works
Robert P. Roselle
Telephone Company
San Francisco
Senate Public Works Committee
United States
Russell Autobiography Notes and Broadway Milestones
David Felts surveys Bertrand Russell's middle years volume noting son John Conrad Russell and Susan Lindsay in wartime U.S. and England with marriage then divorce. He also cites Broadway's longest running plays and public campaigns, plus nostalgia for classic programs and vintage alphabet slogans.
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Bertrand Russell
Marl Roussell
Susan Doniphan Lindsay
Illinois
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
Washington Park
Washington
Sam Tucker
Russell
Bantam
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Minis House
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Ray K. Klinghiel
Klinghiel
Chicago
Theodora J. Isaacs
Isaacs
Mr. Isaacs
Justice Klingbiel
U. S. Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Ilinois
Laken
America
Lassen
Philadelphia
Detroi
New York
Europe
Tion
Public Health Service
Leslie Gilbertson
Federal
Solid Wastes Program
Congress
David Felts
Tobacco Roads
Peru
Kentucky
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