Bribery Debate Echoes Through Springfield Legislature
In Springfield two lawmakers Paul Simon and Anthony Scariano assert corruption is common while Clyde Choate urges reform. They cite graft charges filed earlier, defend press scrutiny, and note the current session is the cleanest they have served in, though reform remains hard.
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Paul Simon
Troy
Anthony Scariano
Park Forest
Clyde Choate
Anna
Simon
Scariano
The
Legisla
Choate
Ethics Commission
Bribe Plot in Illinois House Probed in Springfield
Ray mond L Terrell Illinois states attorney held a press conference revealing 15 tapes and 31 pages of transcripts about a bribery plot tied to Senate Bill 1034. The House voted 120 to 16 to discharge the Banking Committee and ethics commissioners delayed action to study ethics for two years while inviting the six member panel to meet in coming days.
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Senate
Illinois House
Springfield
Raymond L. Terrell
Sangamon County
House Banking Committee
Joint Legislative Commission On Ethics
Norton Kay
Chicago
American
Ethics Commmission
Paul Elward
Terrell
Ethics Commission
House
Illinois
David Maslowsky
74Th General Assembly
Maslowsky
Chicago Currency Exchange Association
Sam Kaplan
Park Forest
Irving Gottliebe
Carbondale City Squeaks By With 18 Policemen
Carbondale relies on 18 officers to serve a population of about 18 500 residents plus SIU students and county deputies. Officials say the city’s police-to-population ratio falls short of national norms, hindering burglaries, thefts, traffic control, and downtown patrols.
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Erik Stottrup
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Gene Ramsey
Carbondale Police Department
Ramsey
Hazel
Stocks Plunge as New York Market Dips Early
A wave of selling hit the New York stock market with major indices slipping today. Stocks trimmed losses by early afternoon as traders weighed economic data and corporate results.
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New York
Carbondale Forms 18-Man Police Force and Shifts
Carbondale builds an 18 member police department with chief salary 6240, assistant chief 5520, sergeants 5480, patrolmen 5040, meters 4200 and 3600, radiomen 3600. Officers are assigned to three shifts with detailed tenure, prior occupations, and hire dates for each role.
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Ramsey
Carbondale
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Jack Hazel
Navy
Wayne Booker
Force
Army
Fred Zimmerman
Robert Melvin
Meter
Crandle Groves
State Court Prepares For Remap Action
The Illinois Supreme Court takes charge of state Senate reapportionment if the General Assembly fails to draw new districts by June 30. If not done, both parties must file suggestions by July 15, 1965, with the court. The court also sets a timetable for congressional redistricting and orders the attorney general to file remap acts and census data by set dates.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court Today
State Senate
General Assembly
Senate
Supreme Court
Illinois
Strike halts food supply in Philadelphia area
Philadelphia four largest grocery chains warn most stores will be out of supplies by Friday unless the Teamsters Local 107 wildcat strike ends. Acme Markets executive Blayney J. Barton says stocks are vanishing as some stores may run dry tomorrow. gasoline and drug supplies also dwindling.
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Philadelphia
Teamsters Local 107
Blayney J. Barton
Acme Markets
Local 107
Pennsylvania
Delaware
AMA Rejects Boycott Bids
The American Medical Association rejected moves to urge doctors to boycott the proposed federal Medicare program It warned it would not cooperate in any health program that interferes with a doctor's judgment and skill.
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New York
American Medical Association
Mild for Southern Illinois forecast through Friday
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures across Southern Illinois. Lows tonight near the upper 50s to low 60s and Friday highs in the mid 80s.
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Southern
Illinois
Planes Strike Above Hanoi In New Bombing Mission
U S jet bombers struck north of the Hanoi line to blast an ammunition depot and army barracks. A spokesman said the attack included brief visual contact with two Communist MIG 17 fighters which peeled away with no hits or kills reported.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Powell Silent On Dealings With Race Track Figure
Secretary of State Paul Powell refused to discuss his services for ex-convict Irwin S. Wiedrick. Powell acknowledged an $8,000 finder’s fee in 1961 and Wiedrick claimed to have paid him about $70,000 over nine years. Powell and Wiedrick held extensive race track stock, linking to proposed racing legislation.
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Paul Powell
Vienna
Irwin S
Sam) Wiedrick
Illinois
Powell
Wiedrick
Illinois Crime Commission
Chicago Downs
Daisy
House
Sam Wiedrick
General Assembly
Secretary of State
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Benedict Arnold
Ralph H. Johnson
Fied
Dwight Friedrich
Centralia
Friedrich
Currency Exchange Association
Centralia Republican
Illinois Oil Council
He Sai
Clarence Johnson
Lee Engish
Addie Crowell
Louis Baker
Jay Etherton
James Stearns
AMA
Rochester
N.Y
Michigan
Cahokia Downs
Sportsservice, Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
Maywood Park
Illinois Harness Racing Commission
Downs
Fox Valley Trotting Club, Inc
Aurora Downs
Okia Downs
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