Williams seeks cut in Supreme Court salaries
Springfield AP reports Rep. Gale Williams says he worked harder than Illinois Supreme Court justices and seeks to lower seven judges pay from 40000 to 17500 each, promising $175000 annual savings. The measure advances as Blair seeks assurances on reapportionment authority.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Gale Williams
R-Murphysboro
W. Robert Blair
R-Park Forest
Blair
Supreme Court
Williams
General Assembly
Illinois Senate health ecology bills fail in vote
Illinois Senate defeated two bills on health care and the environment. Senator Robert Coulson R Waukegan led a drive for a physicians assistant program to help areas with doctor shortages. The environmental bill also failed to reach 30 votes.
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Springfield
Illinois
Senate
Robert Coulson
R-Waukegan
Illinois Sets Detergent Phosphate Limits and Senate Advances Bills
Springfield report notes a prohibitive sale rule on detergents with more than 8.7 percent phosphate after 1972 and any phosphate after 1973. The senate sent to the governor 29 revenue language amendments, five bilingual services bills, a migrant day care appropriation of 150000, bilingual school board funds of 350000, and three Cook County assessor related bills for hearings, corrections, and property transfers.
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Illinois
Senate
Cook County
Postponed bills delay Metro East performing arts hall plan
State tax revenue guarantees for an exposition and performing arts hall in the Metro East were delayed until fall. Senator Sam Vadalabene and Governor Ogilvie agreed to add convention centers for Springfield and Rockford and form a legislative committee to amend the bills. The plan seeks 50 percent state aid via the Metropolitan Civic Centers Act of 1970, with the rest from local voters and wagering and cigarette tax revenues. Edwardsville is the assumed site.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Metro East
Sam Vadalabene
Edwardsville
Sen
Vadalabene
Richard B. Ogilvie
Rockford
Gates That Never Close at Monmouth College Library
Front gates of the Murray and Leonie Guggenheim Memorial Library in Monmouth College New Jersey are nicknamed The Gates That Never Close. The landmark is noted for its perpetual openness and symbolic welcome.
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Murray and Leonie Guggenheim Memorial
Monmouth College
New Jersey
Dram shop bill moves to governor after Senate approval
The Illinois Senate approved a dram shop liability bill by 39 to 10 and sent it to the governor. Sponsor Rep. John Matijevich said reducing insurer rates stems from current strict dram shop rules. The measure narrows liability to the bar that caused intoxication, removing partial liability wording.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
John Matijevich
North Chicago
Matijevich
Illinois no fault insurance plan advances amid rate ceiling clash
Lawmakers near passage of a watered down no fault plan for auto insurance with a two year rate ceiling rejected by a strong minority. The bill would require insurers to cover up to $2000 in medical costs $150 weekly wages and $12 daily replacement services while allowing claims or suits but capping pain and suffering payouts.
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Illinois General Assembly
Illinois
Senate
Nixon cites Turkey plan to end opium poppy farming
President Nixon announced a Turkish government program to halt opium poppy production by mid-1972, a move he called the most significant step yet to curb heroin sources. Secretary Rogers and Turkey’s ambassador Melih Esenbel outlined U.S. aid and technical help to replace poppy fields with other crops.
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Nixon
United States
White House
Turkey
Nihat Erim
William P. Rogers
Melih Esenbel
Esenbel
Rogers
EPA Sets Final Auto Emission Standards With Cold and Hot Starts
William Ruckelshaus, head of the EPA, announced final standards aiming for a 90 percent cut in harmful auto emissions but eased the test method. The rule requires emission tests to include both cold starts and hot starts to better reflect real driving conditions.
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Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
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