Park board seeks planners help on pool site in Carbondale
Park District hires a recreational engineering firm to study pool needs and site options. Board should obtain recommendations from the Carbon dale Plan Commission and the city planner. A Parrish Park site controversy is cited while bond plans up to 350000 dollars remain under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Board
Carbondale’s Park District Board
Carbondale Plan Commission
Parrish Park
Parrish
Carbondale
Illinois party power and loyalties shape flawed ticket
The piece argues that Illinois party leaders favor loyalty over competence in statewide races. It criticizes Lt. Gov. Samuel Shapiro and others for limited executive skill, noting Paul Simon and Francis Lorenz as weak nominees. Adlai Stevenson III declines a bid, highlighting tension between party machines and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Shapiro
Springfield
Legislture
Paul Simon
Troy
Senate
Johnson
Paul Powell
Powell
Francis S. Lorenz
Clark
Lorenz
Department of Public Works
Cook County
Public Works
William Scott
Stevenson
Chicago
Abner Mikva
Hyde Park
Barratt O’hara
William Clark
Illinois
Daley
Sam Shapiro
Statehouse
Francis Lorenz
Dirksen
Michael Howlett
People
Simon
Corneal Davis
Illinois House
Milwaukee beer story links Schlitz to origins and Krug
David Felts reviews a Wisconsin Then and Now issue noting Milwaukee’s brewing rise with Krug and Schlitz. The piece traces the 1849 founding, Schlitz’s role as bookkeeper, marriage to Krug’s widow, later sea loss, and Uihlein nephews taking over. It also mentions media moves and salaries at Harper Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Blatz
Pabst
Miller
Gettle
Uihlein
Schlitz
New York Times
Joseph Schlitz Co
August Krug
Joseph Schlitz
Wisconsin
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Krug
Illinois Democrats Press Stevenson as Brash Career Falters
The Illinois Democratic establishment asserts support for President Johnson's Vietnam policy and pressures Adlai Stevenson III after he questioned the war stance. Mayor Daly pushes unity, while Clark is chosen for Senate amid intra party tensions and potential shifts in 1968 Illinois politics.
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Iolanthe
William S. Gilbert
Johnson
Illinois
Democratic Party
Daley
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai Stevenson III
Springfield
Vietnam
Stevenson
U.S
Sherman Hotel
Everett M. Dirksen
Chicago
William Clark
U.S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Romney quits 1968 bid opens path for Rockefeller campaign
The exit of Gov. George Romney from the 1968 presidential sweepstakes clears the way for Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to pursue a national run. Rockefeller signaled possible acceptance of a draft at the national convention but said no primary campaigning. Romney defended his decision as a chance for moderates, yet faces lingering questions over his Vietnam remarks and a tarnished image from the New York garbage workers dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
New York
Detroit
Rockefeller
Gov. Romney
Gov. Rockefeller
Washington
Gov
New York City
New York Times
Vietnam
Romney
Short ballot debate in Illinois politics and reforms
The piece analyzes 1964 Illinois politics where Lt Gov Samuel Shapiro outpolled Gov Otto Kerner by about 50 000 votes and carried 50 counties. It discusses the case for a unified ballot pairing governor and lieutenant governor and argues for or against electing other state officers. It cites Morey Rendleman Henner reports and opinions from reform groups and figures like Adlai Stevenson III and Kerner supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Samuel Shapiro
Otto Kerner
South Carolina
Mississippi
Minnesota
New Jersey
League of Women Voters
Committee For Economic Development
Kerner
William G. Stratton
Orville Hodge
Stratton
Hodge
Michael J. Howlett
Paul Powell
Page
Atty
Gen. Clark
U. S
Len Small
John Stelle
Stelle
Henry Horner
Louis L. Emmerson
Morey, Jenner and Rendleman
Adlai Stevenson III
Morey-Rendleman - Henner
Secretary of State
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Mr. Stevenson
Ular
Michael Hewlett
William G. Clark
David Felts
Semon Knudsen
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Evan W. Thomas
Harper & Row
William Manchester
Svetlana Aliluyeva
Harper
W .W. Norton
Harper and Row
Thomas
Byron Farwell
Richard Armour
Benjamin Franklin
Carl van Doren
Public Library
Sketches In the
Sand
James Reston
Brash Stevenson
Brain
Ralph H. Johnson
Lindsay-Schaub
M.P
Shapiro
Richard H. Ieen Lindsay-Schaub
Lloyd Morey
University of Illinois
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