British plan for Northern Ireland aims to end strife
London outlines a White Paper proposing a 80 seat Northern Ireland assembly with broad domestic powers and continued UK link. It guarantees power sharing between Protestants and Catholics, safeguards security, and promises measures to curb terrorism amid ongoing violence and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Forbes
London
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Irish Republic
Stormont
Britain
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Governor veto sparks fight over CTA aid in Illinois
Illinois lawmakers resume the spring session as Governor Walker vetoes a CTA grants package totaling 12.6 million dollars. Republicans praise his plan to cut aid to 9.45 million while Chicago Democrats condemn the veto as unfair. The House and Senate will review amendatory veto action and other budget issues as confirmation battles unfold.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
Chicago
Ilinois General Assembly
Walker
Senate
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Cook County
Illinois
House
General Assembly
Richard J. Daley
Cecil A. Partee
Daley
Partee
Clyde L. Choate
D-Anna
Legislator sympathies wane as university funding cut debated
Illinois lawmakers hear university leaders oppose a 47 million dollar operating budget cut. President David Berle of Treenis State University and SIU heads warn of anguish and overcrowded classrooms as Corbally and others say federal funds would drop and programs facing slashing include medical, law schools.
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Ogilvie
Telefer
Ben L. Morton
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
David Berle
Trenois State University At Normal
David Derge
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Walker
SIU - Edwardsville
John S. Rendleman
Derge
Rendleman
SIU
Illinois Board of Higher Education
John C. Corbally
University of Ilinois
Charles Clabaugh
Rchampaign
Corbally
Rockford
Peoria
Champaign
U of I Law School
Champaign-Urbana
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court voids abortion ban rulings
The Illinois Supreme Court declared the state law banning abortions unconstitutional and freed two defendants. Dr. Edward J. Mirmelli and Harry Frey were released after being charged with performing illegal abortions, aligning with the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade precedent impacting the Texas ban ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Ilinois Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Edward J. Mirmelli
Harry Frey
Peach Blossoms May Face Mild Damage from Cold
Cooler temperatures slowed peach tree blossoms last week in Union County with 25 degree readings likely causing minor damage. Grower Jim West of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange notes most trees are in Alto Pass Cobden and south of Anna and predicts a return to full bloom after a few warm days. Tourists are urged to view blossoms along old Route 51 and Route 127.
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Jim West
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
West
Union County
Alto Pass
Cobden
Anna
Rt. 51
Rt. 127
Supreme Court allows weighted voting for watershed districts
The court, in a 6 to 3 decision, upheld laws in California and Wyoming letting landowners including corporations vote in watershed districts with votes weighted by land owned. Texas half-ownership over Sabine River oil lands ruled in an 8 to 1 decision. Justice Douglas dissented, warning of corporate control eroding equal protection and environmental future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Guidry Jr
Washington
Supreme Court
California
Wyoming
Texas
Sabine River
Louisiana
William O. Douglas
Tulare Lake Basin
William H. Rehnquist
Tulare
Rehnquist
J. G. Boswell Co
Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Bren- Man
Boyle testifies on $20000 union fund transfer in Yablonski case
Former United Mine Workers president W A Boyle testified he authorized a $20000 transfer from union headquarters to Kentucky for organizing, denying claims it funded the Yablonski killings. He was the lead defense witness for William J Prater, accused in the 1969 murders. The state contends Prater acted as a conduit for the payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony
Boyle
UMW
Joseph A. Yablonski
Kentucky
William J. Prater
Yablonski
Prater
ITT Official Tells of Chile Trade Ties with CIA
ITT vice president William Merriam testified before a Senate subcommittee that in 1970 he exchanged information on Chile’s political situation with the CIA Latin American chief. He said ITT officials also met White House aides Ehrlichman and Colson, but he denied any plans to block Allende’s rise. Merriam recalled meetings in Washington and Rome and said Harold Geneen urged continued contact with William Broe, head of ITT’s Latin American unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Chile
Central Intelligence Agency
William R. Merriam
ITT
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
Merriam
William Broe
CIA
U. S
Salvador Allende
Senate Foreign Relations
Multinational Corporation
Rome
Washington
Bree
ITT Board
Harold S. Geneen
Broe
Hal Hendrix
Bob Berrellez
Allende
Geneen
Ehrlichman
White
House
Gray cites order restricting Watergate FBI files
L Patrick Gray III told the Senate Judiciary Committee he cannot discuss the Watergate investigation’s substance. He said new orders from Attorney General Klein Dienst limit access to FBI files to only the chairman, the ranking minority member, the chief counsel, and the minority counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate Judiciary Committee
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
FBI
Gray
Kleindienst
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Judith Hoback
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
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Parador
Belfast
Dublin
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
House Revenue Committee
Blair
Senate Executive Committee
David Fogel
Nolan B. Jones
Cairo
Jones
Fogel
Arthur Telcser
Illinois House Appropriations Committee
Telcser
Richard B. Ogilvie
Tears of Joy Army
Isaiah R. McMillan
Midway, Fla
America
Ear- Force Base
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