Anna State Hospital must cut 153 jobs by June 30 1974
Anna State Hospital has been ordered by the state Department of Mental Health to reduce staff by 153 by June 30 1974. Forty three layoffs occur this fiscal year and 110 next fiscal year. Dr. R C Steck says details on which positions will go are not yet set and that patient care should not be impacted.
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Henry de Fiebre C
Southern Illinoisan Anna State Hospital
R. C. Steck
State Region 5
State Dept. of Mental Health
Southern
Illinois
Steck
Dept. of
Daniel Walker
Peoria State Hospital
Richard B
Nixon Proposes Overhaul of Federal Criminal Laws
President Nixon sent Congress a blueprint for major criminal law reforms. The plan revamps insanity defense, tightens obscenity rules, and harshens penalties for drug trafficking and white collar crimes. It would reestablish the death penalty, create nine offense categories, set mandatory sentences, and raise fines to deter corporate and individual violators.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Justice Department
Communists halt U S prisoner releases amid withdrawal dispute
The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong said they will withhold the last 138 American prisoners and cancel weekend releases after the United States repudiated a final troop withdrawal and prisoner turnover agreement. Earlier, Washington had agreed to an accelerated plan but issued new شروط.
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New York Times News Service
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Becaus
United States
Vietnam
Washington
U. S
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Showers Ahead
Tonight lows 35 to 41 degrees. Friday brings mostly sunny and warmer skies with highs from 64 to 69. Saturday trends mild with showers. Sunday and Monday mostly cloudy and cooler.
Gray says Nixon aide probably lied
Gray testified that presidential counsel John W Dean likely lied to FBI agents about determining if E Howard Hunt had a White House office. He suggested Dean would check it out and cited Hunt’s White House proximity and safe in the Executive Office Building three days earlier. The remarks came during Byrd led hearings on Gray's FBI directorship nomination.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Patrick Gray
John W. Dean
FBI
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Gray
Dean
Hunt
Executive
Democratic
Watergate Complex
Nixon
Senate Judiciary Committee
Byrd
Senate approves Dram Shop bill for campuses and airport
The Senate Judiciary Committee backed a proposed State Dram Shop Act amendment allowing liquor sales at state universities airports and faculty centers. Sponsored by Sen. Stanley B. Weaver the measure won 11 ayes 3 nays and 2 present. Illinois officials cited Willard Airport and the University of Illinois Faculty Center as proponents to attract a restaurateur amid daily airline arrivals.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Stanley B. Weaver
R-Urbana
University of
Illinois Faculty Center
U. of I. Willard
Minnesota Fogel confirmation blocked by Senate committee
Minnesota corrections chief nominee David Fogel faced a party line 13 to 7 rejection by the Senate executive committee amid GOP charges of prison escapes during his tenure at Stillwater. Fogel defended security lapses and cited staff shortages, while noting his SNCC ties and hours of questioning. He said the hearing was fair and awaits floor action.
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Robert W. Link Lindsay-Schaub
Associated Press
Springfield
David Fogel
Minnesota
Dan Walker
Illinois
Senate Executive Committee
Senate
John Graham
Fogel
Graham
Stillwater
Prison Industries
New York
Navy
Brooklyn College
Hudson Spurs
R-Peoria
Stokely Carmichael
Eldridge Cleaver
Souis
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
University of California At Berkeley
Cleaver
Black Panther Party
Minnesota Corrections
Daniel Walker
Federal anti drug program critique urges new agency
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse says current government efforts may encourage drug use, urges a time‑limited federal anti‑drug agency, private citizens to lead prevention, and shifting duties after five years. It urges end to criminal penalties for marijuana and targets alcohol as the top societal drug problem.
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Brooks Jackson Washington
Federal Drug Commission Today
Congress
Nixon
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
America
Houses of Congress
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Commission
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Pension systems funding approved by Senate panel
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced 13 to 2 a package totaling 193.2 million dollars for partial funding of four state pension systems not in Governor Walker's budget. Funds would support teachers, university staff, state employees, and judges to reach about 65 percent funding in ten years.
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Walter E. Wolff
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Daniel Walker
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stanley B. Weaver
Urbana
Weaver
Walker
Thomas C. Hynes
Chicago
Terry L. Bruce
Olney
Senate
Democrat Appropriations Task Force
Judges
CPI chart compares January 1973 to January 1972 prices
The chart uses U.S. city averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with a 1967 base of 100. It notes eggs rising from 1.080 to 1.516 and February food price increases of 2.2 percent, the largest since 1951, with grocery-store food up 2.4 percent. It compares meats fish and chicken between January 1973 and January 1972 using 1967 dollars.
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U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
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Murphysboro
Union County
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Peoria Hospital
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Onny
State Operated
Pension Systems
Consumer Price Index
Caaadts
Wile
Ceckem
Lamb
Reef
Veal
KLM
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