Groundhog Nuisance Prompts Farmers to Seek Levee Bounty
Union County farmers urge the county Board of Commissioners to issue a bounty on groundhogs after damage to the Mississippi levee and crops. The water district walks levees for dens while authorities study costs and methods. Groundhogs tear into soybeans and may have burrowed into levee walls, risking floods. Local adviser Harold Hunzacker notes serious crop losses and difficulty estimating populations. sulfur cartridges are used but not always effective.
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County Board of Commissioners
Ned Foley
Water District
Harry O. Meyers
Mill Pond Drainage District Board
Meyers
Harold Hunzacker
Union County Farm
Hunsacker
Hunzacker
Liddy fined 40000 and given prison term in Watergate case
Washington AP reports former Nixon aide G Gordon Liddy received a 40000 fine and a prison sentence ranging from six years eight months to twenty years. James W McCord Jr read a letter from the bench claiming his family fears for his life if he testifies about the Democratic Committee headquarters wiretapping.
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Washington
Nixon
James W. McCord Jr
Democratic Party
U. S. District Court
John S. Siricia
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Hart seeks delay on coal desulfurization rule
Illinois Rep. Richard O. Hart proposes a bill to delay the May 30 1975 deadline for installing sulfur removal on coal plants. He argues proven equipment is insufficient and enforcement could devastate Illinois coal markets and affect about 70000 jobs. Hart cites EPA chief Ruckelshaus noting equipment shortages. The piece also notes the Democratic National Committee backing a 25 at large posts slate.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Illinois
Richard O. Hart
Dbenton
State Pollution Control Board
Hart
Environmenal Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Sheriff sells 6,763 beers for $300 cash
Williamson County Sheriff Russell Oxford sold 6,763 beers seized in a raid on the Creal Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars Club. The beer fetched $300 at Jolly Jack's Lounge in Benton after a June 23 raid that also confiscated three slot machines and a punchboard.
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Williamson County
Russell Oxford
Oxford
Creal Springs
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Jolly Jack’s
Benton
Banks Pressured as Prime Rates Rise Across Industry
The Nixon administration presses meat packers and banks to ease consumer impact as seven banks raise prime rates to 6 1/4 percent. Continental Illinois reduces its rise for top customers while Franklin National seeks to hold at 6 1/4 percent. The Cost of Living Council orders meat packers to pass cost cuts to shoppers dollar for dollar.
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Washington
Nixon
Continental Illinois' Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Continental
Franklin National Bank of New York
Continental and
Franklin
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Walker criticizes Southern Democrats over transit veto
Gov. Daniel Walker accused Southern Illinois Democrats of siding with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to override his mass transit veto at a Carbondale fundraiser. He named Rep. Clyde Choate and other lawmakers, noted a $16 million tax relief loss, and reframed the fight as a broader budget and mental health reform issue.
Weekend Outlook: Warmer Tonight Then Showers Possible
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tonight with lows in the 40s. Saturday remains cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the 60s. Sunday turns cloudy and cooler.
Legislators vote on Fogel for Corrections Chief
Both state senators from the 58th and 59th districts backed Gov. Walker’s choice of David Fogel as head of the Illinois Department of Corrections, but the Senate rejected him 29 to 18. Senator Buzbee and Senator Johns supported Fogel, with Buzbee noting initial reservations but crediting Fogel’s defenses against criticisms. In a separate action on the mass transit aid veto override, two Democrats Rep. Choate and Rep. Holloway and one Republican Rep. Dunn voted to override, while Rep. McCormick, Rep. Springer and Rep. Hart opposed.
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Daniel Walker
David Fogel
Illinois Department of Corrections
Fogel
Senate
Kenneth V. Buzbee
Carbondale
Gene Johns
Marion
Buzbee
Dr. Fogel
Walker
Chicago Transit Authority
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
James Holloway
D-Sparta
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
Norbert Springer
R-Chester
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Walker vows fight over CTA veto and Fogel adviser post
Governor Dan Walker says he will block an Illinois Senate override of his 3.1 million CTA veto and install David Fogel as an adviser on criminal justice after Fogel’s Senate rejection. He calls the 113 lawmakers who supported CTA tax relief politically motivated and vows to campaign on the issue.
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Dan Walker
Ilinois Senate
Walker
David Fogel
Senate
Fogel
House
Chicago
CTA
113
Daley
Walker loses bid to confirm corrections chief in Illinois Senate
At an Illinois Executive Mansion breakfast Gov Daniel Walker urged a half dozen Republican freshmen to back his nominee David Fogel for director of corrections. The plan failed as 10 Chicago Democrats abstained or voted no, producing a 29-18 outcome against Fogel in a 30-29 GOP majority chamber.
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Larry Kramp
Springfield
Illinois
Daniel Walker
David Fogel
Walker
Senate
Harris Fowell
Raperville
John A. Graham
Barrington
Fogel
Fowell
Chicago
Illinois Senate to rule on CTA state aid after veto override
The Illinois Senate will decide next week whether CTA and other mass transit systems receive about 17.85 million in promised aid after the House overrode Governor Walker's revisions 113-49. Walker aimed for a dollar-for-dollar match with local funds, seeking city and Cook County contributions.
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H. F. Wollenberg
Springfield
Illinois Senate
Chicago Transit Authority
Daniel Walker
Illinois House
CTA
Walker
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Daley
Cook County
House
W. Robert Blair
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Union County
Liddy
DEMOS
Arthur F. Burns
Cheate
Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Richard Daley
Anna
Southern Illinois University
Choate
Sparta
Harold Stedelin
Centralia
D-Benton, Hart and Sons
D-Carbondale
D-Marion
General Assembly
Department of Corrections
Ken Buzbee
Dave
Sen. Johns
Sen
Adlai) Stevenson
Rep
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Southern
Environmental Protection Agency
Senate Appropriations Committee
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
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Gov. Walker
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