Inquiry claims Chicago Panther raid was a search and destroy mission
The Chicago paper reports a 271 page Commission of Inquiry finding the 1969 raid that killed Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark was conceived as a search and destroy mission. It accuses police of planning for maximum surprise and firing first.
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Mark Clark
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Roy Wilkins
Cook County
Atty
Edward V. Hanrahan
Hampton
Pucinski seeks probe into farm price increases
Rep. Roman Pucinski says sharp rises in food costs stem from distributors offsetting processed food controls by raising prices on raw farm products exempt from controls. He will urge Congress to investigate excess profits on non processed farm commodities during the price freeze. his office notes a 15 percent meat price rise in six months.
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Roman Pucinski
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Pucinski
Congress
Sapsucker signals spring and a political note from Illinois
A regional column notes an early Yellow-bellied Sapsucker sighting in Southern Illinois alongside early bloom in magnolias and forsythia. It then covers Illinois primary results with Mary Jane Reynolds Webb winning the Johnson County state's attorney race and potential implications for county government amid auditing trouble.
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Southern
Illinois
Mary Jane Reynolds Webb
Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Johnson County
J. Lewis Wingate
Webb
Growth centers urged to channel population to smaller cities
A presidential commission urges shifting growth from depopulating rural areas and congested suburbs to mid sized cities with 25 000 to 350 000 residents. It calls relocation counseling and rural programs to ease decline while expanding urban absorption. The report warns outer cities may face congestion and pollution if growth continues as is. The Southern Illinoisan notes a clerical correction on a voter tally figure and a misstatement about Tim Bowers origin.
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Washington
Commission On Population Growth
American Future
Presidential Study Commission
Commission
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