Ogilvie outlines 11 point welfare reform plan for Illinois
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie proposes a sweeping welfare overhaul aimed at requiring able bodied recipients to visit state employment offices monthly and meet job counselors. He reappoints Harold Swank as director of public aid and redeploys John Briggs as deputy. The plan seeks to curb costs, reduce fraud, and tighten administration while stressing work as the foundation of aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Harold Swank
Department of Public Aid
John Briggs
Illinois Senate
Donald O. Simpson
Nine Jews convicted in Leningrad hijack plot trial
Soviet sources report nine Jewish defendants in Leningrad were convicted on hijack plotting and anti-Soviet slander charges. Gilya Butman received ten years in a strict regime labor camp. Mikhail Korenblit was sentenced to seven years. The case follows a prior Leningrad hijack trial with executions later commuted.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Gilya Butman
Mikhail Korenblit
Leniingrad
Butman
Korenblit
Sweden
Israel
Soviet Union
Sovie Press
Prison official slain at Soledad leads to lockdown
Kenneth E. Conant, 49, a program administrator and veteran penologist, was stabbed at his desk in Soledad State Prison, marking the 10th violent death in 16 months. Authorities suspended ordinary activities as 1,038 inmates remained confined, amid multiple knife assaults leaving six others wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soledad
Calif
Kenneth E. Conant
Seattle Activist jailed for contempt over grand jury inquiry
Leslie Bacon, 19, antiwar activist, cited for contempt and jailed for refusing to answer a federal grand jury question on the U S Capitol bombing after judges granted limited immunity. Judge William Goodwin ordered imprisonment for the life of the grand jury which ends next March or until she testifies. Attorneys plan an appeal to the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.
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Leslie Bacon
U. S. Capitol
Miss Bacon
William Goodwin
Goodwin
U H Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Southern Illinois firefighters return from Minnesota forest blaze
Forty five Southern Illinois firefighters flew to Minnesota to battle a fast moving crown fire in the Superior National Forest. After 1242 exhausting hours on the line they returned home to Williamson County Airport. Fire cause is considered man made and the group reports snow and cold aided their stance.
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O. R. Walley
Superior National Forest
Southern Illinois
Bill Drumm
Elizabethtown
Federal Forest Ranger
Drumm
Minnesota
Canada Line
Williamson County
National Forest
Forestry Service
Washington
Bank records tie peace groups to leftist signatories
A House Internal Security Committee witness said subpoenaed bank records show three people tied to Communist groups could sign checks for two antiwar groups that sponsored large protests. Sydney R. Stapleton as president and Patricia Grogan as secretary treasurer of the National Peace Action Coalition were among authorized signers, both linked to the Socialist Workers Party, with Sidney Peck listed as an authorized signer for the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Internal Security Committee
Sydney R. Stapleton
National Peace Action Coalition
Patricia Grogan
Public Nationale
Washington, D. C
John Stratton
Stratton
Sidney Peck
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Public National Bank
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Army awards $2.6 million ordill plant contract
The U.S. Army granted a 2.6 million dollar contract to Olin Corp for loading and assembling 252,0090 cartridge 81 millimeter illuminating devices. Work will be performed at the Ordill area plant near Marion. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray announced the award.
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U.S. Army
Olin Corp
Ordill
Marion
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
U S and Russia in tug over new arms and troop talks
President Nixon wins in Congress for now as Mansfield fails to force a 50 percent cut in U S troop strength in Europe. Senate defeat signals ongoing battles over troop levels and authority to deploy forces abroad. Trudeau pushes mutual disengagement talks with Brezhnev and Kosygin seal Canadian Soviet ministerial talks pact.
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Nixon
Senate
U. S
Europe
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Charles Percy
Mansfield
White House
Indochina
Weekend Forecast Says Cool Tonight and Warm Friday
Tonight will be fair and cool with a low near 50. Friday is mostly sunny and warmer with a high around 80. The chance of precipitation stays under 5 percent for tonight and Friday. Weather details, map page 26.
Nixon SALT stalemate broken
President Nixon announced that the United States and the Soviet Union will work this year toward a SALT agreement limiting ballistic missiles and offensive nuclear weapons. He called the move the beginning of a new era of peace and said negotiations in Vienna should proceed with intensive talks and further details to come from the White House.
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Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Finland
White House
Vienna
Gerard Smith
Congress
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Illinois IBI Chief Defends Speech Fees on State Time
Mitchell Ware head of the Illinois Bureau of Investigation drew about 260 public speaking appearances last year and earned roughly $3,000 in fees while using state planes and cars. IDLE head Herbert Brown defended the practice saying it did not conflict with his duties and noted Ware works long hours. The state code bans using public office for personal gain, while organizers say some fees were suggested by event organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ilinois Department of Law Enforcement
IDLE
Mitchell Ware
Chicago Daily News
Ware
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Herbert D. Brown
Daily News
Brown
Spkesman
IBI
Associated Press
Carbondale Community High School
Carbondale
Max Waldron
Congress leaders hail breakthrough in arms talks with USSR
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield and Republican Leader Scott reported an "excellent" reaction from Congress to President Nixon's breakthrough on ABM and offensive nuclear talks with the Soviet Union. They cautioned the road ahead remains long, but substantive results seem in the works. An unmanned Soviet craft heads to Mars to seek life clues.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Mansfield
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Minnesota Blaze
Ray Fuller
Louis Norvell
Murphysboro
Ordill Plant Pets Contract
U.S. Russia
Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Family Living
MARS
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