Senate Rejects Shorter Price Control Extension
The Senate voted 74 to 14 against a Democratic bid to limit Nixon’s wage and price control extension to June 30 1972, signaling a likely full year extension to April 30 1973. Harris argued against broad powers for a Republican president, while 13 Democrats joined him. The chamber also rejected 74 to 15 a move to sue large corporations to boost competitiveness. Earlier, Congress approved a 5.5 percent pay raise for federal civilians and military personnel, 77 to 1, effective January 1, with one dissent.
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Senate
Nixon
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Harris
The
Oklahoman
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Nixon to Visit China Beginning February Twenty First
President Nixon plans a weeklong trip to China aimed at normalizing relations. White House press secretary Ziegler announced the Feb 21 start date and said Kissinger helped lay groundwork during a July secret visit.
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Nixon
China
New York Times
Washington
United States
White House
Peking
Ronald L. Ziegler
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ziegler
People’s Republic of China
United States of America
W Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Democratic hopefuls seek spots on 1972 Illinois ticket
Contenders face party screening in Springfield with initial surprises as they seek governor and U S Senate nominations. Roman Pucinski and Michael Howlett brief the committee, while anticipated decisions hinge on Chicago's Daley influence and possible sleeper candidates.
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Roman C. Pucinski
U.S. Senate
Michael J. Howlett
Pucinski
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
Sam Betar
Paul Simon
State House
Daley
Howlett, Simon
McGovern Opens Illinois Campaign In Carbondale
Sen George McGovern brought his presidential bid to Southern Illinois drawing about 350 people at the airport arrival and a planned SIU speech. He urged expanded veterans benefits and tuition aid, opposed Rehnquist to the Supreme Court, and backed a tax checkoff for campaigns while touting a strong grassroots organization and youth vote potential.
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Sen. McGovern
SIU
Robert Layer
O. R. Walley
Southern
McGovern
Mgovern
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Arizona
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond
Million Dollar Grant Aims At Elderly Housing
George Romney announces a $1 million HUD program to aid elderly housing. The plan will contract with public and private non profits to offer technical help and information to inexperienced sponsors of low and moderate income housing. New regulations for congregate housing and options for elderly to move into living units may follow to avoid premature institution placement and ease taxes.
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Washington
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
White House
Walker threatens suit over party funds in governor race
Independent gubernatorial hopeful Dan Walker warned statemakers he will sue if party funds are used to promote a candidate. He insists the March primary voters alone decide the Democratic nominee and that spending to label any slate as the nominee is illegal. The statement came at a news conference amid other candidates scheduled to appear.
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Treasury
Daniel Walker
Chicago
Alan J. Dixon
Charles H. Percy
Dakin Williams
Collinsville
Tennessee Williams
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Leo Fitzgerald
Democratic State Organization
Gray
Springfield
Thomas J. Hanahan
McHenry
Daniel M. Pierce
Highland Park
Robert E
Dan Walker
Walker
McGovern Signals Illinois Delegate Slates in Most Districts
Senator George McGovern opened a Midwest swing and said he may run slates of delegates in most Illinois districts and possibly in Chicago. He planned visits in Carbondale East St. Louis and Normal as part of courting Illinois voters and Daley’s support.
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McGovern
Carbondale
East St. Louis
Bloomington
Evanston
Illinois
Chicago
George McGovern
Midwest
Midway Airport
Richard J. Daley
Daley
South Dakota
Party
Commission On Reform
State Community College
Normal
Illinois State University
McGovern visits SIU a joyous homecoming in 1943
Presidential hopeful George McGovern toured Southern Illinois University recalling his five month Air Force cadet assignment in 1943. He recalled about 2,200 enrollment with many women and called the campus a joyous place for cadets. He planned a Bloomington town hall and Chicago Midway reception, then an Evanston rally.
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George McGovern
Southern Illinois
McGovern
South Dakota
Southern Ilinois University
Air Force
Bloomington
Downstate
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court Refuses Firearm ID Challenge
The Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear chiropractor Dr. Walter G. Amerman’s challenge to the Firearm Owner Identification Act on technical grounds. Amerman from Murphysboro was arrested May 30, 1970 for shooting a pistol without an FOID card and fined $50 in a bench trial. The court ruled no substantial question was presented in the lower court.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Walter G. Amerman
Murphysboro
Circuit
Amerman
Supreme Court
Joseph Goldenhersh Dis
Harlem Savings Bank Job Leaves Four Hurt In Upstate?
Four people were wounded during a $16,000 Harlem Savings Bank robbery in upper Manhattan. A city sergeant was seriously wounded by automatic gunfire as four hooded holdup men fled in a yellow car. Witnesses described gunfire and suspects entering a yellow vehicle after overpowering a guard.
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Harlem Savings Bank
Upper Manhattan
James Upton
Harlem
Alberto Gonzales
Weather outlook shows cooling with gradual warming ahead
Tonight partly cloudy and colder with a low in the mid to upper 20s. Wednesday brings variable cloudiness and a high near 40. Temperatures continue to slowly moderate Thursday through Saturday as skies lay between fair and cloudy with a chance of rain by Saturday. Map page 18.
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Cook County Board
Anthony R. Martin- Trigona
Champaign-Urbana
William D. Forsyth Jr
University of Ilinois
Howlett and
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Alex Leith
Richard B. Hershey
Taylorville
Francis X. Mahoney
Freeport
Leith
Hershey
Mahoney
Dean Barrin
London
Emmett Slingsby
Ottawa
James Ronan
Butch Nevious
Middle East
Earl Butz
Indiana
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Butz
Romney
Miami
Cook County
Edmund Muskie
Northern Illinois
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