Walker offers plan to ease Illinois road and transit problems
Former Gov. Dan Walker, seeking the Democratic nomination, says thrift and federal aid can fund highways and mass transit without tax increases. He proposes cutting state payroll and redirecting Thompson era highway sign budgets to free money, while noting potential shifts in federal subsidies for transit operations. Police hunt a woman driving a brown van seen near a dumpster shortly before a body was found, with investigators still identifying the scene.
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Dan Walker
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Whites Boycott Bogan High Over Desegregation Protests
The majority of white students at Bogan High School on Chicago's Southwest Side planned a one day boycott to protest desegregation efforts by city officials. Organized by parents led by Joyce Winter, the action aimed to oppose integration plans as the school's enrollment shifted from about 95 percent white last year to approximately 77 percent white among 1,679 students this year.
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Parts of body found with trash in Decatur
Police reported dismembered body parts of a young man found in brown plastic bags in dumpsters behind apartment buildings across a five block West Side area. A garbage man discovered one bag and investigators continued the search for the rest urging residents to report similar bags. Police officials said they had no reason to believe multiple homicide victims.
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Robert D. Whitten
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Harvester Plants to Lay Off 2500 Workers in Illinois
International Harvester to temporarily lay off about 600 diesel engine workers at Melrose Park from Oct 26 to Nov 2, 750 construction equipment workers there Nov 9 to Dec 9, and 650 at Libertyville in two stages ending Jan 4. Indefinite layoffs begin Nov for 300 at Rock Island Farmall, 350 at Melrose Park, and 150 at Libertyville starting Nov and ending Jan 4.
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International Harvester
Illinois
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