Houlihan seeks 750 mile Illinois and Michigan Canal State Park
State Representative John Houlihan proposes turning the Illinois and Michigan Canal into a 750 mile state park and recreation area from Lemont to LaSalle. The plan would develop access roads camping fishing hiking and boating while launching a pollution cleanup along the Lemont to Joliet stretch.
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Illinois and Michigan
Lemont-to- Joliet
John Houlihan
State Sanitary Water Board
Lemont
LaSalle
Lockport, Joliet, Channahon
Houlihan
Rights Leader To Speak At Stadium Rally
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Nobel laureate will be the featured speaker at the Joliet civil rights rally in Memorial Stadium tomorrow night. He is a leading figure in the southern voting rights campaign and a symbol of achievement.
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Stadium Rally
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joliet
Memorial Stadium
King
Civil rights rally features Rev. C T Vivian in Joliet
Public service worker Paul Himes was seen tying a box elder tree to a pole on Mill St. The day includes a noon luncheon at D Amico s 214 with Rev. C T Vivian, leader in the civil rights movement, as featured speaker. Tickets cost 10 dollars and are available at multiple local outlets. A press conference with Dr King and a motorcade to the stadium are planned in the Fairmont area.
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Public Service
Paul Himes
Mill St
Paul
D’amico’s
Joliet Herald News
al Baskins
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
Lewis Bros, Shoe Store
Claude
Claude Sims
Citizens
Action For Racial Brotherhood Office
Dr. King
Fairmont
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Rep. Houlihan
Canal
General Assembly
Legislative Reference Bureau
Springfield
Channahon State Park
Channahon
McKinley Woods’ Forest Preserve
Morris
Gebhard Woods State Park
Dennis
Joliet City
Ralph Smith
Dick and
Judy Williams
A. M. Varnado
D’amico
C. Tindell Vivian
Vivian
Jackson
Mississippi
South
Jackeson
Rev. King
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