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Governor Richard Ogilvie : In the Interest of the State.
Although serious scandal erupted in Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie's administration- eight hundred thousand dollars mysteriously appearing in Secretary of State Paul Powell's shoe boxes and other hiding places, the downfall of two Supreme Court justices for questionable stock dealings,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale : Chicago :
Southern Illinois University Press, Chicago Distribution Center [distributor]
March 2009 ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Frontispiece; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Turning Points: 1944 and 1969; 2. Inauguration and Transition: The Early Days of Ogilvie's Governorship; 3. A Political Career on the Line; 4. From Sheriff to Cook County Board President; 5. The Accardo Case: Taking on the Big Tuna; 6. The 1968 Campaign and Vote; 7. Bourbons in the Senate, Scandal in the High Court; Gallery; 8. Proposed, Debated, Passed: The State Income Tax; 9. More Ogilvie Coups; 10. The Constitutional Convention: A Triumph amid Setbacks; 11. War on Polluters.
- 12. Campus Riots and the Guard13. Winning Control of the Budget; 14. Ogilvie in Person and in the Press; 15. Prisons, Highways and Other Ventures; 16. Dorothy Ogilvie; 17. Powell's Cash and Racetracks: Public Anger Boils; 18. Political Death; Afterward; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover.