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Illinois Municipal Review

A Monthly Review of Local Government Activities in Illinois, Including Cities, Villages and Towns.

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ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE

Executive Offices: 537 South Fourth, Springfield, Illinois
Telephone 3-2921

OFFICERS

President Charles Wellner, Mayor, Naperville

First Vice-President Virgil Lafferty, Mayor Champaign

Sergeant-at-Arms William H. Winterhoff, Supervisor Thornton Township

Executive Director A. L. Sargent, 537 South Fourth Street, Springfield

Vice-Presidents

AURORA Commissioner John P. Thill

FREEPORT Mayor Glen Kunkle

BEARDSTOWN Mayor Glen Tillitt

GALESBURG Mayor Leo Morrison

BELVIDERE Mayor Lester Cunningham

JOLIET Mayor James T. Hennessy

BLOOMINGTON Mayor O. Lloyd Welsh

KANKAKEE Mayor Edward Madison

BROADVIEW Village President Merritt Braga

LANSING Village President Evert C. Shulte

BROOKFIELD Village President Dan Kulie

MELROSE PARK Village President Andy Frenzel

CAIRO Mayor Paul Baur

MT. CARMEL Mayor J. Roy Dee

CALUMET CITY Mayor Stanley Bejger

MUNDELEIN Village President John J. Noel

CENTRALIA Mayor H. B. Blanchard

OAK PARK Village President J. Russell Christianson

CHAMPAIGN Mayor Virgil Lafferty

PEORIA Mayor Robert D. Morgan

CHICAGO Mayor Richard J. Daley

PINCKNEYVILLE Mayor William Cunningham

CLINTON Commissioner C. E. Corrington

RIVER GROVE Village President Harry J. Smith

DANVILLE Mayor G. N. Hicks

ROCKFORD Mayor Milton Lundstrom

DECATUR Mayor Clarence A. Sablotny

SKOKIE Village President George D. Wilaon

DEKALB Mayor Clayton Pooler

SPRINGFIELD Mayor Nelson O. Howarth

DOWNERS GROVE Mayor H. B. Groves

TAYLORVILLE Mayor Joseph McAdam

EAST ST. LOUIS Mayor Alvin Fields

WAUKEGAN Mayor Robert E. Coulson

EVANSTON Mayor John Kimbark

ZION Mayor Lee R. Fleming

Past Presidents Ex-Officio

DIXON Mayor William V. Slothower

HARVEY Mayor A. E. Turngren

JACKSONVILLE Mayor Ernest L. Hoagland

ALTON Mayor Leo Struiff

MOLINE Mayor Paul C. Johnson




A. L. SARGENT. ...........................Editor

DOROTHY COLEMAN NICKELSON ...... Assistant Editor

Vol. XXXV, No. 12      December, 1956      Total No. 382

INDEX

New President of IML ...................................... 233, 241

City Hall Gossip ...................................... 235

1957 Municipal Calendar ............by T.A. Matthews, J.D. 236

League Convention Adopts Home Rule Report.......................... 240

Report of the Illinois Municipal League Committee on Home Rule.......................... 242

Recent Decisions Affecting Cities and Villages.......................... by T.A. Matthews, J.D. 245

Federal Aid for Public Works Planning.......................... by John C. Hazeltine 248

Answers to Questions.................. by T.A. Matthews, J.D. 250

What They Say.......................... 251

AMA's "Parking Space" Draws Florida Plaudits.................. 252

Logansport Meets a Challenge..................................252

You Can't Have One Without the Other........................252

A Word for It........................................252

Union Membership Long Accepted in Public Service.......................... 253

A Check List for Municipal Councilmen.......................... 254

Illinois Inaugurates Industrial Promotion Campaign..............................254

Federal Surplus for Cities .............. By Bernard F. Hillenbrand 255

43rd Annual Convention of League ......................... 256-260

Illinois Municipal Review Index..................... 261

43rd Annual Convention Registration List..................... 263

Subscription per year: Domestic $2.50; Foreign $3.00; Single Copies 30 cents. Editorial and Advertising Departments: 537 South Fourth St., Springfield, Illinois. Telephone 3-2921.

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