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William Grant Stratton, Governor of Illinois LL.D...
Acting President J.A. Stratton of M.I.T. appeared to be particularly gratified by the fact that the grant was ear-marked for work in the sciences. He called it "a just recognition of an area of human knowledge which for too long has been delegated to a role second to that of the arts...
...this year. Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Richard M. Simpson complains that he has not seen the President to discuss campaign plans since Ike's stroke. In Chicago last week, the President closeted himself in a stockyards suite before his speech, accepted a short courtesy call from Governor William Stratton, but was unavailable to 50 Illinois candidates who hoped to gain an endorsement or at least a handshake...
Anti-Prohibitionist (illegal beer and hooch) Roger ("Terrible") Touhy, 59, in stir since 1933 for the Chicago snatch of Con Man John ("Jake the Barber") Factor, drew closer to freedom. Illinois' Republican Governor William G. Stratton cut Touhy's 99-year stretch to 72 years, thus making Terrible eligible for springing in August...
...logical reason for not granting him a parole. It is quite obvious that Leopold would long ago have been released if he had not participated in the "Crime of the Century," and if his parole would not raise a public clamor. It is to be hoped that Governor Stratton can transcend political expediency and not again veto the expected parole. If he does block Leopold's release, he is in effect declaring invalid the idea of the parole system...