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Illinois (Normal) Shot and killed by Officer James Merica via shotgun. Merica exited his police vehicle with a shotgun as Ruch's pickup came around the house and "veered toward the officer", Merica fired four shots at the truck, which crossed the cul-de-sac and crashed into a garage. Ruch was unarmed [68] 2002-03-23 Villanueva, Joshua (26) Latino
Paul Taylor Powell (January 21, 1902 – October 10, 1970) was an American Democratic politician from Illinois, and Illinois Secretary of State from 1965 until his death in 1970, after which he was discovered to have been corrupt and became known for his saying "There's only one thing worse than a defeated politician, and that's a broke one."
Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. [1] A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967.
Paul Augustus Findley (June 23, 1921 – August 9, 2019) [1] was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960. A moderate Republican for most of his long political career, Findley was a supporter of civil rights and an early ...
Paul Douglas (Illinois politician) (1892–1976), American economist and US senator; Paul Douglas (actor) (1907–1959), American film actor; Paul P. Douglas Jr. (1919–2002), United States Air Force officer; Paul L. Douglas (1927–2012), Nebraska Attorney General; Paul Douglas (musician) (born 1950), Jamaican drummer and percussionist
The Paul W. Dillon Home, often referred to as the Dillon Home, is located in Sterling, Illinois. It was home to businessman P.W. Dillon, who was the president of Northwestern Steel & Wire Company for many of its most successful years. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1980.
Paul Butler was born on June 23, 1892, in Chicago, Illinois. [2] His Anglo-Irish family first arrived in America in 1654. In the early 1800s, his ancestors Asa and Simon Butler were the first American paper makers to make paper for the U.S. Congress. In the 1830s, Oliver Morris Butler built a paper mill on the Fox River in Illinois. [5]
The 1966 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1966. [1] Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Douglas , seeking a fourth term in the United States Senate , faced off against Republican Charles H. Percy , a businessman and the 1964 Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois .