State Representative by Dr Norbert Springer 377k district
Dr Norbert Springer discusses Southern Illinois Day on May 10 at the State Capitol and urges district readers to express interest in the area. He notes legalized bingo debates, the ombudsman concept, GI car tag discounts, highway taxes, rising educational costs, February traffic deaths down 17 percent, reapportionment bills, and a $100 million state parks bond funded by a cigarette tax increase starting January 1 1969.
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Southern Illinois
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Home care tips and a Census forecast excerpt
Practical household notes advise weighting drapery hems for hang and selecting wax cans separately due to formula changes. Pillow cases should be larger than pillows for fit and longevity. Lighting can alter paint appearance while brushing latex paint benefits from rinsing. A Census projection estimates nonwhite Americans will total 32 to 38 million by 1985 out of 240 to 273 million total, up from about 24 million nonwhites in 1970.
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Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
History notebook notes mark milestones from 1880 to Pony Express
This history notebook excerpt recalls Wabash Indiana becoming the first single point electric city plant on March 31, 1880 and Yokohama ports opening under Commodore Perry. It lists April fools origins in Britain Scotland and the Latin root for opening. It also covers 1860 stagecoach travel to California and Harry Roff’s Pony Express relay ending in San Francisco in nine days.
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Indiana
Yokohama
Japan
United States
Matthew Calbraith Perry
Hakodate
Simoda
St. Joseph
California
Panama
Isthmus
San Francisco
Harry Roff
St. Joe
Volunteers Called for Crusade to Fight Cancer
The American Cancer Society issues a call for volunteers for its annual Crusade during Cancer Control Month in April. The text cites growth in volunteers from under 15,000 to 2,250,000 over thirty years and notes progress in cancer survival, urging more volunteers to tell the story and join the crusade.
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American Cancer Society
Hope In A Hungry World Focuses On Population Growth
Senator George McGovern warns population expansion as the era’s top issue, citing a 1887 world count of 1.3 billion rising to 6 billion by 2000. The piece lauds U.S. free market farming, tech advances, and pesticides as keys to feeding a growing global population.
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George McGovern
South Dakota
United States
Saved From The Wrecking Ball
A reflection on how urban renewal threats threaten historic structures in the United States. The essay contrasts global travel with domestic reverence for age and notes the bulldozer era erasing landmarks. It praises saving early growth buildings as proud preservation of history.
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United States
Southern Illinois sights a haphazard travel list across the state
A writer sketches a meandering tour of Illinois history sites from Fort de Chartres to Cahokia and Shawneetown. Highlights include Cahokia’s Jarrot home and earthquake tale, the Cahokia church and cemetery, Pontiac’s legend, Galatin County towns, Old Shawneetown’s ghost-town character, and Cave-in-Rock followed by Heaven Hollow.
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Old Fort de Chartres
Mississippi
Prairie du Rocher
Field of the Rock
Old Fort
Naples and
Die
Fort de Chartres
America
Modoc
Cahokia
Nicholas Jarrot
New Madrid
Pontiac
Gallatin County
Old Shawneetown
Mark Twain
Gallatin County Historical Society
Marshall Bank
State Bank
Westwood Cemetery
Bowlesville
Henry Eddy
John Crenshaw
Saline River
Pension funding woes haunt Downstate Teachers' Retirement
In Springfield, pension funding debate centers on the Downstate Teachers' Retirement System. Actuaries report a deficiency near 500 million dollars, with the fund only about 30 percent funded. Lawmakers may cut the required 114 million dollar match, despite calls to reach at least 65 percent funding.
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Actuaries
School Problems Commission
A. A. Weinberg
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Russell Arrington
Senate
Crossword Puzzle Last Week's Answer From The Grid
A compact list of crossword clues and solutions features across and down entries including Seed City in Georgia Colleagues Grates Poem Wear compass away prong tribe Kindred Algonquins Soldiers Indians in captivity Asterisk Auricular Irs merciless Goes manner through Newt Tarkingt Prologue novel Greek letter Indo Chin language Un cooked Brown in the sun Than German Rosary bead Engrave Tails Strike Greek letter Walk payment Chinese river German river Torrid Demand Skin growths Of ships To be in debt The skies Deeply in love Lithium sum One time Couple Pennsylvan ia river Not alive Coral island Kind of leather Girl s nickname Internal DOWN Apportion.
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