Spoon River Anthology and Edgar Lee Masters in Illinois memory
The article recalls Spoon River and its fame from Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology, notes Masters's Illinois years and Lewistown ban, and shares a narrator’s visit to Masters in New York. It recounts Masters’s life from Garnett to Lewistown, his shift from law to writing, and the enduring local recollections of his work.
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London Mills
Blyton
Smithfield
Lewistown
Duncan Mills
Illinois River
Havana
Spoon River
Edgar Lee Asters
Reedy’s Mirror
St. Louis
Fallas
Fiddler Jones
McFarlane
Andy the Night
Masters
Boon River
New York City
Chelsea
Peoria
Oak Hill
Edgar Lee Masters
Law
Richard L. Gordon, Cincinnati Post columnist
Richard L. Gordon is identified as a columnist for The Cincinnati Post. The note notes his role and affiliation with the newspaper.
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Richard L. Gordon
The
Cincinnati Post
Carter on no work vacation fuels timber harvest debate
President Carter's Grand Tetons stay amid a proposed federal wilderness designation for Idaho's Primitive Area. He backs a balanced approach of preserving natural beauty while harvesting timber in suitable zones, drawing opposition from conservationists and loggers. Carter adds he may visit Yellowstone and will pressure the natural gas bill with Mondale.
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Grand Teton National Park
Wyo
UPI
Carter
Idaho
Salmon River
Wyoming
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Andrus
Middle Fork
Grand Tetons
Carters
Brinkerhoff Lodge
Jackson Lake
Rosalynn
Jack
Amy
Chip
Yellowstone National Park
Walter Mondale
Senate
Howard Baker
Nicaragua
Bernstein observes birthday with concerto in Washington
Leonard Bernstein marks his 60th birthday by conducting the National Symphony in Beethoven's Triple Concerto with guests Andre Previn Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich. He remains upbeat about his future, recalling his long career and recent works while his live birthday concert airs nationally and worldwide.
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Washington
UPI
Leonard Bernstein
Andre Previn
Yehudi Menuhin
National Symphony
Mstislav Rostropovich
Bernstein
Man charged with manslaughter in Illinois shooting
Bruce Taylor, 28, of Cape Girardeau Missouri, was charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter in a two county information over the death of Paula Kathleen Gordon 23 of Ferguson Missouri. Turner said bond was set at 50000 and Taylor refused extradition. Gordon was shot in the chest at a Thebes trailer home while she and Taylor allegedly played with a .22 caliber pistol.
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Cairo, Ill
UPI
Bruce Taylor
Cape Girardeau
Ferguson
Alexander County
Don Turner
Turner
Taylor
Paula Kathleen Gordon
Thebes
Sandinista siege wives peace as Panamanian asylum granted
In Panama City 25 Sandinista guerrillas who seized Nicaragua's National Palace ended a 45 hour siege by releasing 40 to 60 government officials and 58 prisoners. They accepted asylum from Gen. Omar Torrijos and considered returning to Nicaragua while a ransom reportedly under 500000.
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Panama City
Panama
UPI
Nicaragua
National Palace
Sandinista Liberation Front
Omar Torrijos
Tinajita
Somoza
Commando 2
Miguel Obando Bravo
Costa Rica
Read Write Programs Weave Through Senate Aid Bill
Washington UPI The Senate approved a 52.5 billion five year federal aid package for schools including experimental reading and writing programs and new education areas such as biomedical sciences. The measure, 86 to 7, funds disadvantaged students, adult and bilingual education and teacher training while facing House reconciliation and likely lower actual appropriations. Senator Robert Morgan D North Carolina commented as the bill moved toward final passage.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
World Almanac Q and A and education funding debate
The text presents a quiz from The World Almanac about small planets and terms like elver, plus a Washington DC voting question. It shifts to a Senate debate over a public education grants program showing arguments about spending controls, Pell defending grants and Helms seeking to cut funds, with Javits defending the program as experimental and potentially permanent.
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Morgan
Senate
Claiborne Pell
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Helms
State police promote Joliet District officers in move
JOLIET Illinois Depart ment of Law Enforcement Director Ty Fahner announced two promotions in the Joliet District. Capt Glenn C Fredrickson of Peru becomes Major and Area I Commander for Elgin Chicago Crestwood Joliet and Tollroad districts. Anthony Horman of Oswego rises to Captain to lead Will Kendall Grundy LaSalle Putnam counties. Lt Ray Smith of Oglesby transfers to Joliet as operations officer for District 5.
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Illinois
U.S. Army
Iona Puetz
Terri
Anthony Horman
Oswego
Fredrickson
Will
Kendall
Grundy
LaSalle
Putnam
Hornyan
State Police
City College of New York
Southern Police Institute of
Louisville
Hornan
Ray Smith
Oglesby
District 5
Smith
District 17
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