World War II orphan completes perfect SIU 5.0 grade milestone
Regina Shelton, 43, mother of five, tops 3 500 degree candidates at Southern Illinois University with a perfect 5.0 average in Arts and Sciences. Born in Eastern Germany and raised through wartime upheaval, she later moved to Cairo Indiana after marriage to an American GI and balanced work at Morris Library with study. She earned top senior honors and aims for a master's degree while keeping her library job.
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Carbondale, Ill
Southern Illinois University
Regina Shelton
University
School of Arts and Sciences
Germany
Cairo
Shelton
Paul
Peter
Phillip
Patrick
Tommy
Morris Library
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Illinois Beta Association
Legislature seeks clarity on June 30 end date of 1971 session
Springfield AP Sen Terrell Clarke asks Attorney General William J Scott whether the 1971 legislature ends June 30 and if a gubernatorial call is needed for an October session. Sen John Knuppel cites varying views on the new constitution allowing a continuing body after June 30.
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Springfield
Ill
William J. Scott
Terrell Clarke
Western Springs
Associated Press
John Knuppel
D-Petersburg
Knuppel
Illinois
Scott
Senate
House
Maurice Scott
Taxpayers Federation of Illinois
Thomas Lyons
Chicago
Lyons
Clarke
Thomas Rose
Jacksonville
Constitutional Implementation Committee of the
Detect blight in 22 more counties
The Agriculture Department reports corn blight detected in 22 additional counties across six states, bringing totals to 52 counties in 12 states. Most cases involve volunteer plants from last year's fields or research plots, with rare spring plant infections likely from debris spores or on farm shelling. Counties across Iowa Nebraska Texas Alabama North Carolina Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Florida Mississippi and Georgia are affected.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Texas
Alabama
North Carolina
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Joliet man elected first lay chairman of college board
Edward W. Jochim, 64, of Joliet, elected the first lay chairman of the board of trustees at St. Procopius College. Effective July 1 the college will be renamed Illinois Benedictine College. Jochim, vice president of Personal Products Co. of Johnson and Johnson, has served on the board since 1959. His election was decided at a Tuesday night meeting.
Illinois debates 18 year old voting in state and college towns
Illinois leaders press ratification of a federal 18 year old voting amendment while a statewide bill to bar students from voting in college towns stalls. The House backed Clabaugh’s bill to limit student voting and Blair seeks harmonization with ratification, amid partisan tensions and concerns over college town influence.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
U.S
State Senate
House
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Senate
Blair
Charles Clabaugh
R-Champaign
Senate Elections Committee
Thomas Merritt
R-Hoopeston
Clabaugh
Oregon
Merritt
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
University of Illinois
State University
A Col
Lege
House Election Committee
Dent
Champaign
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Evanston
Northwestern University
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