Air Controversy on River Project Sparks Hearing Clash
A House appropriations subcommittee heard heated opposition and support over the Oakley Dam on Illinois San gamon River. Opponents warn 600 acres of Allerton Park near Monticello would flood. backers from Decatur push flood control recreation and higher land values. Supporters note benefits to Central Illinois and cite a $2 million land-purchase item, while officials and citizens argue the park’s loss harms science and culture.
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R-Ii
Jean-Marie Wyld
Urbana
John Gregg Allerton
Ill
University of Illinois
Allerton
Minooka Lodge to Confer Two First Degrees
Minooka Masonic Lodge AF and AM No. 528 will confer two first degrees at 7 p.m. May 4 in the Minooka Temple. Paige Lee Edwards, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Edwards, was baptized at Minooka Methodist Church. Airman First Class Mark Offerman, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Offerman, is on leave then heads to Da Nang Vietnam. A mission program at 7 p.m. Sunday features the junior choir of Minooka Methodist Church and Rev. Edward Heyer from Aurora will speak on The Challenge of the Church in Southern Africa.
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Minooka
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Minooka Temple
Paige Lee Edwards
Bill Edwards
Minooka Methodist Church
Mark Offerman
Raymond Offerman
Massasoit St
Offerman
Air Force
DaNang
Vietnam
Study Whistle
In Kansas City Kansas the Quindaro power plant whistle rings nightly at 9 for 50 years. Residents complain that a brief blast wakes infants. a local father asks for a shorter duration or silence. Utilities official Ralph J. Duvall said a study of complaints would be conducted.
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Kansas City
Kan
Quindaro
Board of Utilities
Ralph J. Duvall
Choctaw Academy Founded in Scott County 1825
In 1825 Col. Richard Johnson established an academy to educate Choctaw Indians in Scott County near Frankfort Kentucky. Johnson would later become a vice president of the United States.
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Frankfort, Ky
Scott County
Col
Richard Johnson
United States
Reagan to Spell Out Positions on Major Issues
Gov. Ronald Reagan plans a series of position papers for opinion molders nationwide. The first 22 page illustrated booklet urges united public and private enterprise to guarantee equal rights without mob action. Papers will cover law and order, welfare, growth, jobs, education and quality of life.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
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Reagan
America
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Midwest
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Unruh
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Miami Beach
Helen Hayes to retire from stage in December
New York AP report says 67 year old actress Helen Hayes will retire from the stage in December. She plans to return home to Mexico at the end of her tour with the APA Phoenix Repertory Company.
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Helen Hayes
Mexico
Apa-Phoenix Repertory Company
Minooka High School Honor Roll Listed
Minooka High School announces fifth term honor roll recipients. Seniors Jacqueline Ben jamin Valerie Westerveld Joe Allen Sandra Bennington Brenda Brooks Diane Castello Richard Coop Helen Coyne Betty DeCoste Bill Eaton Brad Eneix Judy Hamric Ronald Moore Valerie Offerman Bernadette Rapp Bill Seil Steve Sheek Peggy Waite Patsy West Jeanne Woodman Larry Yunker. Juniors Dave Binkele Ronald Borella Pamela Georgan tas Coeta Grimes Bonnie Hargis Patricia Hawthorne Sheryl Ickes Peggy Kubinski James Lamping Linda Lund Janice Madden Carol McDonald John Morgan Christine Peacock Debbie Phillips Virginia Roe Sherryn Saltzman Rosa Lee Schauer Lance Schuman Laura Severson Karen Steffes Mary Stirniman Debbie Thompson Lee Ann Thompson. Sophomores Larry Bern hard Beth Connor Vickie Culp Rick Dowdall Sharon Eastman Betty Frederick Kathleen George Tom Mamric Karen Hostert Sharon Hostert Charles Lawshe Sharon Lichte nauer Janet Sargent Myra Spencer Sandy Wilkins David Winkler Marilyn Yunker. Freshmen Brian Berger Joyce Blair Sherry Bolte Carol Costello Vicky Dempsay Ancel Hayse Dinah Lauderdale Claudia McCarter Lou Ann McCoy Carol McEvilly Susan Poole Ronald Scarcelli Brenda Sexton Thomas Szepelak Gary Underhill.
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Minooka High
Joe Allen
Sandra Bennington
Brenda Brooks
Diane Castello
Richard Coop
Helen Coyne
Betty DeCoste
Bill Eaton
Brad Eneix
Judy Hamric
Ronald Moore
Valerie Offerman
Bernadette Rapp
Bill Seil
Steve Sheek
Peggy Waite
Patsy West
Jeanne Woodman
Larry Yunker
Dave Binkele
Ronald Borella
Pamela Georgantas
Coeta Grimes
Bonnie Hargis
Patricia Hawthorne
Sheryl Ickes
Peggy Kubinski
James Lamping
Linda Lund
Janice Madden
Carol McDonald
John Morgan
Christine Peacock
Debbie Phillips
Virginia Roe
Sherryn Saltzman
Rosa Lee Schauer
Lance Schuman
Laura Severson
Karen Steffes
Mary Stirniman
Debbie Thompson
Lee Ann Thompson
Larry Bernhard
Beth Connor
Vickie Culp
Rick Dowdall
Sharon Eastman
Rescued in Well at Farm Home
A neighbor and firemen rescued 2 year old Kathy Jolley after she fell into a 30 foot well on her farm Wednesday. Morris Blake, driving by, slid down the pipe to hold her head above water while firemen lowered a wire to her waist and then pulled her to safety.
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Princeton
Ill
Kathy Jolley
Kathy
Charles Jolley
Morris Blake
Blake
Woolworth’s Five and Dime Began in Lancaster in 1879
Frank W. Woolworth opened his first successful five and ten cent store in Lancaster Pennsylvania in 1879. By 1911 the Woolworth chain expanded to more than one thousand stores nationwide.
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Frank W. Woolworth
Lancaster
Casualties Up Last Week in Vietnam War
U S casualties rose last week with 302 Americans killed and 2 458 wounded, while enemy and South Vietnamese losses fell. Vietnamese commands cite 1 729 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths, 143 captured, and government fatalities at 253 killed and 785 wounded with seven missing. The tally brings American deaths to 22 006.
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U.S
War casualty totals and anniversary of outdoor theater couple
The Morris Daily Herald notes Vietnam War figures with 137668 wounded since 1961 including 72141 hospitalized and 1107 missing or captured. It records enemy deaths at 332032 with U S personnel in South Vietnam at 524000 before a bookkeeping adjustment. A year later the couple Warner 80 and his wife 83 remain active at Forest Park theater.
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U.S
Warner
Forest Park
St Louis Opera to mark 50th season this summer
Edward William Werner bought tickets for the 50th straight year to the St Louis Municipal Opera known as the Muny. He recalled taking his wife Hattie to the first show Robin Hood, noting it rained and a rain check was issued.
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ST. Louis
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