Mt Vernonites regain Channel 5 access on Cable
Mt Vernon residents can again watch Channel Five on Cablevision after WPSD Channel Six in Paducah dropped its blackout request. John Manion, Sullivan Cable TV manager, said WPSD legally could enforce the blackout but will let Channel Five air. Residents had protested the non-duplication rule tied to an FCC ruling favoring smaller markets.
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Channel Five
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
John Manion
Sullivan Cable TV
Wpsd TV
Channel Six
Paducah
WPSD
KSD
Manion
FCC
Washington
Rumor ties possible FBI successor to Gray nomination
A Justice Department official former Winds governor and a Los Angeles judge figure among rumored contenders to replace L Patrick Gray III as FBI director. President Nixon withdrew Gray amid Watergate, saying Senate confirmation seemed unlikely. Names like John Ingersoll Richard B Ogilvie Matt Byrne Henry Petersen and others circulate in rumor mills with mixed administration support.
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L. Patrick Gray III
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Los Angeles
Washington
Jerry Wilson
Henry Petersen
Justice Department
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Tom Seppy
Associated Press
Nixon
Senate
Gray
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Jerry V. Wilson
District of Columbia
Petersen
Wilson
Washington Post
Administration
James QC
Eastland
Robert Byrd
Ingersoll
J. Edgar Hoover
Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean III
Dean
Indians Lay Down Arms Saturday at Wounded Knee
Militant leader Russell Means travels to Washington under arrest to meet federal officials as part of a peace agreement ending the 37 day siege. The six point pact calls for militants to leave Wounded Knee, arraignment, a Pine Ridge investigation, tribal fund audits, possible civil suits, and a presidential treaty commission to reexamine the 1868 Sioux treaty with White House talks next month.
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Associated Press
Wounded Knee
S.D
Russell Means
Washington
Means
American Indian Movement
Leonard Garment
Nixon
AIM
Asst
U.S. Atty
Kent Frizzell
Rapid City
Blades backs bill to send more sales tax to southern Illinois
Rep. Ben C. Blades from Fairfield supports a bill to return sales tax to the county and city where minerals are mined. He notes current practice taxes are collected at the main Chicago office and sent back to Chicago and Cook County, not the mining counties. He says passage would benefit Downstate cities and counties with gas oil or gravel mining.
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Bill
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Copley News Service
Ben C. Blades
Fairfield
Chicago
Cool County
Centralia Man Dies In Wreck At Golf Club Entrance
Irwin Tatelman, 23, of Centralia, was fatally injured when his car overturned while entering the Greenview Country Club entrance just south of Centralia. The Marion County Sheriff's office said the car flipped, threw him out, and landed on him. He died about 90 minutes later at St. Mary’s Hospital.
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Ill
Irwin Tatelman
Greenview Country Club
Here
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Tatelman
St. Mary's Hospital
The Sun Shines Again In Mt.Vernon
The sun broke through in Mt Vernon bringing a break from days of rain and clouds with temperatures near the seventy mark. Forecasters say the pleasant weather will be short lived as rain is expected to resume late tonight and by tomorrow night.
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Mt. Vernon
King City
Community Building At City Park Opens
The $60,000 city park community building was completed this Thursday and will be usable soon. Bruce Janken, acting recreational director, notes that the Park Board will meet Monday at city hall to set furnishings rules and user eligibility. The area outside needs landscaping. the building includes a 45 by 60 foot main room a stage storage rooms and rest rooms. Eighty percent of funding came from the Economic Development Administration with the city covering the remaining twenty percent.
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Bruce Bruce Janken
Park Board
Janken
The
Economic Development Administration
City
McClellan Votes to Stay in Mt Vernon High District
Residents of McClellan school district vote five to three to remain in the Mt. Vernon Township High School district, with 221 in favor and 131 for joining the proposed West County unit. The informal meeting, led by Ogie Ellis, counted petition signs and concluded the community prefers the status quo.
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Mt.v
McClellan
West County
Steve Korris
Mt. Vernon
Ellis
Mt. Vernon High
Dick Sanders
Waltonville
Kenneth Stewart
Southwest Mt. Vernon Launch Operation Big Sweep
The Jaycees will start Operation Big Sweep Saturday in the southwest quarter, using eight trucks to haul heavy junk like scrap metal and old refrigerators. Jaycee president Jim Snodsmith says volunteers are still needed. residents south of Broadway and west of 10th Street should call 242-2727 for junk removal, with possible return visits on subsequent Saturdays if needed.
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Jim Snodsmith
Jaycee
Broadway
10Th Street
The
Unemployment Dips as JOB RATE UP IN U S
The Labor Department report shows March employment rising by 700000 to a seasonally adjusted 83.9 million while unemployment slips to 4.37 million and a 5 percent rate. Workforce gains align with typical February to March changes and the year over year decline nears 700000.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bald Hill Assessor Race Won by Ziarnek in Tight Contest
Arthur Ziarnek, Democrat, defeated Marie Wyciskalla, Republican, 223 to 142 to win the Bald Hill township assessor race. The contest was omitted from the Wednesday township election results list.
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Arthur Ziarnek
Bald Hill
Ziarnek
Marie Wyciskalla
Dr Prince Oliver Joins Good Samaritan Staff
Dr. Prince Oliver an anesthesiologist from New York was named head of the anesthesiology department at Good Samaritan Hospital. He graduated from Meharry Medical College Nashville Tenn and interned at Mt Sinai Milwaukee Wis and Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York City. The doctor and his wife reside at 2020 Broadway.
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Prince Oliver
New York
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dr. Oliver
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
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