Free At Last After 37 Years For $12 Theft
California inmate Louis Buckner, once jailed for a $12 shoplifting case, is now living in a Woodland rest home after release under a reform law. Buckner, 70, served 24 years in or linked to state mental hospitals, with earlier burglaries and thefts noted in court records. He recounts key dates and the long path to freedom under the new sentence law.
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Louis Buckner
Buckner
California
Woodland
Cail
Puebla
Woodland Democrat
Arth Oldtimers
Sacramento Valley
Idaho
Stockton
Mt Vernon High Adopts Tardiness And Attendance Rules
Mt Vernon Township High School board approved policies on tardiness attendance and incomplete grades. The plan includes teacher student discussions possible referrals to the assistant principal and placement in a crisis classroom. Make up work is required for absences with a one point deduction per missed assignment.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
J.D. Shields
Shields
Rep Cunningham seeks Rend Lake probe over finances
Rep Roscoe Cunningham writes to HUD official urging a comprehensive investigation of Rend Lake Conservancy District's financial management. He cites alleged political influence in appointments and asks federal and state officials to pause wage and rate hikes and consider forgiving delinquent debts while authorities review records from the district's start to present. Copies were sent to Franklin and Jefferson counties officials and Mt. Vernon mayor.
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Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Rend Lake Intercity Water System
Lawrence B. Simons
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Cunningham
Illinois
Kenneth Martin
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Rend Lake
HUD
Conservancy District
Bend Lake Conservancy District
Jefferson
Franklin
Illnois
Court Orders School Busing for Ferguson-Florissant
U S District Court Judge James H Meredith approved a desegregation plan for the Ferguson-Florissant school District in north St Louis County. The action, set to start this fall, mainly affects Berkeley area schools with high black pupil percentages. The plan adds six new bus routes and requires transfers to neighborhood schools near students homes.
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ST. Louis
Ferguson-Florissant
U. S. District Court
James H. Meredith
Berkeley
Warren M. Brown
Abortion Battle Heats Up in House With Limited Funds
In Washington the House faces a renewed abortion clash as efforts to fund abortions with federal money falter. Attorney General Bell restricts Hyde Amendment scope, denying funds even in rape or incest cases, while Senate language remains more liberal. House procedural rules complicate passage as advocates push a companion amendment but risk no change if defeated. The outlook stays bleak for expanded federal funding amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
Washington
House
Griffin Bell
Bell
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Supreme Court
Senate
Daniel Flood
D-Penn
Flood
Donald Fraser
Dminn
Charles Rose
DN C
Mt Vernon Market Prices and Wall Street Activity
Mt Vernon quotes show soybeans at 5.42, wheat 1.92, corn 1.60 at 10 a.m. today. New York trading weighs on stocks as the Dow falls and trading volume slips. firms like RCA, JP Morgan, American Tel & Tel, and Texaco show modest moves amid general rate policy caution.
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MT. Vernon
NEW York AP
Federal Reserve
New York Stock Exchange
Fede
RCA
JP Morgan
American Telephone & Telegraph
Texaco
Dow Jones
NYSE
Georgetown Clean Water Rules With $25 Lawn Watering Fine
Georgetown Illinois council proposes an ordinance to curb water use amid shortages. First offense earns a $25 fine, second triggers water shutoff. measure unveiled Monday and kept in reserve if the shortage worsens.
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Georgetown
Ill
API
Danville
Two Inmates Escape From DeWitt County Jail
AP reports two inmates fled on foot from DeWitt County Jail in Clinton this morning after overpowering a guard. Percy Lee Jones, 20, of Chicago, and John McMillan, 19, of Clinton, were being sought. Jones is a convicted killer awaiting trial for another murder in the Champaign Urbana area.
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Clinton, HI
DeWitt County
Clinton
Percy Lee Jones
Chicago
John McMillan
Jones
Catlin
Champaipzn- Urbana
Bus Company To Quit Chicago Suburbs Bus Service
North Suburban Transit Service president says the small Chicago line, which transports domestic workers from the South Side to affluent northern suburbs, will close within four weeks without a subsidy. He sought 66000 dollars after losses of 3000 to 4000 monthly. RTA postponed final decision to September while also announcing service boosts and fare cuts on other lines.
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Chicago
North Suburban Transit Service
Regional Transportation Authority
Henry Lowenthal
RTA
Burlington Northern Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Mt Vernon council weighs zoning, park lease and church permit
The Mt Vernon City Council reviewed Illinois Power Co rezoning a five acre site at U.S. 15 and Wagner Road to I-1, and a Mt Vernon Jaycees lease for a park and clubhouse. Logan Street Baptist Church bid a conditional use permit but the vote was tabled to August 15 to include all members. Residents opposed parking lot flood risk and devaluation concerns. Illinois Bell seeks B-2 to I-1 rezoning for a storage building, subject to pre annexation sewer connection. Jacquees seek city lease for North Seventh Street clubhouse and park. Final Lakeland Subdivision plans approved. Soil and Water grant of $500 considered.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois Power Co
Lehman Krause
Logan Street
Plan Commission
Kenneth Martin
Daisy May
Florida
Telephone
Martin
Illinois Bell
Jacqees
North Seventh St
Brickyard Road
Dale Sharp
Lakeland Subdivision
North 42Nd Street
Crownview
Soil and Water Conservation District
Deaths Robert C Musgrave at Aden aged 86
Funeral services for Robert C. Musgrave 86 of Aden will be Wed at 11 a.m. at Ellis Mound Baptist Church with Rev. Richard McCormick and Rev. Paul York officiating. Burial in Garrison cemetery. He died Monday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Hella Maulding and numerous children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Death of Ruby Williams of Sanford Fla
Word has been received of the death of Ruby Williams wife of Roy G Williams longtime Mt Vernon residents. She died yesterday at her home in Sanford Florida. In August the couple planned their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr Williams was the son of the late W R Williams former Mt Vernon mayor and nephew of George D Williams, and a cousin of Nancy Jarrell Koski.
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Ruby Williams
Roy G. Williams
Mt. Vernon
Sanford
Fla
Mount Vernon Weather Report Highlights Cold Monday
The Mt Vernon forecast shows a Monday high of 8 and a low of 67 with 64 degrees at 7 am. Historical comparisons note highs of 58 a year ago, 92 five years ago, and 90 ten years ago. Year-to-date rainfall stands at 17.33 inches in 1977. Sunrise and sunset times, and Bend Lake main dam level at 405.39 meters above sea level are listed.
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MT. Vernon
Bend Lake
Main Dam
Valier Man Killed In Cycle Crash
Daryl Gene Wardell 24 of Valier died in a collision with a car at the Washington and Godston streets corner in Valier about 6 30 p m Monday Elizabeth Whittington 37 of Valier the car driver suffered only minor injuries Funeral services for Wardell will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser with Rev Harl Lewis officiating Burial will be in Mt Pleasant Cemetery near Valer Friends may call after 6 p m today Wardell born Jan 11 1953 son of Joe and Loretta Wardell survives by parents a brother Larry of Lancaster California and a sister Donna Burzynski Benton Norma Alice Brookman Baugh 42 of Bryan Texas a former Mt Vernon resident died Monday in Bryan Born in Mt Vernon April 12 1935 she was daughter of John H and Bessie Brookman In 1958 she married Ray Baugh who survives Also surviving are her parents three sons Ray Jr John and Bruce all of Bryan four brothers Donald Brookman Skillman NJ David Brookman Decatur and Bob Brookman San Diego four sisters Ruth Ann Howell Belleville Mary Lou Bunch Decatur Doris Jean Haberland Effingham and Carol Sue Morlan Decatur an aunt and uncle in Mr Vernon Mrs Brookman was preceded in death by a brother Jimmie Brookman
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Daryl Gene Wardell
Valier
Washington and
Godston Streets
Elizabeth Whittington
Hardell
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
Harl Lewis
Mt Pleasant
Valer
Mr. Wardell
Joe and
Loretta
Elliot) Hardell
Larry
Lancaster
Calif Ania
Donna Burzynski
Benton
Norma Alice Brookman Baugh
Bryan
Texas
Mt. Vernon
John H
Bessie Atchinson
Brookman
Decatur
Ray Baugh
Summersville
Mt. Vernon Township
Calif
Ruth Ann Howell
Belleville
Mary Lou Bunch
Doris Jean Haberland
Effingham
Carol Sue Morlan
Vernon
Charles Marshall Brookman
Jimmie Brookman
David A Weaver Dies at 62 in McLeansboro
David A. Weaver 62 of McLeansboro died at 9 30 a m Monday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital Funeral arrangements were pending this morning at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro
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David A. Weaver
McLeansboro
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
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Charles E. Hughey
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Main
Home Buyers Guide
The
Mt. Vernon Register-News
ST Louis -Ap
New York
Trans
Logan St
Charles L. Crowder
Robert Musgrave Aden
Robert C. Musgrave
Aden
Ellis Mound Baptist Church
Musgrave
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Richard McCormick
Paul York
Garrison Cemetery
Gholson Chapel
Mr. Musgrave
Hamilton County
Wilson
Mary Jane
Roger) Musgrave
Hella Maulding
Cecil Musgrave
Donald Musgrave
Pekin
Robert Musgrave
Owensboro
Stanley Musgrave
Evansville
Ind
Opal Hall
Ethel Jane Clark
Doris Bright
Madeline Dickey
Gladys Shr Shreve
Fairfield
Beulah Wheeler
Brier
Lena Lillick
Wanda Garner
Albert Musgrave
East St. Louis
Theodore Musgrave
Tomah
Wis
Ruby Williams Sanford, Fla
Sears
America
Sharp's Drive-In Snack Bar
Salem Rd
Fairfield Rd
Norma Baugh
David Weaver
Bill
Bill Kniffen
W-G
W-G Motors. Inc
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