Illinois lawmakers reconvene to hiked judge and official pay
The Illinois General Assembly returns on Ogilvie's call to approve pay raises for judges and elected officials and a $32 daily expense boost for legislators during sessions. If not enacted now, raises for officers elected last November would wait until 1977. Bills previously failed in winter session amid party friction and appointment fights.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois General Assembly
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
House
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Senate Democrats
Senate
Te Tgo
General Assembly
Labor Department raises income guidelines for poverty
The Labor Department set higher poverty thresholds, about 193 dollars above last year, to determine eligibility for federal programs. A single nonfarm adult is poor at under 2100 dollars annually, while nonfarm family of four is 4200. Farm household poverty levels are 1800 for a single person and 3575 for four.
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Washington
Labor Department
Continental
United States
Six seek Mt. Vernon city council as clerk race begins
Filing ends with Mt Vernon city clerk race and expanded council contest. Davey Jones joins clerk bid challenging incumbent Paul Hayes. City council challengers include Billy King John Pastors and C Kenneth Perry joining an incumbent slate led by Gale Mertin Marcie Marvel Duke Gowman and Rick Nance. Several seats already held by Hank Smith Doris Rust and Paul Partridge. Partridge not seeking reelection.
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Davey Jones
Benton Road
Paul Hayes
Billy King
18Th St
John Pastors
Blackberry Lane
C. Kenneth Perry
Main St
Gale Mertin
Marcie Marvel
Hank Smith
Doris Rust
Paul Partridge
Plane Crash Kills Pilot and Partner at Memphis Airport
A Memphis International Airport crash near the perimeter killed pilot and business partner. Charles R. Moore, 39, of Stuttgart Arkansas, was on final approach and had been cleared to land when he radioed the tower. The Arkansas businessman-pilot exclaimed Ive lost it as the plane clipped power lines and burst into flames. The incident, occurring Monday evening, is reported by AP.
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Memphis. Tenn
Arkansas
Memphis International Airport
Charles R. Moore
Stuttgart
Ark
Pilot Brother of Mrs. Rightnowar In Crash Tragedy
Charles 8 Moore pilot of the crashed plane was the brother of Geneva Rightnowar of Route 3 Mt. Vernon Mississippi though he had never lived there. Gerald C. O'Brien 42 of Greenville Miss. and Long Island New York died with Moore. Authorities said the men were partners in several ventures including a large ranch near Greenville. The twin engine Cessna 310 clipped six power lines flipped several times and broke apart in the air before bursting into flames and crashing into a drainage ditch inside the airport fence.
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Charles 8. Moore
Geneva Rightnowar
Mt. Vernon
Mississippi
Moore
Gerald C. O’brien
Greenville
Miss
Long Island, NY
Man Searched In Mississippi River For Bridge Jumper
police resumed search for a man believed to have jumped from the Chain of Rocks bridge on Monday into the Mississippi River. witnesses described the jumper as White and about 45 to 50 years old. Alton rescue squad and U.S. Coast Guard aided in dragging the river but darkness halted operations.
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ST. Louis
UPL
Mississippi River
Spain
Illinois
Alton, Ill
U.S. Coast Guard
Army Engineers to Hold Saline River Hearing
Louisville district of the U S Army Corps announces a public meeting at Equality High School on January 27 to gather public opinion on possible Saline River improvements and its tributaries for commercial and recreational navigation and related uses.
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Equality. HL
APS
Louisville
U.S. Army Corps of Engine
Equality High School
Saline
First Baby In County Justin Joseph Born At New Year
Justin Joseph, son of Mr and Mrs Gare Joseph of Fairheld Read, born at 12 02 a m New Year’s Day in Jefferson County, weighing pounds. Mother and child stable at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
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Justin Shane Joseph
Jefferson County
Gary
Vicki Rankin) Joseph
Justin
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Dan
Delo
Justin Joseph
Gare Joseph
Fairheld Read
Taowin
Jefferson Coun
Vernon Merchants
Detferson Memoria Dlospartal
Marion Prison Is Industry Of The Year
The Marion Chamber of Commerce will honor the U S Penitentiary near Marion as industry of the year at its annual meeting. Warden George W. Pickett is to receive a plaque from Rep Kenneth Gray who will present the award, with Norman A. Carlson directing the prisons bureau as main speaker.
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Marion
Norman A. Carlson
LS Duresu
Marion Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Chamber
Kenneth of
Gray
D-Iel
Medustrad
George WW Pickett
Pope Paul II Recovers From Flu at Vatican
Pope Paul VI aged 75 has recovered from influenza and resumed normal duties though he skipped a New Year Mass with crippled children. Vatican hospital statement notes he had a slight fever from Thursday to Sunday and followed doctors orders to rest.
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Vatican City
Cary
Paul Vio
Vatican
Paul
Holiday Traffic Toll Mounts With Illinois Crashes
A New Year weekend crash toll in Illinois left multiple killed across the state. Four men died in a single crash near Josette when their car struck a tree and burst into flames. Victims named include David Kelly and Ken Hanks of Jobes and Dan Wy Viebtehe of Crest Elbe, with a fourth man unnamed. Additional fatalities occurred in a Peoria area collision that claimed three lives, and separate crashes near Belleville, JoDaviess County, and other locales raised the total. Continued reports through the three days show dozens injured and more fatalities as authorities compile the weekend results.
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Tlinois
Josette
Oas
David Kelly
Ken Hanks
Bells
Jobes
Dan Wy Viebtehe
Crest Elbe
Hippis
Peoria
Hey
Robert Tranasfatter
East Peorte
Cotbert
Robert Basss
Washburn
Richard Stout
Catesbia
Beatrice Cottey
Stoione
Kied Ig
Sien
Belleville
Robert Lo Wright
Paris talks resume as Pompidou cites remaining problems
President Pompidou said serious difficulties remain in the Paris peace talks with North Vietnam and the United States, though he hopes for success this time. He noted letters with President Nixon and said negotiations resume with American and North Vietnamese technical experts. South Vietnam sends envoys to Paris and Washington to press its position, insisting Hanoi recognize two Vietnams and withdraw troops.
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Paris
APY
Georges Pompidou
Creal
United States
North Vietnam
France
Nixon
Pompidou
Bamabing
Hanoy
Taipheang
Pomuden
South Vietnam
Washington
Tran van Do
Saigon
But Diem
Dien Woud
Thien
Saipan
Thiet
Hanoi
Vietnam
North
Viewogan Ae
POWs urge Congress to end Vietnam War claim
Thirty American prisoners of war including 26 B52 crewmen issued a joint appeal broadcast by the Vietnam News Agency. They urge Congress to use moral and legal power to press for peace, warning that further delay worsens suffering and confinement.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
U.S Congress
Vietnam
Hanoi
Henry Kipsinger
Nixon
Congress
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