Demonstrators Storm U S Embassy in Cyprus and Athens
Five thousand protesters stormed the U S Embassy in Nicosia hurling stones and setting fires while a wing was ablaze. U N peacekeepers evacuated most staff as tear gas was used and cars burned. Similar attacks targeted the British Embassy in Athens and British Council offices in Nicosia amid Cyprus tensions over Turkish Cypriot refugee evacuations and the Turkish invasion aftermath. Casualties were not immediately known, though a Greek Cypriot student died nearby.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
State Department
Washington
U.N
Athens
British Council
Britain
Ankara
Akrotiri
Limasol
Airbas
Mediterranean Island
Citizens urged to return Mt Vernon survey for $465000 grant
Mt. Vernon residents have until noon Monday to return survey forms on how to spend a $465,000 four year community development grant. Forms were distributed at five public meetings and through the Chamber of Commerce and civic clubs. About 115 forms have been returned so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Novak
Mt. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce and Civic Clubs
First Time Ever 2 Balloonists Cross Lake Michigan
An insurance salesman and a newspaper executive completed the first confirmed Lake Michigan balloon crossing, battling subzero temps and high winds. Stephen Neulander and Paul Woessner traveled from Wheeling, Illinois to the South Haven shore, aided by year of planning and careful weather checks. Neulander, Lerner newspaper group executive, said the feat required meticulous preparation and caution, with only minor mechanical hiccups.
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Stephen Neulander
Paul Woessner
Glenn, Mich
Allegan County
Lake Michigan
South Haven
Mich
Lake
Chicago
Michigan
Carey, DI
Neulander
Woessner
Wheeling
Ill
Woodlawn Man Hurt In Accident Near Waltonville Friday
Woodlawn man suffers minor injuries while Waltonville tractor driver escapes harm in a Waltonville DuBois road collision. Earl Pfister, 50, treated and released at Good Samaritan Hospital after the 5 15 p m crash. Elgy Foreman, 62, was driving a tractor with two trailers when struck from behind by Pfister. Jefferson County Civil Defense first aid at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Pfister
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Elgy Foreman
Waltonville
Waltonville-DuBois
Pfister
Jefferson County Civil Defense Emergency Team
Flu Epidemic Spreads From South To North
The CDC reports a Southeast centered influenza epidemic spreading north. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report projects 530 US deaths from pneumonia and influenza in January. Type A Port Chalmers flu is dominant with vaccine available. Outbreaks reported in Georgia Florida North Carolina South Carolina Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi.
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Atlanta, Ga
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
United States
Port Chalmers
Vital Statistics Offices
Lawrence Corey
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
West Virginia
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
Two New Stores Planned for Times Square Mall
The Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce announced two new stores for Times Square Mall in west Mt. Vernon. Ivan Zwick of Marion plans a shoe store while Judith Gayle, owned by Leon and Judith Wilson, will open a women’s ready to wear shop next to Carl’s for Men, bringing total centers stores to 23 with a 27 shop complex and movie house planned.
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Times Square Mall
West
Mt. Vernon
Ivan Zwick
Marion
Judith Gayle
Carl’s
Leon
Judith Wilson
Sparta
Greater
Jefferson County
SIU
CHOU EN-LAI REOPENS CHINA PREMIER POST
TOKYO AP China reappoints Chou En-lai as premier and Yeh Chien Ying as defense minister at the Fourth National People's Congress held January 13 to 17 in Beijing. The congress also discusses constitutional revision and government work, with Teng Hsiao-ping elevated to vice chairman.
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Tokyo
China
Chou En-lai
Yeh Chien Ying
Hsinhua
National People’s Congress
Peking
Great
Hall of
Lin Piao
Mongolia
Mao Tse-tung
Chou
Teng Hsiao-ping
Congress
State Council
Chang Chun-chiao
Central Committee
Party
Free Immunization Clinics In Jefferson Co Schools
Jefferson County schools offer free immunizations for polio tetanus measles and diphtheria at two day clinics January 22 and 23 in multiple schools with a follow up schedule February 19 20 and March 12 13. Preschool children are welcome with mothers urged to bring them to nearest school during team visits.
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Jefferson Co
Jefferson County
Lincoln School
A.m. Franklin
A.m. Hall
Mann
Buford
Edison
Woodlawn
Waltonville
McClellan
Grand Prairie
Rome
Field
Farrington
Old Union
Summersville
Bluford
Belle Rive
Opdyke
St. Mary's School
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Dodds School
Inn School
Bethel School
Casey Junior High
Illinois hires consultant to lure coal development
Springfield Illinois Governor Daniel Walker announced the hiring of Karl E Heden an independent energy consultant to attract coal development projects for the state. Heden will be based in Washington DC and work November through June at a salary of 25000. The move supports a 70 million bond program approved by the General Assembly last year to spur coal development in Illinois.
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Ford
Jeffrey Mills
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Congress
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Udall
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Daniel Walker
Karl E. Heden
Washington, D.C
Walker
General Assembly
Heden
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Novak
City Hall
Simonson
Lerner
Congressional Black Caucus
Commerce Department
Department
Michael Sumichrast
National Association of Home Builders
Carbondale, Ill
UPI
Chris A. Austin
Southern Illinois University
Vandalia
U.S. 51
North
Ilinois Avenue
James A. Kidd
Scott McAllister
Doctors Hospital
Denver
Union Oil Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
California
Texas
Charles Armin
Los Angeles
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Amoco
Texaco
Ohio
Union
Nederland, Tex
Illinois
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