Ice Bound Mississippi Rivermen Bored by Frost Delay
In Alton Illinois rivermen complain boredom as 60 tow boats sit idle above Cairo due to a 58 mile ice gorge. Capt Carl Talbert says crews keep watch while costs rise 200 to 300 dollars per hour per vessel and revenue losses mount. Captain Edgar Allen Poe estimates a quarter million lost daily industry wide. Talbert predicts at least two more weeks of ice delay.
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Mississippi
Carl Talbert
Alton Dam
David Rolfe
New Orleans
Talbert
Cory
Wisconsin Barge Lines
Skeleton
Cairo
Edgar Allen Poe
Nile Barge Lines
Salt shortage forces reduced salting in Illinois roads
Illinois DOT chief Ed Kehl warned that river blockages have depleted about 213000 tons of road salt, delaying imports from Louisiana and Kentucky. Crews will substitute sand and cinders, urge cautious driving, and limit use mainly to interstates, with supplies lasting two to six more storms.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Mississippi
Ohio
Illinois
Ed Kehl
Kehl
Inois
Louisiana
DOT
Kentucky
Kuhl
Chicago
Pardoned draft evader Finkley freed after Carter pledge
Albert Finkley, 24, jailed for failing to report for the draft, was released from Texarkana Federal Correctional Center after President Carter pardoned most Vietnam era violators. He said he doubted the news but thanked Carter and planned to visit his mother in Alabama before pursuing welding.
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Tex
Albert Finkley
Jimmy Carter
Federal Correctional Center
Finkley
Fairhope
Ala
Carter
Royce Osborn
White House
Osborn
Finnley
Mose
California
Vietnam
Tricky Car Theft Suspect Caught in Avanta Ga
Mt. Vernon police say John Younger is jailed in Avanta Georgia charged with the Oct. 20 theft of a 1973 Cutlass from Belle Rive. He allegedly asked Robert Cox to drive the car to Memphis to follow a Honda Civic, then left Cox stranded. State police aided the investigation and returned the cars to their owners.
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Mt. Vernon
Belle Rive
Memphis
John Younger
Robert Cox
Younger
Cox
Honda
Mlinois
Missouri
Park's Tax Bill At 4.5 Million Owes IRS Says Park
The IRS says Tongsun Park owes the U S government 4.5 million dollars in income taxes for 1972 through 1975. An IRS Baltimore district spokesman announced the claim on a Friday night.
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IRS
Park
Baltimore
Deputies Patrol By Snowmobile In Dane County
Two Dane County sheriff's deputies trade squad cars for snowmobiles to patrol lakes and trails. They cite cold, blizzards, and occasional ticketing for violations as they help stranded residents, deliver medicine, and aid a pregnant woman. They plan to return to autos in spring.
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Madison, Wis
Richard Fenske
Robert Pavey
Dane County Sheriff's Office
Pavey
Fenske
Lake
Trail Country
Theospital
Acquitted In Murder Trial In Cahokia Tavern Shooting
A Circuit Court jury acquitted Gary L. Haley of murder and attempted murder in the Cahokia tavern shooting that killed Melvin Dively and wounded Kathleen Key. Haley testified he was head struck and heard shots after approaching Key.
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Belleville
St. Louis
Illinois
Cahokia
Gary L. Haley
Haley
Melvin D. Dively
Kathleen Key
Miss Key
Two Hurt When Van Hits Semi
Mt. Vernon residents Bowlin and Campbell injured in a 1:45 a.m. crash on West Broadway near the I-57 I-64 interchange. Bowlin 30 of Route 3 and Campbell 12 S 71st St were treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and released. Truck driver Owens 39 of Louisville Ky turned left into Dutch Pantry lot causing collision. both vehicles heavily damaged. Firemen bandaged Bowlin and Campbell. Lifton's Ambulance transported them.
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Mt. Vernon
West Broadway
Russell L. Bowlin
Route 3
George Campel
71St St
Thea Good Samaritan Hospital
Charlies M. Owens
Louisville
Broadway
Dutch Pantry
Bowlin
Burnette
Campbell
Lifton
Pecan Grafting Talk at Kaskaskia Audubon Meeting
The Kaskaskia Audubon Club meets Monday January 24 at 7 30 p m at Home Savings and Loan Cen tralia. Herbert Winston of Salem discusses grafting growing and harvesting pecans and related trees with notes on his work and nursery affiliations.
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Kaskaskia Audubon Club
Home Savings and Loan
E. Broadway
Centralia
Herbert Winston
Salem
Illinois
Winston
Allman
Illinois Nut Tree Association
Northern Nut Tree Association
H. W. Hannah
Texico
Langenfeld Hotel
J. W. Galbreath
Gentralia
Winnie Jones
Illinois Pork Producers Association Rebounds After Chaos
Gilbert Fricke says the Illinois Pork Producers Association recovered from a chaotic 1970s period with new executive vice president Sid Hutchcraft, a moved Springfield office, and an audit. The IRS threatened penalties for late returns but the issue was settled. The nonprofit, with nearly 6,000 members, now reports a cash balance above ten thousand dollars.
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Peoria
Illinois Pork Producers Association
Association
Gilbert
Gib" Fricke
Petersburg
Sid Hutchcralt
Presigentt
Springfield
Fricke
Hutchcraft
Internal Revenue Service
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Baker Mt. Vernon
Funeral services for 89 year old Alice Baker of Route 1 Mt. Vernon will be held at 1 30 p m Monday at Myers Bari Chapel Burial will be in South Hickory Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 6 p m Sunday Mrs Baker died Thursday evening at Good Samaritan Hospital
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Alice Baker
Mt. Vernon
Myers- Bari Chapel
South Hickory Hill
Deaths Paw Thomas Taliana 03
Paw Thomas Taliana a machinist at Mt. Vernon Car Shops for years and later at Good Samaritan Hospital and Mt. Vernon High School died at 1 50 a m Friday at his home 131 Castleton Ave Born October 29 1893 in Rabat Malta he was married to Anastasia Ulrich and survived by wife one son two daughters three grandchildren two sisters and a sister. Funeral 10 30 am Monday at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in St Marys cemetery Friends may call Hughey Pulley Funeral Home after 5 pm Sunday.
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Paw Thomas Taliana
Castleton Ave
Anastasia Ulrich
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Lawrence E. Tallana
Edwardsville
Pauline Coffman
Marion
Anna Portelli
St. Paul's Bay
Malta
Antonia Tallana
Birkirkara
Paul, Jr
Funeral rites for Carl Marten held in Altamont
Carl Marten 58 of Altamont died en route to Memorial Hospital Springfield at 2 40 AM He worked for Country Companies Insurance Services are pending at Kull Funeral Home Altamont services set for 1 PM Monday at Emanuel Lutheran Church Burial in Oak Ridge Effingham Survived by second wife Eloize a daughter two brothers three sisters and three grandchildren.
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Carl Marten
Altamont
Memorial Hospital
Springfield
Country Companies Insurance
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Effingham
Kull Funeral Home
Mr. Marten
Frank and
Mt Vernon Masons Set Special Meeting on Jan 24 1977
A special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M will be held Monday January 24 1977 at 7 30 p m. Work in the 3rd Degree. Visiting brethren welcome. Merle R Tate W M.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
A.F
Merle R. Tate
W.M
Obituary for Aud Ray of McLeansboro Ill
Aud Ray McLeansboro Altgeld a former resident died at 1 30 am Friday at Memorial Hospital in Springfield Illinois Funeral arrangements are pending at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro
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Altgeld
Aud
Funeral Held for Harry Harris Scheller 81
Funeral services for Harry Harris Scheller 81 of RFD Scheller were held at Brayfield Funeral Home Seaser. Burial followed in Ward Cemetery near Sesser. Harris body was found in a snowbank near his home Thursday and authorities say he froze to death after a fall. He was born November 25 1895 and survived by nieces and nephews.
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Harry Harris
RFD
Scheller
Brayfield
Seaser
Ward Cemetery
Sesser
Harris
Alonzo and
Marie Murphy Harris
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