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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1973
Page
1
Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois forms a research committee for a possible 1976 GOP presidential bid. The liberal Republican, a Watergate critic, faces a tough race as he campaigns for full Nixon disclosures and independence from the Nixon administration.
The Finance Committee to Reelect the President disclosed a yearlong fund raising for a Watergate related project. It said $75,000 came from Kalmbach and intermediaries paid Watergate defendants and lawyers with foreign donations suspected. Other details involve Ehrlichman related testimony and grand jury actions.
In India a Royal Nepal Airlines Otter was hijacked by three Nepalese gunmen who forced a landing at Forbesganj near the Nepal border. They fled into the Himalayas with about three million Indian rupees from the state bank and no injuries were reported among the 15 passengers and three crew. The incident triggers a major manhunt in Uttar Pradesh Bihar and West Bengal.
A Lincolnwood couple Norman Pinsel 28 and Cheryl 28 and their four children Lori Ann 6 Denise 3 and twins Dale and Jeremy perished from smoke inhalation in a fire in their two story brick home recreation room. Fire officials said the blaze may have started from a defective air conditioner in the room.
Ashland Oil Co. raises crude price to 4.20 per barrel for 40 degree gravity, a 35 cent increase. U S Air Force Academy graduate Stephen B Willis, son of Mt Vernon Ill, earns second lieutenant commission and BS, selected for pilot training at Craig AFB Ala. Willis is a 1969 Mt Vernon Township HS graduate and has appeared on Superintendent Dean and Commandant lists for academics and military excellence. The rising price follows recent hikes by Farm Bureau Oil and Marathon Oil, signaling a southern Illinois oil boom amid ongoing exploration and shortages.
Senate staff report says genuine peace in Indochina looks unlikely more than four months after the Paris cease-fire. It notes continued U.S. involvement, unusual aid like CIA combat flight bonuses to Laotian pilots and salaries for nonexistent Cambodian troops, with estimates of Cambodia’s armed forces ranging from 150,000 to 275,000.
Gov. Daniel Walker appointed George M. Burditt 50 of La Grange to chair the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, replacing Lawrence Johnson. Burditt, a former four term state legislator, also serves on the Illinois Board of Ethics. Johnson was ousted amid claims of political and investigation tensions surrounding the Angelos affair and governance economy measures.
The Jefferson County Board votes 339445 to fund five year highway paving including Woodlawn Road and Nason blacktop. It also offers 20000 to the Humane Society for a county animal shelter and sets prisoner housing rates at 7.50 from Mt Vernon. Sheriff Dayton Harlan denies York and Shields overcharge charges and cites audit figures on jail meals and payments.
Frank Craig Klein 26 of Benton drowned Saturday while swimming with two companions in Lake Benton. The companions alerted police when Klein went missing. Divers located his body in 14 feet of water. Klein formerly lived in Streator. The Jefferson County Civil Defense diving team led by trooper Donald Mays assisted in the search.
Mt Vernon Art Guild seeks to boost its building fund beyond the Benton Road Art Center where it is housed. President Betty Renshaw cites rapid membership growth and expanded classes needing space for easels weaving rooms a kiln and potters wheels. A recent rummage sale raised funds and several summer money makers including an ice cream social on June 17 are planned.
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