Kennedy heir hints at Massachusetts treasurer bid
Joseph P. Kennedy III, 24, son of Robert Kennedy, says he may run for state treasurer of Massachusetts next year. He keeps options open though, stressing he has not yet decided and is weighing other offices. Crane, the incumbent, says he is aware of the speculation but not certain Kennedy will run. Kennedy, a Democrat, has worked as a juvenile court probation officer and helped manage his uncle Edward’s Senate campaign.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Robert F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Young Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Boston
Daniel Q. Haney
Associated Press
Robert Kennedy
New York
Joe
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert Q. Crane
Crane
University of Massachusetts
Edward
Senate
Auto Workers at Belvidere ratify Chrysler contract
United Auto Workers Local 126 at Chrysler Belvidere plant, 3900 members, ratified a new contract Sunday covering local issues and supplements to the national deal. A dispute caused a brief work stoppage after negotiators reached a tentative agreement five minutes before a strike deadline but second shift workers walked out and Friday absenteeism halted car production.
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Belvidere, Ill
United Auto Workers Local 126
Chrysler Corp. Assembly
Belvidere
Ex-House Speaker Carl Albert Injured in Hit and Run
Former U.S. House Speaker Carl Albert, 69, was released from McAlester Hospital after an overnight stay for cuts and bruises from a weekend hit-and-run. Authorities charged 81 year old Sampson Benjamin with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
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Mcalester
Okla
U.S
Carl Albert
McAlester Hospital
Albert
Sampson Benjamin
Business Tax Break For Conserving Fuel
Washington DC AP report on House Ways and Means action debating a 10 percent tax credit for business investments in energy saving equipment while various Carter energy proposals face votes. The full House will also consider two appropriations bills amid veto risks, and the Senate focuses on foreign aid and international lending.
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Ways and Means
White House
Carter
Carter Energy
U.S
Ways and Means Committee
Departments of Labor
Health, Education
Senate
Lawyer Is Arrested In Drug Delivery Case
Marion Illinois April 1968 AP assistant Williamson County public defender J Kenny Fox 31 and Larry A Barnett 22 near Carbondale freed on bond after being charged with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance The arrests capped a six week probe of Fox alleged to have delivered drugs on May 12 and May 24 to an undercover agent
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Marion, Ill
Williamson County
Southern Illinois University
J. Kenny Fox
Fox
Larry A. Barnett
Carbondale
Robert Howerton
Howerton
Legislators defend 12000 trip to California
Springfield AP reports 11 Illinois legislators and five staffers spent 12853.04 tax dollars february trip to study California welfare. The group stayed at the Sheraton San Francisco and Queen Mary Long Beach, issued a six page report and ten pages of charts. Members defend value of meetings, noting the trip was productive and justified.
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Ill
Illinois
California
Associated Press
Illinois Legislative Advisory Committee On
Lves
State Department of Public Aid
Sheraton
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco
Queen Mary Hotel
Long Beach
Susan Catania
Chicago
Injured Motorcyclist In Mall Parking Lot Crash
William J. Stroud aged 24 of 901 Airport Road was listed in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after a collision with a car driven by Larry D. Newell aged 23 from Route 2. The wreck occurred shortly after noon yesterday in the Times Square Mall parking lot, according to a police report.
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William J. Stroud
Airport Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Larry D. Newell
Times Square Mall
Market rundown from Mt Vernon to New York trading floors
Mt Vernon quotes list grain prices for soybeans corn and wheat. Chicago rye oats and beans follow with assorted No 1 and No 2 grades. St Louis eggs broilers hogs cattle and sheep report mixed moves. New York stocks edge higher as rate hopes cap losses and CitiBank keeps prime at 6 percent with modest gains across Texaco Digital and GM.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago
Boeas
USDA
St, Louis
New York
Gaines
Federal Reserve
Citibank
Texaco
General Motors
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Various for sale items including cars and houses
A dense list of for sale notices including a 1966 Plymouth with automatic transmission and new tires for 200 dollars, a 1968 Cortina, a 1971 VW with rebuilt engine, a 3 bedroom house with central air and garage, a 12x55 Monarch mobile home, a 1968 Chevy four door, a 1965 Chevy truck, a 1964 Mercury Montclair, a 1974 Ford 4x4 pickup, a 1974 Suzuki MX and Enduro, water hauling service, and a 4 bedroom house with storm cellar, carport, and trailer trade option. Contact numbers and local locations included.
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Plymouth
Casey
Cortina
Targetot
Woodlawn
Monarch Mobile Home
Corvair E.T
Mercury Montclair
Rome
Dix
Yard sale listing near Salem Ra on Ist road Stewart’s Trailers right side
On June 4 and 15 at 9:00 a.m. turn at Ist road at Stewarts Trailers. Sixth house on right. Items: baby clothes and tems, adult clothing, camping tent, rubber raft, appliances, Avon berties. Not responsible for any accidents.
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Ist Road
Stewarts Trailers
Avon Berties
Reece Ennet
Reverend Marsh Harpole obituary and services
The Rev. Marsh Harpole aged 88 of 1019 Pace Ave died 9 25 p.m. Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a long ministry across Southern Illinois and work with oil companies. He was born April 16 1801 in Jefferson County and married to Izetta Pemberton in 1911. she died in 1973. Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Myers Bari Chapel with burial at Bethel Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by four daughters two sons a sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Marsh Harpole
Pace Ave
Southern Illinois
Good Samaritan Hospital
Harpole
Jefferson County
George Thomas
Luella
Bryan)Harpole
Izetta Pemberton
Inn
Longtime Dix resident Lester Garren dies at 83
Lester Garren 83 of Route 1 Dix died Sunday morning at 9 30 in St Marys Hospital Centralia He was born March 25 1894 in Jefferson County son of Eli and Nancy Watkins Garren He married Ethel Sanders November 1 1917 she died May 8 1971 He was a World War I Army veteran and a retired farmer Rome Township Supervisor for eight years and member of the yd Christian Church Funer al services by Osborne Funeral Home Dix with Brother Bruce Hough officiating Burial in Boyd Cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm Tuesday He is survived by two sons Hollin L Garren St Louis and Stanley L Garren Centra lia one sister Rosa Timons Ramsey four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren He was preceded in death by his parents wife two brothers and five sisters.
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Freewill Baptist
Harpole
Myers-Bari Chapel
George Waggoner
Andrew Cavaker
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Evelyn Deichman
Bonnie
Marjorie Earls
Zelma Warren
Mt. Vernon
Wanda Hood
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Alice Harpole
Helen Morgan
Edwin
Elgin
Louise Bowlby
Valier
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Ernest
Annie (Reinhart) Bantel
Bowlby
Isaac Bowlby
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lester Garren
Dix
St. Mary's Hospital
Centralia
Mr. Garren
Jefferson County
Eli
Nancy
Watkins) Garren
Ethel Sanders
Lester
Rome
Yd Christian Church
Osborne Funeral Home
Bruce Hough
Boyd Cemetery
Hollin L. Garren
St. Louis
Stanley L. Garren
Rosa Timmons
Ramsey
Infant Laura Lynn Taylor Stillborn at Good Samaritan Hospital
Laura Lynn Taylor infant daughter of Jerry F. and Lynn Ann Taylor was stillborn at 12 20 pm Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Graveside service held 11 am Tuesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery officiated by Rev. Ross Partridge. Survivors include parents two brothers paternal grandfather and grandmother maternal grandparents and other relatives. Hughey Pulley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Jerry F
Lynn Ann (Vivian) Taylor
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Ross Partridge
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Lynn A. Taylor
Normandy Heights
Vernon
Jeffery M
Christopher D. Taylor
Theo Taylor
Naperville
Elaine Pelkola
Chicago
Ken
Dolores Heroux
Stillborn Carterville infant buried in Mt. Vernon Gardens
Chad Karcher Carterville infant son of Roger A. and Quetta Jean Webb Karcher was stillborn at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Funeral services were held at 1 30 p m at Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Rev John Nelson officiating. Surviving are the infant's parents, maternal grandparents, great grandparents, paternal grandparents, and several aunts and uncles.
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Chad Brandon Karcher
Roger A
Quetta Jean (Webb) Karcher
Route 1
Carterville
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens
John Nelson
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Weather snapshot for Mt Vernon weekend and extended outlook
Saturday high 91, Sunday 63/ high 63 with 63 today at 7am. Rainfall 11.87 inches year to date through 1977. Rend Lake water level 406.10 feet above mean sea level. Outlook partly cloudy warm and humid with widely scattered thunderstorms midweek. Daytime highs near the upper 80s.
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Rend Lake
Main Gem
Eva Louisa Boyd Salem obituary notice
Eva Louisa Boyd a former resident of Saris died Saturday morning at 11:15 at the Colonel Havensie Home in Granite City. She was born in Dix on September 28 1888, daughter of James Lafay and Mary Lou Jaco Chapman. Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at Osborne Funeral Home with Rev. Rosemary H officiating. Burial was in Zion Grove Cemetery. She is survived by three sisters and four daughters, plus one brother, forty two grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
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Speer
Saris
Colonel Havensie
Granite City
Dix
James Lafay
Mary Lou (Jaco
Dix United Methodist Ch
Osborne Funeral
Rosemary H
Zion Grove
Vannie
Benton Herman Johnston dies at 77 in Illinois
Herman Johnston Benton 77 of Route 2 Benton died Sunday afternoon in St James Hospital Chicago Heights. Funeral services are pending at Johnson Funeral Home in Whittington.
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Rou
Benton
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Johnson Funer
Whittington
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