Veronica Vets Letters From An 81YearOld Reader
A reader from Mt Vernon Ill writes of family weaving roots dating to pioneer days and a large clan linked to the Lindell Hotel and Jarvis Pearce. The 102 year old grandmother, connections to McLeansboro and Snowflake Frisco, and a philosophy that Busy People Are Happy People are shared in a warm community note.
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Pace Ave
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Lindell Hotel
Theodore L. Blacklidge
John Plasters
McLeansboro
Paul
Clifford
Nellie
Nellie Gibbs
S. Locust St
George Randolph
Pearce
Ewing
Jarvis Pearce
Ollie G. Miller
Register-News
Opposition to five state Upper Mississippi recreation area urged
AP dispatch from Washington reports Nixon administration opposition to bills creating a 650000 acre Upper Mississippi River National Recreation Area spanning Iowa Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin. Interior and Army officials urged deferral pending land use policy actions while favoring cooperative management and coordinated development of federal lands for recreation.
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Washington
Nixon
Upper
Mississippi River
The
Interior
Department
Army
Congress
Kingis
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Army Engineers and
Kenneth B. Cooper
Army Engineer Civil Works Office
Senate
House
Today’s birthdays include Jane Russell turning 51
Actress Jane Russell is 51, while opera singer Judith Raskin reaches 44. Both figures are noted for milestone birthdays in today’s birthday listings.
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Jane Russell
Judith Raskin
Judges Need More Pay and Facilities, IL Chief Justice Says
IL Chief Justice Robert Underwood urged the Illinois Bar Association to aid in securing adequate facilities personnel and compensation for the judiciary. He warned judges must rely on legislatures for pay, noting the last raise was in 1969 and that lobby help is needed as judges stay above politics. The ISBA formed a 121 member governing body with an 18 member assembly split 48 Cook County and 48 downstate delegates.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Illinois Supreme Court
Robert C. Underwood
Illinois Bar Association
Underwood
Undderwood
ISBA
Board of Governors
Cook County
Downstate
Gover- Ha
Assemy
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Veronicas
Veronica Vols
Tending High School
North American
Rockwell Corp
Centralia, Ill
Illinois
Centralia
Geraldine Chaplin
Stanley Baker
Dana Andrews
Donald Pleasance
AP Regional Service
James G. Watt
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Mississip
House Interior
Mary
Reynolds
J. W. Reynolds Monument Co
Southern
Sinois
George Cox
Will Rogers
Security Bank
FDIC
Gingham
Hwy 460 West
Robert L. Morgan
Walnut
Murphysboro, Ill
Hobgood Contractors, Inc
Dacron—Cotton
Poplin
Terry
Dacron—Ninon—Marquisette
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