Suitcase Bomb Scare Shocks Illinois Legislature
An innocent blue suitcase left in the Safe Office Building hallway sparked a mass evacuation for 1500 workers after police suspected a bomb. Six gunshots, a long rope pull, and a decline to detonate revealed only clothes and personal items. Rep. Timothy V. Johnson called the incident an admin aide’s lapse by Marjorie Self of Champaign.
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Illinois Secretary of State
T. Lee Hughes
Associated Press
Springfield
Lil
Secretary of State
Illinois House
Timothy V. Johnson
R-Urbana
Colleages
Marjorie Self
Champaign
Johnson
Weather overview for Mount Vernon and region
Weather summary notes warm humid conditions with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s across central Illinois cities. Rainfall recorded last night .08 inches with seasonal totals around 13 inches inches. Forecast includes chance of showers and thunderstorms this weekend, followed by partly cloudy cooler conditions next week.
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MT. Vernon
Rend Lake
Main Dam
Illinois
Decatur
Moline
Peoria
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
C.gr.pk
Mid
Midwest
Dubuque
Su Madison
South Bend
Paducah
St. Louis
Bankruptcy Sparks International Nuclear Fuel Disruption
ERDA filed a May 4 bankruptcy petition against U S Nuclear Corp of Oak Ridge, threatening disruption of foreign nuclear programs and possible international lawsuits. Brazil, South Africa and others fear funds and fuel tied up in court.agency officials warn Carter administration decisions on enriched uranium sales may face new legal roadblocks.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter Administration
State Department
Justice Department
U.S. Nuclear Corp
Oak Ridge
Federal Energy Research and Development Agency
Brazil
South Africa
U.S
ERDA
United States
Washington
Carter
Mt Vernon High hires seven for teaching and staff
Mt Vernon Township High School Board approves seven new employees including David Guthrie in mathematics and study hall, Ellen Peacock in home economics and art, Harley Baldridge in auto and power mechanics, Brett Gibbs in choral music, Bradley Pancoast as head football coach and adaptive physical education teacher, and Keith Law as head basketball coach and driver education teacher. Resignations include Jack Whittley, George Perkins, Larry Markham, and Patty West.
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Mt. Vernon Township
Gene Jackson
David Guthrie
Ellen Peacock
Harley Owain Baldridge
Brett Neal Gibbs
Bradley M. Pancoast
Keith S. Law
Jack Whittley
George Perkins
Larry Markham
Patty West
Peoria youth jailed 20 to 30 years for trooper shooting
In Macomb Illinois AP report Doug Kaufman 20 was sentenced to 20 to 30 years for attempted murder of Trooper Carl Kobler after Kobler stopped him for speeding. Kaufman had pleaded insanity but was convicted May 18 by Judge U S Collins Circuit. Kobler was lured to the car, shot in the arm, and the gun was retrieved from a glove compartment.
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Macomb
Peoria
Illinois
Doug Kaufman
U.S. Collins & Circuit Turt
Carl Kobler
Kaufman
Citizens Band
William Henderson
Kobler
Not Vandals Just Crows In Wood River Park
Wood River Township Supervisor Roger Elble reports five large black crows raid a Bart Cutter Park trash can each morning. The birds forage for food and scatter paper and nonedible litter, prompting Elble to stake out the area and confirm the culprit. His proposed fix is to place a lid on the can.
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Wood River, Ill
Wood River Township
Roger Elble
Elble
Bart Cutter Park
Oo Ible
Four Die in Van Crash Near Barrington Hills Ill
A head-on collision on Illinois 68 near Barrington Hills killed four people. Three women from northern Chicago suburbs Debra Naponelli 20 of Hoffman Estates Kathy Cromy 21 of Palatine and Laura L Starke 30 of Bartlett were named among the victims. The fourth woman remained unidentified. Driver William M Rodgers 32 of Chicago was in critical condition and underwent surgery at Sherman Hospital in Elgin.
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Barrington Hills
Ill
Chicago
Illinois
Debra Naponelli
Hoffman Estates
Kathy Cromy
Palatine
Laura L. Starke
Bartlett
Wiliam M. Rodgers
Sherman Hospital
Elgin
Illinois Miners End Walkouts
In Tuscola Illinois about 800 miners from Local 1870 and 8682 ended a two day wildcat strike against Zeigler Coal Co over health benefit cuts. About 500 from No 1 and 200 from No 2 mine returned to work while circulating petitions demanding a full investigation of the union retirement fund management.
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Tuscola
Ill
United Mine Workers National
Zeigler Coal Co
UMW
Zeigler
Concensus
United Mine Workers
William Cook
Health and Safety Committee
International Executive Board
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia Coal Association
Monda
Hit Snag On Hunting And Fishing License Hikes
Illinois Senate Democrats withhold support on a bill to more than double hunting and fishing licenses, raising basic resident fishing from $2 to $5 and hunting from $8 to $10. If passed, revenue would fund a salmon hatchery and another project, with a proposed Sportsmen's Combination license later at $14. The House previously set $17.50 for the combined permit.
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Springfield
Illinois
Senate
James Rompson
House
State Department of Conservation
Philip J. Rock
Funeral set for James Hinman Flora in Flora
James Hinman Flora dies in Vandalia area with services at 2 p.m. Friday at John T. Frank Funeral Home Flora. Burial at Elmwood City Cemetery Flora. Calling hours 5 to 9 p.m. today. Survived by Opaline Clark Hinman wife two daughters Linda Lewis Deborah Hinman three sons James Dennis Donald and three grandchildren. He was born January 14 1917 in Wayne County to Clinton and Daisy Harrison Hinman. He was member of First Christian Church Flora Flora Elks Club and Horsemen's Benevolent Protective Association of America.
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Ome
Prey
Daisy
Harrison) Hinman
Opaline Clark
Petersburg
Ind
First Christian Church of Flora
Flora Elks Club
The
Horsemen’s Benevolent Protective Association of America
Linda Lewis
Deborah Hinman
Flora
James
Mt. Vernon
Dennis
Falls Church
Donald
Markets and Prices Across Regions Today
Mt Vernon grain bids steady with cereals and livestock mixed. Eggs and poultry quoted with consumer and wholesale grades. hogs and cattle prices at National Stockyards showing modest gains and limited slaughter, while New York stocks hold steady after brief losses as Dow dips and traders weigh outcomes.
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MT. Vernon
Death notices of Myers and Wever and Cross in local obituaries
Obituaries note the deaths of Rody A. Myers 71 of Bonnie Illinois born 1905 formerly of Salem. James M. Wever 62 of Tacoma Washington. and Lillie F. Cross 79 of St Louis Missouri. Myers survived by wife Emma Lane and three daughters plus stepdaughters and grandchildren. Wever survived by wife Elizabeth Ellington and siblings. Cross survived by son Dwight and four grandchildren and two sisters and a brother. Burial and viewing details listed for each case.
Joesph County woman remembered by kin and funeral services
Today her granddaughter Karine Mick, namesake of Jessoe County, mourns the passing of Mrs. Shelton born July 10 1886 in Jefferson County daughter of J and Lettie Williams Rich She was married to Waltge Shelton who died in 1965 Survived by four sons James Mick Earl Mick Lawrence Lloyd Mick and two daughters in law two sisters and many grandchildren in addition to several great grandchildren Funeral arrangements under Myers Bari Funeral Services reflect a family obituary style without graphic detail.
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Starnia
Dent
Jesoe County
Naeaiy Kanipe
Shelton
Jefferson County
Lettie (Williams) Rich
Waltge Shelton
Mick
Myers-Bari Funeral Servics
James T. Mick
Flint
Earl Mick
Texas
Lawrence
Lloyd Mick
Mall Vista
Ark
Alta Cornstubbie
Okla
Bord Hulen
Bella Vista
Rae Stadler
Mt. Rose
Mich
M Mae Meyers
Mt. Vernon
Alta
Funeral services for Noble Vaughn held in Michigan
Noble Vaughn of Highland Park died Tuesday morning at Grace Hospital Detroit. He was a former patient of Lesser. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Brayfield Funeral Home with Rev. We Brown officiating. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Beil Cockrum, three daughters HatCher, Robinson, Masella. 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. sisters Ethel Stevison Marjory Elmer Hazel Jeffery and Do Kraft. Born September 29, 1908, to James and Laura Scott Vaughn Ore.
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Rody A. Myers
Bonnie
Salem
Mr. Myers
Illinois
Harvey
Myrtle
Diveley) Myers
Salem Shoela
Salem Moose Lodge
Rankin Funeral Home
East Lawn
Emma
Myers
Marilyn Pepper
Nashville
Loretta Todd
Iulia
Elva Becker
Ferguson
Louise Howard
Benton
Mary Ellen LeVault
Chicago Heights
Ernie Myers
Mildred Dunn
James M. Wever
Tacoma
Wash
Scheller
Mountain View
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Wever
Albert
Myrta (Campbell) Wever
Elizabeth L. Ellington
Paul
Russell
Northville
Mich
Ruth Smith
Lillie F. Cross
St. Louis
Lutheran
Maple Hill
Sesser
Lem Myers
Brayfield
Cross
Charles and
Addie (Foster) Featherstone
Wallie Cross
Dwight
Jaine Chastain
Orange
Calif
Edith Hill
Elgin
Edward
Florida
Noble
Highland Park
Mince
Vi . Grace Hospital
Detroit
Lesser
Brayfield Funeral
We Brown
Maple Hi
Vaughn
James
Laura
Scott) Ore
Beil “Cockrum
Beluge
M Hatcher
Wood Hiver
Benngji Robinson
Bradenton
Fla
Patricia Masella
Roseville
Ethel Stevison
Marjory Elmer
Ff Lesser
Hazel Jeffery
Fort Lauderdale
Do Kraft
Farmington
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C. W. Coats
A. L.cox
A. W. Modert
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Lillie Cross
Missouri
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WG Motors
Alta N. Shelton
Noble Vaughn
Michigan
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