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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
7
A chipmunk favors a hidden home over a showy den. He digs a two entrance burrow with excess dirt piled at one entrance and covered, leaving a discreet hole with no loose dirt at the doorway. Unlike people, chipmunks aren’t bothered by visitors.
Edson Bob Edson of Mt. Vernon was elected as a delegate by Conoco dealers at the Continental Oil Company dealer advisory council meeting in St Louis. He operates Edsons West Side Conoco at 24th and Broadway and represents southwestern Illinois dealers at the division level meeting in St Louis.
Immigrant leader James Lusk opened Lusk s Ferry across the Ohio opposite Golconda in 1797, later running a store tavern as Fid dlers Green. After his death his widow Sarah kept the ferry, becoming Illinois first licensed female ferryman in 1804, then Sarahville renamed Golconda in 1817 amid swift town-name flips.
A Circuit Court judge dismissed the suit of Leo P. Koch, a University of Illinois biology professor, who sought 5900 for lost pay after his discharge for a sexually explicit letter to a student newspaper. The ruling cited contract breach and university ethics codes, noting courts have no jurisdiction over university decisions and Koch failed to follow salary claim procedures.
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