Mixed Reactions as Hanafi Siege Ends in Release Deal
After 38 hours of terror by Hanafi gunmen in Washington, 134 hostages were freed and leader Hamaas Abdul Khaalis was released pending charges of armed kidnapping. Reactions ranged from shock and fear to relief at ending the siege, with some hostages and officials questioning the terms of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khalifa Hamas Abdul Khaalis
Washington
Wallace
David Espo
Associated Press
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Samuel Fishman
B'nai B'rith
Betty Neal
Abdul Khaailis
Abdul Khaalis
Gladys Dohne
Mt Vernonites named to Shagbark Girl Scout Council board
Mt Vernon residents Ann Howard and Phyllis Roffmann were named to three year terms as at large board members of the Shagbark Girl Scout Council. Roffmann will serve a second term and has served on the finance committee. New officers were elected including Nelda Simpson as president and Dorothy Baker as first vice president. Awards honored associations with high membership gains and fund drives. Attendees from Mt Vernon included Karen Given Nina Peacock and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Howard
Phyllis Roffmann
Mt. Vernon
Shagbark Girl Scout Council
Shagbark
Nelda Simpson
Mt. Carmel
Dorothy Baker
Carbondale
Ruth Walker
Harrisburg
LaVerne Kauten
Greenville
Betty Vandament
Bridgeport
LeRoy Brandon
Herrin
Boyd Holmes
J.L. Buford PTA Meeting Planned for March 14
J L Buford Parent Teacher Association will meet March 14 at 730 p m in the school gym The program features performances by the school band and chorus indicating a community school event with student musicians playing for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L. Buford
PTA
J.L. Buford Parent Teacher Association
Suit challenges state aid formula for schools in Illinois
Rockford Board of Education filed a federal suit in Freeport claiming it was shorted 11.5 million dollars over three years. The case targets the formula that apportions state school aid based on county wealth and assessed valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Rockford Board of Education
Rockford
U.S. District Court
Freeport
Department of Local Government Affairs
Winnebago
Measles Threat Grows As Flu Lingers In Jackson County
Jackson County Health Department reports four measles cases this week in Illinois. Director John Amadio notes rubeola type illness with rising fever rash starting on the face and spreading, while influenza-related absenteeism eases slightly. He urges vaccination for children aged 15 months to 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
John Amadio
Jackson County
Fake Kidnap Plot Draws Near Miss at Station
Four Geneva Community High School seniors aged 17 staged a fake kidnapping to impress a teacher. Armed with BB rifles and ski masks, they pulled up at a commuter rail station as the teacher passed. A bystander crew alerted police, leading to the teens’ arrest on school grounds for disorderly conduct.
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Geneva, Ill
Geneva
FBI
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Timothy Cooper
Stephen Kammerer
Timothy Leonard
Robert Erday
Orville Hodge Sued To Repay Bonding Firms
The suit charges former state auditor Orville Hodge with restitution to United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. and other bonding firms for payments made to the state after his 1956 embezzlement conviction. Fidelity seeks about 52,093 dollars plus 54,100 dollars interest, reviving a 1957 judgment. Hodge, 72, served six years and later worked as a Granite City hardware clerk before entering real estate.
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Chicago
Orville Hodge
Hodge
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Fidelity
Marvid D. Berman
Granite City
Robbery ends in fatal shooting at East St. Louis warehouse
An East St. Louis National Stockyards warehouse worker, William Franklin, 59, was shot in the head and killed during a cigarette theft by three or four men. The suspects fled in a van, empty-handed, according to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis, Ill
William Franklin
Rule Man Didn't Try To Drown His Son
CHICAGO AP Former policeman James Loughnane walks free after being acquitted of attempting to drown his son for a 240000 life policy. The 11 year veteran testified the boy fell overboard and he jumped in but could not find him. The incident occurred June 29 1975 six miles off Chicago in Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
James Loughnane
Loughnane
Michael
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Set
James Dolan
Chicago Police Marine Unit
Weather and demographics snapshot for Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon forecast shows Friday high 64 and low 51 with 7:00 am reading of 52 and rainfall at 1.52 inches for the day. Extends to Illinois outlook with partly cloudy conditions for Monday and a warm Tuesday with highs in the 60s. A 1948 to present statistic notes white collar workers rising 15 percent to 50 percent of the workforce per American Council of Life Insurance figures.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois
American Council of Life Insurance
Associated Press
Hilopacouk Albany
Cdy
Albuque
Amarillory
Dlr
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Rm Bismarck
Edy
Boise
Boston
Brownsville
Buffalo
Charleston SC
Charleston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dal Ft. Worth
Denver
Cedy Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Elr
Helena
New Orleans
New York
City
Omaha
Orlando
Philad'phia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
P'tland
Spokane
Washington
Man Cannot Work Hopes Time Will Cure Him Allergic To Everything
Virginia Beach AP report on Walter E. Brown a Navy veteran whose environmental allergies limit foods, fabrics, smells and chemicals. He cannot work, subsists on Social Security, and travels seeking relief from headaches fatigue and drowsiness. Doctors say about 10,000 similar cases exist in the US.
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Virginia Beach
Walter E. Brown
Brown
West Virginia University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond
Denyse
Vermont
United States
Chicago
New England
Marshall Mandell
New England Foundation For
Norwalk
Conn
Mandell
Hope For Fair Peach Crop In S. Illinois
Southern Illinois peach growers face a bleak outlook after a severe winter though some buds survive. James Bendieman of Alto Pass says surviving buds have better than a 50 percent chance of live, with bloom expected first week of April. Buds on the Murphysboro Cobden ridge may yield two thirds of a normal crop on Rendleman’s 125 acres as low moisture and sustained cold helped survival.
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Alto Pass
Illinois
James Bendieman
Clyde Arnold
Carbondale
Rendleman
Murphysboro
Cobden
Murphysboro- Cobden
Arnold
Deaths Leslie Kemp 87 of Belle Rive services Sunday
Funeral services for Leslie C. Kemp 87 of Belle Rive will be Sunday at 1 00 p m at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren with Rev R L Schlag officiating Burial will be in Opdyke cemetery The body lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren 6 9 p m today He died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was born December 26 1889 in Columbia Kentucky son of Henry P Kemp and Carrie Leech Kemp He married Aldine Boudinot who survives He leaves two sons John Kemp Leslie Dean Kemp three daughters Karen Miller H L Benham and Walter Groskevitz two sisters Maye Barnes and Forrest Proffitt plus 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren
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Leslie C. Kemp
Belle Rive
Gholson Funeral Home
Dahlgren
R. L. Schlag
Opdyke
Gholson
Kemp
Good Samaritan Hospital
Columbia
Henry P
Carrie (Leech) Kemp
Aldine Boudinot
John Kemp
Leslie Dean Kemp
Karen Miller
Maryland, Heights
H. L. Benham
Williams, Ariz
Walter Groskevitz
Kayenta
Ariz
Maye Barnes
Forrest Proffitt
Sherman, Tex
Imogene Ingram Dies at did at Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Imogene Ingram of McLeansboro died at 11 00 a m Friday in Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro A retired school teacher and librarian friends may call at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro Sunday 6 to 8 pm Memorial services Sunday at 8 with Rev John Deen officiating Monday body to Valhalla Crematory St Louis Miss Ingram born July 4 1892 in Chicago daughter of William J and Harriet Devereau Ingram member of McLeansboro Order of Eastern Star
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Imogene Ingram
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson
John Deen
Valhalla Crematory
St. Louis
Miss Ingram
Chicago
William J. and
Harriet (Devereau) Ingram
Order of Eastern Star
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Nina Peacock
Mary Sursa
Stacy Deichman
Debbie Scott
Barbara Dare
Eva Kiehl
Delores Augustine
Flo McHugh
Beth Swengel
Virgil Hatfield
Lucille
S.llinois
Rule
Ilinois
Decatur
Clidy
Moline
Peoria
Quincy
Cldy
Springfield
Ch. Gr. Pk
S. Illinois
Roy Barger
MOM
Richard Linson
Leslie Kemp Belle Rive
Zelman
Theer
Paul Hopkins
NS & Wife
Quenour
Mart
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