Rend Lake seeks 1.5 million in federal loans for sewer and golf
Rend Lake Conservancy District trustees authorized applications for a 0.5 million Farmers Home Administration loan to build a Whittington peninsula golf course and a 1 million Housing and Urban Development loan for interceptor and distribution sewers serving the east side of the lake. The plan covers Ina Rend Lake College and a large state park, with loans repaid from sewer and golf course income. Additional actions included building changes, easements, and promotional efforts.
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Rend Lake
Ina
Rend. College
Rend Lake College
Benton
Illinois House passes moment of silence bill for schools
The Illinois House approved a bill to add a daily moment of silence in schools for reflection, omitting the word prayer. Vote was 125 to 32 with supporters citing moral reflection and nature’s course. opponents call it subterfuge to dodge a Supreme Court ban on school prayers.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Harold Washington
Illinois
United States
Edward ‘Madigan
R-Lincoln
Madigan
James Nowlan R.toulon
Ex Marine Battles Age Rule To Rejoin Marines
Detroit AP reports Edward Tate a 42 year old ex Marine wounded in World War II and whose son was killed in Vietnam is denied re enlistment due to age. He paid his own way to Saigon and posed as a freelance photographer while seeking credentials to return to combat fronts. Tate argues age should not bar him from service.
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Detroit
Vietnam
Corps
Edward Tate
Lance
Robert G. Tate
Quang Tri Province
Marine Corps
Tate
Saigon
Free Lance
Okinawa
New Athens Man Murder Victim Odle Found Shot
In Coulterville Illinois a New Athens man A Odle was found dead Tuesday in his car with two bullet wounds to the back of the head. Sheriff Berry said Odle worked as a heavy equipment operator for Peabody Coal Co. His wife reported he was last seen Sunday night.
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Coulterville
Oakley
A. Odle
New Athens
Joe E Berry
Anith
Odle
The
Peabody: Coal Co
Last Day To File For Mt Vernon Area School Boards
The Mt Vernon grade and high school districts and Bend Lake College district announce Saturday March 22 as the final day to file for school board candidacy. So far six incumbents and one newcomer have filed. Grade school candidates are J Russell Stewart, the incumbent, and John Lipps. Rend Lake College board members Carleton Apple Enfield Melvin Farlow McLeansboro and Harry Irwin Wayne City seek reelection. High school incumbents W N Chaney and Robert Lipps have filed.
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Mt. Vernon
Bend Lake College
J. Russell Stewart
John Lipps
Rend Lake College Board
Carleton, Apple
Enfield
Melvin Farlow
McLeansboro
Harry Irwin
Wayne City
W. N. Chaney
Robert Lipps
GM Calls Back 1.1 Million Cars for Brake Defects
General Motors expands its recall by 1.1 million vehicles over possible brake defects, part of a larger 6 million vehicles recall encompassing cars, trucks, buses and related models. The Huntsville Alabama bus crash and a National Highway Safety Bureau investigation are linked to the brake issue.
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Pontiac
Chevrolet
GMC
General Motors
Alabama
Burreau
Llso
Cal
Viet Cong Offensive Hits Da Nang And Saigon Approach
US and South Vietnamese forces faced heavy ground and rocket attacks as the Viet Cong spring offensive targeted Da Nang and the Saigon region. more than 10,000 American troops counterattacked northwest of Saigon, with 123 enemy killed on the first day. casualties included Americans and civilians, while rocket strikes threatened Saigon and Dien Ban.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
John T. Wheeler
U.S. Navy
Wheeler
Dien Ban
James Wales
North Olmsted
Ohio
Eugene Griesing
Weatherley
Mekong Delta
Redhead in miniskirt runs for Los Angeles mayor
Eileen Nora Anderson a 32 year old redhaired housewife with green stockings and miniskirt bids to unseat Mayor Sam Yorty in Los Angeles April primary. She campaigns on legalization of gambling lower taxes and smog control citing experience fighting city hall and plans to rally voters with song and flamboyant attire.
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Los Angeles
Eileen Nora ‘Anderson
Eileen
Sam Yorty
Ace Cent
Snicker A Day Crisis Response Trend
A light piece contrasts modern reactions to crisis with a joke style. It notes people who face emergencies after taking a tranquilizer pill, highlighting a paradoxical approach to coping in contemporary life.
British Marines Invade Anguilla in Calypso Operation
London reports a British task force of paratroopers and marines about 315 men landed on Anguilla from Antigua in an operation named Calypso. Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart to address Commons. Anguilla’s acting president Ronald Webster vows defiance amid invasion fears and to hold April 3 presidential elections.
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London
Caribbean
Anguilla
Foreign Office
Calypso
Bay of Piglets
Rothesay
Minerva
Antigua
Michael Stewart
House of Commons
Anthony Lee
Ronald Webster
England
St. Kitts and
Nevis
St. Kitts
Anguillans
Britain
Robert L. Bradshaw
St. Kitts - Nevis- Anguilla
Eldorado Man Dies In Crash Near Louisville
Lu ther N. Cotter, 57, of Eldorado was killed in a two car head on collision Tuesday on U S 45 just north of Louisville. The driver of the second car Veachel Matthews Bloomington was hospitalized in Flora.
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Louisville
Til
Luther N. Cotter
Eldorado
U.S. 45
Veachel
Matthews
Bloomington
Flora
Mount Vernon Rams Top Carbondale In Super-Battle
Mt. Vernon Rams held Carbondale 63 points and advanced to the state quarterfinals in Champaign for the first time in 15 years after a 71 63 victory at SIU Arena. Nate Hawthorne starred with 25 points and key rebounds while Les Taylor was held to 15. Mt. Vernon earned 21 of 24 free throws and faces Aurora East next Friday at Illinois Arena.
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Mt. Vernon Fais
Ram
Vernols
Carbondale
Betty Stewart
Janice Ham
Terry Michel
Camilla Harlow
Rams
East Aurora
Champaign
David Hunt
Vernon
Mt. Vernon Rams
SIU
Carbondale Terriers
Les Taylor
Aurora East
U. of S. Assembly Hall
Hawthorne
Taylor
Vernce
Nate Hawisforne
Nate the Great
Terriers
Vernongs
Mt. Vernon
Rend Board Sets Election Voting Places
Rend Lake College board approved 29 polling places for the April 12 board of education election. Eight precincts are in Jefferson County including Mt. Vernon High School gym, Belle Rive, and Webber Township High School at Bluford. Other sites include McLeansboro, Dahlgren, Pinckneyville, Benton, West City and Zeigler areas.
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Rend Lake College Board
Board of Education
Rend College Vocational
College Board
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Inn
Belle Rive
Rome
Dix
Nason
Waltonville
Farrington
Webber Township
Bluford
McLeansboro
Dahlgren
Enfield
Springerton
Tamaroa
Pinckneyville
Wayne City
Thompsonville
State Tourney Tickets On Sale Thursday Evening
Admission details for the State Basketball Tournament in Champaign show adult tickets available at 7:00 p.m. Thursday from the Boy's Gym ticket office with a line system. Jefferson County residents may buy two adult tickets with proof of residency while student tickets start at 8:00 a.m. Thursday with one ticket per student ID card.
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Champaign
Jefferson County
Box Score Scoring By Quarters Mt Vernon vs Carbondale
Mt Vernon and Carbondale played a game with Mt Vernon scoring 12 24 16 22 and Carbondale 11 17 16 19 for a final 71 83. The line shows quarter by quarter totals and final score.
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Mt.Vernon
Carbondale
Six-Foot Pipe Pierces Driver in Chicago Crash
In Chicago, a six foot pipe pierced passenger Robert McMahon during a car crash along Lake Shore Drive. Surgeons worked five hours to remove the two inch pipe that entered McMahon's chest below the right shoulder. He remains in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital. another occupant, Thomas Recca of Detroit, suffered minor injuries.
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Chicago
Robert McMahan
Florissant
Lake Shore Drive
McMahon
St. Joseph Hospital
Thomas Recca
Detroit
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