Demand Crackdown On Moslem Warriors Call Alert Today In Beirut
Christian militias urged action as Druze Moslems seek revenge for the killing of Kamal Jumblatt. Syrian peacekeepers and Arab League troops occupied Chouf to halt fighting. Chamoun named to head the Lebanese Front and warned Lebanon could relapse into civil war. Jumblatt’s son urged Druze restraint amid ongoing massacres and village flight.
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Beirut
Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Lebanon
Kamal Jumblatt
Arab League
Chouf
Repor
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Jumblatt
Christ
Christian Halange Party
Judge rules cocaine ban unconstitutional in Springfield case
Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge George Coutralion frees Julien Babe Gabriel on cocaine charges, declaring possession laws unconstitutional. He calls cocaine not a narcotic and less dangerous than coffee or tobacco, saying enforcement should reflect that. Prosecutors may appeal within 30 days. local impact limited.
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Springfield
Sangamon
George P. Coutralon
Carter
Julien
Babe
Gabriel
Coutralion
Asst
Atty
Wayne R. Golomb
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Ilinois Supreme Court
Richard J. Fitzgerald
Cook County
Supreme Court
Coutrakon
Turkish DC9 hijacking lands at Beirut airport
An airliner with 128 passengers was hijacked by unknown assailants and forced to land at Beirut airport. Hijackers demanded five million Turkish lira about $300,000 as airport officials reported. Cyprus air traffic sources indicated two hijackers. A young Turkish man with a pistol tried to voice demands to Arab peacekeepers, speaking only Turkish until the pilot relayed them in English.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cyprus
Illinois Wife of Rep Simon Named to White House Panel
Centralia Illinois reports Jeanne Simon wife of Rep Paul Simon will join a 28 member Advisory Committee for the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. She previously served in the Illinois House in 1956 and 1958 and became one half of the first husband and wife team in the history of the case when they married in 1960.
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Centralia
Ill
Jeanne Simon
Paul Simon
White House
Simon
National Commission On Libraries and Information Science
Senior van program eyed as rural Illinois model
Senator Kenneth Busbee described an experimental transport project in Pope and Hardin counties. Golden Circle Senior Citizens of Golconda will operate four 15 passenger vans mid April to shuttle disabled and elderly residents to health centers groceries pharmacies and other needed places using $98 000 federal funds plus local money for two years. The program aims to reduce isolation among Illinois seniors and handicapped by improving access to medical care and essential services.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Pope
Hardin
Kenneth Busbee
Busbee
Stricter standards for releasing from mental institutions
CHICAGO AP The Governor's Commission for Revision of the Mental Health Code urged judicial approval before releasing persons held for crimes from mental facilities. The plan moves to Gov Thompson for review before any legislative action. Current law allows release without court approval for insanity acquittees, prompting controversy after later crimes.
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Chicago
Governor's Commission
James R. Thompson
Commission
Digital Watch Swindle Faces Trial In Chicago Area
Dennis L. Roberts of Lake Forest is jailed after a January arrest and 50 counts of mail fraud. He allegedly used aliases and advertised $16.95 digital watches to mail order Christmas shoppers, taking payments but not delivering goods. Bond of $500 was not posted. case aims for trial toward the end of May.
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Chicago
Dennis L. Roberts
Lake Forest
Roberts
Metropolitan
Ederal
Governor Puts Ban on Political Funds
Illinois Governor James R. Thompson told his Cabinet he would bar department directors from soliciting political contributions from their employer. He promised an executive order within a week and urged openness of future Cabinet meetings. He urged more speaking engagements to showcase state officials and discussed equipment purchase freezes with the Budget Director.
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Springfield
Ill
James R. Thompson
Thompson
State of Illinois
Donald L. Custer
Illinois
Duster
Robert Mandeville
Bureau of the Budget
Evacuated Americans in Zaire amid invasion in Shaba
In Kolwezi and Shaba province an invading force advancing from Angola sent American construction workers fleeing to safety. Eleven workers were evacuated with 41 others remaining, alongside 26 evacuated spouses and children. Officials estimate the invaders total about two to five thousand troops supported by Angola and Soviet gear, with limited local resistance encountered so far.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Kolwezi
Angola
U.S
Shaba
Katanga
Washington
New York Commodity Exchange
Deaths: Webb Daniel Schilling Taylor Rites Noted
Funeral notices from McLeansboro and Dahlgren report Charles Edward Webb 74 of Dale. Marshall E Daniel Jr 82 of McLeansboro. Matilda Schilling 76 of Dahlgren. Marion R Taylor 77 of Valier died recently. Services set at Gholson Funeral Chapel and St. John s Church with several survivors named. Burial in Digby Hill Cemetery JOOF Cemetery Maple Hill and others. World War II veteran Edward S Bee named among Webb’s deceased son. Burial in Digby Hill Cemetery Dale.
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Charles Edward
Jack”’ Webb
Dale
Gholson
McLeansboro
Ron Reedy
Digby Hill Cemetery
J. Webb
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Marshall E. Daniel, Jr
North
Pearl Street
Gholson Funeral Chapel
Stephen Phillips
Joof Cemetery
Daniel
Shawneetown
Marshall E
Lizzie (Harrison) Daniel
Florence Wilbanks
Marshall E. Daniel
Knoxville
Matilda Schilling
Route 1
Dahlgren
St. John’s Catholic Church
Joseph Muller
Joseph Trapp
St. John’s Cemetery
St. Louis
Dorothy Glatz
Belleville
Irma Karcher
Peoria
Shirley Ewald
Belle Rive
Marion R. Taylor
Valier
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Mr. Taylor
Franklin County
R. H
Mariah (Robinson) Taylor
Nora Stockton
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
James Hicks
Harl Lewis
Maple Hill Cemetery
la Meza
Perryville
Hazel Brown
Walter
Masonic Meetings and Veterans of World War I Gatherings
Jefferson 368 AF Opdyke Ill holds regular stated meeting Monday March 21 at 730 pm and a special meeting March 24 at 630 pm for third degrees a father and son team working together Visiting Brethren welcome Art Levin W M Veterans of World War I King City Barracks 102 meet at city park recreation center Tuesday March 22 with dinner at noon and business at 1 pm Lewis Brake Commander
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Jefferson
AF & Opdyke
Ill
Brethern
Art Levin
W.M
King City Barracks
City Park Recreation Center
Ladies Auxiliary
Lewis Brake
Weather snapshot marks five and ten years ago
Five years ago today highs reached 42 and lows 46 with sunrise at 5 57 and sunset at 6 07. Ten years ago today the high was 64 and the low 47 with rainfall to date at 3.17 inches for 1977. Readings show water level at the main dam 405.19 feet above mean sea level across multiple stations including Quincy Rockford Chicago Midwest Dubuque Madison South Bend Paducah St Louis.
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Main Dam
Eastern Star Stated Meeting Mt Vernon Chapter 233
Mt Vernon Chapter 233 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a stated meeting at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday March 22 at 7. Fitzgerrells is W M and Naomi R. Bogan is Secretary.
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Eastern Star
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Death of Ted Wangler in Mt. Vernon Funeral by Dahlgren firm
Ted Wangler of Dahlgren died early this morning at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Gholson Funeral Home in Dahlgren.
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Ted Wangler
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Gholson
Fairfield man Art Harlow dies at 86 in Illinois
L Arthur Harlow 86 of 303 N First St Fairfield died at 3 am at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. A former Mt Vernon resident. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Osborn Funeral Home Dix.
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L. Arthur
Harlow
First St
Fairfield
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Osborn
Dix
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