Carter pledges help for NATO at summit
President Carter urged Western Europe to bolster NATO military strength, warning the Warsaw Pact forces are stronger than needed for defense. He announced the United States will majorly boost NATO effort, proposed a defense ministers committee, and pledged U S cooperation to expand European defense equipment purchases and transatlantic trade.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
London
Carter
NATO
Western Europe
Soviet Bloc
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Washington
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
Europe
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Congress of
Registration Open For June YMCA Programs Mt Vernon YMCA opens June classes
Mt Vernon YMCA announces June programs directed by Bob Filberth. Week of June 6 to 10 features ballet, modern dance, slimnastics, golf, gymnastics for boys and girls, trampolines, kinder gym, baton, baseball for younger grades, learn to swim and swim teams. Includes junior golf tournament July 11-12 and day camps July 18-22 or 25-29. Registration at 11th and Vaught Streets. call 242-5345 for details.
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Mt. Vernon
YMCA
11Th and Vaught Streets
Nationwide Coal Strike Possible Amid Absentee Fight
In Morgantown West Virginia AP report the United Mine Workers board voted 12 to 8 to return an absenteeism issue to bargaining claiming national significance The move could lead to a nationwide strike with a 60 day notice to the Labor Department should the union vote to strike The action follows a Northeast Ohio and North West Virginia miners protest and disputed absentee policies at Peabody Coal Cos Coshocton Ohio miners have staged a walkout with 20 000 plus participants with discharge rules cited for two unexplained absences
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Morgantown
W.va
John L. Lewis
U.S
Lewis
United Mine Workers 'International Executive Board
UMW
Arnold Miller
Labor Department
Ohio
West Virginia
Miller
BCOA
Peabody Coal Co
Coshocton
Hire of Draftsman Peddicord By County Board
Ron Peddicord, a Bend Lake College graduate, hired by the County Board as draftsman in the Office of the Supervisor of Assessments. Supervisor David Henderson requested the hire to prepare assessing maps and documents at a monthly wage of $600.
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Ron Peddicord
Bend Lake College
County Board
Supervisor of Assessments
David Henderson
Kord
Headstart and Summer Special Education Program Set
Mt. Vernon City Schools District 80 will run a summer program offering Headstart for five year olds before December 1, 1977 and a special education track for preschool through junior high EMH LD and multiply handicapped. Call Cleo Holt at 242-5730 to register and Judit York at 242-0714 for more information.
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Mt. Vernon City
Cleo Holt
Judit York
Sunshine Centers Open House Slated for May 12 13
Sunshine Centers will host open houses on May 12 and 13 to mark Senior Citizens month. Events begin at 1 p.m. at Waltonville Universalist Church Ina Kiritan Building and Mt. Vernon First United Methodist Church with handicraft displays, painting, programs, and refreshments for Jefferson County residents.
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Sunshine Centers
Waltonville Sunshine Center
Universalist Church
Ina Sunshine Center
Ina Kiritan
Mt. Vernon
Bike-A-Thon set for May 14 in Mt Vernon area
The Key Club of Mt. Vernon Township High School sponsors a Bike-A-Thon for cancer relief. Riders start at Times Square Mall and travel via Old Centralia Road before returning, led by a Sheriff’s Department car. Participants collect post event. top fundraiser wins a Woolworth donated bicycle. For details contact county grade schools or Mike Gibbon at 244-3579.
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Cancer Society
Key Club
Mt. Vernon Township
Cancer Fund
Times Square Mall
Centralia Road
Sheriff's Department
Woolworth
Mike Gibbon
Probation For Patty Hearst Sets Tone On Sentencing
Patricia Hearst received five years probation for the 1974 Mel's Sporting Goods shootout after pleading no contest to assault and robbery. Judge E Talbot Callister ordered restitution to store owner Carroll Huett, who was wounded, with Huett calling the outcome unjust while noting his civil suit for damages. Hearst remains free on $1 million bail pending appeal of her bank robbery conviction.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Patricia Hearst
Mel
al Johnson
Miss Hearst
America
Randolph
Catherine Hearst
Johnson
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Hearst
William
Emily Harris
Leonard Weinglass
Harrises
San Francisco
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bike Season Sale Sparks Local Classified Ad
Alan Hale at 1100 26th sold a bicycle before delivery. Other items sold the next day. Call 242 0113 for a classified ad visor.
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Alan Hale
Mt Vernon Markets Snapshot Amid Mixed Grain and Stock Activity
Mt Vernon markets show wheat at 2.14 and butter prices steady. Wheat No 2 hard red winter at 2.32 4n, No 2 soft red at 2.38. Soybeans No 1 yellow 0.47%4n. Hog and cattle futures mix at National Stockyards with higher hogs, lower slaughter cattle, and lambs steady. New York stocks edge higher as Dow climbs modestly on expectations of higher rates.
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Chicago
Gamera
Beatrice Foods
Westinghouse Electric
UAL
MGIC
Dow Jones
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Deaths: Ella Hart, 85, Mt Vernon resident
Mrs. Ella Hart of Mt Vernon dies at 7 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Inn Funeral Home this morning.
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Ella Hart
Mt Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
the Inn Funeral Home
Slaying widow robbed. $1 million recovered, suspects held
Indianapolis police held Manuel Lee son and John Williams after $1 million cash and various jewelry were recovered from the home of Marjorie V. Jackson, 66, widow of a grocery chain founder. Williams faced a charge of accessory after the fact, while Lee was charged with first degree murder. Authorities said more than $5 million in cash was found inside the fire charred residence and $3 million remained missing. Detectives noted a growing suspect list tied to the case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Pepectatent
Manuel Lee Ison
John Williams
Donald Gilman
Williams
Gilman
Marjorie V. Jackson
Dale man dead on arrival at Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Chalon Chad Whitford Flannigan age 58 of Dale died on arrival at Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro Monday evening. He was born August 12 1918 in Hamilton County son of Clarence and Teoria Flannigan married Clotine Jordan March 2 1940 in Geneva Illinois. She survives. Funeral held Thursday at Prospect Church McLeansboro at 2 pm burial in Newt Cemetery Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home McLeansboro after 5 pm Wednesday. Survived by wife a son Donald Lee Dale a daughter Sandra Carter Springerton a brother Paul Flannigan McLeansboro and four grandchildren.
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Mt. Pesan
Averse Chapel
Maxine
Mr. Stewart
Nora (Green) French
Trenton
Robert Stewart
West Palm Beach
Florida
Orris Leroy Stewart Jr
Mt. Vernon
Betty Curry
Bonita Williamson
Bernadine
Buchana
Robert W. Kirkman
Jackson
Kirkman
Indianapolis
Suvkoregz
Chalon
Chad” Whitford Flannigan
Dale
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
McLeansboro
Mr. Flannigan
Hamilton County
Clarence
Teoria (Trobaugh) Flannigan
Clotine Jordan
Geneva
Prospect Church
Newt Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Donald Lee
Sandra Carter
Springerton
Paul Flannigan
Weather Summary Mount Vernon and Week Prospects
Monday's forecast high 64 and low 40 with fair to partly cloudy skies. Rainfall to date stands at 11.01 inches. The upcoming days show little temperature change with low 50s to mid 60s and highs from the upper 60s to the lower 80s. showers possible Saturday. Water level at the main dam is 407.33 meters above mean sea level.
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MT. Vernon
Main Dam
Fly Diel To Denver For Treatment
Charles Diel 40 of 717 S 34th St was injured in a crop dusting plane crash at Belle Rive a month ago. He was flown by jet to Denver and moved to Craig Institute in Englewood for spinal cord injury rehabilitation. He will join the institute's full program after transfer from Good Samaritan Mt Vernon where he has been hospitalized since April 12.
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Charles Diel
S. 34Th St
Belle Rive
Denver
Diel
Craig Institute
Engelwood
Good Samaritan
Mt. Vernon
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