Rend Lake plans eyed to boost tourism via England visit
Ina Mayor Howard Roberson told Mt. Vernon Kiwanians Rend Lake area could learn from Scotland and England on attracting tourists. The Rend Lake Assn. president, Ina village leader, showed a 20 minute film on how pride in homes shapes tourism potential as Rend Lake reservoir nears completion. He compared English countryside to southern Illinois hills and Scotland to the Smokies.
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Rend Lake
Scotland
England
Rend Lake Assn
Mt. Vernon
Howard “Roberson
Roberson
Illinois
Smokey Mountains
Inland mine open house invites public to view large shaft
Tomorrow Mt. Vernon observes Poppy Day with veterans from the American Legion and VFW on street corners selling red memorial poppies to fund aid for disabled veterans and their families. Inland Steel’s Emmerson County mine near Waltonville will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring topside tours, equipment displays, and safety demonstrations as workers operate at 750 feet underground. the project began sinking in 1966 and produced coal last year with about 217 workers and 3200 tons daily, growing to over 300 employees in time.
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Inland Steel Co
Waltonville
Midwest
Delo
Mt. Vernon
American Legion
V.F.W
The
United States
Emmerson City
Jefferson County
Indiana Harbor
Chicago
Ind
Inland
Lesser
Apollo 10 mission charts lunar landing sites
Apollo 10 astronauts led by Col. Thomas P. Stafford with Cmdrs. John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan circled the moon to map landing zones and refine approach techniques. They flew within 9.4 miles of the surface, testing the lunar lander environment and confirming a first site’s suitability while overcoming a jammed camera. The crew plans a 54 hour return begun Saturday with splashdown near Pago Pago Monday.
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Space Center
Houston
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Mission Control
Cernan
Moon
Pacific Ocean
Pago Pago
Space
Stafford
Week's War Losses Include 42 Aircraft in Vietnam
In the past week 42 more American planes and helicopters were lost in Vietnam, bringing total war losses to 5,388 since 1961. The weekly tally lists 27 helicopters and 15 fixed‑wing aircraft, with two crewmen killed in recent crashes off the coast and two Americans killed with one wounded in helicopter losses near Saigon.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Snicker A Day Egotist Cartoon Strip Character
A humorous jab at a boastful fellow who thinks he is smarter than others though the reader knows better. The quick quip portrays the vain person as a pretentious know-it-all in light satire.
Splashdown Ship Ready At Apollo 10 Point
The Princeton arrived at the Apollo 10 splashdown point east of American Samoa in the South Pacific and will stay on station until the three astronauts are recovered Monday morning. Apollo 10 launched Sunday and the ship cruised along possible abort points for emergency re-entry. splashdown lies 2,490 miles south of Hawaii.
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USS
Princeton
American Samoa
South Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Rabies Mass Vaccination for Dogs Begins Monday
Jefferson County launches its annual rabies control program with mandatory vaccination for dogs over four months. Some exemptions apply for enclosed dogs or those muzzled at liberty. A June 7 deadline follows for nonvaccinated dogs to be impounded. Vaccination costs three dollars per dog, with one dollar funding the county rabies program.
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Jefferson County
Liberty
Merle
Happy) Williamson
Ferrell Puckett
Shiloh
Bluford
Dix
Green’s
Woodlawn
Gables
Blissville Townshouse
Harmony
Fields’ Townshouse
Spring Garden
Twin
P.m. Inc
Mt V Firm to Expand Marketing for Olsen Magnetic
Olsen Magnetic, Inc. announces nationwide marketing expansion with Arnold Engineering Company of Marengo as exclusive national agents for the OLMAG magnetic core. The firm expects employment to rise beyond 35 by year end 1969 as production grows for electronic and transformer industries.
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Olsen Magnetic, Inc
Old Fairfield Road
Willy Olsen
Mt. Vernon
Olsen
Chamber of Commerce
Mt Vernon firm eyes larger plant to meet growth
The company on three and a half acres operates three shifts producing magnetic cores and equipment for transformers and the electronics industry. Management includes Sven Olsen production manager and William Pahel VP technical with Robert Craig sales manager. They note a major agreement with Arnold Engineering enables full market penetration with top national electronic producers and pledge continued fast reliable service.
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Olsen Magnetic, Inc
Mt. Vernon
William Pahel
Sven Olsen
Robert Craig
Willy Olsen
Delo Photo Craft
Olsen
Chamber
Arnold Engineering
Future of City County Discussed at Dinner Meeting
County supervisors city council and chamber of commerce directors met at Hunt's restaurant for a joint dinner to discuss cooperation. County zoning emerged as a key planned project with optimism for county progress. Parking improvements around the county courthouse were also proposed to aid the central business district.
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City Council
Chamber of Comerce
Hunt’s
Kenneth Olson
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Waite
Frank Feltmeier
Vernon Glass Co
Rend Lake
County Court House
Paul
Lone pilot crashes plane after fuel shortage attempt
The narrative describes flight fuel exhaustion after a lone pilot, Meyer, reportedly stole a plane from an Air Force base. Pentagon officials said the craft had about 13 hours of fuel at takeoff, Meyer contacted his wife by radio, and authorities noted he appeared alone and uncertain of his direction. He had been drinking the night before the theft.
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Washington
Pentagon
Meyer
Defense Department
Poquoson
Air Force
US airman seizes C130 and vanishes over the Atlantic
A U S ground crew chief at Mildenhall stole a four engine C130 Hercules troop transport after a night of drinking and flew it out of England. About 12 hours later the Air Force said the turbo prop is presumed down at sea out of fuel. The aircraft departed around 5 a.m. local time with Sgt. Paul A. Meyer of Virginia at the controls. Meyer spoke briefly to his wife in Virginia then disappeared. Radar contact ended and no crash reports followed. The USAF officials say the craft is presumed down in the sea.
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Warren E. Burger
White House
Nixon
United States Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Federal Appeals Court
London
England
U.S
3Rd Air Force
Air Force
Mildenhall Air Base
Paul A. Meyer
Poquoson
Meyer
English Channel
Cherbourg
France
Virginia
Sgt. Meyer
USAF
Air Police Seal Home of Suspect Crew Chief
Poquoson Virginia police and air police sealed the rural home of Sgt. Paul A. Meyer as his wife Mary Ann and three children awaited word on the fate of the 23 year old ground crew chief alleged by the Air Force to have stolen a giant turbo prop troop carrier from a British airfield. Neighbors described Meyer as a mystery figure at Langley Field and in the neighborhood, with many saying they did not know him or wished not to discuss him.
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Poquoson
Paul A. Meyer
Air Force
Meyers
Newport News Times Herald
Meyer
Mary Ann
Langley Field
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