ERA Struggle Turns Bitter Over Pink Roses and Apple Pies
Illinois lawmakers face another ERA vote as Stop ERA leader Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly denounces pro ERA attacks while ERA Illinois cites motherhood concerns. The Capitol hosts pink roses and apple pies as the deadline nears. debates touch abortion, money in adoptions, and the spectrum of public opinion.
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T. Lee Hughes
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Phyllis Schlafly
Stop Era
Pro Era
Schlafly
Alton
CBS Radio
ERA
ERA Illinois
Pro
Antiera
South Moluccan militants hold 150 in Dutch school and train
In northern Netherlands, six South Moluccan gunmen seized 105 children and six teachers at a Bovenmilde school and blocked a train, demanding freedom for 21 jailed countrymen and a jumbo jet to depart by Wednesday. Police surrounded both sites but avoided a storming, citing risk. a second group held seven commuters nearby as a deadline loomed.
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ED Blanche
Associated Press
Assen
Netherlands
Holland
Dutch Radio
Bovenmilde
Belleville Youth Pleads Guilty in School Shooting
A 17 year old youth pleaded guilty to juvenile delinquency in St. Clair County Circuit Court for shooting Collinsville High School assistant principal Ronald Ganschmnietz on March 7. A student was wounded by a second shot. Sentencing was tentatively set for May 31 with a possible juvenile facility term until age 21.
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Belleville, Ill
Collinsville High School
St. Clair County Circuit Court
Ronald Ganschmnietz
Triple Fatal Accident At Freeburg
Three people died and a fourth was injured in a head on crash on Illinois Route 15 east of Freeburg during a heavy rainstorm. Victims were Robert Caswell 72 and Virginia Caswell 64 of Walmeyer Illinois, and Joseph Wynn Jr. 45 of Carlinville. Driver Ivan Rhodes 41 of Mulberry Grove was in critical condition at St Elizabeths Hospital Belleville. Rhodes reportedly lost control in the rain.
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Freeburg
Ill
Illinois
Here
Ilinois
Robert Caswell
Virginia Caswell
Walmeyer, Ill
Joseph Wynn Jr
Carlinville
Ivan Rhodes
Mulberry Grove
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Belleville
Rhodes
Route 15
Court Orders Partial Hold on Hunt Soybean Holdings
In Chicago the U S Court of Appeals refused to compel the Hunt family of Texas to sell all but three million bushels of May soybean futures. The ruling affirms prior denials of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission bid to force liquidation of alleged illegal excess holdings, with trial set for June.
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Chicago
U.S. Court of Appeals
Hunt Family of
Texas
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Hunt Family
Commission
U.S. District Court
Crossing Gates Fatal Tragedy in Bellwood Illinois
Two Chicago women died and a third was injured when a car passed lowered crossing gates and was struck by a Chicago and North Western commuter train. Authorities identified the victims as Anna G Jimenez Perez 41 the driver and Clotilda Gurrola 40. Angelo Baez 40 was in the back seat and not seriously hurt. Eyewitnesses said Perez pulled from a line of waiting cars and drove around the gates onto the tracks as the train neared at 35 mph.
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Bellwood
Ilb
Chicago
Chicago & No Estern Transportation Co
Anna G. Jimenez Perez
Clotilda Gurrola
Angelo Baez
Perez
Thieves Steal $250000 Coffee Haul From Warehouse
NORTHLAKE IL AP Two General Foods trailers valued at 250000 were stolen after thieves cut a wire fence and drove in two tractors to hook the trailers. An FBI spokesman cited soaring coffee prices fueling such thefts and said the coffee would likely fetch cut-rate prices for stores and restaurants.
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Northlake
Ill
General Foods Corp
FBI
Former Fox Lake Mayor Fined on Tax Evasion Charge
Former Fox Lake Mayor Joseph Armondo, 67, was fined 1000 dollars and fined two years probation after pleading no contest to underreporting federal income taxes for 1970. The case linked unreported income of 6000 dollars to extortion proceeds from Liberty Asphalt Co. of Grayslake, which paved roads in Fox Lake.
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Chicago
Fox Lake
Joseph Armondo
U.S. District Court
Armondo
Liberty Asphalt Co
Grayslake
Test Laetrile On Humans?
National Cancer Institute considers testing Laetrile on humans to judge effectiveness amid state legalizations and FDA ban. Dr. Guy Newell notes no animal evidence of benefit and discusses intrastate use permissions while interstate ban persists. Weather data follows with local figures and regional AP notes.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Cancer Institute
Guy Newell
Federal Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Alaska
Florida
Indiana
Arizona
Nevada
Texas
FDA
Mexico
Newell
Special Meeting Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M
A special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M scheduled for Thursday May 26 1977 at 730 PM will include work in the first degree. All members are urged to attend and visiting Brethren are welcome. Merle R Tate W M.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
Brethern
Merle R. Tate
W.M
Fifteen Bethel Grade School Students Graduate Friday
Fifteen eighth graders will graduate Friday from Bethel Grade School District 82. Graduates are Tresa Jane Ackley He Elmo Bishop Jr Marshall Lee Bryant Dennis Raymond Heck Howard Edward Jones Lisa Kaye McClain Mark Alan Moore Larry Wayne Nadolski Jeffrey Dean Peacock Mark Allen Shrum Rick Martin Shrum Teresa Lynn Smith Brent Alan Vaughn Tracy Maree Bumgardner Ken Eugene Buchanon.
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Bethel Grade School
District 82
Tresa Jane Ackley
Elmo Bishop Jr
Marshall Lee Bryant
Dennis Raymond Heck
Howard Edward Jones
Lisa Kaye McClain
Mark
Alan Moore
Larry Wayne Nadolski
Jeffrey Dean Peacock
Mark Allen Shrum
Rick Martin Shrum
Teresa Lynn Smith
Brent Alan Vaughn
Tracy Maree Bumgardner
Ken Eugene Buchanon
Twelve graduates listed for Farrington Community Consolidated School
Twelve eighth graders will graduate Thursday from Farrington Community Consolidated School. Graduates include Bernice Bullard Loren Clark Stephen DeJournett Brian Donoho Kevin French Lori Harrell Donna Jones Eric Krumwiede David Lenz Melanie Miffin Shelly Pierce and Charles Prince.
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Farrington Community Consolidated School
Bernice Bullard
Loren Dean Clark
Stephen Daniel DeJournett
Brian Keith
Donoho
Kevin Bruce French
Lori Jeannene Harrell
Donna Kay Jones
Eric Louis Krumwiede
David Jon Lenz
Melanie Lynn Miffin
Shelly Mae Pierce
Charles Alan Prince
Deaths Virgil Bartley 77 Iuka longtime railroad worker
Virgil Emery Bartley 77 of Iuka died at 10 p m Saturday at home. Funeral 2 p m at Iuka Rankin Chapel with Rev Howard Lynch. Burial in Shadden Cemetery. Calling 4 9 p m today. Born Sept 12 1899 in Jasper County son of Mordecia Rick and Mary Ursula Owensley. Married Lora Peart Littrell on May 4 1917 in Marion County. Survived by wife six sons Verl Roger Delbert Sherrill Joy Robert four daughters Florice Poore Norma Hicks Ruby Marshall Kaye Marshall two brothers Nolan Roscoe 20 grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
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Iuka
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Shadden
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Jasper County
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Mary Ursula (Owensley
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Marion County
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Verl
Roger
Delbert
Sherrill
Joy
Springfield
Robert
Champaign
Florice Poore
Mt. Vernon
Norma Hicks
Rolla
Ruby Chapman
Mt Vernon Markets and New York stock slide
Mt Vernon markets report quotes for soybeans corn wheat butter eggs and animal prices with hogs 5000 head cattle 1200 head and Wednesday advance estimates. New York stock market declines extend three day slide with Dow at 917.06 and losses led by AT and T GM and U S Steel. NYSE and Nasdaq indices fall. Obituary notices for Naomi Smoak Omie Campbell and Georgia Bishop included with funeral details.
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