Ink Sketch On Display by Lois Smith
An ink drawing of the Franklin County courthouse by Isabel Jarvis from Evanston Ill is part of a 50 piece exhibit in Washington D C titled 240 Years of Courthouse Architecture in America The Ottawa designed 1893 courthouse by George P Washburn is showcased among diverse periods and states with the Smithsonian collection as final home for all works.
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Lois Smith
Franklin County
Washington D.C
Isabel Jarvis
Evanston, Ill
Kansas
U.S
Miss Jarvis
Ottawa
Ohio
Indiana
George P. Washburn
Pittsfield
America
John Tayloe
George Washington
William Thornton
Capitol
Smithsonian Institution
Jarvis
National Park Service
John L. (Washburn) Herbert
Washington, D.C
Louise Walker
Ottawa Herald
Evanston
States
Indictment details no knock narcotics raids in Illinois
Eight federal narcotics agents and four police officers face federal indictments for illegal entry and terrorist tactics during five day no knock raids in April in Collinsville East St. Louis and Edwardsville. The case lists 17 criminal acts including civil rights violations conspiracy illegal arrest and perjury with lawsuits totaling about 2 million dollars.
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Justice Department
Drug Enforcement Administration
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Edwardsville
St. Louis
Daniel J. Duffy
Dennis Moriarty
Robert Underwood
Pamela Gitto
Underwood
Duffy
Moriarty
Tom Teyssier
William C. Dwyer
Calvin Culp
Karol Rekas
Dwyer
Kenneth Bloemker
Dennis Harker
Ronald J. Olive
John Meiners
Meiners
Giglotto
Bloemker
Donald W. Spicer
Donald Askew
Teyssier
Culp
Askew
Anderson
Harker
Phillips
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
City Hearing On Charges Wednesday
A public hearing is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday to address 39 alleged incidents involving Fire Chief G A Diamond Jr. raised by Jimmie R. Tolson of the Ottawa Fire Department. Tolson, the department’s only Black firefighter, faces nine counts including alleged fraud, favoritism, negligence, and conduct unbecoming an official. The hearing will be at Fire Station 50 with on-duty firefighters available for questioning. Tolson’s attorney had legal services withdrawn. city attorney John Richeson will oversee interrogations of Tolson’s witnesses, Diamond’s attorney may also question them, and the process is expected to be lengthy.
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Anne Wolf
G.A. Diamond Jr
Jimmie R. Tolson
Ottawa Fire Department
Tolson
Diamond
John Richeson
Richeson
Hijacked Yemen Airways DC6 Plane Bound for Kuwait
In Beirut a Yemen Airways DC6 with about 20 aboard was hijacked by a gunman with a pistol and grenades. The hijacker attempted to land in Kuwait but Kuwaiti authorities refused permission. the aircraft remained aloft toward the Persian Gulf.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yemen Airways
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Canadian rail strike leaves travelers stranded across Canada
Canadian National ferries halted stranding 1500 tourists in Newfoundland and many more on Prince Edward Island. Negotiations between 56,000 nonoperating railway workers and 11 lines stalled with mediator Judge Alan Gold stating no purpose in continuing. Labor Minister Munro pursued revival of talks as the nation considers possible back to work legislation.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Alan Gold
Labor
John Munro
Munro
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Digby
N.S
St. John
N.B
Bombing at Bank of England injures three men
A letter bomb exploded in a Bank of England mail room wounding three, one with critical hand injuries requiring amputation. Another package failed to explode. Police evacuated 30,000 cricket fans over a false alarm, described as unprecedented in English cricket history. Scotland Yard linked prior blasts to the Irish Republican Army.
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London
Bank of England
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Cost Of Food Still Going Up
The AP reports higher consumer costs as a family of 3.2 faces a yearly food bill of 1,529 for the year to July, up 208 from the prior year. Gasoline price controls face removal after a judge's ruling, while HUD and VA mortgage rates rise to 8 percent. Rice and corn supplies shrink, lifting prices further.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Administration
Barrington D. Parker
Justice Department
Barrington
Allende reshuffles cabinet as military dissent grows
President Salvador Allende sweeps his cabinet for the 21st time amid military splits with Gen. Carlos Prats resigning as defense minister and Gen. Cesar Ruiz quitting as transport minister. Pinochet appointed army chief as observers see growing military isolation of Allende.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Carlos Prats
Allende
Prats
Augustin Pinochet
National Security
Cesar Ruiz
Transport and Public Works
Ruiz
Air Force
Skylab 2 Crew Sets Longest Space Flight Record
Space Center Houston AP reports Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma setting a new solo mission duration record surpassing 28 days 50 minutes. If they finish 59 days the record would double the previous mark and Skylab 3 schedules a 56 day flight in November. United States plans no further long duration missions for at least five years.
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United States
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American Institute of Architecture
HUD
James T. Lynn
Franklin County Fair
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