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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1968

Page

5

Miss Williamson County Fair Queen audition details announced

Marion Jaycees sponsor the Miss Williamson County Fair Queen contest from August 31 to September 7. Entrants must be 16 to 21, county residents for 30 days, single and never married or annulled. Reigning queen is LaDonna Kay Lindsey. Third year of Jaycee sponsorship. Contact Chuck Vieceli or Terry Yearack for entry forms. Army Specialist Four Martin T. Piper named soldier of the month for the Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam. Piper is a 1965 Carbonale High School graduate and former Illinois highways employee.

Marion Jaycees Williamson County LaDonna Kay Lindsey Carterville Jayce Martin T. Piper Jesse Piper Jr de Soto Vietnam Piper Carbondale Community Illinois Division of Highways Carbondale Army

OEO halts aid to Chicago gang job program funding

The Office of Economic Opportunity cut funds for a skeleton staff on a controversial project aiding the Blackstone Rangers and the Devil's Disciples in Chicago. A $927,000 grant funded firearms and marijuana purchases, shrinking the program and threatening renewal.

Office of Economic Opportunity Chicago Senate Blackstone Rangers The Devil’s Disciples Woodlawn Organization Antipoverty

Dancer Rudolf Nureyev Appeals IRS Back Tax Claim

Famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev appeals IRS claims for 30 642 in back taxes and seeks a 213 social security deduction refund. The tax claim cites 37 817 in unexplained deposits to a U S trust company. his lawyers call the trust a receptacle for his worldwide income.

Washington Rudolf Nureyev Internal Revenue Service IRS U.S Nureyev Russia

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