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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1973
Page
10
Illinois will receive 67.7 million in federal highway funds with 47.4 million for interstate work and 20.3 million for primary and secondary roads, preventing a work shutdown until a full highway bill is resolved. California leads with 96.3 million.
Forecasters predict continued light rain across the Northeast tonight and showers along the eastern Gulf and South Atlantic coasts. Additional showers are expected in the Dakotas and Minnesota and parts of the Southwest. Cooler air moves into the western Plains and Midwest, while temperatures elsewhere show little change.
The Illinois Association of Highway Engineers sues in the Court of Claims to compel the state to pay 468.5 million to the Illinois State Retirement System claiming the deficiency is the state’s share. The suit is a class action covering all current and former state employees in the retirement system.
An Illinois overview notes projected losses for 1972 would exceed 100 million if actions had not been taken. It lists companies setting up Illinois headquarters and their former homes, including Anna Casualty and Surety of Illinois, Hartford, Aetna Life, Argonaut, and others. In Rock Falls a local merchant advertises swapping appliances for beef to boost cattle prices, claiming a farmer could gain about 100 dollars per head. The ad suggests unused beef storage isn’t an issue and notes recent freezer sales as proof of demand.
Urbana nineteen year old Jimmie Lee Ford was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of murder and on two counts of attempted murder together with two counts of aggravated kidnapping rape and aggravated battery in connection with the Mary Hoffman case and the July 9 Crystal Lake assault. Ford is jailed on a 35000 bond. Hoffman's body was found May 1 in Crystal Lake Park lagoon after she disappeared April 27 from Champaign. The July 9 rape occurred at Crystal Lake with the victim abducted from a restaurant parking lot around 1 am and attacked multiple times before escaping through the lagoon and a subsequent ax assault.
James W. McCord Jr. says the Justice Department blocked FBI searches of homes and cars of Watergate defendants after the June 17 1972 break in. He contends such searches would have quickly advanced the case and cites evidence including $18,000 in cash and notes naming John Mitchell John Dean and Jeb Magruder.
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