Dowell celebrates Summer Fest to help park and hall
Dowell holds its first Summer Fest to raise funds for a city park and to pay down debt on a new village hall completed in April. Over 1,000 attended as locals, politicians, and volunteers auctioned goods, served barbecue and beer, and highlighted sewer and park projects funded partly by an EPA grant and CETA workers.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Barrett Rockman
Dowell
Rockman
Carbondale
Stella Kirkpatrick
President
Charlie Birger
American Legion
Jerry Williams
Williams
Environmental Protection Agency
State Conservation Department
Employment and Training Act
Dalton Gang
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Southern Illinois
CETA
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Dunn
Jackson County
Robert Harrell
Shirley Dillinger Booker
Carter Appears In Tobacco Country For Rally And Navy Visit
In Wilson North Carolina President Carter spoke in tobacco country praising a 30 million federal anti smoking campaign while supporting tobacco farmers. He joked about HEW secretary Califano and urged continued health research as he walked crowds and mingled in shirtsleeves. He also dedicated the Navy cruiser USS Mississippi in Norfolk Virginia and pressed the need for a strong US Navy.
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Senate
Jesse Helms
Wilmington
North Carolina
Carter
Norfolk
Navy
U.S
Vienna
Geneva
Helsinki
Mississippi
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Wilson County
Amin escapes injury as sons hurt in rally crash
Ugandan President Idi Amin remained unharmed when a car driven by his wife Sarah during a four day auto rally suffered a "technical accident" west of Lake Victoria near the Uganda Tanzania border. Two of Amin's sons Moses and Lumumba were admitted to hospital but not in serious condition.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Sarah
Amin
Lake Victoria
Tanzania
Moses
Lumumba
Bus sinks in lake after brakes fail killing 41
Divers recovered the wrecked bus at Lac d'Argent near Eastman Quebec after it plunged into the water during a downhill turn. authorities say 41 people died, many of them disabled or elderly, with 6 survivors including the driver and volunteers. 72 year old woman body found. rest believed inside the bus. For Eastman, Quebec, AP.
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Eastman
Quebec
Lac d’Argent
Montreal
Alain Pouliot
Society of Infirmed
Asbestos
Pouliot
Salaki National project eyed for Marion plans
The golf course and housing development called Salaki National is proposed for Marion in Southern Illinois. Backers seek Richard Heath’s financial backing and full plan details soon to boost the area’s growth prospects.
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Salaki National
Marion
Illinois
Richard Heath
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Joe Jines
Joe Wolfe
du Quoin
Alain Perron
Donald Rake
Canada
New York
Albany
Lac d‘Argent
N.H
CONN
Maine
National Weather Service
Internal Revenue Service
SIUC
Mound City
National Cemetery
Federal Land Bank
Tom Watson
Sand Ridge
Gary Geiger
Busch Memorial Stadium
Uncle Briggs
Ann Landers Bridge
Fia
Finance
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