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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1971
Page
9
Lorraine Kowalski 29 of Chicago died after falling from the John Hancock Center 90th floor window during an overnight visit to an apartment leased by Marshal Berlin. Police consider suicide. Berlin reported a broken window and Kowalski missing after he left the room briefly.
An Illinois alderman Fred Hubbard, 42, faces a federal indictment alleging he forged 15 checks and concealed assets while linked to a $100,000 federally funded minority construction program. Hubbard, who vanished May 20, is said to have fled to Mexico amid overlapping Cook County theft and forgery charges.
USDA forecasts show corn at 5.34 billion bushels for 1971, with sorghum at 908 million and soybeans at 1.235 billion. Illinois projects average corn yields of 92 bushels per acre and 944.56 million bushels, second to Iowa, while blight remains a risk as August approaches.
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