Hambletonian Hopeful Sanders Russell Races at Du Quoin
Sanders Russell, a 1968 Hambletonian contender at age 68, enters Dart Hanover in today’s Du Quoin State Fair race before an estimated 20 000 spectators. The veteran driver carries a history of strong results including a 1962 Hambletonian win with A C s Viking and a prior top finishes with Far and Hanover. He faces a field led by Nevele Pride and driver Stanley Dancer.
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Sanders Russell
Dart Hanover
du Quoin State Fair
Hayes Fair Acres
Russell
Far
Hanover
du Quoin
A.C
Viking
Stanley Dancer
Anna Fair crowns Linda Burrell Miss Union County 1968
Seventeen-year-old Linda Burrell of Dongola was crowned Miss Union County Fair of 1968 at the 88th Anna Fair. She is a Dongola High School senior and varsity cheerleader with multiple club memberships. More than 6,500 people attended the event featuring stunt shows, harness racing heats, and carnival close.
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Linda Burrell
Dongola
Miss Burrell
Marshall Burrell
Dongola High School
Union County Fair
Evelyn Huckleberry
Rt. 1
Anna
Rt. 51
Sandy Cauble
Beverly Karraker
Miss Huckleberry
Jeannette Davenport
Boyd Butler
William Smith
Southern Illinois University
Burrell
Wilma Gee
Joanne Bierer
Jamelle Rich
Cobden
Johnny King
Death Dodgers
Anna Fair
Eldon Daniel
King
David Clarke Carlson
Chicago
Orville Kisselberg
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wes
Frank Dunke
King’s
Ottawa
Drake
Bill Sorrell
Hannerty
Lee Roy Stone
Hopkinsville
Kiro
Jack and
Joyce "Hankins
Veedersburg
Ind
Hankins
Eyre Yell
Glen Eyre Farm
Glasgow
Laulee Wise
Stone
Illinois Guardsmen Honored For Flight Safety Awards
Lt Gen Donald Smith announced two awards during Illinois reservists summer training at Volk Field Wisconsin. Maj Joseph W Lucas of Mount Pulaski received the Joseph E McElwain Memorial Trophy for outstanding tactical safety after landing his F 84 following a cockpit fire during in flight refueling. The 183rd Tactical Fighting Corps at Springfield earned the Wilson V Newhall Flying Safety Trophy for Illinois highest safety rating for the year ending March 31.
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Volk Field
Wis
Donald Smith
Illinois Air National Guard
Illinois
Joseph W. Lucas
Mount Pulaski
Joseph E. McElwain
Lucas
Smith
183Rd
Tactical Fighting Corps
Springfield
Wilson V. Newhall
Udall lauds Lincoln shrine restoration in Springfield
Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall praised the Old Capitol restoration in Springfield calling it a magnificently restored Lincoln shrine. He cited the exterior preservation with interior updates and compared it to Ford's Theater efforts.
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Springfield
Stewart L. Udall
Old Capitol
Illinois State Historical Society
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Udall
Downtown Square
Soremica
Washington
Lincoln Home
Lincoln Tomb
Old State Capitol
Lincoln
One man one vote officials may vote away own jobs
Illinois county board supervisors face a fight over reapportionment after a Supreme Court ruling. At a Springfield meeting, James Walsh and Pete Perrcone outlined a working bill to redraw districts, aiming to end township based elections and move toward district representation, possibly prompting some supervisors to vote themselves out.
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Richard H. Ieen Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Association of County Board Supervisors
James Walsh
Downstate
Walsh
Organization
Pete Perrcone
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Association
Illinois
Macon County
Mount Zion
Austin
Decatur
Champaign County
Champaign
Urbana
Rantoul
Daniel Dougherty
Chicago
County Problems Commission
William G. Clark
Stat Association
Geneva sources say anti nuclear pact damaged by invasion
Sources at the disarmament conference say the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia seriously delays activating the treaty banning nuclear weapons. Non nuclear signers fear reduced momentum as nations rethink ratification and concessions from nuclear powers are sought.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Britain
U.S
Belgium
Netherlands
Sweden
West Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Foreign Affairs Commissions
Southern Illinois group forms for constitutional convention
The Southern Illinois Committee for a Constitutional Convention elected David Kenney as permanent chairman and Mrs. Billie Jacobini as secretary at a Friday meeting with about 22 attendees at the SIU Center. The group plans publicity and speaker programs with the League of Women Voters and will meet again in about a month.
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Southern Illnois Committee
David Kenney
Billie Jacobini
Kenney
Southern Illinois University Center
Wilkins
State Committee
League of Women Voters
Ancient fishing station unearthed near New Athens
Archaeologists from Southern Illinois University Museum dig a prehistoric fishing and farming site called the Marty Coolidge site near the Kaskaskia River. They uncover fish scales bones shells and midden remains while preparing for the canalization project. Only one more summer of field work remains. The dig is funded by a National Park Service grant.
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New Athens
Southern Illinois University Museum
Kaskaskia River
Philip Weigand
Marty Coolidge
Weigand
Kaskaskia
National Park Service
Traffic charges bring sentence in Murphysboro court
Otis Lee Fowler of Murphysboro pleaded guilty to four traffic violations in circuit court. He received 30 days in county jail for operating without a license and fines of 50 dollars plus costs for no valid registration, 50 dollars for underage drinking, and 25 dollars for no tail lights. He was placed on one year probation. The tickets were issued by Murphysboro City Police on July 130.
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Murphysboro
Otis Lee Fowler
Rt. 1
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Roy L. Glastetter
Joe L. Duncan
Eva Tey
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West Frankfort, Ill
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Southern
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New York Times
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Southern Illinois
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