Carter Visits Mississippi River on Delta Queen Journey
President Jimmy Carter completed a seven day Delta Queen river trip, drawing about 100000 spectators along the Mississippi to watch and hear him speak from the captain’s perch. Locals mixed pride with critique as towns along the river recalled a bygone era of riverfront gatherings.
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Wayne Slater
Louisiana
Jimmy Carter
Main Street
Bill Erickson
President Carter
St. Louis
United States
Erickson
Carter
Wabasha
McGregor
Savanna
Nauvoo
America
Canton
Dubuque
Muscatine
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Esther Lucas
Charles Fehlig
Fehlig
Twain
St. Paul
Andalusia
Ill
White’s
la Grange
Iowa
Old Monroe
William DuBois
Lamb’s Cafe
Burlington
Gateway Arch
Hugh Cunningham
Nixon
Pope John Paul II visits Canale d'Agordo Dolomites
The pope will celebrate an open air Mass in Canale d Agordo marking the first anniversary of John Paul I s election. Ten thousand visitors are already in town, with many staying in barns and garages as officials expect more. The pontiff will visit the Luciani home and the Marmolada shrine before possibly joining 50 ski instructors in a torchlit descent.
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Canale d’Agordo
Italy
Dolomite Alps
John Paul II
John Paul
John Paul I
Dolomite
Edoardo Luciani
Vatican
Luciani
Marmolada
Stan Kenton dies at 67 in Hollywood
Bandleader Stan Kenton, innovator in jazz for over 35 years, died Saturday at Midway Hospital in Hollywood at age 67 after suffering a stroke. A West Coast favorite, he helped pioneer progressive jazz in the late 1940s and later explored new sounds, even designing the mellophonium.
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Los Angeles
Stan Kenton
Midway Hospital
Hollywood
Kenton
Elvis memories rock London memorial crowd in Westminster
In central London fans packed an eight hour Elvis Presley memorial in Westminster. A giant screen showed Elvis films while speakers played his music. An Elvis look-alike contest drew young men with sideburns. Organizers warned against dancing as crowds paid about 15 dollars to enter. Fans came from Norway and across Europe and America.
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London
Westminster
Thompsonville bond issue rejected by voters
Thompsonville Grade School District 62 voters rejected a proposed 975000 bond by 398 to 145. The plan would raise 95 cents in property tax to fund three new classrooms and a gymnasium as grade school crowding forced overflow into the high school. Superintendent Tom Reilly said he was disappointed and the board must decide next steps.
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Thompsonville
Tom Reilly
Du Quoin State Fair winners listed across categories
The Du Quoin State Fair honors winners in education and natural history with Martha Strickland Pinckneyville leading collective hobbies and Anita Barnett Du Quoin toping models under sixteen. Additional awards span dolls, fishing lures, Indian artifacts, stamps, and various hobby and adult model divisions with many regional residents named. garden and agricultural displays also noted with several contestants from Anna, Du Quoin, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, and nearby towns.
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du Quoin State Fair
Martha Strickland
Pinckneyville
Joni Cavinder
Christopher
Richard Cavaker
Anna
Anita Barnett
du Quoin
Stephanie Tedeschi
West Frankfort
Richard Swiney
Donald Barnett
Mary Ann Ritter
Rita M. Kwapiszeski
St. Louis
Eugene Troutman
Carbondale
Richard Caraker
Clara Ridgeway
Jesso-Art
Edna Baker
Murphysboro
Macrame
Doug Hatton
Carterville
Joe Prusacki
Eddie Dangbar
E. Schnurr
Mascoutah
Joan Barnett
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