Pine theft rings hit Rend Lake area at Marcum Branch
In Rend Lake near Marcum Branch a crime ring stole pines from a closed development area. About $1,650 worth of trees were taken with roots balled, 16 trees partly uprooted but possibly saved and replanted. FBI Carbondale opened an investigation. Franklin County state's attorney filed a complaint.
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Marcum Branch
Jimes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carbondale
FBI
Franklin County
Benton
Apollo 17 prepares for final Moon flight
The Saturn V rocket and crew ready to launch after 16 months of training as officials call the countdown trouble free. Cernan and Schmitt aim to land and drive a lunar rover 23 miles to gather material to complete the moon’s history.
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Cernan
Schmitt
Moon
Truman Ill With Serious Condition At Kansas City Hospital
Former President Harry S Truman, 88, is seriously ill at a Kansas City hospital with lung congestion bronchitis and a weakened heart. Inhalation therapy and antibiotics are being used while his daughter Margaret Truman Daniel may or may not travel to attend.
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Kansas City
Dreves
Truman
White House
Margaret Truman Daniel
Trumans
Signing a condition Some POWs may be home by Christmas
Paris sources in contact with Hanoi say the offer was made by Kissinger. The 22nd round of private talks resumed but was paused for a day as negotiators consulted allies. Informants estimate about 100 U.S. pilots could be released by Christmas with others freed gradually.
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Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
U.S
Viet Cong
Dent named to succeed Peterson as commerce secretary
President Nixon announced Earl Butz will remain secretary of agriculture and Peter G. Peterson will leave the commerce post. Dent, 50, former president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia South Carolina since 1947 and a Yale graduate, is named as Petersons replacement. Dent is a textile leader in state and national associations.
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Camp David
Nixon
Earl Butz
Agriculture
Peter G. Peterson
Commerce
South Carolina Textile
Dent
Washington
Mayfair Mills
Arcadia
S.C
Yale
First official cold wave hits area with icy sheath
Temperatures fell about forty degrees as a low pressure system over Iowa drove warm air southeastward then moved in cold air. Rain and thunderstorms preceded the change, later turning to sleet and ice as the cold front settled in, freezing roads and creating hazardous conditions.
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Freez- Illinois
Iowa
Cold and icy conditions across Southern Illinois boroughs
The region faced freezing temperatures with a 14 degree low after a day of 54 at 6 p.m. Snow and rain chances loomed Friday and Saturday while winds gusted to 20 mph bringing wind chill near minus ten. Traffic accidents increased as roads iced over. Local officials reported outages and a wire break near Herrin amid the cold, with farms awaiting dry or frozen ground to resume harvest.
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Ditzler
Mia Ga
Illinois
Carbondale
South Wall
Herrin
George Jensen
Central Illinois Public Service Co
No. 7
Forges
Jeffrey
Prosperity
Joe Magna
Perry County
Ralph Bollinger
Randolph County
Jackson County
Bob Frank
Clarence Hawthorne
Suspect charged in death of undercover agent Lackey
Morgan County State's Attorney charged Barron Fenner 25 of Jerseyville with murder in the death of Pete Earl Lackey 30 an Illinois Bureau of Investigation undercover agent. Lackey was found with throat slashed along US 36 east of Jacksonville on Nov 27. A $10 000 reward had been offered for information. Four college girls reported seeing Lackey struggle with a man in an unmarked car.
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Jacksonville
Barron Dean Fenner
Jerseyville
Morgan County
Pete Earl Lackey
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Lackey
Fonner
Edwin Parkinson
Satie
Fenner
Parkinson
Herbert Brown
Illinois Department of Law Enforce
Lincoln School patrol boy assists crossing slippery streets
Joe Samples a 12 year old safety patrol member at Lincoln School Marion stands at his post bundled against the cold to aid schoolmates crossing icy streets during morning hours.
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Joe Samples
Lincoln School
Marion
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Rend Lake Area
Independence
Graham
Harry S Truman
Andrew Borowiec
Washington Star-News
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Cabinet
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IBI
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Southern
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