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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1971
Page
7
A Thai girl from Klong Taey in Bangkok lives in floating shanties housing about 25,000 people slated for demolition as the government modernizes the capital. Residents would be moved to housing projects with costly rents, while self built ramshackle homes cost squatters nothing.
Inflation and rising taxpayer reluctance to approve levies push many districts to close or cut services. Several states report early year shutdowns or reduced operations, with Chicago seeking extra aid to keep schools open and Kansas City voters facing a 5 cent tax increase to fund salaries and libraries.
Area collection points are set up for a toy drive sponsored by John A. Logan College Student Senate with campus groups and community agencies. Bruce Beckman leads the project. toys will be repaired or painted and given to community agencies with distribution coordinated by Marjorie Parker of the Regional Volunteer Services Council.
Hilton Hotels Corp and Loew's Hotel Corp will repay over 5 million dollars to customers after a Florida man alleged illegal taxes on room service and telephone charges. The Chicago case, heard by Judge Abraham L. Marovitz, cited Sherman Act violations and illegal restraint of trade for 1966 to 1970.
The piece notes U S fatigue with energy demand citing that Americans use three gallons per person each weekend day and a national average of 600 million gallons daily. It emphasizes oil and gas supplying 75 percent of energy and warns against oil shortages.
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