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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1972
Page
17
Weather observers forecast rain sleet or snow across the Pacific region with unsettled conditions expected to linger. Forecasters advise travelers to plan for slick surfaces and possible delays as a cold front moves in.
Area forecast notes high Sunday 23 degrees with overnight low 13. Temperature at 9 am today 17. Data covers 7 am Sunday to 7 am Monday with trace precipitation. Sunset today 4 35 pm sunrise listed.
Raligh Wesley Penrod died after a two year illness. Born November 19 1886 in Pomona he was the son of John and Evelyn Penrod. He married Lavinie E Messa more August 22 1907 in Alto Pass. A Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad carman and 50 year member of the Week Regist- Concet he left daughters and sons in Murphysboro and Salem, a brother in Murphysboro and 17 grandchildren with 19 great grandchildren. Grave at Grove Memorial Cemetery, Murphysboro. Funeral home visits after 5 p m today.
Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench undergoes lung surgery to remove an inflammatory lesion. Doctors report no malignant tumor found after frozen section analysis. Personal doctor Dr Luis Gonzalez at Christ Hospital performed the procedure, with results described as less complicated than expected.
Tue day receipts total 6 000 hogs 2 000 cattle 300 sheep with hogs steady to higher on sows 50. Cattle active with slaughter cattle up 1 to 1 50 and cows steady to strong. Bulls scarce. Slaughter steers and heifers priced 36.50 to 37.00 for large steers 1100 1200 pounds yield 3 4. Heifers 35.50 to 36.00 for 850 950 pounds yield 3 4. Cows 24 50 to 26 00 utility and commercial, 18 00 to 22 00 canner. Wealers 48 00 to 50 00. Special televised report on December by David R Derge SIU Carbondale president 9 30 p m Tuesday on WSIU TV. Chancellor MacVicar and Robert Layer to attend. Park District Board meets 5 30 p M today at 6 W Elm St.
Former Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel urges a ten year program funded at 684.7 million to develop geothermal power. The Batelle Seattle study cites potential for 132000 megawatts by 1985 and 395000 by 2000 with environmental advantages and high cost comparisons to nuclear and coal plants.
Chile's President Salvador Allende, after visiting the Soviet Union, flies to Havana to meet Fidel Castro as part of a Latin tour that included Peru Mexico the United Nations and Algeria. Soviet talks in Moscow aimed to deepen economic aid and cooperation with Chile.
Dr Robert Hilsinger of Temple University recalls rolling a hand grenade toward an unoccupied area of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 720B after it exploded during an aborted hijacking. He was wounded in the feet and shoulder and says he remembers nothing after the blast. A male passenger disputed the earlier account by Bruno Rouvillois that a female hijacker rolled the grenade. The four engine jet returned safely to Addis Ababa where seven hijackers were killed by a security guard.
The Drury Development Corporation of Nashville will request a 7:30 p.m. Thursday special exception from the Carbondale Board of Appeals to build a parking lot in an R-5 multi family zone across Old West Main Street from a proposed ending restaurant. They argue the parking is needed for employees and patrons.
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