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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1967
Page
15
A weather briefing indicates a broad cold spell will grip most regions with plunging lows and windy conditions. Forecasters warn of frost risk in northern areas and occasional snow flurries in the mountain zones as headlines highlight a sharp cold front moving through the country.
Atty Gen William G Clark appeals to the Illinois Supreme Court from a Cook County Circuit ruling declaring the state service occupation tax law unconstitutional The appeal argues 70 million dollars in annual revenue at stake and an injunction stays tax collections in escrow while the case moves to Jan 25 argument.
Joe Thomas of Cobden was elected president of the Union County Sesquicentennial board of directors. George E. Parks of Anna became secretary and Al fred Bishop of Jonesboro treasurer. The board received 50 from the county for the 1968 celebration, with promise of 500 more after year’s start. Ex officio directors include county board members and mayors from all Union County communities.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he will not testify publicly on Vietnam war policy citing sensitivity. The committee pressed for public remarks, with Sen. Albert Gore calling the move a breakdown in public communication.
A report on forming a bi county legal aid services bureau was heard by the Williamson County Community Action Agency Monday. Lester Burke presented the committee findings after a recent meeting with the Jackson County legal aid services bureau and the proposal will go to the Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency board in January.
Kinshasa confirms renewal of relations with the Soviet Union and exchange of ambassadors after Tass announced Moscow's approval. The two nations previously severed ties in 1964 amid exploratory talks.
Matie Allen Galhausen 80 of 805 Forest Street Benton died 1:30 p.m. Monday in Franklin hospital. She leaves a sister and several nieces and nephews. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Harold Leamen 66 of Red Bluff California a former Johnston City resident died Sunday night in a Red Bluff hospital. Burial planned in Red Bluff. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
High Monday 49 degrees and low 41 with an overnight 37. Today's 10 am reading 42. Precipitation 24 inch from 7 am Monday to 7 am Tuesday. Sunset 4 40 PM today, sunrise 7 01 AM Wednesday. Crab Orchard Lake four inches below spillway and Devil's Kitchen Lake three inches above spillway. Little Grassy Lake at spillway and Lake of Egypt at spillway.
Illinois forecast shows increasing cloudiness tonight with rain developing in the far south and snow elsewhere late tonight into Wednesday. Lows in the 30s, highs in the 30s, with northern Illinois remaining mostly cloudy and colder. Chance of light snow in the south late tonight or Wednesday with northern areas cooler Wednesday.
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