Regina Hileman Affects Christmas For Anna Family
Regina Hileman seven, of Anna, is in critical condition at Union County Hospital after severe brain damage from a scalding accident caused by a brewing coffee incident ten months earlier. Her parents David and Beatrice Hileman, in public housing, have faced mounting medical bills and assistance from local agencies and charitable groups.
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Jim Hatton
Southern Mindsan
Regina Hileman
Anna
Union County Hospital
Regina
David
Beatrice Hileman
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Hilemans
Union County
Southeast Missouri
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Hileman
Scotty
State Department of Public Aid
Charles Borland
Unem
Union County General Assistance Office
Jonesboro
Bob Toler
Nixon stays quiet on tax bill fate
The White House maintained official silence on a possible veto of the tax reform and relief bill while signals grew that Nixon would sign it. Senate leader Hugh Scott said the compromise reduces inflationary impact, with detailed figures showing the conference bill would cost less to the federal budget than earlier versions.
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Nixon
White House
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Senate
Joint
House Senate Conference Committee
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
House
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
POWs to receive Christmas gifts via normal channels
North Vietnam said American prisoners of war would get Christmas gifts through ordinary channels rejecting a Dallas group’s plan to fly gifts in on two chartered jets. The Hanoi response affirmed humane treatment and allowed a Christmas tree religious services and a turkey dinner, with gifts sent by Moscow postal routes.
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Agence
France-Presse
Hanoi
North Vietnam
North
Vietnam
United We Stand” Organization of
Dallas
Moscow
Turkey
Pyam van Dong
Ross Perot
United We Stand
Weather outlook forecasts light snow and cold with mixed precipitation
Snow development begins this morning with one to two inches likely by midday and possible rain. The snowfall tapers to flurries tonight. Expect a partly cloudy, colder Monday with highs near the mid 30s and a low Sunday night in the mid to upper range.
SIU University House project resumes January 5
Work will resume January 5 on SIU's University House project after a halt since mid November. The $975,698 effort, intended as the president's residence and guest facility, faced cost escalations and board controversy before a $1 million gift from W. Clement Stone. The gift transfers the building to the SIU Foundation to finish and use as Foundation Center, with completion now pushed to late July 1970.
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SIU University House
Margaret Ann Niceley
Southern
SIU
Chicago Insurance
W. Clement Stone
University House
Combined Insurance Co. of America
SIU Foundation
Foundation
Foundation Center
Delyte W. Morris
STU
Board of Trustees
Anthony J. Blass
SIU Physical Plant
Nader targets railroads over polluting waste disposal
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader urged the Health, Education, and Welfare Department to end what he called outrageous corporate pollution by railroads dumping untreated human waste on tracks and stations. He cited a study estimating 45,000 locomotives and cabooses discharge about 51.5 million pounds of feces yearly, and urged mandatory waste retention toilets at a cost of about 3.75 million dollars.
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Ralph Nader
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nader
Robert H. Finch
Public Health Service
Israeli Jets Strike Jordan After Gaza Attacks
Israeli planes attacked Arab guerrilla positions in Jordan after rockets and mortars hit Israeli settlements near the Sea of Galilee. No damage or casualties were reported. Amman confirms cross river fire, with Israel said to have fired first. Palestinian guerrilla group claims attacks on six Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights and northern Jordan Valley causing Israeli casualties and damage.
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Associated Press
Jordan River
Jordan
Informanist
Tiberias
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Amman
Palestine Armed Struggle Command
Golan Heights
Syria
Jordan Valley
Edwardsville senator calls for study of SIU campus split
Edwardsville senator Merrill Ottwein urges an Illinois Board of Higher Education study to potentially separate the Edwardsville campus from SIU Carbondale. He argues both campuses serve different communities and should operate independently, noting Edwardsville’s growth, urban focus, and medical school plans.
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Edwardsville
SIU
Margaret Ann Niceley
Southern Tiinvisan
Southern ‘Tilimis University
Carboncale
Merrill Ottwein
Carbondale
Otiwein
Ed. Bevylle
Ottwein
East St. Louis
Springfield
Harold R. Fischer
Granite City
Metro-East
Board of Higher Education
Higher Board
Guy
Richard B. Ogilvie
Delyte
W. Morris
John 5. Rendleman
Joh. Gilbert
R-Carbondale
Illinois College
Madison
St. Clair
Macoupin
Morris
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San Diego
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James B. Holderman
The
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