Oxford seeks audit of two years jail meal records
Williamson County records on prisoner meals over the past two years will be audited. One year covers Sheriff Russell Oxford's term and the other under former Sheriff Harold Farner. The board approved the audit but details on the auditing firm and cost are pending. The move follows an Illinois attorney general probe into the sheriff's department with some feeding allegations.
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Williamson County
Russell Oxford
Harold Farner
Peard
William J. Sirks
Oxford
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Sheriff’s Department
William Nettles
State Office
Nettles
Kenneth Powless
Powless
Sinks
Fred Thane
Illinois Commerce Commission
Devils rally to upset Althoff in holiday tourney at Breese
Murphysboro erased a 19 point first half deficit to beat Belleville Althoff 78 70 at Breese as Walt McAllister scored 23 and Tim Brown 20. Jacksonville rolled 98 72 over West Frankfort at Centralia while Salem defeated Arlington 53 42. Frankfort led Arlington early then fell to 9 a.m. Tuesday rematch with the Arlington winner.
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Murphysboro
Belleville
Althoff
Breese
Centralia
Okanville
Metropolis
Jacksonville
West Frankfort
Salem
Arlington
Walt McAllister
Tim Brown
Murphy
Frankfort
Ron Fairfield
Bonds
Roach
Wison
Leonard Hopkins
David Bray
McAllister
Brown
Kellum
Barger
Ward
Sullivan
Renzaglia
Retailers Must Display Base Prices in Washington
The IRS announced price display rules under Price Commission guidelines effective before January 2, 1972. Retailers with under 100000 in yearly sales must show base prices on their top 40 items or those making half of annual sales, while those with over 100000 must post base prices on the top 40 items per department and all non exempt food products. Base price equals the freeze period price, typically the 30 days ending August 14, 1971, and access to base prices cannot require requesting information.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Price Commission
IRS
Labor Dept Plans Guidelines To Oppose Ethnic Bias
The Labor Department will publish proposed guidelines in the Federal Register to curb religion and national origin discrimination by firms doing federal business. Targeted groups include Jews Catholics Italians Greeks Slavs and similar communities in middle and upper level hiring. Associate solicitor William J. Kilberg said the aim is to eliminate discrimination in executive suites and the guidelines rely on the 1965 executive order backing the Philadelphia Plan.
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Labor Department
Federal Register
William J. Kilberg
Philadelphia
Kilbergi
Transit workers authorize strike in New York
New York AP reports 6,000 transit workers vote unanimously to authorize a strike over a stalled contract. If no agreement is reached, buses and subways could halt operations on New Year’s Day.
Escapees From Vanderburgh County Jail In Indiana
Police hunt four remaining escapees from a 15 prisoner breakout at Vanderburgh County jail in Evansville Indiana. The four identified men are Willie B Butler Carlos Watson Nathaniel Butler and James David Majors. Eleven others were recaptured within hours after the Sunday morning escape. Guards were overpowered and an officer was tied as inmates jammed doors with paper to disable locking mechanisms. Road blocks were set at bridges over the Wabash River to prevent escape into Illinois.
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Evansville, Ind
Evansville
Mount Vernon
Indiana
Vanderburgh County
Willie B. Butler
Carlos Watson
Henderson
Nathaniel Butler
Rockford
James David Majors
Jerry Riney
Riney
Wabash River
New Harmony
Illinois
Robert Wilder
Wilder
Veterans seize Liberty statue protest at Travis Hospital
Eighteen Army enlisted men and three former soldiers from Vietnam Veterans Against the War occupied a floor of the Second Aeromedical Staging Facility at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco, barricading with mattresses to protest military drug policies. An Air Force commander said the takeover ended peacefully with no injuries or damage, while officials debated further action.
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Vietnam
VVAW
Air Force
George E. Reynolds
Travis
San Francisco
Army Spec
Mike Oliver
Oliver
United States
Draft may be off until April says Laird
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced there will be no military draft in January and possibly none until April as the Pentagon moves toward a volunteer army by March 1973. He noted the 1972 draft could fall below 76 000 and outlined four factors shaping any draft calls, including the pay raise, volunteer retention, and current service members.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Pentagon
Weather outlook with possible showers this week
The forecast calls for tonight as cloudy with a chance of rain and lows in the mid 40s. Tuesday remains cloudy and slightly colder with rain chances and highs in the 50s. Wednesday stays cloudy with more rain chances. Thursday is partly sunny and warmer. Weather details appear on map page 17.
Army may halt drug tests for officers in Vietnam
The Army in Saigon says it may stop routine narcotics tests for officers and senior sergeants in Vietnam as urinalyses show most drug users are young privates and junior sergeants. A spokesman said several changes to the antidrug program are under review.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Army
Statue of Liberty Occupied By Antiwar Veterans
Sixteen antiwar veterans barricaded the Statue of Liberty pedestal and demanded President Nixon set a Southeast Asia withdrawal date. They said they would stay until New Year’s Eve unless a withdrawal timetable is announced, with talks underway as National Park Service officials arrived to negotiate.
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Nixon
Southeast Asia
Liberty Island
Washington
National Park Service
Statue of Liberty
National Landmark
VVAW
Manhattan
al Hubbard
Valley Forge
Jerry D. Wagers
James Batman
Frank Arthur
National Park Service Division of
Law Enforcement
Betsy Ross House Seized by Antiwar Protesters
Twenty four antiwar veterans occupied the Betsy Ross home for 45 minutes protesting U S bombing in Vietnam. The house was entered by marchers with one declaring the house liberated. Police removed twenty two protesters while two leaders Joseph Bangert of New York and Gerald Hogan of Philadelphia were detained separately.
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Betsy Ross
Vietnam
Joseph Bangert
New York City
Gerald Hogan
Philadelphia
Largest U S Raid on North Vietnam Intensifies Bombing
The United States launched a major air offensive with about 350 fighter-bombers targeting anti aircraft defenses and supply depots in North Vietnam. Informants say a third day of heavy raids is planned, following the first since Johnson imposed a bombing halt three years ago. North Vietnam claims several aircraft were shot down and two U S airmen killed, while Saigon reports limited losses and continued operations from bases in South Vietnam, Thailand, and carriers in the Tonkin Gulf.
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Johnson
Hanoi
Radio
U. S
Nixon
United States
Radio Hanoi
South Vietnam
Thailand
Constellation
Coral Sea
Tonkin Gulf
Saigon
Thanh Hoa
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