GAO links bribery and lax controls to theft of U.S. fuel in Thailand
A GAO report to Sen. Proxmire says 5.5 million gallons of petroleum were stolen in 1967 in Thailand where U.S. Air Force bases are used for the Vietnam war. The thefts involved bribery and forged receipts, with large losses likely unrevealed, and fault found across Army, Navy, and fuel offices for failing to verify delivery and receipt.
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Washington
U. S
Thailand
William Proxmire
General Accounting Office
U. S. Air Force
Cial
GAO
Defense Department
Air Force
Navy Fuel Supply Office
Asiatic Petroleum Corp
Shell Oil Co
Esso International Inc
Caltex Oil Ltd
New York
Proximite
John McGee
Navy
Bangkok
McGee
Army
9Th Logistics Command
Shell Company of Thailand, Ltd
Navy Ofice
Southern Illinois road program tops $28.4 million for 1969
Gov Shapiro announced a $28.441 million 1969 district nine highway program for Southern Illinois. Most funds fund three interstate routes 57 24 and 64 with non interstate work totaling $7.488 million. Key Rt 13 projects include lanes Carterville to Energy and Herrin and Carbondale east-west connector. Additional non interstate projects and priorities to be set as funds allow.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinois
Samuel Shapiro
Illinois
District 9
State Division of Highways
Rt 13
Carterville Road
Energy
Herrin
Carbondale
Shapiro
Richard Ogilvie
Southern
Rt. 13
Harrisburg
Saline - Gallatin County
Marion
Saline County
Rt. 127
Murphysboro
Alto Pass
Jonesboro
Rt. 3
Rt. 149
Grimsby
Gorham Road
Grand Tower Road
Kaskaskia River
Evansville
Cairo
Sparta
Gallatin
Franklin
Randolph
Saline
Williamson
Jackson
Effingham
Alexander
Massac
Alexander County
Franklin-Jefferson Line
Pulley’s Mill
Williamson County
Rt. 45
Metropolis
Ohio River
Mllinois
Johnson
Rt. 57
Rt. 161
New Baden
No paper Wednesday on New Year’s Day
The Southern Illinoisan will not be published on Wednesday January 1 due to New Year’s Day.
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Southern Illinoisan
Shapiro Announces Record 348 Million Illinois Road Plan
Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro unveils a 1969 Illinois road program totaling 348.4 million dollars with 212.4 million for interstates and 136 million for other highways. Federal funds cover 230.9 million, state 99 million, and locals 18.5 million as 186 miles of paving and 86 structures are planned. The addition of part of the Central Illinois Expressway to I-72 is a key project.
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Springfield
Illinois
Samuel H. Shapiro
Champaign
Weather forecast notices winter cold through midweek
Wa Sunny cold with continued frigid conditions into Wednesday. Tonight low zero to 5 above, Wednesday high in the upper 20s. Interior notes list weather details on map page 13 and additional sections inside including Classified, Comics, and Sports.
Quake signs in moon photos from Apollo 8
NASA geologist John W. Dietrich says cracks seen in Apollo 8 lunar photos may be caused by quakes on the moon. He describes surface features as tension cracks from contraction of delicate surface material observed at Space Center Houston.
U S Officer Freed After Five Years in Viet Cong Captivity
A first lieutenant in the Special Forces released from Viet Cong hold after more than five years in the Mekong Delta. He was in satisfactory condition, though emaciated, and flown to a hospital with another South Vietnamese prisoner freed at the same time.
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Mekong Delta
U.S
F Reed
Mekong
Saigon
South Vietnam
UN rebuke near as fighting erupts in Middle East
The episode features renewed Arab Israeli clashes with Israel firing mortars near Eilat and shooting near Abraham's Tomb. The U N Security Council debates sanctions while most members resist punitive action. Lebanon faces internal crisis as calls grow for government resignation amid raids on Beirut airport.
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Associated Press
Middle East
New York
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Beirut
Jordan
Gharandal
Aqaba
Eilat
Tel Aviv
Abraham
Hebron
Vatican
Paul VI
Lebanon
Zerah Warhaftig
Athens
Security Council
Council
Loot Recovered After Boston Armored Car Robbery
Police report most of the $500000 stolen in Saturday night robbery was recovered today in a wooded area south of Boston in Quincy. The haul included checks money boxes money bags two suitcases and two trunks. About $300000 of the loot were checks most of which were non negotiable.
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Quincy
Mass
Boston
Flat rate levy: Chamber backs unified income tax in Illinois
The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce endorsed a flat-rate state income tax for corporations and individuals, contingent on a constitutional amendment to eliminate inequities. It would apply uniformly, set a low rate to meet minimum revenue needs, and align the base with the federal tax for simplicity and cost.
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Chicago
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
William J. Crowley
Crowley
Illinois
Chamber
Illinois revenue chief Theodore Jones indicted for tax evasion
Federal grand jury charges Theodore A. Jones 56 of Chicago with evading taxes totaling 16787 over 1962 to 1965 before becoming revenue director in 1967. Jones, a CPA and former Supreme Life executive, could face up to three years and 5000 dollars per count if convicted.
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Theodore A. Jones
Mlinois
Jones
Chicago
Firm of Public Accountants
U. S
Thomas Foran
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Supreme Life Insurance Co. of America
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