Gasoline prices fall as small car demand slows
Gasoline prices drop to multi year lows prompting a shift away from small cars. Analysts report prices near cost at Chicago area stations and merchants press to raise rates, while big car output rises as the industry adjusts to a slower small car demand and a surge in large car sales.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Herb Hugo
Platt
Dilgram
Hugo
Oilgram
Chicago
Detroit
Young frontiersman joins Clark march reenactment
Ken Bovas fourteen year old member of a group trekking from Southern Illinois to Vincennes Indiana reenacting George Rogers Clark 1778 79 expedition walks twelve miles then treats a sore foot with band aid application AP Wirephoto shows the scene.
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Ken Bovas
Southern Illinois
Vincennes
Ind
George Rogers
Clark
Bovas
Jackson County special census shows higher unincorporated population
Jackson County will likely report a larger population in unincorporated areas after a special census. A preliminary tally lists 16,944 residents outside cities, about 3,900 more than the 1970 figure, with an official count pending. The change impacts motor fuel tax, state income rebates, and revenues.
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Tony Stevens
Jackson County
County Board
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Susan Casey
SIU board re-elects Elliott as chairman and approves staff moves
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees unanimously re-elected Ivan Elliott Jr. as chairman Harris Rowe as vice chairman and Margaret Blackshere as secretary for one-year terms. The board also re-elected the three-member executive committee and approved staff appointments including Eleanor Bushee as associate dean, D Dixon Lee as assistant dean for research, and Robert Skilton as a distinguished visiting professor. Silas Singh resigned to become executive director of Illinois Governor's Committee on the Handicapped.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Harris Rowe
Jacksonville
Margaret Blackshere
Madison
Carbondale
Elliott
Rowe
Adlai Stevenson III
Blackshere
Bers
William R. Norwood
Elk Grove Village
Eleanor J. Bushee
Allied Health and Public Services Division
STC
School of Medicine
Springfield
D. Dixon Lee
School of Agriculture
School of Law
Robert H. Skilton
Skilton
University of Wisconsin - Madison Law School
Silas P. Singh
Rehabilitation Institute
Singh
Illinois’ Governor’s Committee On
SIU Arena hosts MVC lead showdown tonight
SIU battles West Texas State at 7 30 p.m. in the SIU Arena for a share of the Missouri Valley Conference lead. Marion and Herrin clash for South Seven Conference supremacy on page 13. UCLA names 31 year old assistant as football coach on page 15.
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Siu-C
West Texas State
SIU
Marion
Herrin
UCLA
Simon pushes action on Metropolis blackbird infestation
Rep. Paul Simon seeks action to remove about five million blackbirds nesting on a 29 acre Christmas tree farm near Metropolis Illinois. He has consulted Interior officials and cautions health risks and odor for residents and nearby feedlots. TA 14 may be used if no other method. Kentucky and Tennessee already face similar problems and Barkley Airport authorities have bird alerts.
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Paul Simon
D-Ill
Metropolis
Illinois
Simon
Department of the Interior
Massac County
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio River
Thompsonville
Franklin County
Barkley
Paducah
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Lockheed Officials Said Ready to Resign Amid Bribes Probe
Lockheed executives including chairman Daniel Haughton and president A C Kotchian are reported to be stepping down to quell the bribes scandal. In Japan the bribe flap coincides with a $1.3 billion contract loss and ultranationalists urge Senate action to aid U S Japan relations.
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Lockheed
New York Times News Service
Associated Press
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Japan
New York Times
Daniel Haughton
A. C. Kotchian
Los Angeles
Haughton
Kotchian
Frank Church
Church
D-Idaho
Senate
United States
Yoshio Kodama
U.S
KC Officials Pressure Hotels to Secure GOP Convention Rooms
Kansas City officials pressed hotel representatives to guarantee adequate room blocks for the August nominating convention. Mayor Wheeler expressed confidence the event would proceed if the meeting's spirit is preserved. Ronald Reagan outspent Ford in January in early primary states, notably Florida, where Reagan spent 152,128 versus Ford's 42,586.
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Associated Press
Kansas City City
Republican Party
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Florida
Reagan
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