Valentines Exchanged In Murphysboro Second Grade Class
In Mary Jane Williams' Washington School classroom Kelley Ellis 8 Keith Phemister 7 and Jill Lively 7 exchanged valentines on Valentine’s Day. Keith’s surprised look suggested an unexpected admirer. The same scene unfolded in another room.
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Mary Jane Williams
Washington School
Mur
Kelley Ellis
Keith Phemister
Jill Lively
Valentines
Keith
Valentines Day Traditions Show Buyers Stock Up In Carbondale
In Carbondale shoppers prepare for Valentine’s Day with many buying multiple cards each year. Clerks report hundreds of cards sold daily at Kirlin’s in University Mall as students like SIU Carbondale’s Tom Caldwell and medical student Raul de la Vega weigh personal versus store cards. The piece notes the holiday’s ancient roots tied to St. Valentine and explains the name’s saints in Britannica.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Sandy Clinch
Carbondale
Cindy Sublett
Kirlin’s
University Mall
Tom Caldwell
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Linda Vincent
Raul de la Vega
SIUC
de la Vega
Marian Mitchell
West Frankfort
Valentine
Rome
Italy
Valentinus
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Claudius
Americans see no easy answers to energy crisis
Harris Poll finds 82 percent view the energy shortage as serious and 77 percent expect no five year relief. Majorities favor a tough conservation bill, a long range national plan, and more public transport. Varying gasoline price increases are seen as possible incentives with support mostly above 50 percent.
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Ly Louis Harris
Carter
Geese die in Illinois refuges amid lead poisoning concern
About 2,000 Canada geese were found dead at Horseshoe Lake Refuge near Cairo and Union County Refuge near Anna in Southern Illinois. Officials suspect lead shot exposure from winter conditions and forage, with tests sent to the Madison Wisconsin lab for analysis. Local wildlife officers bury all recovered birds to protect other wildlife including bald eagles.
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Charles Roberts
Springfield
Illinois
State Department of Conservation
Gary Thomas
Thomas
Horseshoe Lake Refuge
Cairo
Union County
Colorado
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Vice Diagnostic Laboratory
Madison, Wis
Steelworkers seek lifetime job guarantees in new contract
United Steelworkers unveil a broad bargaining plan aiming at lifetime job guarantees for about 500000 steel workers. The 29 page agenda calls for wage gains and stronger cost of living protections while management eyes program consolidations and a shorter work week.
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Washington
United Steelworkers Union
USW
I. W. Abel
Cold front brings rain and sharp temperature swing in Carbondale
Weather observer Ed Biewald at Southern Illinois Airport reports a cold front moved through Carbondale around 8 a.m. bringing gray skies and possible rain changing to snow. Temperatures will fall from 60s to the lower teens tonight with a return to the upper 20s midweek. over a quarter inch of rain fell by Sunday night and thunderstorms were reported in some areas.
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Carbondale
Ed Rrewald
Southern Illinois
Biewald
Illinois
Snow covers 65 percent of North America in January
Satellite data show 65 percent of North American land was snow covered in January, a record since NOAA began using satellite imagery in 1966. Europe and Asia had 44 percent snow cover, though not a record. Snow extent exceeded earlier years in 1968 and 1972.
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North America
Space
The
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Europe
Asia
Agency
Pair treks over Lake Erie ice to Canada
Four men attempted crossing the frozen Lake Erie from Sandusky area to Colchester Ontario and Long Point Ontario. One pair reached Canada after a roughly 10 hour trek while the other pair aborted and were rescued by helicopter after hours in harsh conditions.
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Lake Erie
Canada
Associated Press
Wesley Schalamon
Valley City
Ohio
Daniel Greene
Cleveland
Catawba Point
Sandusky
Schalaman
Brian Kinal
Bob Bliss
Erie
Long Point
Ont
Schalamon
Greene
Union Carbide Corp
Parma Technical Center
Kinal
Bliss
POW Whitewash Report Alters Vietnam POW Probe
A Pentagon panel accuses Defense Department officials of failing to thoroughly investigate possible military law violations by U S service members as POWs in North Vietnam. The Defense Review Committee says 1973 dismissals were weak and policy guidance influenced the handling by defense chiefs Melvin Laird and Elliot Richardson during Hanoi’s POW releases.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon Committee
Defense Review Committee
Melvin Laird
Defense
Elliot Richardson
Laird
Hanoi
Armed Services
Weather outlook and a panel discuss deregulation
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows in the upper teens to lower 20s. Tuesday will be partly sunny and colder, high 30s to 35. Wednesday to Friday stay mostly fair with highs around 35 and lows near 10 to 32. An SIU Carbondale economist urged deregulation of natural gas prices to stabilize the economy during an energy crisis panel. Illinois Senate may break its deadlock to elect a new president, indications suggest.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Illinois Senate
VA to seek GI fund repayment from dropouts
The Nation reports the Veterans Administration will demand refunds from dropouts under the GI benefits program. A police officer and four brothers among seven victims of shootings across New York Indiana and Kansas are noted. Indiana upsets Michigan 71 64 in college basketball. Misers shine as track takes weekend sports spotlight.
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THE
Veterans Administration
New York
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Misers
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Harris Survey
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Bob Bergland
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Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
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