Walker unveils road and bridge upgrades in Southern Illinois
Gov. Daniel Walker announced 63 miles of paving and widening plus 20 bridge refurbishments in Highway District Nine, costing about $16.3 million. The plan aims to accelerate 237 statewide road and bridge projects with a $565 million bond package, focusing on safer routes and faster construction.
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Bud Farrar
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Walker
Illinois General Assembly
Washington, D.C
Chicago Area
Jackson County
Grimsby
Grand Tower
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Gorham
Kissinger and Gromyko End Fruitful Two Day Talks
The United States and Soviet Union reported fruitful talks in Geneva covering Middle East arms limits and implementing the Vladivostok accord. Negotiators began drafting details on Jan. 31 while discussions included Geneva peace conference resumption and missing Americans in Indochina.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kissinger
Middle East
Gromyko
U.S
Vladivostok
Ford
Communist Party
Leonid I
United States
Roger Gallopin
Executive Council
The
International Committee of the Red Cross
Indochina
Gallopin
Red Cross
Zarb cites price rise cutting U.S. oil use by a million barrels
Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb told a House subcommittee that crude price increases have reduced U.S. petroleum consumption by at least one million barrels per day. He defended Ford's plan for a 3 per barrel import tax and warned failure to act could invite another Middle East embargo. Weather forecasts follow with cool temps and a chance of rain early in the week.
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Washington
U.S
Frank G. Zarb
Zarb
House Energy and Power Subcommittee
Ford
Congress
United States
Senate
Doctors fear conviction will restrict abortions
The manslaughter verdict against Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin for the death of an aborted fetus alarms physicians that new abortion restrictions may follow. Prosecutors plan to pursue charges under an 1814 statute for fetal experiments, while jurors noted the photo of the fetus influenced their decision.
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Boston
Kenneth C. Edelin
William J. Curran
Harvard
Curran
Edelin
Boston City Hospital
Asst. Dist. Atty
Newman A. Flanagan
Liberty Ann Conlin
Supreme Court
Superior Court
James P. McGuire
Soviet trawler enters New York Harbor for sailor’s medical aid
The Onezhskiy Zaliv, a 538 foot Soviet fishing mother ship, was allowed into New York Harbor to transport a wounded Russian crewman to the U S Public Health Service Hospital on Staten Island. The vessel then resumed fishing about 30 miles south of Montauk Point.
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New York
New York Harbor
Onezhskiy-Zaliv
Staten Island
Coast Guard
U.S. Public Health Service
Montauk Point
Long Island
Art Thieves Steal 28 Paintings in Milan Museum Heist
A night raid at Milan's Municipal Museum Gallery saw 28 paintings by Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Corot and Italian masters Nattori Segantini and Boccioni stolen. Police estimate the loss at 1.5 million dollars.
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Milan
Italy
Modern Art Gallery
Renoir
Cezanne
Gauguin
van Gogh
Bonnard
Corot
Nattori
Segantini
Boccioni
Yamani denies oil price cut discussed with Kissinger
Saudi oil minister Yamani said no long term contract to sell Saudi crude at reduced prices was raised with Henry Kissinger during his Riyadh visit. He added any price reduction would require OPEC agreement or a meeting of exporting and importing nations.
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Saudi Arabia
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Kissinger
Riyadh
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Anna Pupils Embrace Washington Era Culture in School Show
Fourth and fifth graders at Davie Grade School in Anna performed a Revolutionary War themed program. Students wrote poems and skits about Jefferson and Franklin, discovered Betsy Ross songs, and sang Yankee Doodle and Star Spangled Banner. Parents displayed crafts while a teacher dressed as a Revolutionary infantryman demonstrated musket firing.
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Southern Illinoisan
Anna
George Washington
Kathleen Wright
Davie
Washington
John Koch
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
America
Betsy Ross
Sue Fassler
David Bruchhauser
Betsy
Stephanie Hase
Sue
George Warren
John
Bennington
Tom Fassler
Colonies
Panel grills ex CIA security chief on domestic surveillance
With half the panel absent, the Rockefeller Commission questioned Howard J. Osborn, CIA former security chief, about domestic surveillance activities and infiltrations into antiwar groups. FBI and CIA roles in overseas informants and antiwar reporting were discussed amid absentee members and a present Ronald Reagan.
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Rockefeller Commission
Howard J. Osborn
Central Intelligence Agency
Osborn
James McCord
CIA
McCord
Democratic
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Commerce
John T. Connor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
FBI
Murphy
New York Times
Joseph A. Burton
Tampa
Fla
Burton
the Times
Canada
Canadian Communist Party
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