Humphrey Leads Minnesota Caucuses Amid Draft Talk
In Minnesota precinct caucuses Humphrey leads with 241 delegates to county conventions and 205 uncommitted, while Harris has 26, Udall eight, Carter three, and McCormack two. Humphrey, 64, yet to seek the nomination but open to a draft. New Hampshire write-in 5 percent. Minnesota has 65 delegates for the Democratic convention.
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Georgia
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New Hampshire
Ford Edges Reagan in New Hampshire Primary
Ford narrowly leads Reagan 51 to 49 percent as 98 percent of votes counted in New Hampshire. Carter outraises rivals with 29 percent in Democratic ballot while Udall and Bayh also gain. Delegates show Ford leading 19 to Carter's 13 and Udall with 4 as the races move toward March contests.
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State Denies Permit for Massac Blackbird Roost Action
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health refused to grant permission to use a lethal chemical against a five million blackbird roost in Massac County. Officials said the roost poses no public health hazard, despite resident fears of disease. Metropolitan discussions with state agencies and Rep. Paul Simon were planned to explore nonlethal scare options.
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Joyce Lashoff
Paul Simon
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State Departments of Conservation, Agriculture and Public Health
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Murphysboro council weighs 50 cent meter fine viability
Murphysboro officials reviewed a cost study showing 68 cents to collect a 50 cent parking meter fine. Mayor Michael Bowers cited court rulings requiring formal notices and noted only about 50 to 60 percent of overdue tickets are collected. No action was taken pending further study.
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Michael Bowers
Bowers
Weather and notices roundup from The Southern Illinoisan
Cloudy night with showers and thunderstorms and cooler temperatures later. Board of education filing and term expiry lists. area candidates begin March filings. Chrysler and GM show gains while Nixon's talks draw fire. Du Quoin falls to Carterville in regional basketball. Page references for calendar, editorials, and sections follow.
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Indians
Humorous writer H. Allen Smith dies in San Francisco
Southern Illinois native Humorist H. Allen Smith, 68, dies at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco. An autopsy will determine the cause as friends recall his irreverent wit and 40 plus books including Low Man On A Totem Pole. He was born in McLeansboro and began as a 15 year old reporter in Huntington Indiana.
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H. Allen Smith
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Los Angeles
International Chili Society
New York City
McLeansboro, Ill
Early spring warmth sparks worries for southern Illinois peach crop
A 24 degree above normal warm spell in Carbondale raises 71 degree readings and signals a dry spring and hot summer ahead. Meteorologist Forest Warble notes patterns of dry springs and 100 degree plus summers. orchardist Neal Eckert warns premature peach blossoms risk frost damage if warm nights persist. A bitter frost in January, and a 7 degree plunge in March 1974, loom as historical reminders.
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Southern Illinois
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Guerrillas Free Two U.S. Officials in Beirut
Leftist guerrillas release two U.S. Embassy officials kidnapped last October. A spokesman for the Lebanese Socialist party said Charles Gallagher and William Dykes were handed over by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to Socialist party leader Kamal Junblatt, who then turned them over to the U.S. Embassy.
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Lebanon
U.S
Lebanese Socialist Party
Charles Gallagher
William
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Socialist Party
Kamal Junblatt
Junblatt
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