Area plans recreation projects boost Southern Illinois tourism
Stephen Tatarsky reports on Southern Illinois Government funds for major recreation push. Shawnee National Forest expansion, road building, and 1,650 new camp sites aim to attract tourists, with a $44.9 million Forest Service plan and a $16 million river-to-river highway project. Public Works funds may further develop beaches, lodges, lakes, and access, alongside Crab Orchard and Giant City enhancements.
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Devil's Backbone Park
Shawnee National Forest
Tilingis
Forest Service
Shawnee Forest
National Forest Reservation Commission
Congress
Grand Tower
Pine Hills
Ferne Clyff State Park
Williams Hill
Pounds Hollow
Battery Rock
Ohio River
Publi Works
Golconda
Big Grand Pierre Creek
Pope County
Eagle Hills
Ri. Vin Gallatin
Cave Hill
Wildcat Mills
Reeds Canyon
Murphysboro
Hickory Ridge
Carbondale
Karbers Ridge
Harrisburg
Crab Orchard Recreation
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Ki Ig
Crab Orchard Playport
Refuge
Devil's Kitchen Lake
Robert Personius
Dept. of the Interior
Showdown Battle China USSR Talks Open Moscow
A large Chinese delegation led by Teng Hsiao ping arrived in Moscow for high stake talks with Premier Khrushchev. The dispute centers on who may interpret Lenin era rules governing world communism amid charges of bad faith and meddling.
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Moscow
Pan Tzu-li
Krushchev
Etabanoe
Chinaca
Chinese Central Committee
Teng Hsiaoping
Khrushchev
Mao
Vladimir I. Lenin
Convict Slain After Killing 3 In Escape
A Georgia state patrolman fatally shot Melvin Weaver after a violent escape spree that began in Marianna Florida. Weaver killed four and wounded one before being cornered in a pecan grove near Americus Georgia. A 14 year old hostage Richard Hale and others survived as officers and deputies pursued the gunman and exchanged fire.
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Americus
Richard Hale
Melvin Allen Weaver
Franklin
Ohio
Marianna
Florida Panhandle
Georgia
Robert Benson
Benson
Alan Finch
Weaver
Finch
Alan Creel
Creel
Hubert Mayo
Mayo
Dickie Sangaree
Donalsonville
Colquitt
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Smithville
W. T. Beauchamp
Young Hale
Richard
Pecan Grove
Cpl
C. H. Bentley
Bentley
No Proposals End Bonn Talks On Market Ties
President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer concluded two days of talks in Bonn with no joint proposals on Britain’s future in the West European Common Market or on how to align grain prices. Officials said no agreement was reached on the main issue of relations with Britain and the market.
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Bonn
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
West Germany
Karl Guenther von Hase
Adenauer
Thej
Brussels
von Hasel
France
Claude Lebel
de Gauille
von Hase
Lebel
Parachute jumper dies in light plane crash
In Moline on Thursday a parachute jumper was killed when a light plane crashed in a corn field shortly after takeoff. The pilot and two other jumpers were injured.
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Moline
Kennedy vacation frames birth and rail strike news
Hyannis Port Massachusetts July 5 AP Kennedy family summer pause includes birth of a fifth son for Robert and Ethel Kennedy and a second July 4 baby. President Kennedy plans rest after Europe trip and 10 day Cape Cod vacation while White House discusses looming railroad strike with Willard Wirtz as Joan Kennedy undergoes throat surgery.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Ireland
England
Italy
Nantucket Sound
Europe
White House
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Cape
Atty
Gen
Robert F. Kennedy
Boston
Kathleen
Williams Sues Kerner Over Redistricting Veto
Rep. Gale Williams files in Sangamon County Circuit Court a suit seeking a declaratory judgment that Gov. Kerner lacked authority to veto a House reapportionment plan. The action argues the constitution does not grant a governor power to reject a remap and seeks permanent injunction against appointing a remapping commission. Williams says he filed alone to protect Southern Illinois districts facing loss and cites constitutional mandates for redistricting to be done in a single enactment.
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Tony Stevens
Otte Kerner
General Assembly
Sangamon County
Gale Williams
R-Murphys
Boro
Kerner
Williams
Sangamon County Court House
Wil- Home
William
Donald Mitchell
Murphysboro
Wirtz pushes last-ditch effort to avert rail strike
Secretary of Labor James Wirtz urged railroads and five unions to resume talks and warned a breakdown could trigger a nationwide rail strike or new legislation. He said a shutdown would harm the economy and weaken free collective bargaining, though he did not seek an immediate commitment from either side. A strike could idle up to 700,000 workers across most U S railroads.
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Wirtz
Rial
U. S
Labor secretary urges last-ditch rail talks then warns of rule changes
Secretary of Labor Wirtz urged both railroads and unions to resume bargaining by Sunday to avert a worker rule shift. If no deal, railroads may implement controversial changes at midnight Wednesday, risking a strike. Wirtz proposed a two year trial based on May emergency board recommendations and a 20 day extension for details with binding decisions on unresolved issues. Camp highlights include the 33rd Division transporting 9,000 personnel via 097 planes to a two week field training camp in Illinois and nearby states.
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Washington
W. Willar Wirtz
Wirtz
Tindig National Guard
Scott Field
Bellésides
Sec
Ville
Retary of
James J. Reyn
Olds
Bipsion
Wlinois Unoer
Leo
M. Boyle
Ionvoys
Jen Mary
Krondale
West Frankfort
Cairo
Wold-Chamberlain
St. Louis
Effingham
Litch-Field
Minneapolis
Ifield
Salem
Lawrenceville
Mt. Vernon
Weather forecast: Warmer with showers and storms
Partly cloudy and a bit warmer tonight and Saturday with a period or two of showers and thunder I storms. Low tonight mid 60s. High Saturday upper 80s. South easterly winds 6 to 10 mph.
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Ilihoisan
Ilinois
Crab Orchard Lake
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State Board of Economic Development
Lookout Point
Area Redevelopment Administration
State Dept. of Conservation
Giant City State Park
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Kremlin
Stalin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Vern
Nist
Mao Tze-tung
Mikhail Suslov
Arty
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy Holiday
Rep. Williams
Iinois
House
Senate
Tost
Soutien Wlirgis
Lake County
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