Percy starts Exploratory Committee for possible 1976 bid
Sen. Charles Percy, critic of Nixon Watergate policy, forms an Exploratory Committee to study a possible 1976 presidential run. The Chicago based panel handles research and funds separate from his Senate duties as Percy weighs capability, odds, and family support.
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Carl Leubsdorf
Washington
Charles Percy
Nixon
Percy
Illinois
GOP
Chicago
Senate
Thomas J. Houser
Sen
Bell & Howell
Paul Douglas
Roman Pucinski
Sharon
West Virginia
John D. Jay Rockefeller IV
Arthur C. Nielsen Jr
William Graham
Richard Duchassois
Nixon receives new inflation options from top advisers
President Nixon, in Florida for a weekend, reviews a range of options from Treasury Secretary George Shultz and other economic advisers as inflation remains the administration's main domestic issue. Labor Secretary Brennan signals potential wage price controls and tax steps. Kissinger reports from Paris on Vietnam cease fire talks.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
George Shultz
Washington
Gerald L. Warren
Peter J. Brennan
New York
Brennan
U.S
Warren
Florida
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tha
Vietnam
Colson asserts Nixon unaware of Watergate fallout
Charles Colson says he warned Nixon to press Mitchell to admit involvement in the Watergate burglary but the President reportedly believed Mitchell and aides were innocent. Colson portrays Nixon as denying guilt until new charges emerged and defends the President while accusing Haldeman and Ehrlichman of leaking and possible cover up.
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Charles W. Colson
White House
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Colson
Mitchell
Democrats
James W. McCord Jr
John W. Dean III
McCord
Dean
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Sister and sister-in-law injured in Murphysboro shooting
A Murphysboro woman, Doris Wilson, was shot in the right leg and a 2 inch skull laceration injured her sister Christine Smith. Both were treated at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital and police pursued a suspect with no details of the preceding events available.
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Murphysboro
Doris Wilson
Bridgewood Lane
St. Joseph
Great Teacher Award Alumni Honor Benzinger
The Southern Illinois University Alumni Association recognized James Benzinger with the Great Teacher Award at the Alumni Banquet, presenting a $1000 check. Benzinger, SIU instructor since 1950, is the 14th SIU faculty member honored, with a career spanning English literature teaching, Oxford seminar direction, and leadership of the Plan A honors program.
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Southern Illinois University Alumni Association
James Benzinger
SIU
Benzinger
Oxford University
England
Academi
Weather Outlook Sees Warm, Sunny Days Ahead
Forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. Night will be fair with lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Monday remains partly sunny and warm with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
Dread City Death Ends Thriller Writer John Creasey Life
Salisbury England AP reports novelist John Creasey aged 64 died at his country home after years of rejection slips turning into success. Creasey known for many thrillers built a prolific career and left a lasting imprint on popular fiction.
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Salisbury
England
John Creasey
Here
Bauman Family Returns to Flooded Kaskaskia Island Home
Vera Bauman pulls a space beater from rubble near her flood damaged home on Kaskaskia Island as Louis Bauman surveys a sunken freezer. The couple returned Friday for the second time since floods forced them to leave on April 1 as up to 20 feet of water swept across the island.
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Vera Bauman
Louis
Mans
Kaskaskia Island
Bauman
Walker expected to sign measure shifting coal tax revenue
Gov. Daniel Walker is expected to sign a bill shifting about 4 million dollars in local sales tax receipts on coal from Cook County to Southern Illinois governments. Perry County stands to gain up to 400 thousand dollars. supporters say the move funds downstate needs while opponents warn of lost Cook County revenue.
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Andrea Nordstrom
Mary Thomas
Pam Riesmeyer
Andrew Kozinn
Dream City
Triple Crown
Secretariat
Cook County
Illinois
Daniel Walker
House
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Walker
Hart
Southern
Senate
Clifford Latherow
Carthage
Philip Rock
Chicago
Ity
Howard Mohr
Forest Park
Frank Savickas
State
Gene Johns
Cmarion
Perry County
Winton Bigham
Bigham
Third choice behind marijuana alcohol as drug use grows
New Jersey rock fans wear Captain Quaalude shirts as methaqualone rises in popularity among youth. The drug, marketed as Quaalude and Sopor, spreads from colleges to high schools with overdoses reported in Michigan and California. Federal controls face resistance from William H. Rorer Co with 60 percent of sales.
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New York
New Jersey
Roger
Berkeley
Calif
Michigan
Kway-Lend
William H. Rorer
New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Coun
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Larry Calafetti
New York Mets
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Georgia
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