Cowboys sign Thompson as free agent
Thomas Thompson a leading ground gainer for Southern Illinois University last season signs with the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent. The Oxford Mississippi native, 6 1 and 207 pounds, averaged 4.2 yards per carry for 312 rushing yards last fall and will report to training camp.
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Thomas Thompson
Southern Illinois University
Dallas Cowboys
Thompson
Salukis
Cowboys
Oxford
Miss
Canoes in vogue again
The Jackson County Anti-Horse and Mule Thief Association hosted a club shoot to raise funds for the Les Hivernants voyageur group. They aim to buy a 26 foot freight canoe with about $1,600, while selling War of 1812 and Civil War medals and two H. Harve Hildebrand sketches. The groups cooperate. Les Hivernants will join Grand Tower events and other rendezvous, with a possible Chicago to Gulf of Mexico trip in 1974.
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Art Reid
Jackson County Anti- Horse and Mule Thief Association
Les Hivernants
Chicago
Jcahmta
Illinois
Richard Blanchard
Marion Mitchell
Jackson County Anti-Horse and Mule Thief Association
Southern I Linois
Blanchard
H. Harve Hildebrand
Pana
Grand Tower
Mississippi
Voyageur Club
Fort de Chartres
Grand Portage
Gulf of Mexico
World's Largest Gopher Encounter in Badlands Roadside
In South Dakota near Badlands National Park a roadside gag features the World’s Largest Gopher painted 18 feet tall loitering above a tourist shop. The tale ties to Old Sledgefoot the Southern Illinois swamp rabbit and a string of dubious promotions, fundraisers, and protests surrounding the creature.
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Art Reid
South Dakota
Badlands National Park
Illinois
Sledgefoot
Ralph Nader
National Bleeding Hearts Society
Alice Herringbone
Bambi
Smokey the Bear
National
Bleeding Hearts Society
Herringbone
Jerome Trussback
Yonkers
Linton hurls perfect game in spring softball clash
Royalton champ Terry Linton pitched a perfect game for Zeigler in an 8-0 win over Carterville as Zeigler recovered from a 7-0 loss. Linton struck out 11, homered, and Zeigler rallied after a prior defeat to Royalton, while Royalton edged Shelton Construction 7-6 for the title.
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Terry Linton
Zeigler
West Frankfort
Carterville Pepsi
Royalton Pirates
Shelton Construction
Linton
Royalton
Carterville
Merchants
Raiders
Kuruss
Allen
Bennett
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Southern Illinois
College Historical Group
Sou
Thern Illinois
Ralph Frese
Northern Illinois
New York
Washington
ROTC
C.d’s
University Bank of Carbondale
FDIC
Stearns
Electric Motor Service
N. Renfro
Carbondale
Lincoln
Brewster Motors, Inc
North Park
Herrin
N. Ill
O’dale
Nobelco
Rexall Drug
Dunhill
Charatan Barling
Savinelli
Comoy’‘s
South Illinois Carbondale
John Cotten
Balkan
Sobranne
State Express
MacBaren’s McConnell’s
Denham’s
Holland
Varsity
Pyramid Lumber CO
Ieee
Aluminum
Insul
Marion
Norelco
North American
Philips
Apollo
Lake Barkley
Port KenBar
M.L. “Red” Kratzer
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