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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1967
Page
8
Street decorations consist of plastic tapes used to guide motorists. Over 100 miles of presslabs markers have been installed since 1962 on Pennsylvania Avenue and the latest placement was along Virginia Avenue during asphalt paving, with Suco Color Company noted as the marker maker.
The House rejected Johnson’s compulsory settlement plan but a pledge from the Railway Labor Executives Association for 137,000 shopcraft workers not to strike if talks fail eased fears most U S trains would halt Monday. Senate had passed the Administration bill earlier.
Rail carriers respond to President Johnson's investment credit by ordering large volumes of new equipment. Missouri Pacific spends 18 million for 300 box cars and other cars. Central buys 65 diesel locomotives and 250 gondolas. Norfolk and Western signs 36 million rolling stock orders including 50 locomotives and 1000 furniture friendly cars. Illinois Central to review 1968 car purchases.
The Illinois House passed a bill 133 to 24 to create two new public colleges in Springfield and Chicago. It allocates 3 million dollars for feasibility studies and land, and 250 thousand for a two year study on private colleges by five out of state educators. Gov. Kerner supports the measure.
On a rare June day the old grad purchases two tickets for a college football game set for a Saturday afternoon in November.
South Vietnamese forces with air strikes repelled a dawn assault in Phu Yen Province. They found 36 Communist dead and 30 weapons, taking six prisoners. Pacification workers aided the defense at Long Tuong as U.S. air raids limited by weather continued elsewhere.
At Herrin an automobile fire near the city park caused no damage after 9 p.m. A separate grass fire along the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad near Marion at 3 p.m. Thursday caused no damage.
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