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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1978
Page
8
Federal state and local police carried out 62 coordinated raids on racetrack betting messenger services in Chicago and Cook and Kane counties. Investigations targeted whether services registered all bets with race tracks. One arrest and seizure of betting records and cash receipts were reported.
Plainfield AP reports George Thompson Jr. found both his does gave birth while he was away, producing twins on June 2. Fawns weighed 2-3 pounds at birth and have gained 2-3 pounds. Thompson notes all fawns were sired by his buck and plans to expand the deer enclosure and replace the buck next year to avoid inbreeding.
Springfield Democrats chided Speaker William Redmond at a private conference for hiring Victor DeGrazia as coordinator of the new House Democratic campaign committee. The session ended without a vote, with Democrats deciding to keep DeGrazia amid criticisms of his Walker administration role in patronage decisions.
Ed Gullistrand runs the town’s only indoor shopping complex in Rio Illinois population 273. He consolidated two buildings into a three room storefront housing a grocery, restaurant, barber shop, shoe store and hardware dealer. The project keeps Main Street alive serving as a social hub with coffee and gossip, though he says the grocery makes little money.
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