Dongola escapee returned to reform school
Dongola teenager David Maze sixteen was captured after a week on the run and returned to St. Charles Reformatory. Union County State's Attorney filed a burglary charge Friday. Maze had pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and received a one to five year juvenile sentence. an attempted murder charge was reduced. He was accused of firing at Patrolman Cotton Norris on February fifth and tenth.
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Dongola
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Maze
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Atty
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Department of Corrections
Cotton Norris
Jaycees Plan All Day Barbecue in City Park
The Carterville Jaycees sponsor an all day barbecue Saturday in the city park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Plates cost $1.25 with proceeds benefiting the Little League and Girls Softball League. Baseball and other games will be played throughout the day. Pink City Jaipur note appears as context.
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Carterville Jaycees
Watergate guard eyes publicity deals for Frank Wills
Washington attorney says his client Frank Wills may star in TV ads or films after exposing the Watergate break in. Wills still earns 85 dollars weekly as a security guard while negotiations continue for a public image and possible Frank Wills Detective Agency.
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Chicago
Washington
Mark Spitz
Frank Wills
Watergate Complex
Frank
Dorsey Evans
Wills
Evans
SIU Receives 491-Volume Legal Reference Collection
Judge Robert B. Porter donates a 491 volume set valued at 1500 to SIU Carbondale's School of Law. The collection includes 200 volumes of the first edition North Eastern Reporter and 291 volumes of the current edition with Supreme Court and Court of Appeals reports. It also covers decisions from four other jurisdictions including New York. SIU Law plans an initial class of 75 students in September.
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School of Law
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Robert B. Porter
Illinois First Judicial Circuit
Vienna
North Eastern Reporter
Roger F. Jacobs
Siuc Law
Illinois Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
New York
Jacobs
Siuc School of Law
Voyagers note ecological scars on historic Mississippi route
Portage, Wis. AP reports seven explorers say the Joliet Marquette route shows ecological scars along the 2900 mile Mississippi expedition. They compare Fox River pollution with the once drinkable waters paddled by 1673 explorers and lament political paralysis hindering reenactment funding.
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Wis
Marquette
Joliet
Mississippi
Reid Lewis
Fox River
Lewis
Louis Joliet
Illinois
St. Louis
Jacques Marquette
St. Ignace
Mich
Arkansas River
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Tercentennial Joliet Marquette Reenactment Reaches Midwest
A Mississippi River voyage reenactment marks the 300th anniversary of Marquette and Joliet’s exploration. The group will visit St. Louis July 4 and Ste Genevieve July 5, Chester July 6, Grand Tower July 7, Cape Girardeau July 8, Thebes July 8, and Cairo July 9.
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Mississippi River
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Southern Illinois
St. Louis
Ste. Genevieve
Chester
Grand Tower
Cape Girardeau
Thebes
Picketing Protest Marks 300th Joliet Marquette Anniversary
Indian pickets joined white paddlers to mark the 300th anniversary of Joliet and Marquette's discovery of the Upper Mississippi. About 250 canoes and several motor boats carried seven Illinois paddlers down the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi amid a crowd of 2000. About 75 Indian demonstrators jeered as the canoeists reached the stage while protesters complained Wisconsin funded $10,000 for the canoeists but did not aid Indians with financial problems.
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Lewis Group
Illinois
Lewis
Illinois River
Chicago
Lewis’ Party
Marquette
Juliet
Dave Lane
Peoria
Ill
Lewis Band
North America
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
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Mississippi River
Louis Joliet
Jacques Marquette
Wisconsin River
Joliet-Marquette
Driver 74 Injured In Randolph County Crash
Fred Hentes, 74, of Red Bud, injured when his car overturned on a rural Randolph County road just east of Route 8 and south of Route 154. He was taken to Red Bud Hospital with major injuries after losing control on loose rock. The report notes the accident details from state police.
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Fred Hentes
Red Bud
Randolph County
Rt. 8
Rt. 154
Hentes
Loose Rock
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