Horseshoeing boom lifts Herrin man to racing tracks
Jimmie Feezer, 22, of Herrin earned Illinois state horseshoeing licensure after completing two 12 week courses at Mid-West Horseshoeing School in Macomb. Demand grows as pleasure riding and racing expand, with new schools opening nationwide and Feezer eyeing tracks within 100 miles. His wife Judy plans to buy a horse for him.
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Jimmie Feezer
Herrin
Macomb
Feezer
San Luis Obispo
Calif
California
Hollywood Park
Golden Gate
Mid-West
Tllinois
Illinois
Mason City
Iowa
Southern Illinois University
Judy
Jimmie
King Hussein to Meet Johnson En Route to U N Assembly
King Hussein of Jordan, en route to the United Nations General Assembly, expects to meet President Johnson in Washington. The talks would be the first Arab chief of state face to face with Johnson since the June war, as Hussein aims to press the Arab cause and U S guarantees of territorial integrity.
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New York Times
Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
United Nations General Assembly
Johnson
United States
Washington
General Assembly
Amman
United Nations
New York
Jerusalem
Jordan River
West Bank
Aleksei N. Kosygin
U.N
Nikolai V Podgorny
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Podgorny
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Zeigler Man Held After Home Shooting
John Hughes 38 of Zeigler is jailed in Franklin County charged with reckless conduct after allegedly firing a 12 gauge shotgun through his front door Thursday night. Police, aided by state patrol, found him asleep. no one injured. He also allegedly threatened a man returning from a tavern. Police briefs note two speeding fines in nearby towns.
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John Hughes
Zeigler
Franklin County
Robert Ice
Hughes
Ice
Illinois House OKs motorcycle licensing and safety bills
The Illinois House passed four bills creating licensing standards for motorcyclists with an 18 year minimum, required safety gear, passenger handgrips, and prohibitions against passing on the right or weaving. The measure returns to the Senate for concurrence after a 93 to 54 vote.
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Springfield
Illinois
Senate
House
Corneal Davis
Chicago
Illinois Public Aid Department
George Burditt
R-La- Grange
Department of Financial Institutions
Thompson dies of natural causes at 52
Earl W. Thompson, 52, owner of E and F Concrete in Christopher, died Thursday. An autopsy by Coroner Dorris found no foul play, with Dorris delaying results 10 days. Thompson had been held at Franklin County jail on an accessory to theft charge. Funeral services are Sunday at Gilbert Funeral Home.
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Franklin County
Robert Ice
Earl W. Thompson
E and F Concrete Products Co
Christopher
Thompson
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Ice
Eugene Dorris
Dorris
Gilbert
Arrington
Highway Division
Springfield
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nusbaum
Three Teens Steal Soda and Watermelons in West Frankfort
Three teenagers were caught early Friday outside Market Basket in West Frankfort with three cartons of soda and two watermelons. Police report two youths aged 14 and one 15 were involved. names were not released. They made restitution, received severe reprimands, and were released to their guardian.
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West Frankfort
Market Basket
W. Main
Bruno Waller
Highway bills face cuts in Illinois road program
Illinois lawmakers clashed over 128 highway bills from the Highway Study Commission. The House Republican caucus killed all but one, citing top department leadership and former senator Grindle’s travel expense questions as major strikes. The lone surviving bill proposed a one cent gasoline tax raise, far short of the commission’s three cent plan.
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O. T. Banton Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
House Republican Caucus
Illinois Highway Study Commission
Commission
Illinois Highway Division
Lorenz
Francis L. Lorenz
Department of Public Works & Buildings
William L. Grindle
D-Herrin
Grindle
House
Ralph T Smith
R - Alton
Smith
Banton
Lindsay - Schaub Newspapers
Ilinois
Illneis
Southern
Illinois
GOP
Senate
Roger F. Nusbaum
W. Russell Arrington
William Harris
Pontiac
State mansion to be saved for 1.5 million
Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 1.5 million plan to remodel the Governor's Mansion built in 1855, add space, and end ongoing floor repairs during General Assembly gatherings. Rep. Paul Elward noted long-term savings despite opposition from Sen. Bernard Neistein and Sen. Arthur Bidwell.
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Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee
Paul Elward
Chicago
Midwest
General Assembly
Elward
Bernard Neistein
Arthur Bidwell
River Forest
Bidwill
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Sharyn Russell
University City Dormitory
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South Park
Greenland
East Africa
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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