Housing project rises in Carbondale for elderly residents
A five story 100 unit elderly housing development is under construction in Carbondale between Old and New Rt. 13 and east of Glenview Drive. Occupancy is targeted for summer 1973. Buckley Construction Co. of Fenton Missouri bids $1,027,201 for general work. Electrical bids total $192,890 from Bill G Allen Inc. Plumbing bids total $153,622 from Ideal Plumbing and Heating Co. and Quality Sheet Metal Co. bid $26,000 for ventilating and air conditioning. Overall bids total $1,400,713.
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Carbondale
New Rt. 13
Glenview Drive
West Carbondale
Mer
Buckley Construction Co
Fenton
Bill G. Allen, Inc
Benton
Ideal Plumbing and Heating Co
Champaign and Quality Sheet Metal Co
Talks end without full accord on stabilizing floating pound
Top European bankers and treasury chiefs wrapped daylong talks in Paris with no complete agreement to halt the pound’s floating handling. Markets for 10 nations may not reopen before Tuesday, delaying any extension of Friday’s shutdown as finance ministers meet in Luxembourg.
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Paris
Treasury
Britain
Olivier Wormser
Banque de France
Luxembourg
Vietnamese push toward Hue repelled by allied defenses
North Vietnamese forces again pressed toward Hue on Saturday but South Vietnamese troops, warned in advance, halted the assault and forced the enemy back with heavy casualties. U S B 52s and allied air power supported ground action as artillery and tanks counterattacked near the May Chanh River line. Casualties cited include 20 enemy killed and 2 government dead with 16 wounded, while recon units reported 23 missing after two platoons were overrun. another officer estimated up to 100 enemy dead from a force of about 1 000.
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Saigon
Hue
Imperial
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
May Chanh River
Puerto Rico Governor Visits Illinois For Cultural Exchange Accord
Illinois and Puerto Rico announce a cultural and economic exchange agreement during Gov. Luis Ferre’s visit to Chicago invited by Gov. Richard Ogilvie. Ferre pledges increased Puerto Rican self development while noting statehood is not a campaign issue and highlighting bilingual education funding.
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Chicago
Illinois
Luis Ferre
Puerto Rico
Sharp
Ferre
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
New York City
United States
Ilinois
Areyto Folklore Group
Ballet de San Juan
Noel Estrada
State Department of Business and Economic Development
Ferro
Violence threatens cease-fire in Northern Ireland flare up
Provisional IRA factions claimed remote land mines killed three British soldiers near Dungiven and wounded five. A 17-year-old, Patrick McCullough, was shot dead in Belfast amid claims of Protestant extremists, raising fears of IRA reprisals as truce observers warn disobedience could be punished. Seamus Twomey pledged reduced guerilla activity before the ceasefire, yet shootings surged after his announcement.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Provisional
Dungiven
Patrick McCullough
Antrim Road
McCullough
Provisionals
Seamus Twomey
Talks with Chinese Kissinger Finds No Clear Sign of Accord
Henry Kissinger reported after talks with Chinese leaders that there were no clear signs of progress in the Vietnam war impasse. He reviewed the Paris peace proposals and expected a Paris resumption after Hanoi completes its policy review, while noting potential gains in trade and cultural exchanges.
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Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Chou En-Lai
White House
Vietnam
Hanoi
William P. Rogers
Paris
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Mary Newson
Celia Daglish
Ruth Ann Howell
B. P. Mongan
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