Shoppers Drawn by Bikini Clad Mannequin Display
A bikini clad mannequin tied to a Pine street and Cross avenue sign drew a crowd to a yard sale on Saturday at Mrs. Dan Patton's Plum street home in Percy. Susan Davis of Percy said the “lady” has served as an eye catcher for the annual neighborhood sale for two years.
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Pine Street
Cross Avenue
Percy
Dan Patton
Susan Davis
Ed Greer
Graves
Carbondale
Secretary of State
Mardale
Murphysboro
N. Illinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illnoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
12Th Street
Carbondale Illinois
Cartondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois and Military
Southern I Ilinois
Carbondale Driver License Center Relocated for Volume Growth
Gene Graves says moving the Carbondale site to the Mar Dale Shopping Center boosts capacity as driver license and ID card processing expands statewide. The new 3,600 square foot site costs 4.17 per square foot, with two more local staff and statewide modernization hiring 170 employees initially.
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Ralph Johnson
Carbondale
Gene Graves
Illinois
Alan Dixon
Graves
Mardale Shopping Center
West Main St
Springfield
Bicentennial Administration to Close Amid 1987 Plans
The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration will shut down this week though officials urge not to neglect the 1987 bicentennial of the United States. The AP reports Washington observers note a slow down in activities as funding winds down.
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Washington
U S
Regina
United States
George Washington
Valley Forge
Lafayette
Saratoga
John Paul Jones
Molly Pitcher
Benedict Arnold
Benjamin Franklin
Kings Mountain
Yorktown
President Carter
Jean McKee
Carter
FEPC Budget Cut Sparks Backlog in Illinois
A Senate committee reduced the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission budget by 300000 dollars, worsening a caseload backlog that has doubled in two years. FEPC officials say average case opening is about a year, and more staff are needed. The full Senate may restore funds in conference.
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Robert Edelman Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Senate
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Charles Gaines
Rchicago
House
Missing bomb grade material sparks NRC disclosure
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to reveal that years of unaccounted bomb grade material used in fuel programs amount to several tons. Losses, tied to poor accounting in submarine fuel fabrication sites like Apollo Pennsylvania, raise questions about theft and regulatory gaps amid secrecy around Apollo operations and the NMEC venture.
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Washington Star
Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Hyman Rickover
NRC
Probablyn
Apollo
Mars
Adm
Rickover
Atomic Energy Commission
NMEC
AEC
Zalman M. Shapiro
Nerva
Soviets Use Iceberg as Spy Base In Arctic Waters
Three French newspapers report the Soviet Union operates a floating iceberg spy base north of Canada, code named North Pole 22, with about 160 Soviets aboard. They claim meteorological research hides surveillance, while Canada conducts periodic inspections and Greenland and Queen Elizabeth Islands are nearby. The claim cites Paris sources in Brussels and notes Canadian reconnaissance flights.
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Paris
Soviet Union
Canada
France
Brussels
Queen _. Elizabeth Islands
Greenland
France Soir
Pentagon
Washington
le Figaro
L’aurore
Mastodon Rib Found During Clay Dig Near Warrenville
DuPage County worker Gary Jones, digging for clay at Roy C. Blackwell Forest Preserve, uncovered what looked like a wooden stick but proved to be a mastodon or mammoth rib. A county resources specialist called the discovery potentially 30,000 years old and fairly significant.
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Warrenville
DuPage County
Gary Jones
Jones
Roy C. Blackwell
DuPage County Forest District
LBJ Had Secret Skin Cancer Operation Reported
The Reader's Digest alleged Lyndon B. Johnson underwent a secret skin cancer operation while president, but Mrs. Johnson and the late President's physician disputed the story. The July issue cites Dr. Edmund Klein of Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo.
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Reader’s Digest
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Edmund Klein
Rosell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
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