Heavy rainfall coats Southern Illinois with four inches in four days
A month’s worth of rain drenched much of Southern Illinois since Thursday. Carbondale recorded four inches since 7 a.m. Thursday, raising June totals to 4.41 inches. Flooding hit Anna streets and basements as thunderstorms lingered. officials expect clearing by Wednesday. Local soybean planting may resume as moisture improves but more rain is anticipated in about a week.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
Richard Swope
Franklin County Extension Service
Missouri
Kentucky
Indiana
Ed Brewald
Southern Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Rrewald
Anna
Biewald
U.S. judges gain power in desegregation orders
Supreme Court rules federal judges may impose educational programs in desegregation plans and may order system-wide remedies beyond pupil reassignment. Dayton busing for 18,000 students kept in place pending limited reform while courts craft new remedies.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dayton
Ohio
U.S
Robert DeMascio
Detroit
Michigan
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank J. Kelley
High Court
Warren Burger
Burger
William H. Rehnquist
CB Jamboree Draws 600 Fans in West Frankfort
About 600 CB radio enthusiasts attended a Citizen's Band jamboree in West Frankfort despite an expected crowd of 1,500. Weather blamed for the lower turnout, with attendees enjoying socializing and club camaraderie.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Lucky
Tom Thumb
Corn Cole
West Frankfort
West Frankfort CB rally raises funds for center
CBers in West Frankfort gathered in uniforms at a joyfully chaotic jamboree that raised funds for the Wit and Wisdom Center to buy a van for senior transport. Prizes included 200 silver dollars. jail passes cost 25 cents. Mayor Jack Woolard reportedly ended up jailed.
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Jack Woolard
West Frankfort
Wit and Wisdom Center
Jean “Daisy June” Berghoefer
High Ridge
Weather and legislature notes on aid and tax relief
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of storms and a low in the 70s. Tuesday will be hot and humid with highs in the 90s and a 30 percent rain chance tonight. Wednesday turns cooler with mid 60s to mid 70s lows and upper 70s to upper 80s highs. Farmers seek tax relief as business lobbyists oppose. School districts may receive more state aid if the General Assembly approves a larger appropriation than Governor Thompson recommended.
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General Assembly
James Thompson
Gasoline Shortage Seen Possible This Summer
Nation faces potential gasoline shortage amid concerns of supply gaps despite record fuel stocks. Officials warn summer demand could outpace available supply, prompting calls for conservation and contingency planning.
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E Nation
Soybean cyst nematode attacks Southern Illinois fields
Report notes soybean cyst nematode is making damaging gains across many Southern Illinois soybean fields this year. The brief appears in a page listing sections such as Farm Life and Weather with other features like anniversaries, births and deaths.
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Illinois
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
SIU Carbondale Law Professor Mager Plans Private Practice
SIU Carbondale law associate professor T Richard Mager will leave teaching after spring 1978 to join the new Carbondale firm Feirich Schoen Mager and Green as a partner. The seven-lawyer firm includes Feirich, Schoen, Green and Rouhandeh, and Mager says the move is unrelated to the promotion dispute that affected four SIU-C law teachers. He will continue teaching through the 1978 spring semester to ease the transition.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern
Siu-C
SIU Board of Trustees
Mager
SIU C
Law School
Body of film producer Michael Todd stolen from grave
Forest Park police say the rubber bag with Michael Todd remains was found missing from his casket in Jewish Waldheim Cemetery after a woman noticed tampering. Todd died in the 1958 plane crash in the Zuni Mountains and was married to Elizabeth Taylor at the time.
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Forest Park
Michael Todd
Michael Thompson
Todd
Waldheim
Elizabeth Taylor
Zuni Mountains
New Mexico
Ford says Congress ought to be spanked for spending
Former President Gerald Ford praises President Carter for budget balancing but says Congress should be spanked for irresponsible spending. He also notes the Carter administration must back its words with action, while acknowledging the president’s style has impressed Americans.
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Ford
Congress
Washington
Carter
Gerald Ford
Youth, 16, Admits Jail Fire Causing 34 Dead Inmate Visitors
A 16 year old, Andrew Zinmer, confessed to setting a jail fire at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tennessee that killed 34 inmates and eight visitors during a one hour visiting period. He faces arson charges and possible adult trial. The fire trapped prisoners and visitors. rescuers struggled as keys were dropped and access blocked.
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Columbia, Tenn
Wisconsin
Andrew Zinmer
Nashville
Maury County
Atty
Robert H. Gay
Zinmer
Roy Martinson
Vnior
Wis
Board of Trade
Martinson
Superior
Waukesha
Sad Lake Inc
Dousman
Bob Farmer
Columbia
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California
John Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
Alabama
William ‘Chipmunk’ Barbe
Davisburg, Mich
West Frank Jamboree
Mark Holm
Hustlers Co
Clue
John Funkhouser
Zeigler
CB Club
Channel 5
Oliver “Handle
Miller Jr
Energy
Clyde
Campbell
Benton
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
SIUC
Addie L. Zinmer
Jackson
Bowling Green
Tennessee
Washville
Chattanooga
Miles
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