Freeman Spur boy dies in house fire at ten
A ten year old Freeman Spur boy died from smoke inhalation in a fire at a vacant house. Eddie Stutz, son of Mr and Mrs Larry Stutz, was found in the kitchen as Herrin firefighters battled flames. Neighbors reported smoke from the dwelling across from a nearby trailer. The house, owned by Oma Harris Dixon, had been boarded up and was unoccupied for some time. The fire occurred around 10:45 a.m. and investigators said no one was known to be in the house at the time.
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Freeman Spur
Zelah Seals
Eddie Stutz
Larry Stutz
Herrin
Lelia Crawford
Crawford
Dave Bandera
Sturt
Oma Harris
Dixon
Frances
Wallace
Young
Minn
Howard Esk
Ridge
Stutz
Williamson County
James Wilson
House Demos Reject New Rules Charter Reform Plan
Democratic House members vote 5 to 4 against the charter proposed by party rule and structure commissions. They urge further study and note opposition and fear of losing control as the plan would expand the party nationwide with dues paying members and a convention controlled by grassroots delegates.
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Washington
Democratic
House
Democratic Party
Carrens
Democratic Party of the
United States
Frank Annunzio
Illiois
Wayne Hays
Ohio
George McGovern
Hays
Democratic National Committee
Creal Springs VFW Club Raid Brings Liquor and Gambling Charges
Creal Springs VFW Post 9763 faced new liquor sale charges after a Tuesday raid. Sheriff Oxford and state troopers seized 282 cases of beer from the Oasis club, stored at the Williamson County courthouse. Earlier, Friday raids yielded three slot machines and about 1,000 pull tabs. bartender Roy Marks faced gambling equipment charges.
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Creal Springs
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Russell Oxford
Donald Chamness
Oxford
Williamson County
Roy L. Marks
Marks
Miami Beach to study two emergency ordinances
Miami Beach Florida AP city council chose to review only two of ten proposed ordinances aimed at keeping order during the Democratic and Republican conventions. Officials plan to revisit measures granting mayor or police chief power to declare a state of emergency and impose a curfew and to permit police lines in trouble areas, while dropping the other proposals.
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Miami Beach, Fla
Miami Beach
Laura Lee
Dorn
No Assemblies
Donald
Improvements at Anna State Hospital Get 940000
Dr. R. Co. Steck, director, announced a 940000 state general funds allotment for electrical upgrades, repairs to older structures, a new hospital entrance highway, and ceiling repairs. Separate 22400 and 95000 allocations cover entry road and acoustical tile fixes. Bids will be sought by the General Services Agency. start dates were not announced.
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R. Co. Steck
Anna State Hospital
Richard B. Ogilvie
Rt. St
Steck
State General Services Agency
Bodies of mother and daughter found in Centralia
A woman and her 4 year old daughter were found shot to death Tuesday in Centralia. Police said the killings appeared to be homicide and the woman may have killed herself.
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Centralia
Illinois Senate approves private school aid plan
The Illinois General Assembly approved a $30 million private school aid package for the new fiscal year, earmarked for textbooks, auxiliary services, low income pupil support, and a dedicated educational development board. Governor Ogilvie’s signature was pending, with the measure aiming to prompt a Supreme Court decision on church-based school aid.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Peel
Iincis Supreme Court
Richard B. Ogilvie
General Assembly
House
Eugene Schlickman
Rex Arlington Heights
State Supreme Court
Scllickman
Senate
Daley delegate bid Deepening splits in Democratic AL delegate race
The Democratic Credentials Committee settled four delegate disputes quickly, seating Maine’s 20 delegates after challengers failed to testify. North Dakota and New York challenges were withdrawn. A separate California case questioned winner take all reforms, while Chicago Daley supporters faced a rebuke from Cecil Poole over reform violations. Daley’s faction seeks consensus with McGovern supporters to avoid alienating Daley in Illinois.
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Washington
Democratic Credentials Committee
Maine
North Dakota
New York
George McGovern
California
Burke Marshall
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
U.S
Daley
McGovern
Dale
Illinois
Springfield measure shaping state education board fate
Springfield report notes Blair Choate bill on the State Board of Education faced a rare Senate setback. Downstate mass transit bill clears House. Governor gets 374.3 million mental health appropriation. Nowlan proposes lieutenant governor salary cut. Public aid appropriations bill may spark partisan clash.
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Ilinois General Assembly
Blair-Choate
State Board of Education
Senate
Nowlan
SIU President Derge to Wed Bakalis Aide
Southern Illinois University Carbondale president David R. Derge, 43, will marry Patricia Jean Williams, an aide to state schools chief Bakalis. The couple met last January in Edwardsville and Williams serves as Bakalis’s representative to Illinois boards of trustees. Derge is a widower with three children.
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Dave Butler
Southern Iindisan
David R. Derge
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Patricia Jean Williams
Michael Bakalis
Miss Wiliams
Derge
Edwardsville
Bakalis
Ilinois
Government economic indicators rise only slightly in May
The Commerce Department reported a 0.2 percent gain in May for leading economic indicators. It also revised April’s increase down from 1.4 percent to 0.9 percent, signaling weaker momentum than first believed.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Compromise school aid bill heads to House vote
Illinois Senate approved a bipartisan plan to raise direct public school funding by 7 percent next year to 802.6 million, with 14.8 million above governor recommendations, distribution changes, and formulas shifting to include larger districts and density bonuses.
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Michael A. Smith Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Senate Today
House
School Problems Commission
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
Michael Bakalis
General Assembly
Thomas Hynes
Chicago
Bakalis
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Ogilvie
Hynes
Federal grant to Minois Health Dept for EMS upgrade
The federal government awarded 2 607 000 dollars today to the Minois Public Health Department for the improvement of emergency medical services.
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Washington
Minois
Weekend Weather Outlook With Cooling Front
Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers and thunderstorms early. Lows 60 to 65. Thursday partly sunny and less humid. Friday fair and cool. Saturday fair and warmer. Weather details on map page 14.
New U.S. Panel to Monitor Soviet Compliance on Arms Pact
A five member committee to monitor Soviet observance of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty will begin July 1. Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters will head the panel, formed to avoid past noncompliance surprises and ensure timely reporting on treaty terms. Ratification by the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Soviet will formalize the Moscow agreements.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence
Sensts
Supreme Soviet
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