Spelunking with the Reid clan near Cobden
Art Reid joins Pat Terry and family for a day of cave exploration near Cobden. The first opening proves tiny yet leads to a room with bats. the group moves through a narrow passage to a second cave with a large slab overhead. They finish with a third, tentacled cave that fascinates the kids.
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Art Reid
Inndian
Pat Terry
Murphysboro
Rt. 2
Reid
Cobden
Terry
Fair Maid
Pat
Art
Dad
Patrick
Spelunking Member Resigns After Hole Incident
A person resigns from the spelunking association after securing groundhog hole safety and doubts reinstatement until met at the entrance by a guide to drive them through in a bus. In Yonkers New York Raceway 39 stakes races were held in 1967, the track’s 18th year.
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Spelunking Association
Yonkers
N.Y
Rainbow trout fishing thrives in Arkansas snow
Jim Aaron of Marion and George Savko fished three snowy days on the White River with Bill Olliverson’s Trout Dock near Flippin. They caught limits of rainbows each day on artificial lures despite temperatures below freezing, with a blizzard overhead at times.
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Arkansas
Jim Aaron
Marion
George Savko
Benton
Aaron
White River
Savko
Bill Olliverson
Flippin
Olliverson
Illinois
Tracing geese origin through feather mineral analysis
Illinois Natural History Survey reports a new method to locate Canada geese summering grounds by analyzing trace minerals in wing feathers. Researchers Hanson and Jones link feather composition to summer habitats, aiming for refined waterfowl management. The approach relies on geese growing new flight feathers at breeding sites and absorbing minerals from local soils and plants. Open to Minnesota for 1970 U S Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska. Dick Penrod, 6 foot 7, tall on West Virginia basketball team.
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Illinois Natural History Survey
New Hampshire
Harold C. Hanson
Robert L. Jones
University of Illinois
Hanson
Illinois Firearms Owner’s ID Act clarifies minor rules
The article explains that minors need an identification card to possess firearms unless under direct supervision of a parent guardian or authorized adult during hunting or shooting sports. Cards cost five dollars and are valid for five years. If minors shoot away from guardians, each must have a card.
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State of
Illinois
Ilinois
Sailboats Over 12 Feet Must Be Registered
William T. Lodge of the Illinois Department of Conservation says sail boats longer than 12 feet must be registered and display a registration number on the bow. Citations will be issued for violations. Applications are available from marine dealers county officers and state offices in Springfield and Chicago.
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William T. Lodge
Illinois Department of Conservation
75Th General Assembly
Lodge
Springfield
Department of Conservation
State Office Building
Chicago
Department
N. la Salle St
Carlyle Reservoir Angling Up as 1967 Catch Totals Rise
About 40,000 anglers fished Carlyle Reservoir last year and landed over 100,000 pounds of fish. The Illinois Division of Fisheries reports carp, bullheads, sunfish and bass dominated the haul at Carlyle and its tailwater, with bass stocking and lure use changing anglers’ patterns. Nonresident anglers grew from 3.12 percent in 1966 to over 11 percent in 1967.
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Carlyle
Division of Fisheries
Illinois Department of Conservation
Kaskaskia River
Illinois
Shelbyville
Kaskaskia
Department of Conservation
Carlyle Lake
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department
St. Louis
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Dick Penrod
Elkhart
Ind
West Virginia
Carlyle Reservoir
McCarthy Matthew Kelley
Treas
Rockingham
Donzini
Lord Rochester
Zeigler
Ford
Chevy
Corder’s
Motor Service
S. Division
Carterville, Ill
Conrad
Conrad Optical
R. Conrad
Herrin
Monroe
Tennessee
H. Jatre
Metropolis
U.S
Dr. F. Trumble
Carbondale
Mardale Shopping Center
North Park
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