Pine Hills road closes for reptile crossings in spring and fall
Snakes and turtles will be given the right of way on Pine Hills Bluff road with seasonal closures to protect wildlife. The 2000 acre LaRue Pine Hills ecological area near Wolf Lake, managed by the Shawnee National Forest, requires 30 day closures in April and in late September to October for their migrations. Ranger Joe Newcomb notes road kills threaten local snake and turtle populations.
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Union County
Pine Hills Bluff
LaRue Swamp
LaRue
Pine Hills
Wolf Lake
Jonesboro
Joe Newcomb
Women protest ERA with bread loaves at Capitol
Women demonstrators staged a symbolic bread gesture in the Springfield State Capitol Rotunda. They presented two loaves to legislators as a statement on equal rights, framing themselves as bread makers versus bread winners.
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State Capitol
Springfield
Democrats push for Dean appearance on Gray FBI nomination
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee vote 16 to 0 to invite White House counsel John W. Dean III to testify about the Watergate probe. Nixon refuses to allow it. Sen. J Ervin Jr says Dean's testimony is essential to the nomination. Sen. Robert Byrd urges withholding action until the bugging investigation is complete.
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Tom Seppy Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lick Gray II
FBI
Nixon
White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Sen. J. Ervin Jr
Senate
Robert Byrd
Gray
Byrd
Illinois Senate considers transit aid bill amid amendments
The Illinois Senate advanced a $20.25 million mass transit aid bill for the Chicago Transit Authority and other systems funded at no state cost. The measure, amended to base aid on bank loans, would return to the House, where amendments may be rejected in conference.
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H. F. Wollenberg
Springfield
Chicago
Illinois Senate
Senate
William C. Harris
CTA
House
State Elections Board
Hirschfeld moves to shelve two constitutional amendments
Rep. John C. Hirschfeld filed motions to remove from the House table two proposed constitutional amendments ending cumulative voting. Both failed decisively in the House Executive Committee last week. The measures would create 118 member or 177 member single member districts replacing three member districts. It remains unclear when a vote will be taken.
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Henry Hyde
Park Ridge
Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Ronnie Palmer
Blue Island
Rep
Rep. W. Joseph Gibbs
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
John C. Hirschfeld
Rchampaign
House
Hirschfeld
Illinois
Nixon urges death penalty restoration and tougher drug penalties
President Nixon asks Congress to restore the death penalty for treason sabotage espionage kidnapping and hijacking resulting in death and to impose severe new penalties on heroin traffickers. He also seeks narrowing the insanity defense and automatic death sentences when aggravating factors exist after a capital offense conviction.
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Gaylord Shaw
Washington
Nixon
Congress
State of the Union
America
Supreme Court
Tornado damages Highland injures few in Oak Ridge
An early morning tornado touched down in Highland about 30 miles east of St. Louis, injuring several lightly and damaging 52 homes in the Oak Ridge subdivision. Officials estimate property damage around 500000 dollars as telephone service and power for the 6000 residents were disrupted.
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Highland
St. Louis
Madison County
Oak Ridge
Murphysboro
Old Rt. 13
Big Muddy River
Carbondale
Marion
U.S. Weather Bureau
Nixon education revenue sharing faces congressional pushback
The Nixon administration plans sweeping changes to federal school aid, replacing 30 programs with five broad grants and tying most to disadvantaged and reading goals. Aides say Congress will oppose the plan, risking reductions for Illinois and other states as formulas shift and Puerto Rico is counted as a state.
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Nixon
Congress
Illinois
Congressional
New York Times
Puerto Rico
Wheat Losses From Flood Hit Mississippi Bottomland
About 10,000 acres of Mississippi bottomland wheat are under water with projections that the crop will be lost. Officials note creeks are flooded and erosion grows. river crests near Chester are watched as residents brace for possible sandbagging if levels reach 36 feet.
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Mississippi
Bob Frank
Jackson County
Frank
Chester
Charles Grojean
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cape Girardeau
Kaskaskia Island
St. Marys
Grojean
Menard Penitentiary
Paul W. Sympson
Sympson
Murphysboro
Weather outlook with scattered showers and cooling trend
Mostly cloudy and windy tonight with a chance of showers. Lows in the 40s. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cooler with showers. Friday to Sunday expect variable cloudiness with a chance of rain Friday. Mild conditions Saturday and Sunday.
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Webber Borchers
House Judiciary Committee
Harold Washington
David E. Rosenbaum
Caspar W. Weiger
Tion
Iy and
Welfare
Giant City Park
Ed Greer
Family Living
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