Drastic Northeastern rail overhaul eyed and nationwide tax urged
The Interstate Commerce Commission proposed a drastic overhaul of the Northeastern rail system serving 17 states and D C. A Federal Air Railroad Act draft calls for modernization costing 400 to 500 million dollars annually, funded by a 1 percent tax on all surface freight. Public funding urged as private funds unlikely.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
States
District of Columbia
United States
Northeast
Penn Central Transportation Co
Fogel Named Adviser After Senate Rejection
In Springfield AP report, David Fogel is named adviser less than a day after the Illinois Senate rejected him as director of the depart ment. The move places Fogel in an alternate role within the state administration.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
David Fogel
Ment of Corrections
Daniel Walker
Minnesota
Walker
Fogel
Dave Fogel
Illinois
Senate
William Harris
Pontiac
John Graham
Barrington
Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections.”’ Graham Said He Would Fight Any Attempt Fogel
Department
Manhunt in Belfast for killers and two enticers
Three British army sergeants were killed in Belfast in a planned attack after being lured to an apartment by two girls. A wide manhunt was under way across Northern Ireland for the gunmen and the two girls. A protest rally in Belfast against peace plans failed to rally support.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Corporate favors cloud mine safety budget fight
A dispute over accepted corporate favors by Donald P. Schlick, deputy director for Health and Safety at the Bureau of Mines, threatens approval of the bureau's 1974 137 million dollar budget. Schlick acknowledged free flights on FMC and Mine Safety Appliances aircraft tied to bureau contracts.
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Ben A. Franklin
New York Times
Washington
Donald P. Schlick
Bureau of Mines
Senate
Schlick
Bureau
Food Machinery Corp
Mine Safety Appliances, Inc
Journal of the United Mine Workers
U.M.W. Journal
F.M.C
Alan Bible
Dev
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Bible Said
Ward Sinclair
Louisville Courier-Journal
Blue Cross to pay for abortions in state
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Illinois will reimburse policy holders for abortions performed by licensed physicians in clinics and hospitals, with a 270 day policy-coverage requirement. The insurer notes varying reimbursement by plan while noting maternity benefits remain unavailable under individual plans.
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Chicago
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Illinois
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
U.S. Supreme Court
Last POWs to be released
North Vietnam said it would release the final group of American prisoners on Tuesday and Wednesday but rejected U S demands to release POWs captured in Laos as beyond the cease fire. The United States halted troop withdrawal until such assurances are secured, while the Communists delayed repatriation of the last POWs pending a troop resumption.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Laos
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Tran van Tra
Gilbert AH. Stockareth
US S
Marine Guard
Hoa
Tra
Woodward
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Pathet Lao
North Vietnam set to release U S prisoners amid troop talks
A North Vietnamese letter to the Joint Military Commission outlines plans to release 40 U S prisoners Tuesday and 67 Wednesday at Hanoi Gia Lam airport, with views on POW lists and redeployment. Separately, 200 Communist prisoners refused repatriation at Bien Hoa, signaling broad defection trends.
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Four Party
Joint Military Commission
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Vietnam
le Quang Hoa
Paris
Spring storms lash U S with snow and flood damage
The Associated Press reports a spring storm dumped heavy snow across northern New Mexico paralyzing towns and stranding hundreds while Southern states faced heavy rains and widespread flooding. Raton and Las Vegas Taos Santa Fe and Clayton were isolated by drifts. a bus with five pupils was marooned near Raton. rescue efforts continued. Mississippi River rose to its highest in a decade across Kentucky and Tennessee with a levee break near Dyersburg flooding pastureland and over 500000 acres underwater across several states.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Raton
Las Vegas
Taos
Santa Fe
Clayton
National Guard
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
National Weather Service
Cauthersville
USS. Army Corps of Engineers
Dyersburg
Tenn
Missouri Foothills
Arkansas
McCord revelations trigger new Watergate probes
The Senate Watergate committee and a federal grand jury plan Monday meetings after McCord's letter alleging perjury and political pressure. Jury and court actions follow, with five defendants hit by provisional maximums of 35 years as sentencing nears. Mitchell defends the campaign, saying no others were involved.
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Washington
Senate
Special
Watergate Investigation Committee
James W. McCord
McCord
US District Court
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Sirica
Grand Jury
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
James W. McCord Jr
New York
Nixon Campaign Committee
Democratic
Spring and Easter fashions spotlighted in Special Section
The Southern Illinoisan highlights spring and Easter fashions in a special section beginning on page 15. Joanne Wood writes on home poisons on page 29. University air operations feature on page 36. James R. Thompson is profiled on page 37.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinois University
Illinois
James R. Thompson
U.S
Otto Kerner
Robert W. Sink
Hirsch
Ray Fosse
Oakland
Benton Woman Injured in Two Car Du Quoin Crash
Linda Sue Cohoon of Benton was listed in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Mt. Vernon after a two car collision on South Washington Street in Du Quoin Saturday evening. Danny Stevenson Donna Eubanks and Robert Dale suffered injuries and were listed in satisfactory condition at Marshall Browning Hospital.
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Benton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
du Quoin
Linda Sue Cohoon
Good Samaritan
Marshall Browning
Danny Stevenson
Donna Eubanks
Robert Dale
Stevenson
Dale
Army money gone in theft at Fort Polk by 18-year veteran
Bobby Gene Sartain a 40 year old staff sergeant with 18 years in the Army was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to claim baggage after a Memphis flight in connection with the theft of 385000 dollars in small bills from the Army Finance Center at Fort Polk Louisiana. He had access to the vault where payroll funds were stored. FBI spokesman identified Sartain as the suspect and cited a telephone tip that led to the arrest.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International i
Army Finance Center
Fort Polk
FBI
Bobby Gene Sartain
Memphis
Tenn
Sartain
Army
Kindergarten Canceled at Scout Cabin Over Sewer Issue
Sewer problems force cancellation of kindergarten classes Monday and Tuesday at the Scout Cabin in Johnson City. Superintendent Remo Castrale says relocation to another building may occur if the issue persists and will announce updates after Tuesday.
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Tuesay
Scout Cabin
Johnson City
Remo Castrale
Castrale
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