Cobden erects five new city limit road signs on entrances
City workers on Friday put up six five foot tall signs along Highway 51 at Cobden entrances. Robert Williams and William Gulledge installed signs while Mayor G. Wallace Rich and sign painter C. Joe Thomas observed. The signs, each featuring an apple corner, mark city limits on five main Cobden streets.
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Allphin chosen as Illinois revenue director nominee
Pittsburgh executive Robert H. Allphin 52, tax manager for PPG Industries, expected in Springfield Monday to be named by Gov. Daniel Walker as Illinois revenue director. His Kentucky background includes service as Kentucky revenue commissioner 1952–1955.
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Throbbing with energy: America amid rapid transformation
Nation is in the midst of vast physical change and rapid life speed. Cities decaying and rebuilding, old houses giving way to glass structures, and a surge of ideas and people outpacing government. Debate rises on tax welfare criminal reforms and decentralization.
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Gray's chances lessen for FBI head approval
Senator Mike Mansfield said the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of L Patrick Gray III as FBI head is nip and tuck at best as it weighs Gray's ties to the Watergate case. He urged deferring action until all facts are laid bare and not treating Gray as a hostage.
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Franklin Co fugitive still free from jail escape
A Franklin County jail escapee, Danny T. Wyant, 21, West Frankfort, is believed at large in the West Frankfort area. Police say the search north of West Frankfort was called off. Wyant remains uncaptured and not deemed dangerous. He fled from jail Thursday at 1:12 p.m. after allegedly picking a cell lock during remodeling of the jail.
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