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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
1
Southbound Interstate Rt 57 traffic stalled Wednesday while workmen erected steel structures. Crews used heavy machines to position girders and narrow lanes, causing delays for motorists near the work zone. Local officials advised alternate routes and warned drivers to expect continuing slowdowns.
The National Farmers Organization urged members to withhold hogs cattle and lambs amid record hog price declines. The move follows a nationwide plan for a meat boycott with meetings in 15 cities to decide further action. Local meat plants and markets report reduced output and prices drop across stockyards. Schools and universities weigh in with meatless menus and state lawmakers back the boycott.
The 83 member Congress of Independent Unions Local 13 approved the latest offer 40 to 17 in a secret ballot, ending a 23 week strike at Container Stapling Corp in Herrin. Details of the accepted proposal were not released.
Tonight brings a cloudy sky with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and lows around the mid forties to low fifties. Friday remains cool with possible rain and high around 60. Weekend outlook shows rain chances Friday through Sunday while Monday turns fair.
Cameron West of UNC says he cannot comment on rumors of becoming executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. President Donald Prince has not confirmed or denied the appointment while James Holderman resigns May 1. West met Gov. Walker only in passing.
Many Kaskaskia Island residents flee Wednesday night to escape potential bridge impassability and possible levee failure. People move livestock and heavy equipment while Corps of Engineers notes weakened levees from a prior peak. a barge remains standby for action if needed. Officials also report a tentative steel strike vote among 600,000 workers on an Experimental Negotiating Proposal.
Springfield advisory referendum argued for November 1974 would test three options to fund public schools. Blair and McCormick urged options including ending property taxes, a state takeover of 70 percent of costs, or keeping property taxes. McCormick promoted a tax freeze with local referenda to shield districts from reform.
After eleven years of war the United States pulled its last forces from South Vietnam and released 67 Americans held by the North. The remaining U S personnel at Tan Son Nhut left under a new South Vietnamese Viet Cong commission while air and naval forces kept pressure onIndochina. Vietnam war ends for U S at present but regional forces remain.
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell rejects as slanderous claims that he approved wiretap plans for the Democratic National headquarters. James W. McCord Jr. testified to a Senate panel that G. Gordon Liddy said Mitchell authorized the operation, while Liddy awaits sentencing for Watergate involvement.
A package to strip state environmental authorities of fines and regulation powers faces a final House vote. Rep. Webber Borchers of Decatur says measures counter alleged radical environmental influence, while critics claim the move targets antipollution agencies. Borchers owns a Decatur landfill previously fined by the Pollution Control Board.
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