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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1972
Page
9
The Benton Consolidated High School will add a 1.35 million learning center. Construction is by T. E. Holmes Construction Co. of Marion, with supervision from Superintendent Barnie Genisio.
Joseph L. Brady, an amiable armchair astronomer in Livermore, suggests a long lost ninth planet called Planet X. He bases his calculations on Halley’s Comet appearances and computer work at Lawrence Livermore, arguing Planet X would orbit the sun in the opposite direction and take 512 years per voyage.
An advertisement from Beltone Electronics Corp promises a free non operating model of the smallest Beltone aid ever made for those who hear but do not understand words. The device weighs under one third of an ounce and is worn at ear level with no body head wires. Respond by writing Dept. 9751 at 4201 W Victoria Chicago IL 60646.
The pelican is described as a Christian symbol for the body and Blood of Christ due to a belief that the bird feeds its young with its own blood.
The House Public Works Committee privately discussed amending or evading NEPA to relieve agencies of environmental impact statements. Transcript from a closed session shows members frustrated by delays in Army Corps dredging and DOT highway projects due to lengthy impact reviews. Rep. Robert E. Jones criticized environmental groups for exploiting the delays.
Pentagon briefings reveal the USSR is constructing three 12 000 to 15 000 ton missile cruisers and refitting three Sverdlov gun cruisers with missiles radar and comms. Analysts link a possible 20 000 to 30 000 ton carrier type vessel to these ships as carrier task force nuclei.
The expression the jig is up meaning your game is exposed traces to Shakespearean slang where jig meant trick. The line signals deceit discovered and has evolved into a common idiom today.
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