Reformists visit Moscow secrecy tight on Czechs visit
Czechoslovak reform leaders led by Dubcek met Soviet rulers in the Kremlin under tight security. The talks followed a surprise midnight arrival and a proposed $400 million hard currency loan to bolster the Czech economy amid warnings reform could threaten Communist Party dominance.
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New York Times
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Prague
Vnukovo
Tass
Soviet Union
Dubek
Cernik
Communist Party
Mournful Obituary: Reuel R. Barlow Dies in Pomona
Reuel Richard Barlow longtime University of Illinois journalism professor died in Pomona California at 74. He retired six years ago and moved there with his wife who died a year earlier. He leaves two sons. Funeral services in Pomona with burial in Monticello Wisconsin where he was born.
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Pomona
Calif
Reuel Richard Barlow
University of Illinois
Barlow
Monticello
Wis
Four youths hurt in crash near Steeleville
State police report a early Saturday crash on Rt. 4 near Steeleville injuring four youths. Gary L. Cleland 16 and Scott R. Wittenborn 19 were treated at Memorial Hospital Chester. Dar lene Salger 17 and Joyce Elling 18, Steeleville residents, also treated at Memorial. A second collision on Rt. 51 Friday night involved Donald L. Clendenen 20, with passengers Carl Neighbors 15 and Frank James 14, all treated at Doctors Hospital Carbondale.
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Randolph County
Rt. 4
Steeleville
Gary L. Cleland
Percy
Scott R. Wittenborn
Sparta
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Darlene M. Salger
Joyce A. Elling
Wittenborn
Donald L. Clendenen
Jonesboro
Rt. 51
Carbondale
Clendenen
Carl Neighbors
Frank B. James
Anna
Doctors Hospital
Pinckneyville voters approve two grade school tax increases
Voters in Pinckneyville Grade School District approve two tax increases to fund a new 9 classroom building with library cafeteria science room and other facilities and to seek a $200 000 state loan for arts crafts band and gymnasium spaces. Combined tax rise about 35 cents per $100.
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Pinckneyville
State Building Commission
Pinckneyville High School
W. Mulberry St
Miner Dies From Fall In Orient 3 Mine
Funeral set for Willy Weller 54 of Sandoval after fatal coal mine injury near Waltonville. He died April 29 from a fall while employed by Freeman Coal Co. at Orient 3 mine. Service Monday 2 p.m. at Glen Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Denny Crowell officiating. Burial Hillcrest Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Maxine Creed, son Lenwood, five daughters, mother and stepfather, brothers and sisters, and 13 grandchildren. He was born in Kentucky and lived in Sandoval most of life.
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Willy Truel Weller
Centralia
Glen Ridge Baptist Church
Denny Crowell
Mr. Veller
Rt. 1
Orient 3
Waltonville
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Cox and Martin
Mr. Weller
McHenry
Raymond and
Golide Ross Chappell
Glen Ridge
Odin
Lenwood
Mt. Vernon
David McClelland
Robert Hoffman
California
Carl Johnson
Roger King
Charles Bryan
Weller
Freeman Coal Co
Hope to perform at SIU Arena during Spring Festival
Bob Hope will perform at SIU Arena on May 12 at 8 p.m. co starring Gene Sheldon Lind a Bennett and the Warren Covington Orchestra as part of the SIU Spring Festival. Tickets remain at the University Center information desk. Also listed are local traffic and alcohol related fines in Carbondale Murphysboro and Herrin.
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Ballwin
Bob Hope
Siu
Tommy Davis
Southern Illinois University
Hope
Gene Sheldon
Little of Brothers
Linda Bennett
Warren Covington
University Center Information Desk
Jenkins warns Britain against racial barriers
Roy Jenkins chancellor of the exchequer told Labour supporters in Swansea that Britain must avoid an unbridgeable gap between white Britons and colored immigrants. He opposed the race relations bill as creating privilege and warned against propaganda fueling rumors and a suspicious atmosphere.
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Swansea
Wales
Roy Jenkins
Britain
Labor Party
Jenkins
Enoch Pwell
Bill Cosby Set to Perform at SIU Arena May 25
Comedian Bill Cosby will perform at Southern Illinois University Arena on May 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale May 15 at the University Center desk with block and individual seating options. Prices range from 2.50 to 5 dollars, with a 50 cent student discount on 4 and 5 dollar tickets. Cosby is noted for six comedy albums and the TV series I Spy with two Emmy Awards.
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Bill Cosby
Southern Illinois University Arena
University Center
SIU
Cosby
USSR Ratifies Bilateral Consular Treaty with U.S.
The Soviet Union says it has ratified a consular agreement allowing U S officials access to Americans detained in Russia and vice versa. The treaty, first bilateral pact, takes effect 30 days after ratification instruments exchange with no date set. Senate approved March 16, 1967 amid security concerns related to Vietnam.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
United States
U.S. Senate
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