SIUC drops golf course and site questions arise
SIUC officials ended five months of negotiations with developer Richard Heath to lease campus land for an 18 hole golf course. Heath still plans a Southern Illinois course, possibly in Jackson or Williamson counties, with ground breaking hoped within 60 days.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern
Richard J. Heath
Evansville, Ind
Illinois
Heath
Jackson
Williamson
SIU Foundation
Siu-C
Brandt
Oak Meadow
Saluki National Golf Course
SIU Board of Trustees
Riot erupts at Moody Park in Houston riot violence
Thousands of Mexican Americans rioted when police moved to break up a fight at a fiesta in Moody Park. In a six hour span, gunfire, looting and arson spread over ten blocks. 22 arrests, about 15 injured, a police officer with a broken leg, two TV reporters stabbed and hospitalized. Police remained on standby eight hours as patrols increased.
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Houston
North Side
Moody Park
Joe Campos Torres
Berkowitz pleads guilty to four Son of Sam killings
David R. Berkowitz admitted killing four of the six Son of Sam victims in New York. He faced a court in a high security setting, with sentencing set for May 22 in the Moskowitz case. Prosecutors disclosed he claimed responsibility for 2,000 fires in the city.
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New York
David R. Berkowitz
Sam
Pudgy
Yonkers
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Bronx
Berkowitz
Queens
Mario Merola
New York City
Joseph R. Corso
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violante
Son of
Brooklyn Lovers Lane
Sam Killings
Justice Corso
Moskowitz
Jerry
Neysa Moskowitz
Michael Lauria
Dona Lauria
Correction Department
Kissinger urges more jets for Israel sales
Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger urged Congress to boost Israel’s fighter inventory beyond the Carter plan, while affirming support for Saudi and Egyptian arms sales. He noted Israeli needs exceed the proposed 14 F-15s and 75 F-16s, and warned regional balance depends on timing and politics.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Senate
Carter
Israel
Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Capitol Hill
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Middle East
U.S
South Yemen
Ethiopia
Iraq
Foreign Relations Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
General Accounting Office
Taif
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Weather and local items from Southern Illinois and surrounding area
Spring weather nears with sunshine in the 80s expected by week’s end in Southern Illinois after a tornado watch. breaks with a mid-40s low tonight and highs in the 70s Tuesday, then 80s by the weekend. Also reports include three former Herrin officials go on trial June 19 for extortion, two-dollar bills in Tuscola, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale softball claiming state title in a rain shortened Macomb tournament.
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Illinois
Arkansas
Missouri
Jim Davis
National Weather Service
Herrin
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Macomb
Emerson Echoes At College Turning To 1960s Conscious Heroes
College students study Ralph Waldo Emerson as a lens on 1960s ideals, seeking purpose and independence amid campus debate. The article on page 4 surveys how nostalgia for earlier reform movements informs current student thinking.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Warren W. Brandt
University
Houston Park
Kprc-Tv
Jack Cato
Phillip Mesgraven
Lions
Jewel
Ernie Branson
Grand Tower
Tuscola
House of Representatives
Garry Templeton
St. Louis
Ann Landers
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