Siberian Crane eggs on way to Soviet Union for conservation
United States and Soviet Union officials cooperate on wildlife despite political tensions. George Archibald of the International Crane Foundation delivers three rare Siberian Crane eggs to the Oka Nature Reserve near Moscow to establish a captive breeding program and later reintroduce birds to western Asia.
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Chicago
United States
Soviet Union
George Archibald
International Crane Foundation of
Baraboo
Wis
Oka State
Moscow
Western Asia
Archibald
O’hare International
Afghanistan
International Crane Foundation
World Wildlife Fund
Siberia
Asia
Iran
India
China
Ron Johnson
Metrozoo
Miami
Illinoisans face charges in oil scheme
Two Illinois oil operators Louis H. Kapps Sr. and Louis H. Kapps Jr. of Belleville were indicted in Boone County Missouri on six counts of selling unregistered securities, six counts of securities fraud, and one count of acting as an unregistered securities agent. They allegedly misrepresented interests in oil leases to Boone County residents as producing wells.
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Jefferson City
Illinois
Boone County
Missouri
Missouri Secretary of State’s
Louis H. Kapps Sr
Louis H. Kapps Jr
Belleville
Iowa
Bill Botts
Boone County Prosecutor’s Office
Circuit
Two fliers killed in farmland crash near Flandreau
A Navy A 6 fighter jet crashed about 20 miles from the parents of one victim in farmland wreckage spanning 30 acres. The training flight from Scott Air Force Base bound for Minneapolis ended west of Minneapolis with no immediate explanation. Victims Lt Cmdr Larry LaLon de 37 of Tulare South Dakota and Lt Coleman E Miller III 28 of St Louis Park Minnesota were identified by Lt Cmdr Dale Smith.
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Flandreau
S.D
South Dakota
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Minneapolis
Pentagon
Larry LaLonde
Tulare
Elkton
Dale Smith
Naval Air Station
Oceana
Virginia Beach
Coleman E. Miller III
St. Louis Park
Minn
Cmdr
Charles Combs
Illinois House Advances Lottery Profit for Schools
The Illinois House approved a bill to earmark lottery profits for education in a 104 to 0 vote, sending the measure to the Senate. Governor Thompson backs the plan, though funding outcomes depend on the Legislature’s appropriations, with lottery sales hitting a nine month total of $917 million and profits at $390 million.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Charles Pangle
Bradley
House
Senate
Thompson
Robert Mandeville
Anti drunk driving group funds burial for crash victims
An anti drunk driving group helped set up a fund to cover burial costs for JoAnn Minkler, 22, and her two children Michael, 4, and Michelle, 5, who died in a fiery auto crash last Sunday. The family’s injuries prompted the donor-backed effort to ease funeral expenses.
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Ancona
JoAnn Minkler
Michael
Michelle
Chug a lug party sparks damage suit at Illinois
William Quinn of Wilmette sues Beta Theta Pi for more than 15000 alleging dangerous drinking at a University of Illinois fraternity event. He says he was forced to consume 40 ounces of beer then eight ounces of whiskey and more shots, left on the floor with restricted circulation to his arms, later recovering with treatment. University officials confirmed disciplinary action against the fraternity.
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Quinn
John Bramfeld
John Scouffas
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Johnson
U.S
Mart
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Echelon
Owen
Country Classic
Carbondale
Jones Vee Manca
Plae
Galesburg
Howerton
Sears Custom Studio
Levolor Lorentzen, Inc
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co
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