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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1972
Page
1
The Commerce Department reports April imports at 4.459 billion while exports are 3.760 billion, pushing the monthly deficit to 699.4 million and the year total above 2.2 billion. Officials cite fast U.S. growth and sluggish foreign markets as causes with potential for a worse year.
In Bloomington area, 30 United Methodist churches approved a resolution backing religion as an academic subject in Illinois public schools. The plan, drafted by Rev. Phil E. Pierce, will go to the United Methodist Central Illinois Annual Conference in Decatur June 7 to 11 and then to Gov. Ogilvie and state officials if approved.
Informational pickets were held at post offices across the country this week by the AFL-CIO American Postal Workers Union representing 325,000 members. Pickets ranged from a few dozen to several hundred in various cities to press for the legal right to strike and to raise concerns about local issues.
Tonight fair with lows 58 to 65. Saturday mostly sunny and very warm with highs 86 to 91. Partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of scattered thunderstorms Monday or Tuesday. Inside pages map 22 classified 17 21 church 5 comics 23 family living 6 7 records 21 sports 13 14.
Ann Lacy 20 of Pinckneyville is named Miss Rend Lake 1972 earning a $1000 prize. The Benton gym crowd of over 1000 watched. festivities kick off Rend Lake Dedication Days with a parade Saturday and two dedication ceremonies. Little Mr and Miss Rend Lake chosen, with ten others in contest.
A Cape Girardeau physician bought 30 acres at the northwest quadrant of the Rt 57 and Rt 146 intersection in Union County. He announced a conditional $1 million commitment from a motel chain for a development, with a second possible commitment under $1 million if the first fails. The property, bought from Phillips Petroleum for about $30,000, sits central between Chicago and New Orleans, with site development expected this year.
In Rend Lake's Miss Bend Lake contest, contestants answered questions about their boyfriends. Ann Lacy of Pinckneyville won Miss Bend Lake, with replies portraying boyfriends as unreliable or inattentive. Contestants Brenda Rubach Cathy Haithcoat Kerrie Lampley and Jackie Bond weighed in on loyalty and expectations.
Western diplomat in Moscow notes five Soviet American agreements signed during Nixon visit could have been handled by mail. Nixon inked two. lesser officials signed the rest. Ceremonies at Kremlin Vladimir Hall showcased grandeur, but all agreements were settled before Nixon left the White House. Nixon argued the trip aimed at substance, not cosmetics, as he compared past summits.
U S forces fired electronically guided TOW missiles in Kontum, destroying about a dozen tanks as heavy fighting raged for a second day. South Vietnamese marines repelled the northern assault near My Chanh, with Hanoi forces reported to suffer heavy losses. The air campaign against North Vietnam targeted Haiphong area, with bridges and a power plant hit near Vinh. A Navy A4 jet was lost near Vinh with the pilot missing.
Atty. Gen. William J. Scott said the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against interstate truckers challenging an Illinois fee increase. The decision allows $3 million held in protest to be turned over to the state treasury as the court found no substantial federal question in the amendment.
The United States and the Soviet Union announced a final two part agreement to limit strategic nuclear weapons and to set up a joint commercial commission for broader trade. Nixon meets Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny as talks move toward signing at a Kremlin ceremony. Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace recuperates after minor surgery in Silver Spring Md.
Four Russian missile firing submarines reported in the South China Sea are E class nuclear powered. Located about 700 miles east of the Vietnamese coast they sit beyond many U S patrols yet could reach with their Shaddock missiles within about a day. One sub carries six missiles while three others carry eight each and all four can fire torpedoes.
Washington reports the strategic arms agreement to be signed in Moscow changes little in immediate deployments. The US will continue multiple warheads on long range missiles while the Soviets proceed with their build up. ABM provisions limit a Montana Safeguard site but allow a DC shield and a Moscow ABM expansion. Critics fear a continued costly arms race. proponents cite political and ecological gains and long term restraint.
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