Two more bodies found in California massacre case
In Yuba City California sheriff deputies unearthed two more bodies in an orchard along the Feather River raising the death toll to 23. Juan Corona the suspect in the killings prepared to plead not guilty while authorities said more gravesites may be found as searches continue.
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Yuba City
Calif
Feather River
Roy van den Heuvel
Sutter County
Juan Corona
Corona
van den Heuvel
Whiteaker
Capacity crowds fill Southern Illinois camping sites this weekend
Bonita Troutt reports outdoor season starts as about 10 000 overnight visitors flood Crab Orchard Devil's Kitchen Little Grassy Lakes Lake Murphysboro Lake of Egypt Giant City Ferne Clyffe and nearby parks with 77 to 250 campsites each. Most visitors travel from 125 to 150 miles away and many are local residents.
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Illinois
Arch Mehrhoff
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard
Devil’s Kitchen
Little Grassy Lakes
Mehrhoff
Devil's Kitchen
Little Grassy
Smith
Murphysboro
Lake Murphysboro Park
Jack Edwards
Lake of Egypt
Edwards
Third Baptist Church
Marion
Giant
Nixon urges cadets to uphold high sense of honor
President Nixon addressed 3000 cadets at West Point urging a steadfast military ethic amid antiwar sentiment. He warned of drug use and insubordination while stressing pride in U S power as a force for peace and world stability.
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Robert B. Semple Jr
New York Times
West Point
N.Y
Nixon
Corps of Cadets
America
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Hudson
Weekend Weather Outlook
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high near 80 on Monday and continued mild conditions through the week. Temperatures hover in the mid to upper 70s, with nights around the upper 40s to mid 50s and a small chance of rain on Tuesday.
No paper Monday Memorial Day observance
The Southern Illinoisan will not be published on Monday May 31 due to Memorial Day observance.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois reports corn blight in five counties this spring
Officials confirm Southern corn leaf blight in Jackson County and four other Illinois counties St. Clair Marion Champaign and Coles University of Illinois plant pathologist Malcolm Shurtleff says panic not needed most affected corn is volunteer and unlikely to spread to planted fields Volunteers should be killed by cultivation and avoid shelling adjacent bins until after Aug 15 A radio briefing from Carbondale will address the situation and answer questions
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Jackson County
Illinois
Robert Frank
St. Clair
Marion
Champaign
Coles
Malcolm Shurtleff
University of Ilinois
Shurtleff
Carbondale
Main St
Cooperative Agronomy Center
Dale Millis
Area Extension Agronomist
Frank
Extension Service
Shurtieff
Soviet Egypt treaty seen expanding Moscow influence
Western diplomats say the Soviet Egyptian friendship treaty grants the Kremlin a role in Egypt's internal life and hints at Brezhnev doctrine application. The pact signed in Cairo with Sadat and Podgorny aims to preserve socialist gains, while Meir and Allon comment on its diplomacy and arms promises.
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Soviet Union
Anwar Sadat
Kremlin
Egypt
Brezhnev
Russia
Middle East
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
Cairo
Sadat
Nikolai V. Podgorny
U.S.S.R
United Arab Republic
Pravda
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Ferne Clyffe
Register
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Chicago
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Moscow
Meir
Associated Press
Golda Meir
Israel
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