Shawnee Hills Scenic Corridor Promoted for Recreation Way
The Shawnee Hills in southern Illinois are highlighted as the state’s premier undiscovered scenic area. Plans discuss a limited access George Rogers Clark Recreation Way from Fountain Bluff to Shawneetown and Cavern Rock, plus hiking and bridal paths, with maps and studies tracing proposals back to 1921 and 1931 national forest actions.
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Roger Hughes
Illinois
Ohio River
Hardin
Pope, Johnson and Union
Mississippi River
Alexander County
Jackson
Randolph
Charles C. Colby
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University Press
Shawnee National Forest
Forest Service
Fountain Bluff
Shawneetown
Cavern Rock
Recreation Way
Shawnee Hills
Friends of Our National Landscape
Chicago
Illinois Ozarks
Ozark
L. O. Trigg
el Dorado
Trigg
Ohio
Mississippi
George Rogers Clark Recreation Way
Lindal O. Roberts
Shawnee Forest Land Purchase Officer
Roberts
Colby
Southern Illinois _—_ University
SIU
Frank H. Thomas
Theodore H. Schmudde
Thomas
Schmudde
Linons
Checchi and Co
Ilinois
Low cost wide protection plan offered by Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan announces a reader accident insurance plan with up to 10000 death benefit and up to 1675 for non fatal injuries. It also covers minor accidents with doctor visits and X rays, home or work incidents, and includes a $1000 dread disease provision with no age limit or medical exam. Arrangements are with National Casualty Co of Detroit.
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Southern Illinoisan Today
Frank G. Aldridge
Southern Illinoisan
National Casualty Co. of
Detroit
Earthquake Devastates Kakhk Iran Killing Thousands
Survivors wander ruins as officials estimate about 11 000 dead in Kakhk and surrounding towns after a massive quake that leveled 750 square miles. Only the cracked mosque stands. 3 500 bodies recovered, rescue work continues amid royal disaster visit and large relief effort.
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Kakhk
Iran
Shah
Farah
Great Dasht Kaveer
Red Lion and Sun
Red Cross
Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Bartin
Ministry of the Interior
Ankara
Sivas
Edirne
Zonguldak
U S May End Rail Cutbacks and Public Convenience Test
Congress may curb rail cutbacks amid a looming showdown over 600 million dollars in unprofitable passenger lines. ICC proposals require strong public convenience reviews before shedding service, with Senators Mansfield and McGee opposing cutting passenger trains.
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Washington
Congress
Interstate Commerce Com
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Paul J. Tierney
ICC
Senate Commerce
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Atlantic Coast
REA Express Co
Burlington
McGee and
Mansfield
United States
McGee
OEO chief pledges no more anti poverty programs for gangs
Acting head Bertrand M. Harding told Senator Byrd he will approve no jobs aimed anti poverty grants like the Woodlawn project in Chicago. Byrd said the Senate panel paused action pending Harding’s clarification and cited a Senate investigation into the grant that funded weapons and drugs. Harding said the Chicago project failed to reach major objectives and pledged against similar experiments next summer or ever again.
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Washington
Woodlawn
Chicago
Bertrand M. Harding
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
Harding
Office of Economic Opportunity
Byrd
OEO
Senate Committee On Government Operations
Blackstone Rangers
Illinois sets Labor Day traffic death record with 666
The extended Labor Day weekend reports 666 traffic fatalities nationwide, the highest for the holiday period. Illinois leads with 49 deaths, the worst state toll, while Michigan and California follow. The National Safety Council anticipated 575 to 675 deaths for the weekend.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
National Safety Council
The
North Dakota
Jamestown
N.C
Illinois
Michigan
California
Weather outlook for tonight and Wednesday
Cloudy variable skies with little change in temperatures. A chance of showers and thunderstorms increasing through Wednesday. High for Wednesday about 90 degrees. Low tonight in the 70s to mid 70s.
Labor Day program at Benton sparks political clash
Southern Illinois Labor Day Association festival in Benton featured a congressional debate between Rep. Kenneth Gray and Harrisburg Mayor Val Oshel and a heckling exchange with Sen. Everett Dirksen. Gray praised federal aid funding Rend Lake and local projects. Oshel urged private effort over government and called for broader business involvement. Dirksen defended collective bargaining as central to labor history amid sharp questions about lawmakers’ records on labor.
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Congress
U. S
Southern Illinois
Benton
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West Frankfort
Harrisburg
Val Oshel
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Pekin
Chicago
Dirksen
Heckler
Franklin County
Shapiro
Labor
Osher
Gray
Rend Lake
Buckner
Thompsonville
West Frankfort
Perkins
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U.S
Family Living
John Perkins
Textile Workers Union
Samuel Shapiro
Springfield
Musicians Union
Elro
Agsautateen
Itte Vaca
United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters
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