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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1970
Page
3
District Manager F H Carl announced that census takers, mostly women, started rounds on April 1 and will finish in three to five weeks. Identified by a red white and blue card bearing the Census Enumerator seal and signature, they carry a blue portfolio marked 1970 Census and supplies for the field.
Adlai E. Stevenson II launches a three day downstate Illinois tour starting Monday April 13 with visits to Savannah at 10 a.m. and Mt. Carroll from 11 a.m. to noon to meet local merchants students and officials as he campaigns to unseat Senator Ralph Tyler Smith.
District Manager F. H. Corr reports good progress in the 1970 Census of Population and Housing. Census takers began house to house canvassing April 1 to collect questionnaires distributed earlier by the Post Office. Residents should have forms ready to speed the count.
Highland Community College will offer 50 college credit and 14 continuing education courses for the 1970 Summer Session. Mail registrations accepted until June 8. in person on June 11. college credit classes begin June 15. Courses span business administration humanities social science natural science technical education and health and physical education. Continuing Education courses available in Freeport Stockton and Dakota. Copy of brochure available from Admissions Officer Freeport IL.
Bill Miller of the Illinois Department of Conservation warns that it is a state game code violation to kill an eagle hawk or owl. He notes two boys found an immature bald eagle shot in Wa bash County and that the shooter will be prosecuted. Federal law fines can reach 500 dollars and six months in jail. a $500 reward is offered by the Illinois Wildlife Office for information leading to a conviction.
A University of Illinois study shows 15 Sauk Valley College juniors who transferred to Illinois had higher GPAs than the campus average for juniors. The research, by John Sagmoe associate dean of student services, used registrar data for the fall 1969 transfers.
Sauk Valley College will add five non credit community service courses starting in April open to all. Four courses Stock Market Investing The Vietnam Dilemma Astronomy and Conversational Spanish meet weekly for six weeks, Reading Improvement runs eight weeks. Tuition is 10 dollars for six weeks and 20 dollars for eight weeks plus a 10 dollar new student application fee. Call Dixon 288 5511 for details.
Donald Boelkens, 24, was taken by Lanark Firemen to Freeport Memorial Hospital after a tractor he drove struck a culvert on a gravel road near the Don Shellhouse farm. He sustained a broken pelvis and several cracked bones with no internal injuries.
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