Illinois House blocks ERA vote for seventh time
In Springfield the Illinois House failed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, 102 to 71, five votes short of the 107 needed. President Carter urged wavering lawmakers, with pro and anti ERA crowds packing the galleries as lobbying intensified.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
House
Carter
Senate
ERA
William J. Laurino
Chicago
Douglas Huff Jr
Dchicago
Illinois
National Organization For Women
Capitol
Thomas Hanahan
McHenry
Wanda Brandstetter
More Congressmen Indicted In Probe
NEW YORK AP Two Democratic congressmen Rep John Murphy and Frank Thompson Jr were indicted on bribe charges in the Abscam probe bringing total indicted House members to five. They face up to 15 years in prison and 20000 fines on bribery counts with arrangements to aid immigration for foreign businessmen. Criden and Silvestri named in the indictment shared in the bribe proceeds. Arraignments likely Monday in Brooklyn.
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New York
House
FBI
Abscam
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
John M. Murphy
D-N.y
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
United States
Murphy
Thompson
Howard L. Criden
Philadelphia
Joseph Silvestri
Keyport
N.J
Criden
Silvestri
Congress
Michael Myers
D-Pa
Raymond Lederer
John W. Jenrette Jr
D-S.c
Mercer County Divorces Recorded In May Court List
Mercer County Circuit Court recorded multiple divorces in May including Juanita Harman and James Harman Sr. and Nancy Santoro and Anthony Santoro. The notice lists spouses such as Mary McKinney with Cletis McKinney, Virginia Fox with Jessie Fox, and Rebecca Umberger with Thomas Umberger among many other couples. Detailing names spans numerous pairs, reflecting broad docket activity.
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Mercer County Circuit Court
Juanita Sue Diles Harman
James Edward Harman Sr
Anthony Santoro
Nancy Santoro
Mary Ann McKinney
Cletis
Daniel McKinney
Jessie J. Fox
Virginia Bowles Fox
Wade M. Lucado
Clarence W. Lucado
Coy Lee Bevins
Beverly Sue Bevins
Teresa Karen Walls
Michael David Walls
Kriste Lea Cox
Steven Randall Cox
Nancy Ann Lively
Ronald C. Lively
Carol Ann Lowe
Thomas Edward Lowe
Rebecca Ann Umberger
Thomas Richard Umberger
Patricia Kay Jones Levister
Steven Ray Levister
Rita Gail Short
Franklin D. Short
Elizabeth Leilani Hill McKinney
Ernest Howell McKinney Jr
Vesta. White Bennett
Jack Vernon Bennett
Olivia Nadine Radford
John W. Radford
Michael W. McPherson
Sandra G. McPherson
Nancy Grey
Hazelwood Clemons
Carl Jackson Clemons
Deborah Ann Garten
Basil Lee Garte
Afghan Karmal Regime Faces Internal Strife Amid Murders
In Kabul five supporters of President Babrak Karmal were found dismembered at a Soviet housing project, fueling Western reports of intensified factional fighting within the Khalq party. Dissension traces to the 1978 coup, with several army officers reportedly opposing Karmal and rumors of leadership changes.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Babrak Karmal
Afghanistan
Kabul
Khalq (People's
Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
Air Force
Amin
New Delhi
Qader
Moore Lags In Polls In West Virginia Governor Race
A Charleston Daily Mail and WCHS poll shows former Gov Arch Moore trailing Gov Jay Rockefeller by six points among 1,000 voters surveyed June 9 to 14 with Rockefeller at 40.3 percent and Moore at 34.0 percent.
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Charleston
W.va
Arch Moore
Jay Rockefeller
Charleston Daily Mail
WCHS
Rockefeller
Moore
Daily Mail-Wchs
The
Daily Mail
Seven Indicted in Large Cigarette Smuggling Ring
NORFOLK AP Seven men face federal arraignment in U S District Court next Tuesday on trafficking contraband cigarettes from Virginia and North Carolina to New York. Six suspects from New York City were arrested there with bonds from 10 000 to 250 000. a seventh man is at large. New York officials also filed state charges against other men. Federal counts include trafficking in contraband cigarettes fraud by telephone and racketeering.
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Huntington
W.va
Norman Ketchum
Milton
Ketchum
Chessie System
Norman Ketchum II
Cabell County
Cabell Circuit
Dan Robinson
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Haught and
Vega Inc
Huntington Concern
Dan Pappas
Haught
Vega
Eduardo Rivas
Lyle McGinnis
Cabell
Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
New York
U.S. District Court
New York City
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Vaster Charge
Donn Kenney
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