Natural gas agreement could break impasse
Washington Democrats debate whether to push a full five part energy bill or a quicker three part version as negotiators near a natural gas accord. House leaders and Sen. energy negotiators press for timely action with Easter recess in sight, while some urge completing energy conservation, coal conversion, and utility rate reform now.
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Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Thomas O'Neill
House
Anthony Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
United States
Moffett
Mine seizure hinges on fact finding hearings
The Carter administration rejects seizing coal mines and launches mandatory fact finding hearings as a prelude to a possible back to work order for 160000 UMW miners. Officials say obedience to the law is assumed, while some operators prep with dynamite along property perimeters amid fears of confrontation and violence in mining areas across Kentucky and West Virginia.
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United Press International
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Low Sulfur Coal Co
Pike County
West Virginia
Rockport
Weather update shows cold spell with chilly mornings
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight with a low of 15 to 23 degrees and partly sunny conditions Thursday with highs in the 30s to low 40s. Tuesday's high reached 33 and the low 22 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. At 7 am today the temperature was 22 and at 10:30 am in Morris it was 31.
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Snow paralyzes central Illinois roads and shelters crowds
United Press International reports foot-deep snows and icy roads paralyzed central and southern Illinois. Interstates and major highways shut down, hundreds of traffic accidents reported, towns sealed off, and schools and businesses canceled as snow drifts and ice hinder travel from Champaign to Du Quoin.
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Bond set for Teddy Morris in Flynt shooting case
Teddy Morris 20 of Norfolk Virginia was ordered held on 250000 bond as a fugitive in connection with the shooting of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and his attorney in Lawrenceville Georgia. Morris was arrested in a Norfolk tavern after tips from Georgia authorities. Authorities declined to reveal evidence but four Georgia officials traveled to Norfolk to question him. Frances Fodrey Morris mother said he could not have been in Georgia at the time and hinted he sought a reward. Flynt and attorney Gene Reeves were wounded during a lunch break in Flynt's obscenity trial. Reeves remains hospitalized, Flynt's condition improving.
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Hustler Magazine
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Georgia
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Flynt
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Entrepeneur
Button- Gwinett Hospital
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News of Flynt Publications
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Firefighters’ contract approved in Aurora
Aurora Illinois voters city council approved tentative contract for 115 firefighters after a 15 hour bargaining session. Mayor Hill expects ratification by full council with a likely vote the following Tuesday. Local 420 IA FF members backed the agreement after marathon talks.
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Aurora Corporation
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International Association of Firefighters
MCHS Checks for Head Lice as Health Dept Reports
Morris Community High School students were screened for head lice per Grundy County Health Department administrator Lorain Covey. Notices went to county schools not reporting cases. Covey noted Shabbona has over 100 cases and Gardner 150 to 160. An informational Gardner meeting was held Tuesday night. The Morris Grade School Board will open bids Friday at 3 p.m. for four building projects and a $400,000 treasurer bond, with remodeling of Center School offices, ceiling work, Shabbona air conditioning, and a wall removal in Shabbona boys shower slated for bid action next Tuesday.
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Maxim's de Paris
Chicago
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Herald
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Shabbona
Dollar slides to postwar low in Japan amid global declines
The dollar sank to 235 yen in Tokyo trading, a postwar low, with a 31 percent fall since 1971. Japanese banks sold dollars while yen buying surged, signaling potential further declines. In Europe the dollar fell in Frankfurt Milan and Amsterdam, while in Brussels and Paris it steadied or rose amid political anxiety. Former U S official Henry Fowler warned benign neglect of the dollar could threaten the free world's monetary system.
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Paris
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U.S
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Bols' Wife Named Deputy Supervisor Pro Tem At Aux Sable Board
The wife of ailing Grundy County Board member Leonard Bols was elected by the board of auditors on March 4 to temporarily assume supervisory duties during his absence at the Aux Sable Board of Trustees meeting. Township clerk Richard McLaughlin was authorized to write checks for the general assistance fund in Bols' absence. Bols, 58, has been hospitalized on the critical list at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet since Feb. 7 with an illness family sources say may be Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare nervous system disorder.
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Leonard Bols
Aux Sable
Morris City Hall Public Hearings Tonight and Thursday
City residents are invited to two public hearings on the Morris City Hall proposal. The first meeting at 7 p.m. today includes discussion and Q A sessions in the Morris Savings and Loan Association community room at 320 Wauponsee St with a tour of the old city hall. A second session at 7 p.m. Thursday will be held at the same venue.
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Unopposed State Senate bids for Joyce and Power in 43rd District
Incumbent Democrat Jerry Joyce and Republican L Patrick Power are unopposed in the March 21 party primaries for Illinois State Senate from the 43rd District. Joyce, 38, of Reddick, elected in 1974, farmer, Essex Township Supervisor, Kankakee County Board member, married to Janet Meece with four children. Power, 36, Manteno, Kankakee County state's attorney since 1976, attorney since 1968, former assistant attorney general, public defender, two children with wife Diane.
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Kankakee
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Kankakee County
Illinois Benedictine, Lisle, and John Marshall Law School
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