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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1978
Page
1
A fire in Providence devastates a family as Mary Post grandmother to two year old Ernest Northrop is comforted by a neighbor. The blaze ends in the child’s death, leaving relatives seeking aid and mourners offering support.
Congressional economists warn the proposed 16.2 billion tax cut would not counter inflation in 1979. Inflation and higher Social Security taxes push most taxpayers into higher brackets, leaving only those with incomes around 15 000 a year with a small saving. The measure would mostly offset benefits with rising costs and brackets.
New York Times reporter Myron Farber won a temporary delay in his indefinite jail term for civil contempt after refusing to surrender notes in the Dr X murder case. Justice Thurgood Marshall granted a stay until noon Friday pending further appeals as White denied further delay.
Carbondale was not among 61 U S cities awarded Urban Development Action Grants by HUD. A second round will be held in November as 180 cities vied for $100 million for redevelopment. Carbondale may still receive funds. city officials credit Congressman Paul Simon and await further consideration.
Don Semancik of the National Weather Service Cairo notes a mostly pleasant weekend with highs in the upper 80s and a late day chance of rain Saturday and Sunday. A weak system brings a 40 percent shower risk today rising to 60 percent tonight then 50 percent Thursday, with Carbondale area recording 0.06 inch of rain Tuesday and a 93 degree daytime high cooling to 62 Tuesday night.
A savings and loan building is planned for fall on the former Logan House site in downtown Murphysboro. The article notes a political reference on page 32 to Philip M. Crane's 1980 presidential bid promising to free Americans from confiscatory taxes and heavy regulations.
A Playboy article claims a 1954 CIA plan to undermine Aristotle Onassis involved Richard Nixon Warren Burger and a Howard Hughes aide. The piece presents a conspiratorial view amid other brief notes on politics and sports.
A three month series of bomb threats at Old Ben Coal mines triggers a walkout by about 1,700 United Mine Workers members across four mines in Franklin County. The dispute centers on how threats affect shift pay and reporting, with threats largely aimed at mine 24 and growing security measures drawing unions into protests and meetings.
Margaret Costanza, the sole woman in President Carter's inner circle, resigned citing differences over her approach. Carter accepted with regret after a high profile clash last week when Gerald Rafshoon cancelled her Good Morning America appearance.
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