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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1978
Page
2
13 inch figure Gay Bob wears one earring and a DIY flannel shirt and includes a closet for its coming out. Created by 37 year old Harvey Rosenberg of Nueva York.
Illinois Governor race funds show Thompson with 495180 on hand and Bakalis at 36089 for the period ending June 30 1978. Thompson raised 893664 and spent 869979 while Bakalis also drew Teamsters support amid questions over a Chicago hotel site loan.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbs 12.47 points to 895.96 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange amid record volume of 17.58 million shares. The market’s strength follows hopes rates may be near peak, while the dollar weakens against the Swiss franc and yen, with gold slipping as the dollar fluctuates.
The House voted 280 to 103 to eliminate the $90 million Syria aid program for the next fiscal year, rejecting a $45 million cut and urging broader punitive action. The vote followed other foreign policy moves, including ending U.S. participation in a Rhodesia embargo and halting arms shipments to Chile amid a murder case tied to three Chilean officials. Rep Edward Derwinski of Flossmoor led the Syrian cutoff effort, backed by most Illinois colleagues. Paul Simon opposed.
New FBI records released under the Freedom of Information Act indicate an Imperial Missouri businessman was the person who paid James Earl Ray after Martin Luther King jr was killed. The documents describe an informant naming John H Kauffmann as the suspect, though no corroboration or interview with Kauffmann followed. Ray remains imprisoned for the King murder while the House Assassinations Committee probes possible direct links to Ray or his relatives.
A Moscow court fined two American correspondents, Craig R. Whitney of the New York Times and Harold D. Piper of the Baltimore Sun, $73 each for not publishing retractions of their stories. They were not present at the hearing. Whitney was in Moscow dining, Piper in the United States. The court warned of further measures if the order remains unobeyed after five days.
In Salt Lake City a mother Rachel David and six children die after a leap from an 11 story hotel balcony. Police say several older children jumped from chairs, some were pushed by the mother. Police indicate religious fanaticism linked to the father Emmanual David, who died by his own action two days earlier. he headed a small sect.
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