Candidates Tread Tight Lines Ahead of November Vote
The Southern Illinois political scene heats as three months remain until the November 7 general election. Democrat governor hopeful Michael Bakalis campaigns in Herrin while criticizing incumbent James Thompson and a Sherman House site plan. Key debates feature Sen. Charles Percy and Alex Leith at SIUC Carbondale on September 3. The Marion Chamber prepares a candid.")
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Vance opens fifth Middle East mission amid cautious hope
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance begins his fifth Mideast trip in Tel Aviv at a crucial point, aiming to restart the peace process while not expecting major shifts from Israel or Egypt. He meets Dayan, Begin, and Weizman, then travels to Alexandria to discuss with Sadat.
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Sadat
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Jerusalem
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Cairo
Begin
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Sol M. Linowitz
New York
Shmuel Tamir
Austria
Weizman
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
Terrorists attack Pakistani PLO office in Islamabad
Gunmen stormed the Islamabad office of the Palestine Liberation Organization firing submachine guns and killing four people including a police guard and a radio operator. Yousaf Abu Hantash, the PLO representative, escaped harm as attackers shouted his name. Iraqi-backed militants were blamed amid a wider inter-Arab conflict spanning London Paris and Beirut.
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Pakistan
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
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Hantash
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Beirut
Lebanon
London
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Iraq
Paris
National Guard may aid Illinois prisons in manpower crunch
Illinois National Guard units could be called to assist Stateville and Pontiac State Correctional Center guards in non-prisoner contact roles until new hires fill 140 vacancies. Aide Gayle Franzen said plan aims to free guards for oversight as riots prompted active recruiting and a plan to deploy within weeks pending approval.
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Illinois National Guard
Stateville
Pontiac State Correctional Center
Gayle Franzen
James Thompson
Department of Corrections
Franzen
John R. Phipps
State Adjutant General
Thompson
Feuding gangs blamed for riot at Pontiac prison
Springfield AP reports the Pontiac Correctional Center riot on July 22 left three guards dead. Tyrone Fahner, head of the state Department of Law Enforcement, said gangs are a leading theory but investigators have not ruled out other motives. About 1,100 prisoners were in the yard as 750 inmates and over 200 guards were interviewed. 36 agents are on the case with more interviews planned.
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Springfield
Pontiac Correctional Center
State Department of Law Enforcement
Tyrone Fahner
Fahner
Postal worker in Los Angeles defends uniform choice
Kathy Byrne, a U S Postal Service employee in Los Angeles, stacks mail in her truck while wearing a long cotton dress with pantaloons and stockings up to the knee. Inspectors had complained about her short shorts days earlier, and Byrne said she has worked six days a week and has not had time to visit a uniform store.
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Kathy Byrne
U.S. Postal Service
Los Angeles
Ms. Byrne
Postal Service
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