Simon pushes U S relations with Hanoi
Rep Paul Simon and five other lawmakers met with Vietnamese diplomats Pham Duong and Cu Dinh Ba at Simon’s Maryland home to discuss establishing diplomatic ties with Hanoi. They pledged to push for congressional approval while noting possible initial negative reactions, and the talks covered missing Americans and student exchanges.
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John C. Burton
Washington
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Maryland
Hanoi
U.N
State Department
New York City
Back pay and fees set in patronage dismissal case
Illinois taxpayers may face up to 700000 dollars in back salaries and attorneys fees for 25 state workers involved in a patronage dismissal suit. The DOT employees were fired in 1973 under Gov. Walker. Judge Ackerman ruled political motivations violated their First Amendment rights and may require payment of damages.
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T. Lee Hughes
Springfield
Illinois
State Department of Transportation
Daniel Walker
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
J. Waldo Ackerman
Ackerman
Brian Hannigan
Robert D. Rhoads
Hannigan
Rhoads
Hanley
Bond
Rhoads and
DOT
State Department of Mental Health
Weather and city boundary talks mix in Murphysboro item
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy weather with a chance of showers or storms tonight and into Thursday with mild heat. Murphysboro agrees to an east boundary line plan to avoid collision with Carbondale as other items note local comments and sports headlines.
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National Weather Service
Murphysboro
Primaries Spread Across Georgia Michigan Idaho Missouri
Missouri voters rejected a 3 cent hike in gas taxes by more than seven to one. Georgia voters backed Governor George Busbee and Senator Sam Nunn in easy wins while J. B. Stoner trailed among Democrats. Betty Talmadge finished third in her bid for a House nomination. In Michigan Charles Diggs was renominated amid an indictment for fraud. Missouri incumbents were renominated. Georgia runoff set between Virginia Shepard and Peter Banks for the 6th District.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Michigan
Idaho
Congress
Betty Talmadge
U.S
Herman Talmadge
Charles Diggs
Missouri
California
Talmadge
Virginia Shepard
Peter Banks
John Flynt
Sam Nunn
George Busbee
Busbee
J. B. Stoner
Nunn
House approves defense bill with abortion restrictions
The House passed a 119.2 billion defense spending bill by 339 to 60, with an amendment banning funding for abortions in military programs except to save the mother. The measure advances to the Senate as controversy centers on a 2.1 billion nuclear aircraft carrier allocation and potential future rescissions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carter
Administration
Congress
Test tube baby debate at SIU Carbondale meeting
At the 11th annual Society for the Study of Reproduction gathering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale two scientists say another test tube baby could come within five years, likely outside the United States. They note moral questions, embryonic protection, and the need for more funding to advance reproduction research.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern
Patrick Steptoe
Britain
Robert Edwards
Cambridge University
Miss Swartz
Dziuk
United States
National Institute of Health
NIH
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