World Council grants Rhodesian guerrillas funds
The World Council of Churches announced an $85,000 grant to the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nyomomo to support humanitarian programs amid Rhodesia's stalled settlement. The grant, aimed at anti racism efforts, excludes general WCC funds and follows a history of church funding across Africa.
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World Council of Churches
WCC
Patriotic Front of
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nokomo
Abel Muzorewa
Champaign Lawyer Nominated for U.S. District Judge Post
Harold A. Baker a 48 year old Champaign attorney was nominated by President Carter to join the U S District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois to replace retiring Judge Henry Wise of Decatur Stevenson had recommended him in June to Attorney General Griffin Bell The nomination follows Stevenson s initiative and the White House moves on trade controls with the Soviet Union plus a separate Commerce Department export license for a 1 million welding machine in a 144 million oil drilling equipment plant sale to Russia drawing quick criticism
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Champaign
Harold A. Baker
U.S
Illinois
Jimmy Carter
Baker
Henry Wise
Decatur
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Stevenson
Griffin Bell
White House
Commerce Department
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Anatoly Shcharansky
Alexander Ginsburg
Jackson
Carter
Senate
Dresser Industries of
Dallas
Soviet Union
Tass
Diplomacy with Vietnam discussed for possible talks
State Department officials say talks with Vietnam may begin in New York after the 1979 foreign aid bills pass, with timing tied to congressional action. Hanoi signals desire for relations, while Washington weighs risks to China and potential lifting of the embargo.
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Carter
Congress
New York
Cyrus Vance
U.N
General Assembly
Hanoi
China
State Department
Peking
United States
Illinois
Paul Simon
D-Car
Bondale
New York Strike Grounds Major Papers Across City
Labor actions halted New York’s three major papers and disrupted Pan Am flight planning as pressmen, backed by the Teamsters, walked out over staff cuts. While New York papers paused, Wichita firefighters and Cleveland city mechanics ended strikes and returned to work. Modeled after a wider wave of labor action, the panicked travel notices cited delays across reservations during the stoppage.
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Pan American World Airways
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Daily News
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Times
Afternoon Post
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Teamsters
Peugeot buys Chrysler Europe
French automaker Peugeot will acquire Chrysler Europe core operations including Chrysler France United Kingdom and Chrysler Espana transferring 230 million dollars in cash and 1.8 million Peugeot shares to Chrysler for about 15 percent of Peugeot Citroen equity. Chrysler will stay in management through late 1980 and focus resources on North American market.
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Peugeot
Chrysler Corp
Europe
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PSA Peugeot Citroen
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United Kingdom
Chrysler Espana
Spain
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Chysler
U.S
American Motors Corp
Renault
Mayors warn urban violence threat over spending battles
Detroit mayor Coleman Young leads 13 big city leaders in pressuring Congress to back Carter urban aid bills totaling 15 billion over years. Despite a lobbying victory on supplementary funding, House cuts to CETA and resistance to broader aid risk rekindling late 1960s unrest amid growing class divides and racial tensions.
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Detroit
Coleman Young
Capitol Hill
Young
Congress
House
White House
Carter
Conclave set to elect pope begins August 25 in Vatican
Vatican announces conclave to elect Pope Paul VI successor starting August 25. Funeral Mass for the pope will be held outdoors atop St. Peter's Basilica steps, with all cardinals in Rome. Body viewed by thousands as pallbearers and mourners line the route to Castel Gandolfo.
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Catafalque
Christendom
Castel Gandolfo
Southern Illinoisan Publication Offices and Rates
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with address lines and subscription rates. The Southern Illinoisan, successor to several papers, is distributed Sunday through Friday by carrier and by mail with AP reprint rights noted.
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Carbondale
N. Illinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoiisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Korchnoi Wins World Championship Game In Baguio
Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi defeated champion Anatoly Karpov in game 11 of the world chess championship in Baguio City, securing his first victory and tying the match at one win apiece as Karpov resigned after move 30.
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Baguio City
Philippines
Viktor Korchnoi
Anatoly Karpov
Karpov
Korchnoi
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