Illinois elections board reports 60 groups failed to file
The Illinois State Board of Elections says more than 60 political financing committees did not file annual disclosure reports due July 31. The board began hearings to determine lack of sufficient reason for the failure and potential lawsuits against the committees.
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Springfield
State Board of Elections
Illinois
Michael Levinson
Board
Trans ‘Board
Republican Central
Kenyatta Dies in Sleep. Kenya Leader Passes Away
President Jomo Kenyatta, who led Kenya to independence in 1963 and presided over a stable government for 15 years, died in his sleep at State House in Mombasa. Vice President Daniel Arap Moi assumes presidency. contenders for successor include Mwai Kibaki, Charles Njonjo, and Njooroge Mungai.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Daniel Arap Moi
Kenyatta
Mwai Kibaki
Charles Njonjo
Njooroge Mungai
Mdi
Africa
Illinois Board to review possible disclosure law violations
The Illinois Board of Elections directs its general counsel to evaluate actions against potential disclosure law breaches by former Gov Daniel Walker campaign committees and aide Victor de Grazia. Questions focus on a $1,000 anonymous contribution and $57,300 to the All Illinois Democratic Committee allegedly from the former deputy, with seven donations totaling $48,300 in 1975–76 and a $9,000 gift in 1976.
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Springfield
State Board of Elections
Daniel Walker
Victor de Grazia
Michael Levinson
Walker Committee
Victor DeGrazia
Walker
All-Illinois
Democratic Committee
All-Illinois Democratic Committee
de Grazia
Audit secrecy over Bakalis 1976 campaign finances upheld
The Illinois State Board of Elections voted to withhold a staff audit showing discrepancies in Michael Bakalis' 1976 gubernatorial campaign finances. The board chair urged Bakalis to decide on public release, noting amendments to the 1977 report altered income and loan figures and corrected misclassified items.
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Springfield
State Board of Elections
Michael Bakalis
John Countryman
Bakalis
Elections Board
Bakalis’ Campaign Committee
Dc Representation Drive Inches Toward Senate Victory
Supporters of full D C representation in Congress neared a final vote as an amendment would have allowed District residents to vote in Maryland senatorial elections. The proposal failed 46 to 36, AP surveyed 62 supporting senators with nine undecided. 66 votes needed for passage.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
District of Columbia
Maryland
Associated Press
Crippled Soviet sub in trouble near Scotland
An Echo IJ class Soviet nuclear submarine surfaced after distress calls as its nuclear propulsion faltered. Tow lines broke amid worsening gales, with the vessel aided by a Soviet rescue tug and heading toward Murmansk in deteriorating Barents Sea weather.
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London
Scotland
Royal Navy
Murmansk
Barents Sea
Russia
Navy
Publication Offices and distribution details
The Southern Illinoisan publishes from Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro offices. It is the successor to local papers and carries AP dispatches. Subscriptions cost 4.50 per month delivered Sunday through Friday, with mail prepaid options.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Linois Herrin
South Ilinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North Th Street
Herrin
S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Carter's Idaho trip seen as mixed for Carter
Idaho Governor Evans predicts Carter will mend fences by 1980 while locals question the trip. Carter tours the Middle Fork Salmon River by raft as Clinton-era scrutiny grows. Critics fear outsiders view the West as recreation, while Carter touts polling signs and aims to sway voters.
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Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Washington Star
Boise
Idaho
John Evans
Carter
West
Evans
Salmon River
White House
Idaho Statesman
Dollar Slips in Forex as Gold Rises on Weakening
The dollar fell against European currencies amid forecasts of a fading rally after the Fed's rate move. It rose to 192.40 yen in Tokyo before easing to 191.70, closing at 190.15. Gold climbed with bullion dealers pricing morning at 207.30 dollars an ounce in London and 207.625 in Zurich, up from Monday.
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U.S
Tokyo
London
Zurich
Europe
Iran cinema bombing deaths rise to 422 in Abadan blaze
Workmen found 45 more corpses in the rubble of the Cinema Rex Theatre in Abadan, lifting the toll from the Saturday bombing to 422. Police said five Islamic Marxists confessed to setting the bombs, with 10 suspects arrested. Tehran government sources kept casualty totals at 377, amid reports of planned attacks in other parts of Abadan.
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Iran
Tehran
Abadan
Radio
Rezi Razmi
Con
Ettelaat
Razmi
Islamic Marxists
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East
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