Guerrillas Free About 100 Hostages In Nicaraguan Palace Raid
In Managua leftist Sandinistas stormed the National Palace killing four guards and wounding 14. They released roughly 100 women and children hostages while still holding over 100 officials and legislators. Prominent captives include the president's nephew and a deputy speaker. The raid follows years of Sandinista attacks amid political turmoil and Chamorro’s assassination fallout.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
National Liberation Front
Congress
Chamber of Dep
Archibaldo Arostegui
Red Cross
Jose Somoza Abrego
Luis Pallais Debayle
Somoza
Intercontinental Hotel
U.S
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Carters private raft trip boosts costs for vacation
Washington Star reports President Carter’s three day raft trip down Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River amid rising recreation costs since Theodore Roosevelt. The president pays for his family share and lodging. air travel and Secret Service security drive total costs higher, with details to be clarified after returning to Washington.
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Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Washington Star
Boise
Idaho
Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
Salmon River
Georgia
Wyoming
Air Force One
Secret Service
Jody Powell
Jimmy Carter
Rex Granum
Washington
Carters
Phil
Alchemist at USDA lab turns weeds into rubber and oil
Peoria Illinois AP reports USDA chemist Russell Buchanan leads a two year program turning common weeds into hydrocarbons for rubber fuel and chemical use. He explains a process to extract oils from plants like rabbit brush sow thistle mountain mint and rye grass potentially reducing oil imports.
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Usda Lab
Peoria, Ill
Russell A. Buchanan
Peoria
Buchanan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
USDA
Weather Forecast And Local News Highlights
Weather outlook shows fair, warmer tonight with low in the 70s. Thursday sunny and hot with highs in the 90s. A chance of showers and storms Friday. Hot through Friday into Saturday with upper 80s to low 90s. Cooler Sunday with highs in the upper 80s. The former Bend Lake College president loses a multimillion suit against 10 faculty members. Du Quoin school bond approval chances improve in a new independent survey. Thompson signs home invasion offense into law. Postal workers seek federal mediation to avert a national strike. A comparison of tax proposals and impacts is shown on Page 17. Hans Fischer urged to focus on duties as Carbondale's interim mayor. Editorial on Page 4 opposes wilderness designation for part of Shawnee National Forest. Andre Herrera, SIU Carbondale, survives latest NFL cut by the St. Louis Cardinals. Page 9.
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National Weather Service
Coal land owners blamed for rural Illinois instability
A privately funded Illinois South Project report says large oil, gas, rail and national firms own most coal land in Southern Illinois, threatening rural life. It covers 35 counties, notes 6 major coal groups hold about 314,824 acres, and cites Perry and Fulton as top counties. The study urges severance taxes, fair assessments, and curb on absentee landholding.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Illinois
Citizens’ Advocate
Illinois South Project
Springfield
Chicago
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Jackson
Williamson
Jefferson
Saline
Gallatin
Perry County
Fulton County
Arch Minerals
Southwestern Illinois Coal Co
Ashland Oil Co
Consolidation Coal Co
Continental Oil Co
Freeman United Coal Co
General Dynamics
Amax Coal Co
Amax, Inc
Peabody Coal Co
Peabody Holding Co
Zeigler Coal Co
Franklin County
Zeigler Coal
Freeman United
Old Ben Coal
Standard Oil
U.S. Steel
Madison Coal
ICG Railroad
Consolidation
Williamson County
Peoria
Illinois South Conference of the United Church of Christ
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Bend Lake College
du Quoin
Thompson
Hans Fischer
Carbondale
Shawnee National Forest
Andre Herrera
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
St. Louis Cardinals
Tere
Ann Landers
Energy ‘Giants
Houston Natural Gas Co
Jackson County
Continental Oil
Amax Coal
Amax Inc
Ashland Oil
Peabody Coal
Houston Natural Gas
Coal Land
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Peabody
Zeigler
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Chicago Harrisburg Coal
Penn Central Railroad
Coal Land Holding Companies
Sahara Coal Co
Randolph County
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