Reclaiming strip mine land costs millions in debate
Witnesses testifying before a Marion legislative hearing said reclaiming 10 000 acres of pre law strip mine land would cost at least 19 million dollars and outlined costs for slurry and gob areas and unused land. They urged creation of a state division to handle reclamation and funding, noting about 109 000 unreclaimed acres exist.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Ralph Carter
Eric Zimmerman
Argonne National Laboratory
Zimmerman
Willard D. Klimstra
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
SIUC
Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
Klimstra
Carter
Officials tour strip mine reclamation in Williamson County
A delegation of state legislators and coal officials toured the Will Scarlet strip mine in Williamson County and the Captain mine site in Perry County to review reclamation progress from 1959 through current plans. They examined grading, limestone, planting, and a Peabody treatment plant while weighing funds and methods for future land use and sludge treatment.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Will Scarlet
Williamson County
Peabody Coal Co
Southwestern
Illinois Coal Co
Captain Mine
Perry County
Harry Yocum
Peabody Said
Peabody
Charles Hendricks
Shawnee National Forest
Harrisburg
Forest Service
Palzo
Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District
Apparent Army Helicopter Contacted in Southern Illinois
Reports of a helicopter seen near Allin in Union County prompted sheriff's officials to confirm an army helicopter from Fort Campbell Kentucky. Later Fort Campbell's Public Information Office said two flights were planned but canceled, leaving offices rechecking details as calls about an unmarked unlit craft poured in from Jackson County.
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Illinois
Fort Campbell
Robert Palmer
Allin Area
Union County Sheriff’s Office
Union County Sheriff's Office
Kentucky
Public Information Office
Jackson County
Letter bomb explodes at London Stock Exchange injuring two
A letter bomb on the 22nd floor injures George Brind secretary general and Joanna Knight his secretary at the London Stock Exchange. The attack is part of a six day wave of bombs blamed on Irish terrorists and possible IRA members. No trading was halted.
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London Stock Exchange
the Exchange
Scotland Yard
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
London
Edward Heath
No. 10
Downing St
Miners Trapped 1200 Feet Deep Face Rescue Delays
Rescuers inch past a 40 foot earthmover buried in a cave in at Hecla Mining Lakeshore Mine in Casa Grande Arizona. Two miners David Deeder 41 and Terry Udall 24 trapped for a week were believed alive as crews hoped to pass the obstacle and reach them today in Fort Collins Colorado.
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Casa Grande
Ariz
Hecla Mining Co
Lakeshore
David Deeder
Terry Udall
Fort Collins
Colo
Jerry Turnbow
Hecla
Skylab 2 Crew Begins Space Walk
Space Center Houston AP reports Skylab 2 astronauts Dr. Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma suit up for a four hour space walk to replace solar telescope film and install a new six pack of gyroscopes to stabilize the station. They were about an hour behind in preparation.
Weather outlook for weekend and start of week
Partly cloudy tonight with a slight chance of showers and lows in the 60s. Saturday will be partly sunny, very warm and humid with highs around 90. Sunday and Monday look fair. Tuesday turns partly sunny and warm.
Indictments Hit Federal Narcotics Agents and Chicago Officers
A federal grand jury indicted twelve narcotics agents in Illinois for depriving 11 people of rights during April raids in Collinsville East St. Louis and Edwardsville. The case cites assaults, false reports, and cover up attempts. Chicago officers and an attorney faced charges of conspiring to shake down tavern owners on the West Side.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
West Side
Mark Thanasouras
Austin
James Demopoulos
Clarence E. Braasch
Chicago Avenue
Far West fires still dangerous warns fire center official
Fire danger remains high in four tinderbox states as showers offer little relief. Boise Interagency Fire Center notes cooling trend but warns of continued risk while Reno reports new outbreaks. Pine Creek fire near Boise damages watershed project, saving $10,000 of equipment from an $800,000 research effort.
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Associated Press
West
Roger Leonard
Boise
Reno
Nev
Idaho
Pine Creek
U.S. Posts Second Trade Surplus of Year in July
The Commerce Department reports July exports at a record 5.87 billion while imports total 5.76 billion yielding a 106.1 million surplus. Exports up 33 percent versus last year, boosting jobs. first seven months show a 703.6 million deficit, with year-end forecast near 1.2 billion.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
U. S
Fugate Parole Path Narrowed in Nebraska Case
Caril Ann Fugate, linked with Charles Starkweather in a 1958 murder spree that killed 11, cleared a hurdle as a three member parole board voted to recommend commutation to a definite term, a step toward possible parole. She is now 30 and was sentenced at 15 to life for one count of first degree murder.
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Lincoln
Neb
Caril Ann Fugate
Charles Starkweather
State Parole Board
State Pardon Board
Miss Fugate
Baltimore County official indicted on 39 counts in corruption probe
A federal grand jury indicted N. Dale Anderson, head of Baltimore County, on 39 counts including bribery extortion and conspiracy in a Maryland political corruption investigation. Eight firms paid Anderson about 46 420 in cash and 1 375 in checks from 1968 to 1972 related to sewer water road projects and the new courthouse.
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Spiro Agnew
N. Dale Anderson
Baltimore County
Maryland
Agnew
Anderson
Baltimore
U. S
George Beall
William E. Fornoff
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Sen. Johns
Dave Confer
Will Scarlet Strip
National Forest
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L. S. Weber
Otis Bibson
Illinois Coal Producers Association
Russell Dawe
Illinois Dept. of Mine and Minerals
A. T
Tom’’ McMaster
Oneida
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
Ben Harpshire
New Baden
Southern Illinois
Army
Heath
Chequers
Inchon
Chicago Police
U.S
Federal
Grand Jury
New York Times News Service
Beall
Fornoff
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