Shoppers Turn to Practical Gifts Amid Inflation
Southern Illinois shoppers report buying fewer but more practical gifts this Christmas due to rising prices. They cut back on greeting cards and stretch budgets by choosing clothes, sturdier toys, and fewer gifts for grandchildren while some vow to still give to those far away.
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West Frankfort
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Carbondale
Gary Adams
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Ford assesses Asian trip no minuses many pluses
President Ford says his 27 000 mile Asian journey was beneficial with no minuses and many pluses. He announced a six point Pacific Doctrine in Honolulu and indicated possible future U S friendship with Vietnam and Cambodia while signaling no definite plans for a Middle East trip.
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County Candidates Seek Ballot Spots Across Six Counties
County Candidates hurry to get their names on ballots in six counties as local elections approach. The South ern Illinoisan notes calendar events, frills being trimmed in homes, and an FAA probe into three near misses by airliners.
Gunmen may swap hostage for food in London siege
IRA gunmen hold a 54 year old postal inspector and his 53 year old wife in a northwest London apartment. They consider a police request to swap the woman for food and cigarettes while insisting no deal on a flight to Ireland. Police trap the building as hundreds of officers guard the siege. In Amsterdam, South Moluccan gunmen still hold over 20 hostages at the Indonesian consulate and on a train, with officials calling the acts shameful.
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Kissinger Contempt Action Jeopardized by Pike Stand
Rep Otis G Pike chairman of the House intelligence committee rejects Ford's offer to head off contempt against Henry Kissinger and says a full House vote could occur this week if the panel agrees. Pike plans a committee approved contempt citation and notes the number of covert operations requested by the State Department since 1961.
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Moslem Fighters Advance in Bloodier Beirut Clash
Moslem leftist gunmen from the Ambushers militia moved through downtown Beirut under mortar fire and seized areas including the St Georges Hotel Phoenicia and Holiday Inn vicinity. Palestinian guerrillas led the assault and forced the postponement of Parliament by hours as bodies littered the streets and ambulances struggled to reach the wounded.
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Butler seeks GOP nomination for 59th district seat
Marion Mayor Robert Butler announced at a Marion Republican meeting that he will seek the Republican nomination for state representative in the 59th district. Incumbent Robert C. Winchester filed re election petitions in Springfield at 8 a m. today to seek a second term.
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Carbondale
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Oakdale
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