Kissinger warns NATO of Soviet power in last meeting
Kissinger told NATO foreign ministers that Soviet economic strength translates to military power and Western security must stay strong. He urged detente but warned against Moscow accommodations, delivered Carter’s pledge to sustain and strengthen NATO, and urged rejecting Warsaw Pact non first-use proposal. He noted Spain’s potential entry and said U.S. policy would align with Ford and Carter, maintaining NATO’s role beyond military aims.
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U.S
Henry Kissinger
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
West
Kissinger
Moscow
Carter
America
Ford
Warsaw Pact
Spain
North America
Europe
Marion man dies in house fire. mother critically burned
A 65 year old Marion man William Russell Winchester was killed in a house fire at 807 East Main Street on Wednesday night. His 87 year old mother Pearl Winchester was hospitalized in critical condition after being rescued from the blaze. Neighbors described flames visible through windows and efforts to pull the elderly woman from the burning home. The fire started near a coal stove flue in the living room.
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Wanda Harris
Southern Illinois
Marion
William Russell
Jack” Winchester
Pearl Winchester
Marion Memorial Hospital
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Winchester
E. Main St
Mamie Thompson
Walter Thompson
Winchesters
Thompson
Millie Dawson
Mrs. Dawson
Mrs. Winchester
Emma Dunn
Relief from cold only temporary in Southern Illinois
The Southern Illinois area will see one more day of milder air before a drop in temperatures again. Friday’s high should reach 50 with rain possible as a Gulf of Mexico air flow and a slow-moving low pressure system bring showers. Snow could follow late Saturday if moisture persists.
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Southern Illinois
Ed Biewald
Carbondale
Montana
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Biewald
Illinois
Carter Ohio victory certified by federal judge in Ohio
U S District Court Judge Joseph Kinneary allowed Secretary of State Ted W Brown to certify Jimmy Carters 25 Ohio electors after a multi state challenge by the American Labor and Republican parties. Carter beat Ford in Ohio by 11116 votes and faced possible delays to the Electoral College vote Monday.
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Washington Star and
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Jimmy Carter Today
U.S. District Court
Joseph Kinneary
Ted W. Brown
Carter
Washington
Ford
Kinneary
U.S
United States
U.S. Labor Party
Guy Vander Jagt
R-Mich
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Labor Party
Pettitions Demand Ouster Over County Tax Bills
PETITIONS signed by 700 Jackson County residents ask for the removal of the person responsible for late county tax bills. They were presented to the county board on Wednesday.
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Jackson County
County
SIU C Wins Fifth Straight With 82 45 Victory
SIU C defeats Mil likin 82 to 45 before 5 214 fans at SIU Arena in Wednesday action. New overtime laws face protest from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce as they warn broad language could widen eligibility for overtime pay.
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Siu-C
Millikin
SIU
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Witchcraft cures warts say dermatology experts
A Chicago AP report cites Dr. Jerome Z. Litt saying faith based witchcraft methods including dead cats and grasshopper juice can cure warts, with tape treatments and charms noted as effective by impressionable patients. Medical removal remains available but may scar, warts being virus related and non cancerous.
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Chicago
American Academy of Dermatology
Jerome Z. Litt
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland
Ohio
Mark Twain
H. J. Whyte
The
Academy
Funhouse mummy turned out to be real corpse in Long Beach
Police say a mummified elderly man was found in a funhouse prop at Nu Pike amusement park during filming for a Six Million Dollar Man segment. The corpse, 5 ft 3 in and about 150 pounds, had been embalmed and previously displayed at Pike's Wax Museum since 1971.
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Long Beach
Calif
Nu- Pike
Vincent Price
Funhouse
Pike’s Wax Museum
Los Angeles County
Wax Museum
House Assassinations Panel Allocates 6.5 Million Budget
The House Committee on Assassinations voted to spend 6.5 million dollars in the first year of its probe into the JFK and MLK murders. Chief counsel Richard Sprague warned against cuts, calling the amount essential to complete the work within two years as initial areas are narrowed.
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House Committee On
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Richard Sprague
Sprague
Elvis $107,789 Concert at SIU C Arena Sets Revenue Record
SIU Carbondale paid Elvis Presley 107,789 for a single sold out show on Oct 27 at the Arena drawing about 10,200 fans. The event grossed roughly 119,763 with tickets priced 12.50 10 and 7.50. After expenses the university netted about 4,500 and Elvis’ take was the Arena record.
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Elvis Presley
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Elvis
SIU Board of Trustees
Clarence G. “Doc” Dougherty
SIUC
Dougherty
University
Joel Preston
Preston
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Gardner resigns from SIU faculty amid leave of absence
Novelist John C. Gardner, a SIU Carbondale English professor since 1965, resigned effective the start of this semester after a year on leave. He spent much of his leave in Bennington Vermont as a visiting professor and now resides near Cambridge New York. Gardner’s recent novel October Light joins a body that includes The Sunlight Dialogues Grendel Nickel Mountain and other works.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
John C. Gardner
Siu-C
Ted E. Boyle
SIU Board of Trustees
Gardner
Bennington
Bennington College
Joan
Boskydell
Gardners
Cambridge
N.Y
Albany
John M. Howell
Carbondale
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