Saudis to hike oil price ahead of OPEC meeting
Oil Minister Yamani signaled a possible $6 per barrel rise before the OPEC winter meeting in Caracas. UAE and Qatar statements suggested price increases of similar size, with potential effects on US gasoline and heating oil costs. Saudi output remains about 39.5 million barrels daily, supplying around 20 percent of US imports.
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Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
Washington
Star
OPEC
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Uae
Mana
al Oteiba
Qatar
Yamani
Caracas
Venezuela
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al Fajer
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Oteiba
Persian Gulf
Nigeria
Kelley undecided on third term for Jackson County board
Jackson County Board Chairman William Kelley said he has not decided whether to seek re election. He holds a second two year term as chairman and would need time to campaign if he runs. Seven district seats up for two year terms due to statute. Filing deadline Monday.
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William Kelley
Kelley
Jackson Union Post
Greater Egypt
Gene Dybvig
Carbondale
Charles E. Morgan
Irvin E. Phoenix
Ava
Alvin Lange
Rabies fear leads Vienna residents to confine pets
Johnson County Sheriff Elly Faulkner urges a 14 day confinement for pets as a rabies case is investigated. A rabid Vienna cat identified by the Illinois State Laboratory has prompted warnings after it bit a woman and scratched three children. Authorities seek a black and gray striped tiger cat and warn residents not to handle it.
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Johnson County
Elly Faulkner
Faulkner
Illinois State Laboratory
Carbondale
Delta Henard
Cat
Henard
Animal Control Agency
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Perry County drops five drug charges
Perry County's State's Attorney Lloyd Middleton dropped five indictments for drug dealing against Bobby Price, David Farris, Jackie Schwebel, Jack Martin, and Samuel Church. Circuit Clerk Robert Phipps cited insufficient evidence. Public defender Gerald Sims noted a former informant, Robert Eldridge, was set to testify. Eldridge later said he supplied the drugs. SIEG director Rick Pariser reported Eldridge was fired.
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Perry County
Lloyd Middleton
Robert Phipps
Bobby Price
David Farris
Jackie Schwebel
Jack Martin
Samuel Church
Cutler-Willisville
Phipps
Middleton
Gerald Sims
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Robert Eldridge
Eldridge
Sims
SIEG
Rick Pariser
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Information and Rates
Publication details list offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. Subscription rates by carrier motor route and mail, with 18 county outside area pricing. Contact numbers for offices and classifieds provided. Postmaster address given.
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Southern Ilinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
N. 16Th
Herrin
Ill
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Gold hits new highs as oil rise fuels markets
In London and Zurich gold surged to record levels while the dollar strengthened in Japan and slipped against most European currencies amid rising oil prices. The move reflected broad FX market activity as crude costs climbed.
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London
Zurich
Japan
Filibuster stalls debate on windfall-profits tax
Washington AP A filibuster by oil-state senators kept the Senate in session into predawn hours and blocked action on the windfall profits tax on the oil industry. The 172-hour session ended at 3 35 a m with no progress on the impasse. Byrd proposed a 20 percent minimum tax on three oil crude categories. critics say it would drain funds for exploration. The House bill would yield 277 billion while the Senate plan totals about 185 billion in the 1980s.
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Senate
Robert C. Byrd
House
Byrd
Illinois
Charles Percy
Adlai Stevenson
Chrysler Corp
Russell B. Long
D-La
U.S
Senate Finance Committee
Brown urges $142 billion defense budget amid Iran crisis
Defense Secretary Harold Brown told the Senate Armed Services Committee that to meet new threats and bolster strategic nuclear forces the United States must spend more on defense. He cited the Iranian crisis as creating consensus for stronger military capability and outlined the Carter plan for 1981 totaling 157 billion in budget authority with annual growth to 1985.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Senate
Soviet Union
America
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
U.S
NATO
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