Small West Virginia town seeks Soviet aid for bridge
Vulcan West Virginia with 200 residents appeals to the Kremlin for financial help to build a Tug Fork bridge after U.S. and state rejection. Local officials and a visiting Soviet journalist highlight the town’s plight while the Soviet Peace Fund says it would review any written request.
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Moscow
Vulcan
W. Va
Kremlin
U.S. State Department
Iona Andronov
Moscow Literary Gazette
U.S
West Virginia
Tug Fork
Big Sandy
John Robinette
Washington
Robinette
Pyotr Y. Koshelev
Soviet State Committee For Foreign Economic Relations
U.S.A
Soviet Peace Committee
Associated Press
Peace Fund
Vladimir N. Ivanov
Begin lays out plan to resolve Palestinian issue
Menahem Begin outlined for President Carter a process to resolve the Palestinian issue in Israeli Egyptian talks. A White House statement after their two hour meeting said Begin also proposed steps for future Israel Egypt relations and a Sinai withdrawal with demilitarization and a West Bank security position pending self government. Sadat said he may meet Begin in Egypt before year end as diplomacy speeds up.
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Washington
Star
Associated Press
Menahem Begin
Carter
White House
Begin
Israel
Egypt
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
West
Jordan River
Anwar Sadat
Mideast
Pyramids
Sadat
Jerusalem
Harraniya
Mena House
Cairo Museum
Anwar el-Sadat
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Middle East
Cyrus R. Vance
West Bank
United States
Illinois legislators return for special session on elections board
Illinois lawmakers reconvened at the Capitol for a special session aimed at creating a new eight member State Board of Elections to replace one struck down as unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. Governor Thompson and House Republicans criticize the move as politically motivated grandstanding while declaring the June deadline for action by the court or the legislature.
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Illinois
Capitol
State Board of Elections
House
State Supreme Court
James R. Thompson
High Court
Senate
Democrats
Thompson
Weather and editorial notes drift through a small town page
Weather outlook shows increasing clouds and warmer temperatures with a chance of showers, lows in the 40s and highs in the 50s to 60s. Other items include a Tom Tiede column, a note on Dr Mudd epitaph, and editorial discussion on school innovations and local district plans.
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Dr. Mudd
Tom Tiede
Farmers strike pickets halt Cairo grain elevator trucks
About 45 AFM farmers picketed the Bunge Cairo elevator on Thursday and Friday stopping all 10 trucks from entering the facility. No violence was reported as state and Cairo police monitored the scene while officials declined comment. The strike aims to pressure higher farm product prices with no definite plan for next week.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Cairo
American Farm Movement
Bunge Corporation
Southern Illinois
AFM
Mike Watkins
Mt. Pleasant
Union County
Bone Gap
Edwards County
Shawneetown
Massac
Pulaski
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Watkins
Ohio River
William Hasleuer
Bunge
Activi
George Hughes
New York
UFO Magazine to Print Chester Attack Photos and Grass Lab Results
Publisher Myron Fass says the next issue will feature 12 Chester photos of the alleged Aug 2 alien attack and mutated grass at a saucer site. About 50 Chester residents or visitors recount witnessing the event, with investigator Bob Nesoff providing testimony and town reports.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern Sinds
Chester
Myron Fass
Bob Nesoff
Nesoff
Fass
New York
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North Central Associaion
Samuel Mudd
Abraham Lincoln
Saluki
Mike Glenn
National Basketball Association
Ann Landers
Jackie Brewner
Shirley Wright
Dowell
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