Five Downstate towns seek higher priority in gas curtailment plan
Five Downstate communities Highland Breese Mascoutah Freeburg and Carlyle urge second priority status for municipally owned plants at ICC hearings on Illinois Power curtailment plan. They rely on gas for power and fear higher cuts will force costlier fuel oil use and service disruption.
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Breese
Mascoutah
Freeburg
Carlyle
Illinois Power
Illinois Commerce Commission
Deardorff
Nicipal Utilities
C. Wells
Wells
Jacksonville
East St. Louis Interurban Water Co
Kissinger Urges Unified Global Energy Quest
Secretary Henry Kissinger calls for a joint U S Europe Canada and Japan effort to tackle the world energy problem long term as winter hardship looms. The crisis tightens for Western Europe with soaring fuel prices and scarce supplies amid a wary mood across nations.
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Europe
Canada
Japan
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World energy cooperation urged as nations face oil crunch
An editorial argues for international action to share oil and conserve energy amid global shortages. It notes Britain, Japan, and the United States face rising costs, protests, and policy changes while Kissinger envisions united solutions. The piece envisions solar and nuclear options and calls for coordinated export policies and global stewardship of finite resources.
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Britain
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Israel
United States
U.S
Nations United In Energy Action
Earth
Supreme Court expands search powers prompting civil liberties concerns
The court, by a 6-3 vote, allows custodial arrests to invite full searches of arrestees, not just cars or surroundings. Justice Powell states arrestees lose significant Fourth Amendment privacy. Critics warn of potential abuse and racial profiling tied to past police conduct in Illinois and Chicago.
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Earl Warren
Supreme Court
United States
Lewis Powell
Warren Court
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
TV Hosts, Britain’s crisis and energy saving talk
The piece notes Johnny Carson's 90 minute show and competing programs while Britain faces its worst energy crisis since the 1930s. It discusses a proposed nightly TV shutdown at 10 30 in Britain to reduce demand and references differences in pay between U S Representatives and Senators.
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Ed McMahon
Johnny Carson
Britain
Letters to the editor It's really theft
A reader criticizes Illinois gambling legalization, calling it a Mafia target and a shift to legalized robbery by consent. The letter questions arrests for illegal gambling and suggests licensing criminals, arguing the state would take 10 percent of illicit gains and mocks the idea of moral law.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Illiois
Nevada
Editorials and opinions in The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan presents editorials marked Editorials Our Opinions and reader letters in Letters to the Editor. Staff opinions appear in signed columns From Where I Sit From Time to Time Byline BG. News analysis is clearly labeled to distinguish it from straight news.
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Common Bible unites Christian branches in new translation
The Bible enters a heyday of clarity with translations in 117 languages. A 1973 ecumenical Common Bible, approved by Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant leaders, marks a breakthrough in interchurch relations while Bible study flourishes in schools and homes across the United States.
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