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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1977
Page
2
Eagle City Oklahoma may lose its post office as rules take effect ending a 17 month moratorium. The service plans 231 expected closings to save 2.3 million annually while promising local input and appeal rights. Community identities may still keep mailing addresses.
U S Representative Paul Simon warns about half of Southern Illinois post offices being vulnerable as the federal moratorium expires. Legislation may shield small rural offices by setting new closing criteria while allowing community input. The Postal Service seeks to save about 2.3 million in deficits, with hearings required under current rules.
Negotiations on a new coal contract resume in Washington as United Mine Workers rank and file plan to converge on non union mines in Kentucky to aid a two week old national strike. Ohio miners head to Kentucky with a 530 mile trip, urging restraint in a dry state, while negotiators seek agreement on a clause requiring striking miners to repay lost income to the health and retirement funds.
A Circuit Court judge heard arguments from United Mine Workers and American Electric Power Service Co. over the right to post mass pickets at the Cook Coal Terminal. About 300 striking miners earlier stormed the terminal while authorities watched.
Cyril Ritchard, Australian born stage star famed as Captain Hook in Peter Pan, dies at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at age 79 after a fall into a coma on November 25. He will be buried in Ridgefield, Connecticut beside his wife Madge Elliott. foster son David Bean says services will be private.
American and Vietnamese negotiators met for three hours in Paris to resume efforts to normalize relations. A joint communique spoke of cordial discussions and a next meeting set for Tuesday. Holbrooke and Hien led the talks at the Vietnamese Embassy, focusing on information on missing servicemen and U S reconstruction aid for Vietnam.
The Cuyahoga County Jail reports four inmates escaped through 10 inch wide jail windows since July. Three were recaptured within the jail area and the fourth escaped but was caught a day later.
Three white juveniles about 16 years old from Lincoln County Georgia are in custody after fires gutted four black wooden frame churches in rural east Georgia. No injuries occurred as the unoccupied churches burned Sunday night and investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and state fire marshal looked into the case.
Federal investigators probe why a United Airlines DC-8F cargo jet abandoned its holding pattern above Salt Lake City International Airport and crashed into Bear Canyon mountains. Three crew members were aboard. no survivors found as wreckage spread on a 7300 foot peak. The plane was near Christmas mail pickup when gear trouble led to the fatal loss.
Rescuers search Atlantic waters for 17 missing after a charter Swiss jetliner crashed near Funchal Madeira killing 19 and leaving 21 survivors. The Caravelle jet from Zurich and Geneva carried 57 aboard with 56 Swiss and one Portuguese woman married to a Swiss. The plane went down about six miles off Porto Novo as witnesses said it stayed afloat about five minutes.
Two bombs exploded before dawn at Fauchon, gutting the store’s food and liquor sections after a blaze broke out. Six workers inside escaped unharmed while the bakery across the street remained undamaged. Police suspect left wing extremists, recalling 1970 looting by activists. The five story building across from the Church of the Madeleine burned as liquor-fed flames spread.
Queen Juliana swore in a new center right cabinet led by Andries van Agt of the Christian Democratic Party. The 16 member coalition with conservative liberals took the oath at Seepalace after nearly seven months of bargaining among major parties.
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