Abandoned baby Samantha placed in foster home
A prematurely born infant named Samantha, found abandoned after birth on November 13 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, was discharged to a foster home. Hospital officials report the mother used a false name and address, and efforts to locate her through the health department and state agencies have failed.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
Samantha
Maroney
Iran mourners march on U.S. embassy after assassination
Tens of thousands of Iranians chanted Death to America as they laid a slain religious leader in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The funeral for Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mofateh followed a procession from Tehran University, amid calls to hand over the former shah and renewed hostage tensions with 50 Americans held inside the mission for 46 days.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
America
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mofateh
Tehran University
Mofateh
Sadegh
CIA
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Revolutionary Council
SAVAK
Shah
FM Militant
United States
Panama
Dawes Named as Possible UMW Vice President Candidate
United Mine Workers President Sam Church says he has narrowed the field for a new vice president to four or five people after succeeding Arnold Miller. Potential contenders include Jack Perry and Kenny Dawes, with Jonathan Williams also seen as likely. Delegates cut a proposed $20 legal assessment, approving a $10 special assessment instead.
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Denver
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Lesser, Ill
District 12
Jonathan Williams
Beckley
W.va
UMW
Church
Weather outlook shows mild temp change tonight and warming trend
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy conditions tonight with little temperature change and a low in the mid 30s. Thursday brings partly sunny skies with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. The extended forecast indicates a warmer Friday with lows in the 40s and highs in the upper 50s to near 60.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Unseasonably mild Saturday with cool Sunday weather brief
Weather report notes unseasonably mild conditions Saturday with a chance of showers and cooler Sunday. Lows range from the 40s to low 50s on Saturday and mid-30s to mid-40s Sunday, with highs mostly in the 50s to mid-60s. Current conditions are available via recorded telephone messages at 348-8432.
Chrysler deal wins preliminary Senate approval amid filibuster threat
The Senate backed a 1.25 billion dollar federal loan guarantee for Chrysler 54 to 43 amid talk of a filibuster. An added measure would lift a wage freeze and require 400 million in concessions from UAW workers as part of a 3.2 billion dollar aid package.
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Washington
Senate
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Senate Banking Committee
United Auto Workers
UAW
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
House-Senate
House
Union
Douglas Fraser
Carter Administration
Congress
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Paul Tsongas
D-Mass
Tsongas
Gulf buys coal options around Thompsonville area
Gulf Oil Corp has purchased an option for coal rights on about 13 000 acres around Thompsonville in Franklin County. The deal involves the Cave Coal Association and Gulf subsidiary Midway Coal Mining Co with Pittsburgh partners. Gulf has one year to exercise the option, which covers Illinois No 5 and 6 seams at depths of 725 and 625 feet, excluding surface rights and other minerals. The agreement was approved in November and ratified December 11 by the association, formed in 1976, and involves mainly farm land surrounding Thompsonville not inside the city limits.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Thompsonville
James Morris
Carbondale
Cave Coal Association
Franklin County
Morris
Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Mining Co
Gulf
Illinois No. 5
Association
Ann
Morgans
Peace Corps
Miss Morgan
University of Illinois
Fletcher School of Law
Bedford
Mass
Peace Corps volunteer recalls Cambodian refugee camp tragedy
Ann Morgan, newly named Peace Corps director, writes from Bangkok about shelter camps in Thailand for nearly 150,000 Cambodian refugees. She details dire conditions, widespread malnutrition, fear, and the haunting images of dying children, bodies removed daily, and a silent, desperate camp.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Bangkok
Thailand
Ann Morgan
Marion
Peace Corps
Miss Morgan
Marshall
Phyllis Morgan
Cambodia
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Jackson County
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Chicago
SIU
Qom
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Texas
Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali
Latin America
Pars
Khalkahali
Paris
Shahriar Moustapha Chafik
Dawes
Kenneth Dawes
Pennsylvania
Bill Savitsky
Ann Landers
Sie Uw
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Dmass
Paul Simon
Refugee Camp
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