High officials map path to Begin Sadat talks
Israeli defense minister Ezer Weizman and Egyptian deputy premier Abdel-Ghani Gamal sy met at Gianaclis air field near Alexandria for the first cabinet level contact since Sadat's visit. The meeting ahead of Sunday's Ismailia summit aimed to push toward broader talks with Syria Jordan Lebanon and the PLO. Begin headed home from the US to brief Callaghan on proposals and a Cairo agenda was being prepared by a three person Israeli Egyptian technical group.
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Ezer Weizman
Abdel-Ghani Gamasy
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Mediterranean
Mena
Weizman
Sadat
Menahem Begin
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Begin
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Soviet Union
United States
London
James Callaghan
Carter
Washington
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Sinai Desert
Nile
Mir Abu el- Kom
Primary fights loom as Dems face more statewide contests
As filing closed for March 21 primaries, Democrats confront battles for four of seven statewide posts, while Republicans see only two contests. Candidates include U S Senator Percy unchallenged, Governor Thompson seeking reelection, Bakalis for comptroller, Dixon for secretary of state, and Glass and Skelton racing for treasurer, with a mix of incumbents and newcomers among 20-plus hopefuls.
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U.S
Charles H. Percy
U.S. Senate
Percy
Chicago
Alex R. Leith
Hinsale
Richard J. Daley
Anthony Martin-Trigona
Martin-Trigona
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Thompson
David
C. O'Neal
Belleville
St. Clair County
Michael J.bakalis
Downers Grove
Springfield
George Lindberg
Bakalis
Richard J. Durbin
State Senate
Dakin Williams
Williams
Collinsville
Tennessee Williams
Roman C. Pucinski
Sharon Sharp
Elk Grove Township
Scott
Bradley M. Glass
Northfield
Champaign County
James M. Skelton
Glass
Elections Board
Roland C. Burris
Daniel Walker
State Department of General Services
Burris
Richard Luft
Pekin
Cook County
Nellie Ross Dies at 101 First Woman Governor
Nellie Ross, nation’s first woman governor and former U S Mint director, dies at 101 in a nursing home. Funeral services will be held in Cheyenne Wyoming on Wednesday. She was inaugurated Wyoming governor January 5 1925 succeeding her husband William Bradford Ross who died shortly before the 1924 election. A Democrat she lost re election in 1926.
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Wyo
Nellie Ross
U.S. Mint
Ross
Wyoming
William Bradford Ross
Vietnam to free three American yachtsmen in South China Sea
Deputy Foreign Minister Than Hien told Richard Holbrooke the three Americans captured with a 39 foot yacht on October 12 near Hon Khoai would be released. U S officials expected freedom before Christmas as talks to normalize relations concluded in Vietnam.
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United States
Vietnam
Than Hien
Richard Holbrooke
State Department
Washington
U.S
South China Sea
Hon Khoai
Thailand
Brunei
Singapore
Illinois utilities urged to refund phantom federal tax savings
State Rep. Ellis Levin and United Electrical Workers official Frank Rosen say three Illinois utilities Commonwealth Edison, People's Gas, and Illinois Bell Tele phone profited from federal tax savings and investment tax credits. They call on the Illinois Commerce Commission to order refunds to consumers and stamp out accounting gimmicks that create phantom taxes.
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Illinois
Ellis Levin
Frank Rosen
United Electrical Workers Union
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Commonwealth Edison Co
People’s Gas Co
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone
Levin
Illinois Bell
Commission
Southern Illinoisan publication offices and ads info
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with addresses and contact numbers. Rates and mailing options for subscriptions are provided, including regional and out of state pricing.
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Murphysboro
S. 12Th
Carbondale
N. Ilinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 6Th Street
S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois and
Military
Southern Illinois
Marion
Williamson among 2 cited for pollution woes
Williamson County is among 26 Illinois counties with pollution levels unacceptable to the federal government. The EPA says ozone affects 25 of 26 counties, and the state plans to hold meetings next year to discuss clean air deadlines.
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Williamson County
Illinois
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
Washington
EPA
Williamson
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Dekalb
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Park Forest
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State Department of Mental Health
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Koti
Jacobs Lane
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