Snow Stays Cold as Illinois Dig Out Before Christmas
Snow lingers across Southern Illinois with near record low December temperatures. Roads remain packed with ice as crews apply chemicals and motorists buy snow chains and shovels. Stores report rapid sales, while police log few accidents and several weather related school absences before Christmas break.
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Carbondale
Rex Shildhouse
Southern Illinois
Illinois District 9
Roy Meyer
Meyer
Gene Hawkins
Carbondale Auto Supply
E. Blankenship and Co
Illinois
Tempo
Marion
Auto Department
Herbert Horton
Gene Jones
Montgomery Ward Auto Center
Energy bill reaches final conference on emergency power
Senate and House conferees reached final agreement on emergency energy legislation giving the president power to impose gasoline rationing and set petroleum prices to avoid windfall profits. The pact delays consumer refunds for excess prices by one year and faces a veto risk over Congress's authority to repeal conservation measures.
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Senate House
Nixon
Senate
House
Senate Interior Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
White House
Congress
William E. Simon
Simon
Air Line Pilots Association
Gallup
Geneva opens Arab-Israeli peace talks with Kissinger call
The first Arab-Israeli peace conference in 25 years opened in Geneva with Kissinger urging both sides to shed past barriers and pursue a hopeful future. Gromyko warned Israel faces a setup risk, while Waldheim urged a just durable peace in the Middle East. Abba Eban was slated to speak in the afternoon session.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Gromkyo
Egypt
Romania
Algeria
Tunisia
Europe
Abba Eban
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Senate Watergate unit seeks outside help on broad questions
The Senate Watergate committee seeks external experts to define national security and presidential powers, explore independence of the Justice Department, and study public campaign financing. Advisors from five foundations assist alongside groups like the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions and Brandeis Lemberg Center. John W. Dean III and others link fear of national threats to Watergate misdeeds.
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Senate Watergate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Senate
Justice Department
Executive Branch
Arthur Miller
George Washington University School of Law
legal _y
Watergate Committee
Center For the Study of Democratic
Santa Barbara
Calif
National Academy of Public Administration
American Enterprise Institute For Public
New York City Bar Association
Miller
Lemberg Center For the Study
Brandeis University
United States
White House
John W. Dean III
Weather outlook for tonight and Saturday
Tonight will be fair and cold with lows from 10 to 16 degrees. Saturday shows variable cloudiness and warmer conditions with highs in the 30s.
Illinois Winter Grips State On First Day Of Winter
Sub zero temperatures broke records across Illinois with Springfield hitting 17 below zero and several cities posting their coldest Dec 21. The cold delayed traffic, prompted utility warnings to conserve power, and caused school closures in most Springfield area districts.
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Bailey’s
Herrin
Larry Farner
AAA
Marion
Karsten
Carbondale
Larry McKimmy
Associated Press
Ilinois
St. Louis
Sprringfield
Springfield
Chicago
Rockford
Moline
Quincy
Decatur
Peoria
New England
New York
Santa receives letters asking for a Baby Alive doll
Readers report a surge of Christmas letters for a Baby Alive doll, with Penney’s selling out the popular toy. Kids from Carbondale, Harrisburg, and nearby towns request varied lists from single harmonicas to multi item wish lists, some signed by siblings.
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Bonita Troutt
Southern Illinoisan
Santa Claus
Santa
Penney’s Toy Department
Penney’s
Vergennes
Kelley
Beth
Marion
Cynthia
Crissy
North Pole
Carbondale Park District
University Bank of Carbondale
Mike Miller
Carbondale
Tiffany Leininger
Wendy
Santa Mouse
Julie
Paul
Red Trailer
Jennifer Durham
Harrisburg
Billy
Jennifer
Eddie Robinson
Rt. 3
Leo
Allen Dollar
E.T
Tonya
Celine Pozovich
Celine
Alan
Senate approves 65 0 compromise Social Security bill
The Senate passed 65 0 a compromise measure to raise Social Security benefits 11 percent in two steps next year sending it to the House for action. It would lift the average retired payment from 161 to 181 dollars monthly and increase the wage base for payroll taxes from 10,800 to 13,200, pushing the maximum tax to 772.20 in 1974.
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Senate
House
Nixon
Boyle faces state murder charge in Yablonski slayings
Former United Mine Workers President W. A. Tony Boyle was brought to Pennsylvania to face murder charges in the 1969 slayings of UMW insurgent Joseph A. Yablonski.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Pennsylvania
UMW
Joseph A. Yablonski
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