Chrysler chief vows no further government aid after loan
Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca said the company will not seek more government help after Congress approved a 1.5 billion loan guarantee. He stressed surviving with about 10 percent market share, planned asset sales, cost cuts, and possible new terms with creditors to raise 400 million in operating capital.
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Highland Park
Mich
Chrysler Corp
Congress
Chrysler
Lee A. Iacocca
Iacocca
U.S
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Douglas A. Fraser
Cocca
Mitsubishi
Japan
Missing uranium threatens plant license at Erwin facility
Federal probe finds over 20 pounds of highly enriched uranium unaccounted for at Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin Tennessee, with no security breach evident. NRC staff recommended license revocation, noting chronic undercounting and multiple prior losses, amid wider calls for stricter controls on U and Pu.
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Tennessee
Nuclear Fuel Services
Erwin
Tenn
Navy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Materials and Safeguards
United States
Hanford
Wash
Thomas B. Cochran
Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp
Apollo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Israel
Christmas stocking hangs as hostage in Illinois home
Homer Illinois AP Paul Lewis a Marine held hostage in Tehran for 50 days. The family keeps his stocking on the mantle enduring holiday traditions. Grandmother gave the flag and four photos mark Paul’s absence. His brothers and sister plan small celebrations while hoping for his return.
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Homer, Ill
Paul Lewis
Phil Lewis
U.S
Tehran
Illinois
Paul
Lewis
Chicago
Scrooge Repays Rescuer By Taking Gift In Misgiving Season
Du Quoin Fire Chief Richard Fronek, off duty, rushed to a freight train crash where two girls died and six were hurt. He left his car unlocked and returned to find an $80 gift coat for his wife missing from the vehicle. Police seek information on the theft.
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du Quoin
Richard Fronek
Fronek
Franch
Park Street
Vic
Tims
Police Department
Southern Illinoisan Publication Offices and Rates
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with contact numbers. Subscription rates shown for carrier motor route and mail within Illinois and outside areas, plus post office box for address changes.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Zanuck, Hollywood Producer, Dies at 77 in Palm Springs
Darryl F. Zanuck, flamboyant film producer from Hollywood's golden era, died Saturday of pneumonia complications at 77. He passed at Palm Springs Desert Hospital with wife Virginia Fox Zanuck by his side. Survived by son Richard, daughters Darrylin Pineda and Susan Savineau, and 14 grandchildren. Burial set for Thursday at United Methodist Church in Westwood Village. Westwood Mortuary to handle arrangements.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Darryl F. Zanuck
Hollywood
Zanuck
Palm Springs Desert Hospital
Virginia Fox Zanuck
Jet Fore
20Th Century Fox Studios
Richard
Darrylin Pineda
Susan Savineau
United Methodist Church
Westwood Village
Westwood Mortuary
Big quake due within decade in California says seismologists
Two seismologists Bruce A. Bolt of UC Berkeley and Richard H. Johns of Stanford warn a major earthquake exceeding magnitude 7 is likely to hit a populated California area within the next ten years. They put the odds at about 50-50 and note yearly increases.
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San Francisco
California
Bruce A. Bolt
University of California
Berkeley
Inmate’s glider escape fails at Virginia Penitentiary
Vincent Rawlings, a 21 year old convicted murderer, built a wooden rope and bedsheet hang glider for a prison breakout. The V shaped craft crashed into the top wall entangled in razor wire after leaping from a four story building. He survived with a broken pelvis and multiple fractures and remained in stable condition.
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Richmond
Vincent Rawlings
Virginia Penitentiary
Rawlings
Medical College of Virginia
Department of Corrections
Fatal Crash Near Crab Orchard Leaves Tragedy
A fatal traffic accident occurred three miles east of Crab Orchard in Williamson County Saturday night. Authorities withheld details as late as 11:30 p.m., but the Marion Fire Department confirmed at least one person died in the crash.
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Crab Orchard
Williamson County
Williamson County Sheriff's Department
Marion Fire Department
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Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington
Nuclear Commission
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Richard H. Johns
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Murphysborgo
Picher
Hear — AI Rphisbord Wepen
Merry Christmas
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Berwen
Philadelphie Bigelow
Alexander Smith
Milliken
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