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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1980
Page
9
Warsaw AP reports private Polish farmers who control much of the nation’s land threaten a strike if the Supreme Court does not grant an independent union charter. They may halt deliveries to state agencies, amid shortages and past unrest that pushed for independent unions.
Army reinforcements halted a weekend guerrilla assault in Chalatenango 50 miles north of San Salvador. Officials say heavy fighting killed at least four soldiers and possibly up to 1,000 insurgents, with about 400 guerrillas surrounded near Dulce Nombre de Jesus before the offensive was broken.
An Afghanistan capital Kabul crowd opposed Soviet efforts to quell Muslim rebels outside the Ministry of Information and Culture. Police contained the protest as helicopter gunships hovered. no casualties were reported and demonstrators carried only bricks and stones. The Soviet presence persists with about 85,000 troops in the country.
Two American pilots Duane Heist and Robert Rummel, detained in Manila for over a month on suspicions of aiding terrorists, left for the United States. They had flown in for refueling on November 18 with 10 claymore mines claimed as samples for Malaysian police evaluation. Philippine authorities pursued an investigation and charged them with illegal possession and import of explosives, though no formal arrest was made and departure was allowed after a presidential order.
Springfield Gov James R Thompson plans a cabinet reshuffle that would oust William M Bowling as Illinois labor director a post he has held since 1977 Bowling said a sixth sense makes him doubt reappointment and he has not resigned Chicago Tribune cites William M Brogan as a possible replacement Brogan a Chicago labor leader says the job has not been offered to him He would serve as a Jim Thompson Democrat and booster of the Republican governor An unrelated note shows Brogan’s union endorsement history with Thompson’s campaigns
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