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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
5
William Sulaka of Huntington Woods Mich describes a twist of fate that left his son Jimmy aged 18 months and his three month old German shorthaired pointer Luke with casts on their right legs. Sulaka a wholesale candy salesman said they will recover.
St. Louis area officials and Sen. Thomas Eagleton sue Transportation Secretary Coleman over funds for a Illinois Columbia Waterloo airport project. Judge Aubrey Robinson Jr orders hearings for January 13 with briefs due within 30 days, amid claims of misinterpretation and improper influence by consultants and FAA figures.
Gov. Daniel Walker moves to protect about 2090 employees in the secretary of state office from mandatory civil service examinations. He argues test scores misrepresent ability and proposes a certification system under a personnel code with court approval, sparing veteran staff from testing. A 79-year-old clerk with 14 years’ service highlighted the issue.
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved Central Illinois Public Service Company buying 250000 Mcf of synthetic natural gas from Northern Illinois Gas Company to alleviate northern service area shortages amid very cold weather. Customers face an average extra charge of 10.45 dollars yearly over 12 months.
Hollywood Florida AP officials of the American Cancer Society say it is too late to cancel a Broward County chapter benefit night at a Virginia Slims tennis event sponsored by Philip Morris. The chapter promoted 500 tickets for the January 14 round despite criticism from critics.
AP reports Philadelphia sludge contains gold silver platinum copper chromium zinc and nickel. Experts estimate about one part per million of city waste holds heavy metals, but extraction costs deter recovery.
Three suspects are being questioned by Mazatlan authorities in the Christmas Day shooting deaths of Rev. John O. Gharst and his daughter Loren Ghorst Brown. The minister, 69, and his 49 year old daughter were found shot in a car near Mazatlan. Police say a bus driver saw a man near the vehicle and fired. three men in a station wagon followed the victims earlier.
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