Senate votes to keep automatic pay raises for officials
The Senate defeated an amendment to block automatic pay hikes, allowing increases of about 13,000 dollars annually for Congress members and top officials. The two thousand top officials and twenty thousand civil servants stand to gain as of February 20 unless Congress intervenes.
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Senate
Congress
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Allen
House
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill
Carter Orders Gas Shifts to Ease Winter Strain
The Carter administration acts under a new emergency act to move natural gas from west to east to aid homes and hospitals facing severe winter shortages. Dunham of the Federal Power Commission oversees transfers with Interior and FE A input. Mexico and California report supplies while private pipelines arrange daily volumes for Texas and Eastern Seaboard delivery.
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Carter
Richard L. Dunham
Federal Power Commission
Dunham
Interior Department
Federal Energy Administration
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp
Pacific Northwest
el Paso Natural Gas
La-Vaca Gathering Co
South Texas
Transco Companies Inc
Eastern Seaboard
Southern Illinois University appoints new trustees unlikely
Weather outlook shows cold, gradual warming into the weekend with low teens to mid thirties temperatures. Alumni dinner dance planned. Gov Thompson awaits remaining cabinet choices. propane storage contamination under review. fuel taxes and bill collections debated. Carter and food politics discussed in editorials.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern
Family Living fears crowds and cars limit daily life
The notice notes fears of crowds elevators outdoors and automobiles affecting millions, with some phobias described as curable. The item appears in the Family Living section with page references for related columns, including births deaths comics schedules and editorials.
Carter lays out six campaign pledges in White House speech
President Carter, now inaugurated, outlined six focus areas energy environment economy government reorganization imperial presidency and tax welfare reform. He pledged an energy plan by April 20 a cabinet level Department of Energy and broader sacrifices by citizens and private companies.
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Washington Star
Washington
Carter
White House
Congress
Department of Energy
Gerald R. Ford
Imperial Presidency
Illinois Senate ends 159th roll call without leader
The Illinois Senate held its 159th roll call as Democrats in dispute tried to end a stalemate over electing a president for the chamber. Leaders said progress was made but the session recessed without a chosen leader.
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Illinois Senate
Chamber
Senate
Seventeeen degrees? No, March winds bring thaw in Illinios
A 28 day siege ends as temperatures stay above freezing in Carbondale. Overnight low 38 degrees lifts river traffic on the Mississippi and Ohio. Snow and sleet miss southern Illinois while areas to the north report light snow. Ice loosening assists towboats like the George Weathers moving toward New Orleans. other river sections remain icebound but improving.
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Joseph Arimond
Mississippi River
George Weathers
Cairo
U.S. Coast Guard
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi
Ohio River
Coast Guard
Buffalo blizzard tests a former Illinois reporter
Former Southern Illinoisan editor Charles Y. Adair recalls a Buffalo blizzard that shut streets, trapped cars and neighbors, and left 73 abandoned vehicles. He describes scenes of wind driven snow, 5 foot drifts, and a long rescue effort before a front loader finally cleared the street.
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Charles Y. Adair
Southern Illinoisan
Buffalo
N.Y
Ben Gelman
Lake Erie
Metro
Adair
Janice
Mark
Mary
Kaymar Drive
Tonawanda
Buffalo Evening News
Ail National Guard
Highway Department
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Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Sen
Adlai Stevenson
D-Iii
James K. Schlesinger
United States
New Southern I Illinois University Board of Trustees
David Kenney
Carbondale
Gov
James Thompson
Jimmy Carter
Rae
Herrin
Herrin-Marion
Carbondale- Murphysboro
Wake Forest
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Rrewald
Buffalo Blizzard
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