18 Nabbed in Jackson Franklin Perry Williamson Drug Raids
Eighteen people were arrested in simultaneous narcotics raids by about 50 law enforcement personnel across Jackson, Franklin, Perry, and Williamson counties starting at 5 a.m. The operation led by MEG targeted unlawful sales of marijuana, amphetamines, LSD and other substances with total bonds set at 295000.
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Jackson
Franklin
Perry
Williamson
Richard Pariser
Southern Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group
MEG
Pariser
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
du Quoin
Perry County Sheriff’s Department
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Carbondale Police Department
Southern Ilinois University At Carbondale Security Police
Illinois State Police
Clarence Jones
SIUC
Dollar slides as oil nations meet over pricing options
In Vienna, oil producing states discuss alternatives to dollar pricing for crude. Proposals include tying oil to SDRs, inflation indices, or adopting a single currency, with Kuwait Algeria and Iran urging output cuts to support prices amid a global slowdown. The dollar hits multi‑currency lows and commodity markets react with weaker euro and Swiss franc levels.
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Vienna
U. S
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
Frankfurt
Jamshid Amouzegar
International Monetary Fund
Amouzegar
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Kuwait
Algeria
Iraq
Bundesbank
Zurich
London
Tran
Iran
U S Arms Airlift Expands as Khmer Rouge Attacks Phnom Penh
The Khmer Rouge escalated rocket fire on Phnom Penh while U S diplomats report a record airlift delivering over 1 000 tons of ammunition in 24 hours. Ford seeks 222 million in additional Cambodian military aid as funds run dry and tempers flare over Vietnam policy.
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Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
U. S
Ford
Congress
Cambodia
Court ruling expands liability for school boards
The Supreme Court rules in a 5-4 decision that school board members may be sued for damages if they knowingly or negligently violate a student's constitutional rights or act with malicious intent. The ruling adds a high standard of care, prompting concerns about attracting volunteers to public education.
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Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Ford warns Cambodia may fall if aid blocked
President Ford told the House that Cambodia could surrender within weeks without his 222 million military request. He warned of a constant outside supply to Communist forces near Phnom Penh and said the Cambodian army would run out of ammunition in under a month without Congress approving supplemental military and economic aid. Tonight, the forecast is fair and colder.
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Ford
House
Carl Albert
Cambodia
Congress
Phnom Penh
Illinois to cut student food stamp eligibility
The Illinois Department of Public Aid says the last week for college students to receive food stamps without independent status is ending. Starting Saturday 18 year olds listed as tax dependents will not qualify under new federal rules. The change follows 1971 amendments to the Food Stamp Act.
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Illinois Department of Public Aid
Illinois
States Claim Offshore Oil Ownership In Supreme Court
Lawyers for Atlantic Coast states argued the ratified Constitution did not cede offshore resources and ownership remains with states under colonial charters. The dispute concerns oil and gas reserves beyond three miles, with the court’s split decision on library photocopying without royalties and no guiding precedent.
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Atlantic
Supreme Court
U. S
Middle Atlantic
Harry A. Blackmun
House Democrats Push to Add Oil Depletion Repeal to Tax Cut Bill
Democrats instruct Rules Committee to place Green's amendment repealing the oil and gas depletion allowance on the $21.28 billion emergency tax cut bill. The move would raise oil industry taxes by about $3 billion and targets both oil and gas depletion, with a per-barrel benefit cap for small producers discussed.
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House Democrats
Rules Committee
William J. Green
Dpa
Green
House
Senate
Charles Wilson
D-Tex
Ways and Means Committee
al Ul'man
D-Ore
Sam Gibbons
D-Fra
Ways and Means
Menard Penitentiary guards hearings delayed by conferences
Civil service hearings for two Menard Penitentiary guards William G. Hargett and Roy R. Res were postponed after a conference among parties. The guards, fired on charges of racial discrimination and Ku Klux Klan ideology, had hearings set for 10:30 a.m. in Randolph County Court. The delay follows a complaint by the guards lawyer that the Dept of Corrections failed to detail charges. a motion to dismiss was denied. The guards were suspended Jan 9, sparking union threats to strike. the union later called off the strike after talks with the corrections director and a pledge to seek a speedy Civil Service hearing.
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Civil Service
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
William G. Hargett
Thompsonville
Roy R. Res
Randolph County
Springfield
Larry Gehman
Dept.of Corrections
American Federation of State
Allyn R. Sielaff
Illinois Dept. of Corrections
Civil Service Commission
Steve Cullen
Union
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Tony Tuma
James Buie
Creal Springs
Charles Brown
Floyd Wright
Viola
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Wright
Steve Townes
Carbondale
Carl Hottes
Danny Wal
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Rep
Paul McCloskey
California
Sen
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Can Tho
da Nang
Washington
Vietnam
Indochina
Bella A. Abzug
D-N. Y
Donald M. Fraser
Family Living
U. S. Court of Claims
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine
Caucus
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