Amin orders Americans in Uganda barred from leaving
Ugandan President Idi Amin bans about 250 Americans including missionaries from leaving Uganda until after a Monday meeting in Kampala. He sent a telegram to President Carter demanding U S action on human rights before accusing Uganda. Most Americans wish to stay, officials say.
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East Africa
Britain
Israel
U.S. State Department
United Nations
Andrew Young
Mine strike widens to central Illinois as 8000 join idle
Barbara Schechter reports the Southern Illinois coal strike expands to central Illinois with more than 7,900 miners idle across 11 days. Consol, AMAX, and Freeman United mines face contempt bids to enforce a return-to-work order while picket lines persist at 35 sites.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern
Ilinois
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois
Consol
AMAX
Freeman United Coal Companies
Consolidation Coal Co
U.S. District Court
East St. Louis
Bob Verbosky
William Juergens
Ners
Burning Star
Gerald Woodside
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Mike Bunton
Woodside
de Soto City Park
Burning Star 5
Illinois
International Executive Board
House passes four billion public works jobs bill
The House approved a four billion public works jobs bill 295 to 85 to speed funding for projects ready to start in high unemployment areas. It would require 60 day project applications and 90 day construction readiness with 609000 potential jobs.
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House
Carter
Congress
Senate
Gerald Ford
Illinois lawmakers weigh rural doctor aid and agency overhaul
Springfield briefs report action in the Illinois General Assembly. Bills to aid rural doctors gained committee approval. Lawmakers also consider creating an agency to sort commissions and Gov Thompson signaled support for higher hunting fishing and boating license fees. A House panel sent an aerosol ozone regulation bill to subcommittee while a price marking measure for large stores was tabled after amendments.
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Illinois
Thompson
Illinois General Assembly
House
Secretary's weight loss aids in carbon monoxide discovery
A downtown office building in Pittsburgh faced a slowly poisoning carbon monoxide leak. A secretary, Eileen Cherry, noticed her unexplained weight loss and alerted officials. Tests showed high carbon monoxide in workers, prompting evacuation and avoidance of a potential disaster.
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Pittsburgh
Eileen Cherry
Jones Law
Allegheny County
Gunman Holds Three Hostages Including Pregnant Woman in Syracuse
Leroy Cotton, 30, described as hostile toward society, held a pregnant woman and her infant son in a second floor Syracuse apartment while another man was shot and killed. Police said the child was used as a leverage and tear gas was threatened if authorities moved to intervene. The hostages appeared innocent and unaware of Cotton’s history of family trouble and his alleged intelligence.
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Leroy Cotton
Syracuse
Cotton
Rod Carr
Three States injunction terminated amid mine sale reports
A temporary injunction from February 17 restricting pickets at Three States Trucking Inc. No. 4 coal mine between Elkville and Vergennes was terminated today after a pending mine sale. Judge Richard Richman ordered the end of the injunction at the request of both parties. A buyer was not identified and details of the sale were unavailable. Sixty workers at Elkville Oroville and Carbondale mines remain on strike since February 10. The NLRB election planned for February 10 was postponed indefinitely after Three States withdrew the request.
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District 12
Kenneth Dawes
Consol
Norris
Canton
Amax
Vermont
Freeman
No. 17
UMW
Thomas Gumbel
National Labor Relations Board
Gumbel
Three States Trucking Co
Dawes
Three States Trucking Inc
Elkville
Vergennes
Richard Richman
Attor
Strin
Oroville
Carbondale
UAE oil minister calls summit to heal OPEC price split
Mana Saeed Otaiba, UAE oil minister, urged a summit in Abu Dhabi to resolve OPEC price divisions after Saudi Arabia and UAE raised prices by 5 percent while 11 other members approved 10 percent and 5 percent increases on July 1. The move followed a Doha meeting that deepened the rift.
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Uae
United Arab Emirates
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Mana Saeed Otaiba
al Itihad
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
OPEC
Doha
Qatar
U.A.E
Saudi Arabia
Weather sketch and local notices from Carbondale
Increasing cloudiness tonight and colder with rain possible. Saturday cloudy with a 40 percent rain chance and highs in the 50s. Sunday: cloudy with snow or rain likely. Monday mostly cloudy, Tuesday partly cloudy with mid 40s to mid 50s highs. Also local items mention teacher job cuts, Illinois Senate committee work, coffee theft, city report, VA nursing home plan, and World Day of Prayer on March 4.
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Southern Illinois
Salukis Still in Running for No. 1 Seed
SIU C travels to Tulsa and suffers a 99 to 91 overtime defeat but can still secure the top seed in the Valley tournament. Tulsa game notes suggest implications for seeding and standings as the season progresses.
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SIU C
Tulsa
Calendar and notices page overview
An index listing sections such as births deaths bridge comics crossword calendar and various pages including classifieds editorial horoscopes sports television log weather and map. It outlines section numbers 17 19 13-16 5 7 11-12 and 7.
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