Rebellion hardens in Kabul as Afghan government falters
In Kabul, Soviet and Afghan troops patrolled a city paralyzed by a civil service strike and a shopkeepers’ boycott. Martial law concentrates power with the Soviet commander, while fighting kills hundreds of civilians and rebels seize weapons. Karmal remains out of public view amid reports he sought refuge in the Soviet embassy.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Babrak Karmal
New Delhi
Paris
Moudjahidine
Karmal
Pakistan
Jalalabad
Herat
Kandahar
Bazaar
The
Khalq
Communist Party
Fire destroys three Anna businesses in one building
Fire swept through a 3600 square foot building housing BCD Service Co Inc Cliff View Builders and Kerby Bookkeeping and Tax Service destroying most equipment and records. Mayor Robert Ferrel operates BCD and Cliff View. Kerby Bookkeeping is owned by Phyllis Kerby. No injuries reported as flames and fuel oil contributed to the destruction.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Anna
BCD Service Co. Inc
Cliff View Builders
Kerby Bookkeeping and Tax Service
BCD Service
Robert Ferrel
Kerby Bookkeeping
Stroyed
Ferrel
Kaufman
Lawrence Boyer
Boyer
BDC Service Co
Jeanne
Phyllis
Milo Kerby
Snowstorm of 1979 Remains in Southern Illinois Memory
On February 25 1979 Southern Illinois experienced a historic blizzard unlike recent decades. The storm paralyzed the region with heavy snow totals from 9.2 inches at the airport to 21 inches in Marion and left highways closed for days. Power outages affected about 6 000 people and thousands sought shelter in schools and community centers. Resources were mobilized by state police National Guard and a snow emergency declared for 30 southern counties. By February 28 federal and state highways reopened and the region began moving again.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Cape Girardeau
Rend Lake
Marion
James R. Thompson
Upstate
National Guard
Jury selection begins in Berger murder trial
Jackson County jury selection starts for Joyce Berger accused of killing her ex husband, former Murphysboro Police Chief Tobias Berger Jr. Judge Richard Richman steps aside. Judge George Oros to preside as prosecutor from outside the county. Prosecution team funded at 7500 dollars from county funds, with William Schwartz as co counsel.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Joyce Berger
Murphysboro
Tobias Berger Jr
William Schwartz
Mrs. Berger
Richard E. Richman
Berger
George Oros
Pulaski County
Schwartz
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Mark Rotert
County General
County General Fund
Carter Kennedy Poll Headed for New Hampshire Primary
In New Hampshire Carter leads Kennedy 55 to 30 with Brown at 8 and 7 undecided in a Boston Globe survey while Republicans Bush and Reagan are nearly tied at 35 and 34 percent. The scene features debates over debate participation and unity amid seven GOP candidates as campaigners canvass and mass rallies wind down.
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New Hampshire
Carter
Bush
Reagan
Concord
N.H
George Bush
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Boston Globe
Brown
Massachusetts
Nashua
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Ers
Globe
Ronald Reagan
U.N
Iowa
Puerto Rico
Houston
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Susan Poag
Gordon Hopp
Paul Kaufman
Paul
Fire Department
Hlizzard
Alto Pass
Zeigler
Dahlgren
Belle Rive
New Haven
Cleburne
Ewing
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Carbondale
de Soto
Ann Landers
Baker
Anderson
Connally
Crane
Dole
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
Berlin
Nashua Telegraph
Republican National Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Bob Dole
Kansas
John B. Anderson
Philip M. Crane
Senate
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