Iran hostage talks stall as U S delivers latest Iran proposal
Intermediaries arrive in Tehran with Washington's reply offering about 12 billion of Iranian assets in a neutral escrow. Iran demands 24 billion and cites espionage case against 52 Americans. Carter calls proposals reasonable but says time is short before Reagan inauguration.
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Associated Press
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U.S
Iran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Washington
Algeria
Carter
United States
Ronald Reagan
Washington Post
Post
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah
Allameh Wahya Noori
Noori
Court reverses two Trapnell escape related convictions
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed air piracy and kidnapping convictions of Garret Brock Trapnell tied to the 1978 helicopter escape attempt from a U.S. Penitentiary. It ordered a new trial on those charges while upholding conspiracy and attempted escape convictions against Trapnell and accomplice Martin McNally.
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Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Garrett Brock Trapnell
Trapnell
Martin Joseph McNally
U.S
Marion
TWA
Los Angeles
New York
McNally
James Kenneth Johnson
St. Louis
Barbara Oswald
Johnson
Navy
Brockton
Mass
Said
Weather index forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy skies tonight with a chance of rain or snow late and a high near 30. Saturday will bring cloudiness with possible precipitation and highs in the 30s. The extended Illinois forecast shows fair, colder conditions Sunday and Monday with a gradual warming to the 30s by Tuesday. Sunday lows in the teens warming to the 20s by Tuesday.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Carter extends grain embargo for one year
President Carter extended the grain embargo and other products to the Soviet Union for one more year, with the extension due by midnight Wednesday to prevent automatic expiration. The embargo includes feed grains, phosphates used in fertilizer, oil and gas equipment, and parts for the Kama River truck plant, per a Commerce Department spokesman. Reagan has pledged to lift the embargo due to its negative impact on U.S. farmers' grain revenues.
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Carter
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Kama River
Commerce Department
Reagan
Southern Illinois welcomes its first baby of 1981 Alyssa Stumbo
Alyssa Danielle Stumbo was born at 6:48 a.m. New Year’s Day at Pinckneyville Community Hospital to Scott and Angela Stumbo of Sparta. The 8 pound 9.2 ounce girl arrived later than expected, with doctors noting good lungs. The Stumbos, residents of 215 W Jackson, Sparta, said they hoped for a tax deduction. Also born New Year’s Day were Towanda Jamica-Larei Joiner in Carbondale, Laura Anne Maynard in Marion, and a daughter to James and Melody Myers in West Frankfort.
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Southern Illinois
Alyssa Danielle Stumbo
Sparta
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Alyssa
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Scott
Angela Stumbo
W. Jackson
Stumbo
Bor
Scott Stumbo
Tri- County Heating
Steeleville
Towanda Jamica-Larei
Federal Express Lady drives off with two Evansville cars
Evansville police pursue Cynthia Ann Taylor alias Cynthia Maddox in a string of auto thefts linked to three Evansville dealers and a tire firm. She allegedly passed bad checks to obtain two cars and tires totaling about six thousand dollars, with the latest incident on December 13. Wallace Auto Sales recovered an $11,100 Corvette but other vehicle losses remain. Freeman Spur address listed for Taylor.
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Southern Illinoisan
Federal Express
Evansville
Ind
Cynthia Ann Taylor
Ms. Taylor
Cynthia Maddox
Chamber of Commerce
Marion
Murphysboro
Memphis
Wallace Auto Sales
Charles Altman
Wallace
Atlanta
Riverside Street
Taylor
Freeman Spur
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