12 miners charged in violence at Metropolis dock
Police arrested 12 coal miners on mob violence conspiracy and criminal destruction charges for the December 14 damage at the Cook Coal Transfer Terminal in Metropolis. The terminal reopened with non union operations at 7 am as state police brace for further violence.
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Metropolis Dock
Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Cook
Metropolis
American Electric Power Service Corp
Ohio River
United Mine
Massac County
Steven Spomer
Franklin
Williamson
Perry
Franklin County
Larry Niebel
West Frankfort
Gary Hoey
Benton
Spomer
Carter and Sadat seek common ground on Palestinian issue
In Aswan Egypt President Carter and Anwar Sadat expressed support for Palestinian rights while stopping short of endorsing an independent state. Carter outlined principles for peace including Israeli withdrawal from 1967 lands and secure borders. Begin rejected Palestinian self rule without Israeli control. A London shooting in Mayfair is noted separately.
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Aswan
Egypt
Carter
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
United States
Menachem Begin
Air Force One
Paris
Beirut
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Moon
Earth
Begin
Sadat
Upper Nile
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
U.S
West Bank
Jordan River
Carter Begins Three Day Paris Visit During State Tour
President Carter lands in Paris for a three day stay as the sixth stop in a seven nation tour. He meets French President Giscard d Estaing at Orly and vows to discuss economic stability disarmament energy and Middle East peace while praising a long standing Franco American friendship.
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Paris
Carter
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Aswan
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Soviet Union
Giscard d’Estaing
Orly
Washington
Carter in Paris and NATO trip highlight a cold drizzle visit
Elizabeth Davis and Philip K. Davis showcase a homemade rink near Carbondale as President Carter arrives in Paris for talks with French leaders and NATO headquarters, with the U S leader stepping from Air Force One under heavy security. The French premier stresses collaboration toward a united, secure world as Carter and Rosalynn proceed to Brussels.
Texas prisons to produce Illinois license plates
Illinois awards a 9.6 million, six million blue and white plates contract to the Texas Department of Corrections for five years. Sammie D. Bradley says agreement covers six million plates with an average price per pair of 1.49 dollars. Savings cited over the next lowest bid by Famco Inc. of Conway Arkansas.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas
Sammie D. Bradley
Texas Prison System
Huntsville
Tex
Bradley
Springfield
Tary
Alan J. Dixon
Famco, Inc
Conway
Ark
Weather and state news skim from page three
Warm night with increasing cloudiness then a cloudy day Thursday and more showers possible as temperatures reach upper forties to lower fifties. Friday to Sunday mix of clouds and possible precipitation with cool nights and daytime highs mostly in the forties. Nine new coal mines are forecast in Southern Illinois over seven years creating about 3300 local jobs. A proposed state higher education budget would aid Southern Illinois University Carbondale per President Warren Brandt. Shelbyville farmers protest in downtown and Champaign distribution center urging shoppers about bread prices. Notre Dame football ranks No 1 as Devine leads the Irish. An Illinois editorial argues affluent state funds could improve schools and highways.
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Illinois
Mine violence grows across five states in UMW strike
Gunfire vandalism and threats mark a widening strike by 160,000 United Mine Workers members aimed at closing non union mines. In Indiana a caravan attacked two mines, causing about 15000 dollars in damage. similar actions disrupted mines and haulers in Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and Ohio as police opened arson probes and warned of the volatile tactic.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Indiana
D&s
Three State Trucking Co
Larry Reynolds
UMW District 11
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Gary Bradshaw
UMW
Tri City Coal Co
Butler County
Stray Cat Kick Turns On Man In Dim Morning
Durand AP reports Jack Yaun found a stray cat in his barn doorway. He admits kicking what he thought was a stray, but the animal was a skunk. The skunk retaliated, delivering a painful lesson Yaun says everyone should have at least once.
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Durand
Jack Yaun
Yaun
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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