Paratroopers Entangle After C-130 Jump Over Provo
Warrant Officer Rodney Fakatou of the 19th Special Forces Service Company Utah National Guard tears through Capt Dan Vaughns parachute during Sunder Penacce jumps over Provo troopers jumped from a C 130 at 1250 feet became entangled and landed with one chute only both men listed in satisfactory condition at Veterans Hospital Salt Lake City
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Rodney Fakatou
19Th Special Forces Service Company
Utah National Guard
Dan Vaughn
Sunder Penacce
Provo
Veterans Hospital
Salt Lake City
Iran Parliament Hears Hostage Bills Ahead of Reagan Inauguration
Iran's Majlis received two emergency bills to resolve the U S hostage crisis before January 16. A third party arbitrator would settle financial and legal claims, and the second bill would nationalize the late shah's wealth to aid asset recovery. The house adjourned to a closed session with a vote set for Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Iran
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Behzad Nabavi
Nabavi
Majlis
United States
Shah
Weather outlook: partly cloudy and warmer tonight
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy and warmer conditions tonight with a low in the upper teens or lower 20s. Tuesday will be party sunny and warmer with a high in the mid-30s. Illinois forecast calls for cloudy skies Wednesday with a high in the 40s and chances of snow Thursday, followed by fair Friday with colder nights and highs in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Illinois politicians vow to protect Perry coal gas plant funds
Bi partisan Illinois lawmakers pledge to shield funds for the Perry County coal gasification project. Washington reports say Reagan transition team may recommend halting the $800 million plant and cutting 1981 funding, threatening 1982 support amid private sector concerns.
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Illinois
Perry
Evan M. Davis
Perry County
Washington D.C
Ronald Reagan
Department of Energy
Noble County
Ohio
Memphis
Tenn
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
James Thompson
Reagan
Steve Hull
Senate
Thompson
Dave Gilbert
Gilbert
Washington
Dixon
Josh Levin
Charles Percy
Levin
Sen
Percy
ICGG
Area traffic deaths rise 16 percent in 1980
Tony Stevens reports that Southern Illinois State Police District 13 recorded 120 highway deaths in 1980, up from 103 in 1979, with 100 district residents killed and 15 from other parts of Illinois and five from out of state. The average age dropped to 27.4 years, and Williamson, Jackson, and Randolph counties accounted for nearly half the fatalities.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Illinois
Williamson County
Union County
Illinois State Police District 13
District 13
Alabama
Michigan
Florida
Kentucky
Kansas
Johnson County
Williamson
Jackson County
Randolph County
Franklin
Perry
Union
Jefferson
Johnson and Saline
Massac
Washington
Gallatin and
Pulaski
Alexander
Hardin
Pope
Jackson
Randolph
District 13 District realignment creates new District 19
Illinois State Police District 13 based in Du Quoin redefined in 1980. On Oct 15 Gallatin and Saline left to join Edwards Hamilton Wabash Wayne White to form District 19 with Carmi HQ. 1980 traffic fatalities kept 16 counties for year comparison.
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Illinois State Police District 13
du Quoin
Alexander
Franklin
Gallatin
Hardin
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson, Massac
Perry
Pope
Pulaski
Randolph
Saline
Union
Washington
Williamson
Edwards
Hamilton
Wabash
Wayne
White
Carrier Mills
U.S. 45
Eldorado
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Ann Landers
Rts
Alan Dixon
House
Reagan Doe
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
The
Con
Wade Nelson
Nelson
Johnson
Ond
Franklin and
Hardin County
Pomona
St. Louis
Arch
State Police District
Carmi
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