Mondale Mixup Champs Translation Laughs in Ottawa
Vice President Mondale faced a French English translation mixup at a Ottawa news conference as an interpreter sang a line from the national anthem. He joked about a Polish translator tied to a Carter Poland trip, then fixed the device and completed his briefing without further French questions.
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Ottawa
Walter Mondale
Inter
Preter
U.S
Mondale
Carter
Poland
Vice
Vice President
Steven Seymour
U.S. State Department
Carter Approval Sinks as Economy Tops 1978 Focus
A New York Times CBS poll taken near Carter's inauguration anniversary shows public confidence in his handling of inflation unemployment and the federal budget at new lows. Fifty percent say they are worse off or dissatisfied with their personal economy while 44 percent feel better or satisfied.
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Carter
New York Times
CBS News
DeSoto Man Clears Snow For Neighbors On Long Day
Robert Bowlby spent hours on his tractor clearing snow east of DeSoto helping neighbors and strangers for free. Others with tractors and wrecker services aided motorists stranded across Southern Illinois as crews battled deep snow. some motorists and mail carriers were pulled from ditches.
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Merrill Perlman
Robert Bowlby
DeSoto
Bowlby
Pauli Scolari
Scolari
Southern
Illinois
Clarence Satterfield
Herrin
Satterfield
Leonard Runge
Runge Brothers
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SIU Carbondale shut as snow halts campus work
Southern Illinois University Carbondale faced a second day of closures as heavy snowfall crippled operations. President Tenney notes it is the worst storm in 60 years, with 3,700 staff affected, campus snow removal limited by equipment and personnel shortages. The Student Center stayed open for student services and a Red Cross blood drive proceeded as planned.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Charles Tenney
SIUC
University
Southern Illinois
Tenney
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Union
Saline
John F. Kennedy
Clarence G
Dougherty
John W. Corker
Corker
Red Cross
Webster denies being barred from clubs tied to racism
Federal judge William H. Webster, touted as a top FBI director candidate, says he does not knowingly belong to clubs that exclude blacks. He notes the Noonday Club passed a race and religion discrimination resolution and says he joined long before his judicial appointment.
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Webster
Noonday Club
Check costs and bad checks at groceries rise concerns
Washington AP reports the Food Marketing Institute found it costs about 26 cents to accept a check at a grocery store, a major share of purchases. It also shows bad checks cost about five cents per accepted check, with 1.5 uncollectable checks per week per store among 1,707 sales.
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Washington
Food Marketing Institute
Food Chains’ Trade Association
Synod removes eight pastors in Southern Illinois
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod ousted eight dissident pastors in Southern Illinois for not disassociating from the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. The pastors named are Joel R. Benbow Cahokia James Clark Mascoutah Frederick C. Giraud Alton Alvin H. Horst Alan E. Nathan Fairview Heights William E. Schmidt Carleton Ralph W. Easterhaus West Frankfort and Herman F. Neunaber Belleville.
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Southern Illinois
Alvin V. Kollmann
Synod
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Kollmann
Joel R. Benbow
Cahokia
James Clark
Mascoutah
Frederick C. Giraud
Alton
Alvin H. Horst
Carbondale
St. Louis
Alan E. Nathan
Fairview Heights
William E. Schmidt
Carrollton
Ralph W. Easterhaus
West Frankfort
Herman F. Neunaber
Belleville
Southern Illinoisan details publication offices and rates
The Southern Illinoisan lists offices in Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and towns served. It notes delivery options in Sunday through Friday periods and subscription rates by mail including Southern Illinois Italy and outside regions, with editorial and classified ad contact numbers.
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Carbondale
Illinois Herrin
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 6Th Street
Herrin
S. 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Kentucky declares state of emergency amid winter storms
The Associated Press reports heavy snow rain and sleet across the Great Lakes and Tennessee Valley. Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll declared a state of emergency to mobilize resources and prepare for possible National Guard assistance. Long Island utility crews received National Guard help while Lilco sought White House approval to rent C 5A jets to move workers and equipment from Chicago and Detroit.
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Tennessee Valley
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Tom Little
House
Chicago
Detroit
Long Island
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