Indicted Boston broker arrested as prison escapee
Alan Abrahams, 52, the head of Lloyd, Carr Inc., was arrested in Tarpon Springs Florida on New York City probation violation charges tied to a 1972 stolen property conviction. Identified by fingerprints as the same man who escaped a New Jersey prison in 1974, he used multiple aliases and faced allegations of nearly 12 million dollars bilked from investors through aggressive telemarketing and high fees. The firm faced closure with 12 branches and 1,000 employees laid off as Abrahams fled Boston after posting bond.
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James A. Carr
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Carr
New Jersey
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SIU Carbondale workers vote on unionization plan
Several hundred workers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will vote on joining a union. The Dome at SIU Arena is described by architects as resilient, not collapsing under heavy snow.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU Arena
End of strike unlikely says UMW leader Miller
Barbara Schechter reports that UMW President Arnold Miller warns in a letter to Southern Illinois union leaders that a quick settlement is unlikely as talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association stall. He cites rejected union proposals and operator plans that would cut the 1950 pension fund, limit health coverage, and pressure seven day weeks plus eliminate helper jobs.
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Southern Illinoisan
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UMW
Arnold Miller
Illinois
Billie Ray Craig
Pinckneyville
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
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Waffles claim shakes federal farm policy stance
Former state agriculture director Pud Williams of Carmi charges federal agriculture head Bob Bergland with waffling on the national farmer strike issue. Page 13.
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Pud Williams
Carmi
Bob Bergland
Nation A 7 Year Old Leukemia Victim Requests Death
A 7 year old leukemia victim asked to die and left a message for others who suffer from the disease. The article appears on page 10. An analysis on page 18 notes oil experts say the world will have an adequate supply to last through 1990 despite Carter administration warnings of a severe oil shortage in the 1980s.
Full Census Count Could Shift Illinois’ 1980 Seat
An editorial notes that a complete census in Illinois in 1980 may decide whether the state gains or loses a congressional seat. Page 4 surveys whether free enterprise is thriving or harming the public, with both views analyzed on that page.
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Salukis' Wayne Abrams Named MVC Player of the Week
Wayne Abrams of Southern Illinois University Carbondale earns Missouri Valley Conference player of the week honors as announced on page 15.
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Southern Illinois University- Carbondale Salukis
Missouri Valley Conference
Government has no plans to end coal strike
Washington AP reports federal officials will not invoke Taft Hartley provisions to end the coal strike despite a breakdown in talks. Labor Secretary Ray Marshall and public information officer John Rogers say no plans exist to use an injunction, as negotiations with the United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association stall into day 51. Arnold Miller downplays the walkout, saying bargaining often grows tense and recedes are common.
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Federal Mediation Service
Ray Marshall
Bituminous
Radiation scan finds no trace from Soviet satellite
U S and Canadian search planes over Northwest Territories report no radiation from the nuclear powered satellite that burned up near Yellowknife. A West German scientist claimed a 200 mile long radioactive cloud formed during plunge, urging caution on northern hemisphere fallout.
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Great Slave Lake
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WWII search effort spans 450 miles with U S U-2 and jet support
The operation involving a U S U-2 reconnaissance plane a Boeing 707 and five Canadian planes covered about 450 miles in a search effort. U S Energy Department experts flew from the Nevada Test Site to install sensors on the aircraft and aid radiation detection at a Canadian air force base in Edmonton Alberta. Mahlon Gates said if anything is found they will locate it as the search centers near Great Slave Lake and east of Yellowknife with a 6 000 population community. Miami AP After a 33 year fight the all black 761st Battalion received the Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in World War II. President Carter presented the award noting its segregation era service. In Moscow Canadian diplomat Alan P McLaine met Soviet officials to seek debris information on the fallen satellite who offered help to locate any debris.
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Las Vegas
Mahlon Gates
U S. Energy Department
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Alberta
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Carter
Moscow
Alan P. McLaine
Foreign Ministry
McLaine
Weatherman trims snow forecast to 1 2 inches for Southern Illinois
Weather service meteorologist says the early forecast of heavy snow was based on a storm that dropped about eight inches in St. Louis. In Southern Illinois the area should see about one to two inches, with remaining cold conditions. Temperatures will hover in the 20s to low 30s, then dip to the teens tonight.
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The
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Don Semansik
National Weather Service
Cairo
St. Louis
Southern Illinois
Semansik
Yvonne Neubuhr
Carbondale
Blocks used as ballast nearly wipe driver out
Murphysboro attorney Freddy Shapiro warns against carrying heavy concrete blocks in vehicles during bad weather after his pickup slid off a snow packed rural road and was struck by blocks from the bed. His 1977 truck was a total loss but he escaped serious injury. Another car, driven by Linda S. Cowls, 25, of Cicero, slid into a creek bed nearby with no injuries.
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Freddy Shapiro
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Jackson Country Club
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Illinois 13
Linda S. Cowls
Cicero
Mrs HHH Named to Senate in Fort Lauderdale
Muriel Humphrey, 65, appointed by Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich to fill the late Hubert Humphrey's U.S. Senate seat. She will serve until a November special election. She declined to say whether she would run in the four year remainder of the term. The November winner would take office immediately.
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Fla
Muriel Humphrey
Minnesota
Rudy Perpich
U.S. Senate
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