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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1978
Page
2
The March 21 primary faces low turnout with 30 percent voter participation predicted. Proposals for an optional open primary spark debate among lawmakers, party officials, and citizens about election fairness and party loyalty.
The coalition has collected over 100000 of 625000 required by August 21 to place an open primary referendum on the November ballot. Quinn envisions a high voter approval pressuring the legislature to adopt an open or optional open system.
Heavy snow across the Midwest tapered but its aftermath lingered as crews restore power, rescue marooned travelers, and aid farmers hit by dairy losses. More than 100 weather related deaths. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana declared emergencies. thousands housed in Red Cross shelters. widespread road closures and frozen waterways cited.
General Omar Torrijos warned a U S Senate delegation that amendments to the Panama Canal treaty could force a new referendum in Panama. Senator Cranston said Torrijos worried changes would affect Panamanian approval of the pact, approved 2-1.
The House assassinations committee subpoenaed J. B. Stoner and associates of the National States Rights Party as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. murder inquiry. A congressional source said the panel seeks to question Stoner about claims that an FBI informant offered him 25 000 dollars to kill King and 2000 dollars to blow up a church in Birmingham Alabama.
About 30 000 people in Illinois face loss of extended unemployment benefits after this week. 12 000 are downstate. Illinois Bureau of Employment Security notes the national insured unemployment rate at 4.2 percent for the 13 weeks to Jan 7, while Illinois stands at 4.59 percent.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel said there is little chance of reaching any peace principles agreement with Israel during Anwar Sadat's upcoming visit to the United States. He cited a large gap between Egyptian and Israeli positions and said talks could take months. Sadat will meet President Carter at Camp David on the following weekend to seek U.S. backing.
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