Miner John Homan Reflects After 45 Years Underground
John Homan, 65, of Zeigler, recently retired from a 45 year mining career with Peabody Coal Co. He recalls early days when baseball skills aided job prospects, dangerous fires like the 1936 Kathleen Mine incident, and evolving safety rules. He lost finger tips to gear and cart accidents, credits improvements to companies and inspectors, and hopes to teach safety while pursuing poetry and literature interests.
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Dan Hubble
Southern Illinoisan
John Homan
Zeigler
Homan
Sioux City
Iowa
The
Peabody Coal Co
Kathleen
Dowell
Restice
Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Kentucky
Illinois
West
Virginia
Rend Lake
John A. Logan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ambrose Bierce
H.L. Mencken
Dylan Thomas
Siuc
Carter tours Berlin lauding freedom as crowds fill streets
President Carter visited West Berlin and praised the city’s residents as East German authorities scuffed to paint over dissent. He spoke at a town meeting in Kongress hall and declared Berlin must stay free, drawing crowds estimated at 500,000 to 650,000 along Kurfuerstendamm. Police arrested six demonstrators as Carter’s motorcade moved through the throng on a 30 minute walk to Tempelhof. He then traveled to Bonn for a seven nation economic summit before returning to Washington.
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Carter
Kurfuerstendamm
Tempelhof Airport
Bonn
White House
Powell
Air Force One
United States
East Germany
Chan
U.S
Rhine-Main
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt
Washington
Guerilla killings in Rhodesia spark new massacre claim
In Makanza Village Rhodesia two black guerrillas armed with automatic weapons killed 17 black villagers and set huts on fire with some victims still alive. The attack follows two prior civilian massacres blamed on guerrillas in three weeks as tensions rise within Rhodesia's biracial government. A white security policeman and a survivor linked the raid to factional feuding among supporters of moderate black politicians.
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Makanza
Rhodesia
Zwimba
Salisbury
America
U.N
Andrew Young
Ian Smith
Mozambique
Mayo
Antique car owners triumph at Whittington Gun Creek Days
Six antique car owners earned first place trophies at Whittington’s Gun Creek Days show. Winners: Clyde Donelson Marion Roger Appleton West Frankfort C W Pigg Mt Vernon Kevin Tucker Ewing Bob Swetland Centralia Wilbert Endres Belleville. Swetland won Best of Show and Endres won for longest distance. Richard Morton Benton notes 18 cars, many on trailers. Event chairman Harold Kniffen Ewing.
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Whittington
Gun Creek
Clyde Donelson
Marion
Roger Appleton
West Frankfort
C.W. Pigg
Mt. Vernon
Kevin Tucker
Ewing
Bob Swetland
Centralia
Wilbert Endres
Belleville
Swetland
Endres
Richard Morton
Benton
Harold Kniffen
President Carter Criticizes Young For UN Remarks
President Carter told Andrew Young he was very unhappy with comments comparing Soviet dissidents to American civil rights struggles. White House aides framed the rebuke as mild, noting Young apologized and had not offered to resign. Jody Powell said the president would not have accepted a resignation.
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New York Times
Bonn
Carter
Andrew Young
United Nations
Young
United States
Jody Powell
The
White House
Powell
Cyrus R. Vance
le Matin
Soviet Union
Anatoly B. Shcharansky
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Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
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