U S May Raise Beef Import Quotas Amid Inflation Push
The Carter administration weighs higher import quotas on foreign beef to ease rising grocery costs as April prices show a 2.4 percent food gain and overall inflation nears a 0.9 percent month rise. Officials cite supply pressures and farm losses, while industry voices caution profits are restoring profitability.
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Washington
Carter Administration
Robert Strauss
White House
Strauss
Carter
Beef Industry Council
Chicago
Council
John L. Huston
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Rural fire protection failings hit Southern Illinois
Rural Illinois residents face delayed or no aid as city departments refuse rural alarms without guaranteed funds. Communities like Murphysboro, Carbondale, and Lake of Egypt report higher insurance costs, aging equipment, and slow reactions. Officials blame lack of rural funding and logistics, while residents demand better coverage and funding.
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Carbondale
Charlie McCaughan
Heyde
Marion
Steel
Steele
Lake of Egypt
Joe Seper
Eagle Point Bay Association
Lake of Egypt Property Owners
Seper
McCaughan
Stan Thomas
Rural town fire call policies in Southern Illinois towns
A summary of how major Southern Illinois towns handle rural fire alarms. It lists cities such as Carbondale Murphysboro Marion Herrin Benton West Frankfort Du Quoin Pinckneyville Cobden Anna Chester Sparta and Randolph County. Each department sets fees ranging from 50 to 500 and many require post fire payment or guaranteed upfront payments.
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Dick Hudson
Herrin
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Grand Tower
Bill Marks
Brooks Ladner
Union County
Wolf Lake
Franklin County
Zeiler
Thompsonville
Michael Bowers
Chester Steele
Jerry McClerren
Carbondale
Makanda
Illinois
Benton
West Frankfort
Perry County du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Randolph County
Chester
William L. Brown
Sparta
Jeff Siegel
Weather outlook for tonight through Saturday
National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely and lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler with additional showers and thunderstorms and highs around the 80s. Saturday includes a chance of showers with highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 60s.
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National Weather Service
Governor Thompson Names New Manpower Office Chief
Gov. Thompson replaces Laurence Murray Jr. with new head of the Governor's Office of Manpower and Human Development after reports that the governor had lost confidence in Murray. Details appear on page 11.
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Gov. Thompson
Laurence Murray Jr
Family Living A June Jubilee at Marion Memorial
June 9 and 10 will try to raise 15000 dollars for Marion Memorial Hospital. Mentioned on Page 6 is manager Ken Boyer relief after the St. Louis Cardinals won three straight. Also Gale Sayers undecided about applying for the athletic director job at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Page 15.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
Ken Boyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Gale Sayers
Southern Illinois farmers near spring planting schedule
News brief notes Southern Illinois farmers nearly on schedule for spring planting with coverage on page 3. Additional area news remains on page 28. Two SIU projects push Gov. Thompson to decide on matters he would rather avoid. Page references included.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Americans want federal lead on new energy sources
The Harris Survey notes Americans favor government leadership in developing new energy sources but oppose government activity that competes with private enterprise. The report appears on Page 10 while related politics about President Carter ending the arms shipments ban to Turkey runs on Page 2.
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Carter
Turkey
NATO summit eyes defense boost amid Warsaw Pact edge
U S Defense Secretary Harold Brown questions NATO’s ability to offset Soviet增强 buildup as alliance membres push a 15 year, up to 100 billion dollar program. The final communique vows parity between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces and expands air defense amid broader East West arms balance concerns.
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NATO
Warsaw Pact
Europe
Vienna
Austria
Todor Dichev
Washington
Aurelius Fernandex
Didiev
Brown
Carter
United States
Africa
U S to Send Food Aid to Laos since Communist Victory
The Carter administration will provide 10,000 tons of rice valued at about $5 million to Laos as humanitarian aid. This marks the first U S food assistance to an Indochinese country since the Communist victories three years ago, part of an international response to Laos' shortages.
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U.S
Laos
Washington Star
Washington
Carter Administration
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Southern Illinoisan
Joe Sronce
Sronce
Srance
Karen Reeder
Carbondale Township
Jose Koonce
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Koonces
Insurance Service Office of
Marvin Austin
Insuance Office
Williamson County
Charles Heyde
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Union County Cobden
Anna
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
William Colby
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