Iran Parliament Debates Naming Prime Minister Key Candidate
The Islamic Republic Party backs transportation minister Moussa Kalantari for prime minister as Iran's parliament weighs a candidate who could influence the hostage crisis. Kalantari, linked to Ayatollah Khomeini, is cited as a Revolutionary Council nominee while debates unfold amid regional tensions and external diplomacy.
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Iran
Associated Press
Islamic Republican Party
Ayatollah
Mohammad Beheshti
Tehran
Revolutionary Council
Moussa Kalantari
Kalantari
Beheshti
Ruhollah Khomeini
Hassan Ha
Truman diary notes reveal deeper atomic bomb concerns
World War II diary notes found in the Truman Library reveal President Truman's deep worries about the atomic bomb's destruction. Dated July 25 1945 he writes that the weapon should target military objectives not civilians and that warning should be given. Potsdam ended August 2 1945 and Hiroshima was bombed four days later followed by Nagasaki ending the war on August 14.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Potsdam
East Germany
Hiroshima
Truman
Indiana University
Robert Ferrell
American Heritage Magazine
Ferrell
Japan
Sec. of War
Henry) Stimson
Kyoto
Tokyo
Hitler
Stalin
Nagasaki
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois today and Monday
Partly sunny skies and hot conditions with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the low 90s and overnight lows in the 70s. Monday brings continued heat with partly sunny skies and possible afternoon showers or storms.
Sadat and Ben Elissar Meet on Sinai Withdrawal
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Ambassador Eliahu Ben Elissar discussed terms of the 1982 Israeli pullback from Sinai. General Aly called the matter closed, while no summit was discussed or planned.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Eliahu Ben Elissar
Sinai Peninsula
Menachem Begin
Israel
Kamal Hassan Aly
Sadat
Begin
Sinai
Aly
Murphysboro Defeats Pool Bond Proposals at Riverside Park
Murphysboro residents rejected two propositions to fund a public pool at Riverside Park Center Circle. Proposition 1 would raise the park district bonded indebtness to 5.75 percent of assessed valuation, 930 to 412 against. Proposition 2 sought a $950,000 bond issue, 945 to 399 against. Park board President Donald Brewer said this would be the last time the current board brings the pool issue to voters.
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Murphysboro Park District
Riverside Park
Park
Park Board
Donald Brewer
ONeill promises Perry County coal gasification plant
At a Southern Illinois University Carbondale fund raiser for Congressman Paul Simon, Speaker Tip ONeill predicted two coal gasification plants, one planned for Illinois and one for Ohio, with a formal announcement expected around June 16. He cited energy needs and noted Congress plans a new energy program by the Fourth of July. Simon said his Perry County project is near, and other speakers included Comptroller Roland Burris and Jeff Dixon.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Thomas P
Tip” O’neill
U.S. House of Reprsentatives
O’neill
Illinois
Ohio
House
Congress
United States
John Anderson
Roland Burris
Centralia
SIUC
Jeff Dixon
Alan Dixon
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Habibi
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Adib Daoudy
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Pope John Paul II
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Elysee Palace
Paris
Pontiff
France
St. Denis
Ann Landers
Ben Elissar
Murphysboro
Tip’ O'Neill
Simon Fund-Raising
Washington
Paul
Joe Jines
Thomas
Tip” O'Neill
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