Refugee boat lifts surpass 100000 with Red Diamond V arrival
The Cuban refugee boatlift topped 100000 as the Red Diamond V, a 118 foot freighter with Panamanian registry revoked, arrived at Key West towing to shore. The ship’s owner Peter Winston Phillip was arrested on charges of bringing in undocumented aliens and related offenses amid the latest tally update.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Cial
U.S
Peter Winston Phillip
Mariel
Eric Fisher
Phillip
Carter
Turks and Caicos Islands
Miami
Christopher council weighs new taxes amid tax debt concerns
Christopher City Council discussed adding 46 cents for Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 7.5 cents for police protection and 7.5 cents for fire protection to current levies to cover a shortfall. Mayor Regis cited a $5,000 IRS debt and a $35,000 water department loan, with residents largely silent on taxes. He warned the city may owe over $50,000 to the IRS and noted prior misaccounting by a former clerk.
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O.R. Walley
Christopher
John Regis
Internal Revenue Service
Water Department
Marguerite Matys
Regis
City General Fund
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Coun
Benton
Buckner
West Frankfort
Jeff
Security force grows at Fort Chaffee refugee camp
Fort Chaffee relocation center in Arkansas remains calm as President Carter orders a beefed up security team to rise from 600 to 2000 personnel. Cuban refugees inside assist to prevent repeats of the violence that wounded more than a dozen. 200 to 300 refugees once spilled out and rocks were thrown as troopers fired. New guards from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, reported on site.
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Fort Chaffee, Ark
Fort Chaffee Relocation Center
Army Reserve Base
Car
Ter
Fort Sill
Okla
Diggs resigns from House amid kickback case
Rep Charles Diggs Michigan Democrat resigns from Congress effective immediately after Supreme Court declined to hear his payroll kickback appeal. He had said he would not seek re election but would finish his 13th term ending next January. Prosecutors say he received about 66000 dollars in kickbacks from 1973 to 1977.
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Ron Poppenhagen
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
Johnston City
U.S. District Court
Benton
Menard Correctional Center
Amil T. Cornille
Cornille
Michael Pasko
Buckner
Dennis Michaelson
Pan Technics Inc
Michaelson
Williamson County
Charles T. Garnall
Chicago Tribune
Pasko
William Lewis
Lewis
Pan Technic Inc
Menard
James Greer
Marion
Eckiss
The
Tribune
Washington
Charles C. Diggs
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Michigan Democrat
Thomas P. O’neill
House
Diggs
Weather outlook: cooler tonight and warm through weekend
The National Weather Service forecasts fair, cooler conditions tonight with a low in the upper 60s. Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies and lower humidity with a high in the upper 80s. Illinois extended forecast shows partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday through Saturday, with highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
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Randy Patchett
Bernard Paul
Joe Jines
Carbondale Community High
Kathryn Lynn Kent
Bowen Gym
Christopher Council
Troutt
Tony Pecherino
IRS
Charles Diggs
Ann Landers
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