Begin Accepts Sadat Request for Time on Missile Crisis Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat agreed at a six hour summit to give more time for U.S. envoy Philip Habib to seek a peaceful resolution to Syria's missile deployment in Lebanon. Begin said agreements were reached but did not disclose details, and talks were aimed at preserving the Camp David peace treaty while Lebanon tensions continue.
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Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Syria
Lebanon
Begin
Sadat
Philip Habib
Habib
U.S. Middle East
Mideast
Washington
White House
Reagan
Israel Radio
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
Egypt
Camp David
Sinai
Jerusalem Post
Butros Ghali
Uri Porat
Porat
RTA weighs emergency fare hikes for six Chicago counties
The Regional Transportation Authority board debates a emergency ordinance to empower railroads to raise commuter fares by up to 223 percent and cut service to avert a looming shutdown. Four subsidized bus lines have already closed as funds run dry amid inflation and rising costs. Gov Thompson backs a temporary plan. House Speaker Ryan seeks authority for railroads to raise fares themselves.
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Chicago
Regional Transportation Authority Board
Lewis W. Hill
RTA
Jerry Roose
Illinois
George Ryan
Ryan
Senate
Accardo Indicted In $2 Million Union Kickback Scheme
Reputed mob boss Tony Accardo and 15 others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami on racketeering related to a scheme involving Laborers International Union of North America officials, pension fund trustees, and more than $2 million in kickbacks. Accardo and Al Pilloto were arrested and prepared for a bail hearing in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tony Accardo
FBI
James O. Ingram
Accardo
al Pilloto
Miami
Laborers International Union of North America
Pension Fund
Carbondale teens protest disco program suspension
A small protest in Carbondale failed to draw more than six demonstrators against the summer suspension of Teen Nite at the Ramada Inn lounge. Organizers urged renewed action while motel officials cited vandalism and underage drinking as reasons for the halt, with teens and a parent voicing disappointment and resolve.
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Tom Woolf
Illinoia
Ts Carbondale
Ramada Inn
Don Hester
Hester
John Reed
Carbondale
Donald Reed
West Side
Lothar Brown
Brown
Longe
Oasis
Tve
Ray stabbed in Brushy Mountain Penitentiary act
James Earl Ray the 53 year old killer of Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed several times in the chest arm and neck this morning in the law library at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary He was taken to Oak Ridge Hospital under heavy guard with two unidentified inmates held as suspects The prison warden sealed the area and said there was no disturbance Ray was reported in good condition by officials on duty
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
Ray
King
Oak Ridge Hospital
Debby Patterson
Lamar Alexander
Illinois Bell May Be Forced to Repay Overcharges
Illinois Bell faces potential refunds to taxpayers across the state after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-2 that the company must place $11.5 million in a special trust for illegally collected charges. The decision stems from a 1967 to 1977 period when a 5 percent Chicago messenger tax was added to bills and then taxed again.
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Illinois Bell
Springfield
State Supreme Court
Bell
Chicago
Charles Getto
Getto
Cago ‘‘Messenger
Chicago Messenger
Illinois Commerce Commission
High court denies appeal to free prisoner’s fetus
The Illinois Supreme Court refused to order release of an unborn child whose mother is jailed. Kept in jail without cause or legal process, the fetus rights were argued by lawyer Charles S. Wilson III who cited life beginning at conception. Wilson claimed to act for the woman's husband, not to test the law.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Waukegan
Charles S. Wilson III
Wilson
Southern Illinoisan Publication Offices and Delivery Rates
Public notice text lists offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with postal details, circulation areas, and advertising office phone numbers. Subscription costs include monthly carrier rates and mail rates for 18 county circulation, with a post office address for changes.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
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High Court
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Clarion
Sendust
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Jensen
S. University Carbondale
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