Air standards eased to spur gas supplies
The Carter administration relaxed air quality rules to boost unleaded gasoline output. refiners may charge two cents more per gallon over current production. EPA chief Castle warned of modest hydrocarbon rises but protects catalysts. Schlesinger predicts a 30k barrel per day gain in unleaded output and shifts of up to 800k bpd from leaded to unleaded. Policy delays on lead limits and MMT suspended until Oct 1.
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New York Times News Service
Associated Press
Washington
Carter Administration
Douglas M. Castle
Environmental Protection Agency
White House
Castle
James Schlesinger
Secretary of Energy
Schlesinger
EPA
International Association of Energy Economists
Normal High shuts out Cobden in Class A no hitter loss
Normal High School pitcher Jim Scott Jr. tossed an 80 no hitter over Cobden to hand the Appleknockers a 11-0 defeat in the Class A boys state tournament. Harold Blunt was Cobden’s only baserunner, as Normal moved into the semifinal after a seven run third inning and finished 26-2 on the season.
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Mike Estes
Southern Illinois
Springfield University High School
Jim Scott Jr
Cobden
Appleknockers
Scott
Harold Blunt
Ken Pour
New Athens
Blayne Smith
Wildlife at Kabalega Falls Fades Under Amin Regime
An Associated Press report describes Kabalega Falls National Park in northwest Uganda nearly emptied by Idi Amin's troops. Once home to thousands of buffalo elephants and hippos the park now shows rare wildlife amid sightings of only a giraffe and gazelle clusters.
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Pakuba
Uganda
Africa
Kabalega Falls
Idi Amin
Murchison Falls
Roderick Murchison
Britain
Royal Geographic Society
Amin
Kabalega
Zaire
Kampala
Pastor Lolili
Skylab reentry poses tiny global hit risk
Washington AP reports a NASA briefing to Congress said the chance of any person being struck by falling Skylab debris is about 1 in 152. About 8 of an estimated 500 surviving pieces could pierce concrete or wood structures, with reentry between June 27 and July 21, and possible public alert and limited diversion efforts.
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Washington
Earth
Congressional
Space Agency
Robert A. Frosch
House
Frosch
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Supreme Court upholds veterans job preference law
The Supreme Court by a 7-2 vote upheld Massachusetts law granting an absolute lifetime public employment preference to veterans, ruling it does not discriminate against women. Justices Marshall and Brennan dissented, calling the law gender-based discrimination.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr
Marshall
Massachusetts Law
Weather forecast and local notices from Union County
The National Weather Service forecasts showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday with partly cloudy skies and lows in the 60s. Highs on Wednesday will be in the mid to upper 80s with a 40 percent chance of rain. The extended forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms Thursday and again Saturday, with highs in the 80s and lows in the mid to upper 60s. The Union County Board refused a sheriff's department request for additional funds. The American Baptist Churches USA opens its fourth biennial convention in Carbondale with more than 5,000 delegates expected. Stanley Ikenberry has been named the new president of the University of Illinois.
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National Weather Service
Union County Board
Sheriff's Department
American Baptist Churches USA
Carbondale
Stanley Ikenberry
University of Illinois
Consumer group seeks grounding of all DC-10s
A federal court is asked by a consumer group to ground all DC-10 aircraft. The case presents safety concerns and seeks immediate action. The report notes page references to other stories, including California health officials hunting squirrels to prevent plague beginnings.
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California
Pope John Paul II presses Poland on religious freedom
In a page 2 report Joe Holman, Herrin native and former assistant coach at Carbondale Community High School, is named head coach at Eldorado High School. A Page 13 note says the annual Turkey Day game between Benton and West Frankfort remains in doubt despite an IHSA vote allowing the game to be played.
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Pope John Paul II
Poland
Joe Holman
Herrin
Carbondale Community High School
Eldorado High School
Benton
West Frankfort
Illinois High School Association
Angry Sesser residents jam city hall protest sewer bills
Sesser residents packed city hall to oppose sewer rate hikes that tripled and quadrupled bills to fund a new sewage treatment plant. The council voted to hire engineers to craft a scaled down rate schedule amid protests and explanations of bond financing and EPA aid.
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Sesser
Cathy Saxenmeyer
Southern Illinoisan State Sesser
City Hall
Lawrence Lipe and Lipe & Associates
Martha Evancik
Ned Mitchell
Clifford Roberts
Ron Giacone
Benton
Dennis Donaldson
City Engineers
Givenrod-Lipe & Jacobs Inc
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Jean Francois-Poncat
Carter
U.S
United States
Interior Department
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Montana
Andrus
United Nations
Canada
Rusty Flamm
Tom Bartosik
Ann Landers
Susan Stubblefield
Lesser
Farmers Home Administration
Donaldson
Mitchell
Giacone
Dain, Kalman & Quail Municipal Inc
Freeburg
Securities and Exchange Act
Bill Schettler
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