Raid gains votes for Begin despite protests
Israeli newspapers praise Prime Minister Menachem Begin for bombing the Iraqi Osirak reactor near Baghdad. The strike drew mixed reactions abroad but broad approval at home, with Israel arguing the facility would have produced weapons. Diplomatic fallout included condemnations from Arab states and questions in Washington about U.S. arms policy.
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Associated Press
Menachem Begin
Saudi Arabia
Baghdad
Iraq
Begin
Israel
United States
U.S. State Department
Washington
U.S
Pierre Mauroy
International Atomic Energy Agency
State Department
Syria
Illinois coal sale to Spain marks first European contract
In Carbondale officials unveil a one year contract for 125000 tons of high sulfur Illinois coal from the Free man United Orient No 3 mine near Waltonville to APROCAR for the Spanish cement industry. Coal travels by Illinois Central Gulf to New Orleans then by ship to Spain.
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Illinois
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Freeman United Orient No
Waltonville
Aprocar
New Orleans
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Spain
Charles Percy
Dave O’neal
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
German Dominguez
Government of
Illinois Coal Companies
Percy
Southern Illinois
O’neal
Thompson
Sen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Africa
Poland
United States
Construction workers to picket coal mines
United Mine Workers construction employees plan to picket all union mines at midnight amid stalled talks with the Association of Bituminous Contractors. Local 3117 in Southern Illinois schedules a 3 PM meeting to plan actions while most miners returned to work after a 10 week strike. Local 2117 president Seldon Dawson says unauthorized pickets disrupted shifts but reopened today. Reports span Illinois, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia with scattered closures and roving pickets as talks continue.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
United Mine Workers Construction
Construction Workers Local 2117
Seldon Dawson
West Frankfort
Freeman Orient Mines
Waltonville
Amax Coal
Wabash
Mount Carmel
Dawson
Norman Beatty
UMW
Illinois
Tri-State
Inland Steel
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
East
Midwest
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
U.S. Steel Corp
Mike Koff
Cumberland
Greene County
Duquesne Light Co
Glen Daniel
W.va
Beckley Coal Mining Co
Curtis Pauley
Amherst Coal Co
Landale
Weather outlook with storms and warm humidity
The National Weather Service forecasts possible thunderstorms tonight with a low in the low to mid 70s. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy and very warm with a 60 percent tonight and 40 percent Wednesday rain chance, then Illinois extends fair conditions Thursday through Saturday with highs in the 70s to low 80s and lows in the 50s to low 60s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Threats to Handicapped Education From Budget Proposals
Carbondale area parents heard that state and federal budget cuts imperil special education under Public Law 94-142 and a proposed Elementary and Secondary Education and Consolidation Act. Gary South warned the 40 attendees that repeal or weakening of mandates could displace services, risking thousands of students and hundreds of teachers, with many positions at risk as funding shrinks.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisa
Carbondale
James Thompson
South
Dience
General Assembly
Illinois
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Arab League
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Inland Steel No. 1
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UMW Construction
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