Gray sues coal group over options money and waiver
U S Rep Ken Gray seeks $230000 claiming he signed a 1977 waiver of option money while broker for Cave Township Coal Association in Franklin County. Two buyers paid $400000 for options. money sits unused as Gulf Oil subsidiary bought the rights for about $12 million. Gray seeks an injunction to freeze the funds until the suit is heard.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Ken Gray
Franklin County
Cave Township
Gray
Island Creek Coal Co
Freeman Coal Co
Quincy
Coal
James W
Ines
Cave Coal Association
Tennessee Valley Authority
Good Morning Good Morning Scoreboard Tennis
Evert Lloyd defeats Navratilova in a commanding performance as tennis action headlines the morning edition. Baseball results highlight wins by the Cubs Cardinals and White Sox, with brief notes on standout players and game sites.
Judge allows evidence in Cavaness murder trial
A St. Louis County judge refused to suppress statements made by Dr. John D. Cavaness to police and police findings from a map he supplied. He is charged with murdering his son Sean near Times Beach Missouri on December 13 to collect a $100,000 life policy. The trial is set for July 8. Reagan urges approval of aid to rebel groups in Nicaragua in weekly address.
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Cavaness
Clayton, Mo
St. Louis County
Illinois
Alphonso H. Voorhees
John D. Cavaness
Sean Cavaness
Voorhees
Times Beach
St. Louis
Reagan
Mengele Hunt Heightens Hopes Body May Be Mengele
In Sao Paulo a woman, Gita Stammer, said she harbored Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele for about 18 years, bolstering belief the exhumed grave near Emba holds the Angel of Death. Authorities compare the body to Mengele, while Wiesenthal notes reduced skepticism as police follow the lead.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Romeu Tuma
Gita Stammer
Mengele
Simon Wiesenthal
Wiesenthal
Associated Press
New York City
Angel of Death
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Emba
Wolfgang Gerhard
Tuma
Suspected Mengele associate tied to Nazi network in Brazil
German police say Gerhard returned to Europe in 1975 and died in 1978. Mrs Stammer alleges Gerhard, Austrian who served in the German army, was responsible for Mengele’s security in Brazil and part of an international Nazi protection network. She identified a Swiss citizen Peter Hocheichlep hired in 1961 to run her Araquarara farm.
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Mengele
Gerhard
Europe
Stammer
Brazil
Tuma
Finnish soldiers kidnapped in Lebanon hostage crisis
The UN force reports 3 of 23 Finnish soldiers released by the South Lebanon Army, with 18 still detained in Lebanon and others held near Qantara and Adeissi. UNIFIL says captives were moved to a Finnish unit area while an SLA-Israeli presence observed the incident.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Tel Aviv
Israel
Timur Goksel
United Nations
Unifil
Ibel Saki
SLA
Goksel
Qantara
Adeissi
Future of U.N. role in six month mandate discussed
Officials said it is too early to predict actions of Vraal sen and nine others as the U.N. force enters a six month mandate in October. A meeting is planned to set out roles and responsibilities and to assess next steps.
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U.N
Vraalsen
Black cloud over black lung benefits backlog
Lowell Prewitt won his black lung benefits six years ago but died waiting for them. His widow Mary Prewitt of Herrin remains in dispute as the Benefits Review Board upheld the award to her, yet denied her late husband’s. Attorneys and lawmakers push to cut the administrative delays while noting many claimants face large repayments if benefits are eventually restored.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Lowell Prewitt
Mary Prewitt
Herrin
Harold B. Culley Jr
West Frankfort
Prewitts
Prewitt
Culley
U.S
Ken Gray
D-West Frankfort
Congressional
Gray
Ss Patas
Conin Writi
William
Jerry Cross
United Mine Workers District
Illinois
Labor Department
Cross
Benefits Review Board
Old Ben Coal Co
Southern
Office of
Administrative Law
Cincinnati
ALJ
Cai
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Genoa
Italy
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Germany
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