FBI warns of letter bombs in nationwide alert
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley urges extreme caution as letter bombs like those sent to five cities prompt active investigation. The devices were in manila envelopes stamped from Atlanta Texas and Texarkana Texas, injuring four women in New York Merrill Lynch staffer incident, with bomb squads disabling others.
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U.S
Kelley
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Atlanta
Tex
Texarkana
New York City
Merrill Lynch Inc
Bombs disarmed in Chicago area letter attacks
Police dismantled three letter bombs in Chicago suburbs and the city on Monday. A secretary at McDonald Systems in Oak Brook narrowly escaped when opening a bomb envelope. Other devices were found at Beatrice Foods in Chicago and at a Chicago home linked to Dr Leroy Pesch.
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McDonald’s Systems, Inc
Oak Brook
McDonald’s
Beatrice Foods Co
Roger Pech
Leroy Pesch
Michael Reese Hospital
Treasury Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and
Illinois bids public aid optical fraud could reach seven million
Legislative investigators say Illinois could lose up to 7 million this year to fraud in the public aid optical service program. A report cites irregularities by 16 Chicago area optometrists and opticians who collected 1.3 million in 1975 and over 613000 in four months of 1976.
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Springfield
Illinois
Don A. Moore
R-Midlothian
Bipartisan Legislative Advisory Committee On Public Aid
Joel Edelman
State Department of Public Aid
Department
Edelman
Ford seeks to hold delegates as Reagan gains pace
Ford campaign names nine regional delegate chairmen to keep Ford delegates in line while Reagan plans to campaign in Washington state to win 38 delegates. Reagan will be in Washington after Des Moines where 36 Iowa delegates are chosen. Missouri setback cited by Morton.
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Ronald Reagan
Rogers C. B. Morton
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Reagan
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Washington State
Washington
Ross Davis
Des Moines
Iowa
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Missouri
Carter appeal falters as New York delegates resist bandwagon
Carter faces cool reception from most of New York's 274 member delegation and other delegates across the nation. Despite backing from Gov. Hugh Carey and state leaders, only a smattering of delegates signaled support as two other primary contenders Frank Church and Fred Harris urged Carter support. Morris Udall said he would release delegates who favor the winner at Madison Square Garden, amid chatter of a first ballot victory next month.
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Frank Church
Idaho
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D-Okla
Morris Udall
Dariz
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Syrians Advance Toward Marjayoun As War Widens
Palestinian spokesman reports Syrian tank forces moved toward Marjayoun six miles from the Israeli frontier after capturing Rachaya the day before. Israel's prime minister said he is watching the situation closely. The advance threatens the Arkoub region last used for guerrilla raids into Israel since 1971.
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Marjayoun
Israel
Rachaya
Lebanon
Harris family trip funded by lobbyist in bribery case
A Chicago ready mix lobbyist paid over 1500 for a Canada trip for Illinois Senate Minority Leader William C. Harris and his wife, as two Material Service Corp. executives testified in a bribe conspiracy trial involving eight men including six lawmakers. The case centers on an 80 000 slush fund alleged to have been divided.
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Chicago
Canada
Illinois Senate
William C. Harris
Gerald R. Nagel
Material Service Corp
Illinois
Harris
Two St Louis men and a Mounds woman jailed in Jonesboro
Two St Louis men and a Mounds woman are jailed in Union County after a Monday attempt to fill a falsified prescription at Isom's Pharmacy in Jonesboro. Police recovered a counterfeit prescription and a hypodermic needle. the car was stolen in Michigan and linked to a Wickliffe doctor’s forged forms.
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Mounds
Union County
Jonesboro
Ann E. Ervin
Frank R. Hall
Wayne Mosely
Hall
Isom
James Nash
Michigan
Ervin
Pulaski County
Anna
Nash
Mosely
The Southern Illinoisan Publisher and Rates
The notice lists publication details for The Southern Illinoisan including offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro, frequency Sundays and daily except Saturdays and holidays, and subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery with regional pricing variations.
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Southern Illinoisan Inc
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Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Marfs Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois
Military
Explosion at Naperville contracting office injures none
An early morning blast ripped through Union Contracting and Materials Co. in Naperville, DuPage County. Sheriff’s police reported extensive damage but no injuries. ATF agents were called in to probe the explosion.
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Union Contracting and Materials Co
DuPage County
Treasury
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Sheriff's Police
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