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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1976
Page
1
Evening forecast notes a cool start with low sixties and a warm sunny Friday. Weekend into Monday brings variable clouds and showers with high sixties to mid eighties. Also listed are capital improvements for three airports and calendar events including a bicentennial festival. News items cover Prison Director resignation, a fatal pipeline blast in Los Angeles, nurse indictments in Detroit, and other regional briefs.
NBA writer Ellie Grossman reports Family Living AFRICAN FASHIONS finding a market among New York’s sophisticated set. The piece appears on page 6 with fashion interest as part of a broader 19-23 classified section.
FBI says extortion letters to several companies contained tick-like creatures and may link to a wave of 16 letter bombs to corporate executives. An FBI spokesman noted the letters with ticks are under lab examination to assess significance.
Violence and arson erupted in Soweto for a second day as rioters clashed with police. Three more people died bringing the toll to 29 with about 220 injured and 126 arrested. Air force helicopters used tear gas while over 1,000 officers enforced the crackdown. Authorities and church leaders condemned the clashes amid South Africa's racial tensions.
Secretary of State Kissinger said the United States will decide within 36 hours whether to pull out Americans from Lebanon after the murders of Ambassador Francis Meloy Jr. and economic counselor Robert Waring. He warned that if military forces are used the operation would be brief and noted reports of captured killers remain unconfirmed.
Sen. Gene Johns peers a coal severance tax at 30 cents a ton with about $18 million yearly, split between mining counties for development and state for reclaiming mined land and tax collection. Chicago allies support RTA talks, Downstate votes push through amid education funding tensions. Counties listed include Christian, Douglas, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Jefferson, Macoupin, Montgomery, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Saline, Vermillion, Wabash, Williamson.
The Illinois House approved a measure to raise the state minimum wage from 2.10 to 2.20 immediate and 2.30 next January, with time and a half for over 40 hours. Under 18 workers would rise to 1.95 in January. The bill heads to the Senate after a 106 to 50 vote amid unemployment worries.
Reports say a Louisiana congressman was taken into custody by vice squad officers who claim he solicited a police decoy for sex, while immunity claims and cover-up rumors swirl. Other items note a suit to recover salary for Elizabeth Ray and hints that Rep. Allan Howe may resign under Mormon church guidance.
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