Carter family eyes 1980 bid as Burris fundraiser draws
Chip Carter predicts Dad will beat any GOP rival for the 1980 presidency. The press conference at Southern Illinois University Carbondale followed a $25 fund raiser for Illinois Comptroller Roswell Burris. Chip and Rep. Paul Simon spoke as President Carter’s Vienna treaty mission drew attention.
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Bert Lance
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Jack
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Georgia
Satanna Illinois
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brezhnev Carter Open Three Day Vienna Summit
President Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened three days of talks in Vienna with emphasis on SALT II while noting regional conflicts and military spending. Brezhnev urged caution against schemes threatening world peace as both sides described sessions as harmonious and aimed at arms control and cooperation.
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U.S. Senate
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Zamyatin
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United States
NATO
Five named to bridge commission in long vacant post
Governor names five Randolph County residents to fill vacant Illinois Missouri Bridge Commission seats. The panel has not met in 13 years and pays nothing. Appointments replace several former members as Senate confirmation looms.
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Ary Brand
Dethrow
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Weather notes and local concerns from Carbondale
Partly sunny and hot with upper 90s highs today, warm nights in upper 60s to lower 70s. Traffic complaints as 21 trains pass Carbondale daily, rails say tracks existed first. Also reports of Nicaragua rebels forming provisional government amid fierce border fighting near Costa Rica. An explosion in Rome injures 20 at a Communist Party meeting. Editorials discuss Illinois legislature reforms and Southern Illinois University leadership. Memorial Hospital Carbondale sees bed shortages, while a 73 year old Murphysboro tennis enthusiast remains active. Local sports and town notes appear across pages.
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Rome
Taming the Killer Cell opens AP science series
A 10-part Associated Press series by Alton Blakeslee begins in The Southern Illinois on Monday, exploring how killer cells may offer cures for some cancers and improved management for others, with optimism for advances in treatment.
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