Iran's revolutionary guard chief resigns
Abu Sharif, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, resigns under pressure from Ayatollah Khomeini. The move follows discontent with President Bani Sadr's authority and signals continued upheaval amid the hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Khomeini warned of traitors among guards and vowed to send a representative to report on developments.
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Associated Press
Abu Sharif
Iran
Revolutionary Guards
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Sharif
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Ignation
Revolutionary Guards Corps
Khomeini
U.S
Tehran
Guards Corps
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Execution day set for Potts
Two Georgia Superior Court judges signed an order designating July 1 as the execution date for convicted murderer Jack Howard Potts in the electric chair. Potts had been slated for June 5 but sought appeals and was stayed. last week he asked to vacate the stay and proceed, a federal judge granted his request.
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Atlanta
Superior Court
Jack Howard Potts
Georgia
Potts
Supreme Court curbs jailhouse informant use in interrogations
The Supreme Court ruled that police may not hire jail inmates to induce suspects to incriminate themselves, striking down Billy Gale Henry's 1972 bank robbery conviction. The decision preserves some use of informants overhearing conversations but bars eliciting statements without counsel, with split opinions on overhauling Massiah.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Billy Gale Henry
Virginia
FBI
Henry
Janus
United Virginia Bank-Seaboard National
Warren E. Burger
Burger
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Louis F. Powell Jr
John Paul Stevens
Harry A. Blackmun
Byron R. White
The
United States
William H. Rehnquist
Massiah
Encephalitis threat nears Urbana
University of Illinois entomologist William Horsfall warns that the mosquito type now biting residents will be followed by a form capable of carrying encephalitis. He notes the population rising toward a July peak but stresses no active encephalitis cases. Homeowners should remove standing water to prevent breeding.
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Urbana
Illinois
University of Illinois
William Horsfall
Horsfall
Sulfur Emission Probe Targets Southern Illinois Power Coop
The Southern Illinois Power Cooperative faces EPA charges for excessive sulfur dioxide emissions from Unit 4 at its Lake of Egypt plant. Authorities say bypassed controls could push emissions to 35 000 tons yearly, far above the 6 800 tons limit, with missing testing and reporting. If noncompliant, EPA may seek orders, civil or criminal action. The unit expands capacity for the Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association members Egyptian, Southeastern Electric, and Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative.
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Southern
Ilinois
Southern Illinois
Lake of Egypt
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Power Co-Op
EPA
John McGuire
U. S. Epa
Chicago
Unit 4
McGuire
Co-Op
SIPC
James R. Chapman
Illinois’ Southernmost Electricity Distributing Co-Operatives
Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association
Steeleville
Southeastern Electric Cooperative
Eldorado
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Dongola
Chester rejects bids for two downtown city blocks
Chester City Council rejected all bids for two blocks known as Chester Square and Cole Square because bids fell well below appraised value. The council set to reoffer the blocks later while approving a tax levy of 1.4 million dollars, up about 150 thousand from last year to fund inflation driven city worker raises. Lindsey Gas Co. won the bid for regular gas at 97.4 cents per gallon and unleaded at 1.0114 dollars, with two higher bids also submitted.
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Chester
Maciejski
Chester Square
Cole Square
Mississippi River
Park Boulevard
Park Place
Chester Street
Lindsey Gas Co
Southern Illinois newspaper rates and offices notice
Public notice details printing offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with subscription prices for daily and motor route service. Rates include 1 year 65.00 6 months 35.00 3 months 18.00 1 month 6.50 7.50 and not mailed where carrier service used.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Murphysboro
Ieee Gesek Mantels -Soceen
Illinoisan
Minas
Carbondale Phare Daily Journal
Prisons Bureau eyes policy change after inmate escape
John Larry Ray, brother of James Earl Ray, vanished while being moved from a Springfield Missouri prison hospital to a St. Louis halfway house. The Bureau of Prisons says it is re evaluating policy and may begin notifying local authorities for escapes in the future to speed alert and capture efforts.
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Theresa Churchill
Federal Prison Hospital
St. Louis
Federal Bureau of Prisons
John Larry Ray
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Ray
Springfield
Dismas
Federal Penitentiary
Marion
Bureau of Prisons
James Meko
Missouri
Meko
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Marshalls
Illinois
Bureau
Iris Edie given fine probation in road district theft case
Iris Edie former clerk of Perry County Road District No 1 received 30 months probation and a 5000 dollar fine after pleading guilty to theft and official misconduct. Judge Kenneth June also ordered 3000 dollars of the fine paid from her cash bond with 2000 to be paid by end of probation. The case stemmed from checks totaling 28278 dollars written 1977 to 1979. defense cited no prior record and family hardship, while noting Edie is barred from public office. Her husband is awaiting trial on a theft charge.
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Evan M. Davis
Iris Edie
Perry County
Kenneth June
Pinckneyville
Lloyd Middleton
Edie
Gerald Sims
June
Sims
Dean
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