TVA Peabody deal may be off amid financing doubts
The TVA's planned purchase of Peabody Coal from Kennecott, valued around 1 billion, appears to be dropped though officials deny a decision. Cities Service also withdrew an offer, leaving ICM Carbomin as a potential bidder. Senate Public Works faces bonding debates and opposition from the coal industry and major electric providers.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Peabody Coal Co
Kennecott Copper Corp
Federal Regional Development Agency
Knoxville
Peabody
Kennecott Copper
TVA
Cities Service Company
Cities Service
Kennecott Public Records
ICM Carbomin Group
Ing
Australia
Kennecott
Ambulance Driver Killed in Marion Area Crash
A head on collision five miles south of Marion on Illinois 37 killed John M. Pulley 16 and critically injured Greg Pulley, nephew of the Pulley Ambulance Service operators H L Pulley and Ronald Pulley. Herbert B Harper sustained minor injuries. Funeral plans for John Pulley are pending.
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Marion
John M. Pulley
H. L. Pulley
N. State St
Greg Pulley
Pulley
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Ronald
Herbert B. Harper
Barham St
Johnston City
Wilson Asphalt Co
Marion Memorial Hospital
Illinois
Williamson County
Edgar Bush
Ronald Pulley
Metropolis
Marion Veterans Hospital
Mitchell Funeral Home
Gray defends Rend Lake land purchase by ex congressman
Former U.S. Rep. Kenneth Gray defended his 34 acre Rend Lake area purchase near Interstate 57 and Illinois 183 saying he bought it in 1965 for 15000 dollars through his secretary aunt Chloe Rushing to avoid trips from Washington. He later moved the title to his name in 1969 to counter charges of hiding the sale while listing the asset in four disclosure statements. The Rend Lake project, started and completed during Gray’s tenure, totaled 43 million dollars and included plans for a resort area near Gun Creek.
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U.S
Kenneth Gray
Southern Illinois
Rend Lake
Interstate 57
Illinois 183
Gun Creek
NBC Nightly News Friday
Gray
Chloe Rushing
West Frankfort
Washington
Gray defends Gun Creek land buys amid Rend Lake project talk
Former congressman Gray disputes links between his 1965 and 1970 land purchases near Gun Creek and Rend Lake development. He says buys aimed to attract hotels and motels, not profit, citing interchanges at Mt. Vernon and other towns and offering land at cost to NBC News. He insists no wrongdoing and recalls years of urging Southern Illinois growth.
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Iag
Gun Creek
Gray
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Bend Lake
Ralph
Mt. Vernon
West Frankfort
Benton
Marion
Anna
Rend Lake
NBC News
Southern Illinois
Congress
Legislative Week Braces for Burdensome Agenda in Springfield
The Illinois legislature enters a hectic final week of the 1975 spring session with major items on the table. Proposals include capping medical malpractice claims, a no fault auto insurance plan, and reapportioning congressional districts while Gov Daniel Walker seeks an extra 200 million in bonding for road building. The House approved bills to fund free textbooks for public and private school students and to expand the Board of Education, while trimming penalties on late rent. The bonding request was rejected by the House Appropriations Committee, threatening a 225 million cut to the 791 million road plan if upheld. The House met daily, with the Senate recessing until today.
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Springfield
Daniel Walker
House Appropriations Committee
Illinois Department of Transportation
House
Senate
Weather outlook for tonight and Tuesday
Tonight partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, low 65 to 70. Tuesday partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, continued warm and humid, high 85 to 90.
Goldwater Says CIA Took Orders From The Top In Illegal Acts
Senator Barry Goldwater asserts the CIA carried out illegal actions because higher authorities ordered them. The Senate Intelligence Committee planned to question John Roselli about Mafia ties to Castro assassination plots, while Goldwater warns media backlash harms intelligence contacts.
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Goldwater
CIA
Barry Goldwater
Central Intelligence Agency
Arizona Republican
Senate Intelligence Committee
Senate
John Roselli
Chicago
Sam Giancana
Fidel Castro
Roselli
Giancana
Castro
William Proxmire
Area station owners urged to sell more gas
Southern Illinois gas station operators report mixed pressure from oil firms to raise sales. Some say no directives exist while others note pressure to meet pre set allotments from 1973 to avoid inventories. Independent dealers say they face less push and price rises have reduced demand.
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Southern Illinois
Gerald Bailey
Bailey
Standard Service
S. Park Ave
Herrin
Standard Oil
James Zeph
Brownie
Phillips 66
Benton
Paul Howard
Beaty
Texaco
Jerry Hicks
Hamilton Oil Co
Carbondale
Hicks
Illinois Ave
Robert Thompson
Thompson
S. Illinois Ave
Jack Barker
Derby
du Quoin
Bill Haury
Haury Standard
Pressure to sell gas Mikva blasts oil firms
U. S. Rep. Abner Mikva charged oil companies press retailers in Chicago area to boost sales or face lease loss. A survey of 64 percent of northern suburbs operators cited warnings. He accused the Federal Energy Administration of cover up and criticized its proposed ombudsman as ineffective.
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Chicago
U. S
Abner J. Mikva
Mikva
Federal Energy Administration
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Tva-Peabody
Public Works Committee
Coal Industry
United Mine Workers
Butch Nevious
Michael Anthony Clephas
Louisville
State Board of Education
Alties
Walker
E. Walnut St
Murphysboro
Harry
Grover Franklin
Mel
Sunoco
Walnut St
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