Reagan trails Carter in opening weeks poll shows similar rating
An AP NBC poll finds Reagan with 56 percent calling his early work good or excellent, 21 percent fair, 5 percent poor, and 18 percent unsure, close to Carter's late February 1977 ratings. Public views on economy and foreign policy are favorable, with 48–50 percent excellent or good.
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New York
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Associated Press
NBC News
Reagan
Ap-Nbc News
Carter
Transit Shutdown Fears Loom Over Chicago Area
An emergency state plan aims to avert traffic chaos if Chicago area mass transit closes in March due to a funding shortfall. The RTA faces a 150 million dollar deficit, with possible car pool lanes, deferral of highway projects, staggered hours, and parking changes to ease expected 800,000 extra cars on roads. CTA carries 700,000 daily riders, with commuter rails at 140,000. Traffic counts on major expressways range 90,000 to 250,000 vehicles daily.
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Reginal Transportation Authority
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O’hare International Airport
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Rising costs threaten prime and choice steaks for many
The steak as a mass middle class symbol may fade as economic pressures push prime and choice cuts out of reach. Experts say grain-fed beef must reach prime status at high costs, reducing future availability even for ordinary consumers.
Technology lecturer Charles Warner discusses TV radio and cable
Charles Warner, a vi ig lecturer at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, surveys his career arc from major New York and Chicago radio to SIU Carbondale. He explains current trends in television radio and cable and forecasts future developments in broadcasting.
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Charles Warner
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Southern Illinois
New York
Chicago
Missionaries to Africa Share Past and Plans
Carterville couple Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bleyer describe years in Africa as missionaries. Now at home, they prepare to return soon and discuss past experiences and future expectations.
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Carterville
Mark Bleyer
Africa
Southern Illinoisan notice of offices and rates
Publication details list offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion. It notes Sunday publication, carrier and mail subscription rates, and postal handling. Contact numbers for offices and classified ads are provided along with box mailing address for address changes.
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N. Illinois
Carbondale
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Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Discount store blast devastates Mt. Vernon store
In Mt. Vernon Illinois investigators probed the Dobbs Bargain Town ruins after a 3 a.m. explosion and 12 hour fire that gutted 40000 square feet across two corrugated buildings. No injuries reported as mutual aid assisted from nearby departments. The loss tops 1 million with damage under assessment and cause to be determined.
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Ill
Dobbs Bargain
Jefferson Fire Protection District
Illinois 37
David House
House
Jefferson Department
Waltonville
Bluford
Wayne City
Barney West
Tamaroa
Country Boy
Sandoval
Basques Free Envoys and Cease Fire Declared in Spain
Basque separatists released three kidnapped honorary consuls from Austria Uruguay and El Salvador unharmed in San Sebastian and announced a cease fire to allow political forces to address the Basque problem. ETA moderates asked the military branch to join the moratorium while Spain decries the aborted coup and protests erupt nationwide.
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Uruguay
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ETA
Illinois colleges limit registrations amid budget strains
Illinois universities pause new freshmen as budgets bite and enrollments rise at many campuses. ISU and Eastern Illinois stop taking fall admissions. NIU and NEIU face early closures. U of I and Chicago State report tight availabilities, while some campuses hold steady with funds to staff existing enrollments.
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Associated Press
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Charleston
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Normal
Steve Adams
ISU
Northern Illinois University
Daniel Oborne
DeKalb
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Eric Moch
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Board of Higher
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Springfield
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Chicago
Frank Hladik
NIU
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