Perry coal gas plant ends bid in six year race
Conoco Inc told the House Science and Technology Committee it will not pursue a federally funded demonstration coal gasification plant in Ohio. The move ends a six year competition with Illinois utilities for federal funds and signals a shift toward commercial scale plants aided by tax incentives.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Illinois
Noble County
Ohio
Conoco Inc
House Science and Technology Committee
Reagan
Department of Energy
Conoco
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
Congress
Jim Hart
As Applegate
Applegate
Paul Simon
Carbondale
ICGG
Simon
Paul Morrill
Concoco
Hart
Perry
Glenn Sweany
Great Britain
Sweany
Simon Aide
Morrill
Orient 3 Mine Reopens After Brief Union Walkout
Orient Mine No 3 near Waltonville shut briefly after a sympathy walkout hit Freeman United Coal Co. union lines. UMW local president Barney Beard said guards staffed a midnight picket that was down by morning and the mine was ready to reopen. a similar walkout at No 6 could not be confirmed. About 1,300 miners work at the two Freeman mines.
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Freeman United Coal Co. Orient
Waltonville
United Mine Workers
Barney Beard
UMW
Freeman Coal
Beard
No. 6
Company
Freeman
Eric Clapton Ill Cancels SIUC Show Near Sellout
British rock star Eric Clapton is hospitalized with a perforated ulcer in serious but stable condition, canceling the March 28 SIU Carbondale Arena date. Tickets will be refunded at the Arena office Wednesday through Friday and March 24. Clapton, rushed to a St Paul hospital after a Madison performance, faces two to three weeks of treatment. The tour, through June, was nearly sold out in Carbondale. manager Forrest says Clapton will recuperate with his wife for months after release.
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Jean Ness
Eric Clapton
Southern Illinois University
Clapton
Carbondale
Mair
Roger Forrester
Marchers mourn slain Atlanta youths
About 2,500 people from across the nation joined Atlantans in a memorial for 20 slain children. The crowd included delegations from Connecticut, New York, Boston, Detroit, Washington, Iowa, Virginia, Indiana, New Orleans, Houston and Florida. Tensions rose as some speakers were heckled while leaders urged action. Andrew Young and Ben Vereen drew protests. Volunteers organized weekend search parties to aid investigators seeking the elusive killer.
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Connecticut
New York
Boston
Detroit
Washington
D.C
Iowa
Virginia
Indiana
New Orleans
Houston
Florida
Andrew Young
U.S
United Nations
Atlanta
Ben Vereen
Coretta Scott King
Joseph Lowery
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Freed hostage killings cast doubt on plan
The 101 freed hostages from a hijacked Pakistan International Air jet were flown to Saudi Arabia for a two day thanksgiving. An American survivor from Des Moines said the shooting of a Pakistani diplomat hostage may have been accidental. Frederik Hubbell, reunited with his parents in Frankfurt, described the dark moments of the ordeal and the gunfire that killed a hostage in Kabul. The hijackers claimed ties to the PLO and the three young opponents of Pakistan’s military rule surrendered in Damascus.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Frederick Hubbell
Des Moines
Iowa
Frankfurt
West Germany
Lufthansa
Pakistan
Hubbell
Charlotte
Pakistan International Airlines
Kabul
Afghanistan
New Delhi
India
Craig R. Clymore
Laguna Hills
Calif
United States
State Department
Lawrence C. Mangum
Brooklyn
Hubbel
Tariq Rahim
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rahim
Muammar Khadafy
Tan
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Mohammad Rahim Khan
Thieves steal battery and items from Gorham farm
Jackson County deputies reported theft at Wilton Snider's farm in Gorham. Thieves took a six volt battery a battery box a tow chain and gasoline line from three storage tanks. Values totaled 80 dollars with battery box and battery at 65 and broken gas line locks at 15.
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Wilton Snider
Gorham
Jackson County
Southern Illinoisan publication office and rate note
Publication details for the Southern Illinoisan list offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It lists circulation rates for different periods and areas, with payment terms and contact numbers for postmaster changes. The notice reflects carrier and mail delivery options and price structures.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Ant
Illinois
Herrin Aes
Rape Attempt Thwarted in Carbondale Home Invasion
Police seek a man who at 1:30 to 3:12 a.m. entered a South Hayes Street home and tried to rape a 20 year old woman at knifepoint. After choking her, the suspect fled east when she turned on lights.
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Carbondale
South Hayes Street
Three Du Quoin Juveniles Arrested in Tire Slashing Spree
Three youths ages 12 to 14 were arrested after a weekend tire slashing spree that damaged property at more than 30 tires across six sites including two car dealers and a farm implement dealer. Each faces one misdemeanor count and seven felony counts. they were released to their parents. The damage totaled nearly $4,000.
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du Quoin
Walter Minton
Minton
Du Quoin Couple Hurt in Perry County Wreck
Larry Bullock and his wife Sharon were listed in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital Carbondale after an early Sunday crash on Illinois 14 near Old Du Quoin. Their car left the road, struck a utility pole and overturned, state police said.
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du Quoin
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Perry County
Larry Bullock
Sharon
Bondale
Marshall Browning
Illinois 14
Old du Quoin
Illinois
Embezzlement trial set for union official
Phillip Koclanes, business agent for Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 551 in West Frankfort, is indicted on embezzlement charges. A jury trial is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. April 1 in federal district court in Benton. The grand jury returned the indictments February 13, accusing him of stealing $172.75 on September 23, 1978, $202.50 on April 28, 1979, and $202.50 on July 25, 1979.
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Phillip Koclanes
Herrin
Federal District Court
Benton
Koclanes
West Frankfort
Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid model to readers
A Beltone announcement in Chicago offers a free nonoperating miniature hearing aid to anyone requesting it. The ultra light unit weighs less than a quarter ounce and can be worn at the ear. There is no cost or obligation, and thousands have already been mailed to Dept. 82942 Beltone Electronics Corp.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria
Illinois
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