Two Illinois fugitives sought after kidnapping in Clarksville
Police pursue Melvin Thomas and Roderick Chessier, both from Carbondale, charged with abducting and raping Cynthia Hamann, a 24 year old prison counselor. The pair escaped Brimfield Work Release Center near Peoria, forced Hamann to use her credit card, and fled through Kentucky, then Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville, Tenn
Illinois
Cynthia Hamann
Clarksville
Gracy Farmer
Farmer
Miss Hamann
Melvin Thomas
Roderick L. Chessier
Brimfield
Peoria
Cairo
Kentucky
Tennessee
Three Navy jets crash in nine hours in San Diego
Navy reports show three San Diego based jets crashed in separate incidents within nine hours. Two crew members are dead, one pilot seriously injured, and another crewman missing. The first crash involved a $20 million F-14 Tomcat during a routine touch and go at Miramar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Ap) Navy
Miramar Naval Air Station
Navy
Air Force probes questioned over Colorado drug case
The Air Force reviews whether investigators misled 48 civilian workers at Buckley AFB in Colorado about a drug probe. Thirty nine employees have been reinstated since last summer at the intelligence installation, while some claim espionage was implied to obtain drug-use admissions. Undersecretary Hans Mark admitted confusing instructions between espionage and drugs and said the error was on procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Colorado
Buckley Air National Guard
Denver
Hans Mark
Mark
Storm leaves Illinois towns without power after Easter ice
Springfield and central Illinois endure a heavy Easter weekend ice storm as 10,000 CIPS customers and 35,000 people statewide lose power. Emergency director Eric Jones calls previous $3.5 million damage guess dramatically low while 35 miles of 138,000 volt line lie down between Jacksonville and Decatur. Springfield reports 40,000 to 45,000 without power and may wait days for restoration as schools remain closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Eric Jones
Jones
Jacksonville
Decatur
Sam Poe
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Israelis consider asking Cairo to start talking
Israeli officials weigh sending Defense Minister Weizman to Cairo to revive negotiations with Egypt while Cairo rejects the moved compromise on Palestinian self determination. Egypt cites unaddressed Palestinian homeland aspirations as a key flaw, and the broader US led effort to resume talks continues amid reports about Begin and Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
el Aviv
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Ezer Weizman
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Weizman
Sinai Peninsula
Ashraf Ghorbal
United States
Carter
Sadat
Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Ghorbal
Israel
Menachem Begin
Washington
Begin
White House
New York Post
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Moshe Dayan
Jody Powell
Miners Return as Pickets Shift After Tentative Contract
Thousands of union coal miners resumed work after a tentative contract eased picket lines. In Kentucky and Southern Illinois construction workers halted many mines, while West Virginia saw fewer shutdowns. Illinois Pawnee Mine ran normally, and Indiana, Pennsylvania faced mixed reopenings as crews ratified talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia Coal Association
West Virginia
Washington
Illinois
Peabody
Pawnee
N. 10
Springfield
Gene Taglioli
Indiana
Western Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Cambria County
Helvetia Coal Co
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Barnes and Tucker Coal Co
Immigrant family denied permanent status over missing file
Janos and Edith Hagl face forced departure after nine years in the United States amid an Immigration and Naturalization Service review. Miami officials and Rep. Dante Fascell seek a possible private bill, but INS officials say the couple must wait their turn on a permanent status list. The Hagls, once Hungarian freedom fighters who fled barbed wire and mines, have endured petitions and public pleas without changing the legal hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Janos Hagl
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Hag
Edith
Immigration Service
Edward Sweeney
Hagis
Haglis
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
Fascell
Congress
Hagl
America
Hagls
Hungary
Budapest
Joseph Stalin
United States
Montreal
Philadelphia
United States says nuclear satellites released radiation worldwide
The United States reports it launched 22 nuclear powered satellites since 1961 and one burned up over the Indian Ocean spreading radioactivity worldwide. The Cosmos 954 breakup in Canada prompted calls at the U.N. for rules. The paper notes attempts to limit dispersal and describes materials to keep nuclear material intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
United States
Indian Ocean
U.N
Canada
Madagascar
Publication Office and Rates for The Southern Illinoisan
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro detail contact addresses mailing capabilities and carrier delivery options. Rates shown include Sunday through Friday carrier at 4.50 monthly and mail subscriptions inside and outside Southern Illinois with year and six month terms. Also lists classified advertising numbers and editorial offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
N. Wwlinois Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illimomtsen
Southern Illinoiian Inc
North Illlinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Herrin
S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois and
Military
Southern Illinois
Head Start pre registration opens for area children
During April, the SIU Head Start Agency will pre register children for the September 1978 program. Eligibility requires age 3 before April 1, 1978 and residence in Carterville Colp Herrin Marion or Murphysboro. For information call 453-5285 8 12 noon and 1 4 30 pm Williamson County residents may call collect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Carterville
Colp
Herrin
Marion
Murphysboro
Williamson County
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E.B. Smith
University of Illinois
Serraenka
Illini Union
Oe Pa
Smith
Jerusalem
Foreign Ministry
Yosef Sarid
Labor Party
Lebanon
Khardal
Litani River
Sweeney
Hé&R
W. Main
S. Park
N. 11Th
Johnston City
Sears
University Mall
Sarah Bisom
Satoh Bull
Satah Beaver
Bill Smith Motors
Lawn Garden and Agriculture Equip
Long
Case
Wheel Horse
Toro
Lawn Boy
Snapper
West Frankfort, Ill
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