TVA distributes $28 million to coal land owners
Barbara Schechter reports TVA paid 28 million to 2,100 Ewing Northern Coal Association members after buying coal rights on 39,000 acres in Franklin Jefferson and Hamilton counties. Land deeds transfer to the federal government while hundreds cash checks at Bank of Benton.
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Howard Payne
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Franklin
Hamilton Counties
Paratroopers land in Kolwezi Zaire crisis broadside
French Foreign Legion paratroopers dropped into Kolwezi to protect foreign residents and re establish security. Officials say mission limited to Kolwezi with about 800 soldiers, aiding Belgian and European evacuees while Belgian authorities plan a wider airlift. U S and Belgian efforts join a multi nation response as Castro denial and Congo politics swirl.
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French Foreign Legion
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Shaba
Pierre Hunt
Paris
Leo Tindemans
Brussels
Kamina
Thompson vetoes state official pay raises
Gov. James R. Thompson said he will veto this year any pay raise bills for state officials including legislators, citing inflation and public opinion. He urged holding the line on salaries while the 81st General Assembly may revisit the issue next year.
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81St
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George H. Ryan
Kankakee
House
Senate
Chicago
Michael J. Bakalis
Associated Press
Carter
Illinois General Assembly
Air Force
Gas price compromise gains backers in Washington
A congressional conference committee nears approval of a deal to lift federal price controls on domestically produced newly discovered natural gas in 1985 while preserving intrastate gas protections and extending controls for non deregulated gas. Energy Secretary Schlesinger pressed for the votes amid a split panel of liberals and Republicans.
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Congressional Conference Committee
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Conference Committee
Weekend rain returns to Southern Illinois with warm highs
Rain chances linger for a fifth weekend in Southern Illinois as temperatures reach mid 80s in the day and upper 50s at night. Expect increasing clouds tonight, scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms Saturday with a lower 80s Saturday high and mid 50s overnight. Forecaster Don Semancik of the National Weather Service in Cairo notes weekend rain should be partial and clearing Sunday into Monday. Also in brief: the State Mining Board suspends a Peabody Coal supervisor at the Baldwin mine after UMW protests over safety enforcement, and a bill to curb corporate and foreign ownership of state farmland fails in the Illinois House but is expected to be amended next week. 25 pounds of bomb-grade uranium are reported missing at a Pennsylvania plant.
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