Congressmen reveal assassination plot in Burma trip
Congressmen Dornan Wolff Hyde and Neal disclosed a plotted attack by opium warlord backed troops during a Burma fact finding trip. They said mortars and machine guns were to kill the helicopter crew and the entire party two weeks after receiving warnings from U S officials. The ambush was a feared result of Carter’s Taiwan policy shift and Leo Ryan’s Guyana death.
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Washington
Burma
Golden Triangle
Robert K. Dornan
R-Calif
Dornan
Lester L. Wolff
Dn.c
Henry Hyde
R-Ill
Stephen
Taiwan
Carter
U.S
Red China
Leo Ryan
Rockefeller Looks to Coal as Real Energy Answer
West Virginia Governor Rockefeller spoke to the American Mining Congress in St Louis urging a new straight talk ethic on energy. He highlighted lack of coal demand as a central concern and called for better dialogue among energy agencies while signaling future hearings on oil use in utilities and large boilers.
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Evan M. Davis
St. Louis
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
American Mining Congress Coal Convention
President
Illinois
Murray Weidenbaum
Center For Study of American Business
Washington University
St Louis
Widenbaum
Ralph Bailey
Continental Oil Co
Continental
Consolidation Coal Co
Bailey
Weidenbaum
Department of Energy
Prisoner Training Funds Questioned By Nebraskan Congressman
Nebraska Democrat Rep. John Cavanaugh questions legality of paying per inmate federal job training funds under CETA. He alleges millions go to murderers and other violent offenders unlikely to be paroled. Labor officials say they will review but defend training inmates nearing release.
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Washington
Nebraska
Labor Department
John Cavanaugh
D-Neb
Labor
Ray Marshall
Inmates Oppose Execution Plans in Starke Florida
About 400 inmates at Florida State Prison refused breakfast in a show of protest against scheduled executions of John Arthur Spenkelink and Willie Jasper Darden. Attorneys for the two Death Row inmates pursued a last-minute effort to obtain a judge to block the executions. If not stayed, Spenkelink, 30, and Darden, 45, are to die in the electric chair at 7 and 8 a.m. Wednesday. Prison Superintendent David Brierton said both inmates appeared relaxed during a 6 a.m. visit, and the boycott involved roughly one-third of prisoners with no apparent violence.
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John Arthur Speakelink
Willie Jasper Dardenar
Spenkelink
Darden
Florida
David Brierton
Three killed in Devil's River flood in Texas
Authorities recovered three bodies north of Comstock as floodwaters turned the Devil's River into a torrent. Brad Elliott 14 and Byron 12 of Ozona and David Sanchez of Del Rio died. Search continues for missing father Larry Elliott. Over 4 inches of rain soaked Austin and nearby areas causing river flooding.
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Associated Press
Texas
Devil’s River
Comstock
Brad Elliott
Byron
Ozona
del Rio
David Sanchez
Department of Public Safety
Larry Elliott
Austin
Killer Bees trail death sting over Texas primary bill
In Austin Texas the so called Killer Bees Senate group fled to avoid arrest after boycotting a Senate session that blocked a 1980 presidential primary bill. Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby said a return would doom passage. Democrats fled under cover for four days leaving the chamber two votes short of quorum.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Hobby
Hobby
Senate
John Connally
Massacre prompts asylum request from African envoy in Paris
Sylvestre Bangui, ambassador of the Central African Empire to France, resigned as a general and sought political asylum after Amnesty International cited imperial guard troops killing about 100 schoolchildren aged 8 to 16 on April 18.
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Paris
France
Sylvestre Bangui
Amnesty International
Bokass I
Trucker Protest Closes Roads Over Gas Prices and Speed Limits
About 20 truckers blocked I-80 near Chicago around 3 a.m. to protest strict 55 mph enforcement and high gasoline costs. Police curbed groups totaling roughly 25 drivers later, releasing them in intervals with no arrests. Governor Thompson has ordered stricter speed enforcement to save fuel amid expected summer shortages.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Donald Becka
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
California
Frank Beal
Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
Illinois Press
Beal
David Sykuta
Illinois Petroleum Council
Sykuta
Richard L. Mathias
Jane Byrne
Byrne
Southern Illinoisan Publication Offices and rates
Publication details for the Southern Illinoisan list office locations in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with carriers rates 4 50 per month and mail options. Contact numbers for offices and classified ads are provided along with post office box for address changes.
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Southern Illinoisan
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan Inc
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysbcorot
Marion
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Guyana
James Jones
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Surface Mining
McGee Metal Works
Cedar Creek
Frank Greer
Cavanaugh
Starke
Fla
Toronto
Arctic Circle
Pierre Elliott ‘Trudeau
Joe Clark
Trudeau
National Unity
Quebec
Clark
Murphysboro Iron & Metal
Gartside Murphysboro
Tit
Elm St
Ptiesd
Niagara
Granville
Sun
Family Swim Center
E. Main
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