Javits wife linked to Iran lobby in U S
Secret Tehran files show Marion Javits ran Iran Air PR as a cover for an Iran lobby aimed at sway in U S Congress and press. The shah’s advisers sought a $507,500 scheme to blunt oil price hikes weapon purchases and internal repression criticism.
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Marion Javits
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Congress
American Congress
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Javits
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Law
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Iran Ali
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Oil firms warned over gas price hikes policy breach
The White House told ten oil companies their price increases may violate Carter anti inflation standards. Alfred E. Kahn said nine of ten firms are believed non compliant, with one not named. Carter signed an executive order empowering governors to regulate summer gasoline sales and curb shortages amid potential curtailments by Texaco and Gulf Oil for June deliveries.
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Marion man appointed to state mines position
Marion resident Russell Spitzner is named by Governor James Thompson to the state mines and minerals department in Springfield. He has served since 1967 as state coal inspector in Williamson and Saline counties and will join the underground operations division with a $24,000 annual salary, pending Senate confirmation.
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Department of Ines and Minerals
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Williamson
Saline
Senate
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Pittsburg
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Not Lost Audrey Hides From Strangers Despite Search
Vernal Utah AP Audrey Hughes missing two days in Key National Forest told searchers she had not been lost and avoided calling out to strangers after being instructed not to talk to strangers. Found Tuesday by a family friend after about 300 searchers from Utah and Wyoming had scoured Red Canyon area overnight.
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Key National Forest
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Gloria Hughes
Red Canyon
Fiveyearold dies from Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Michael Wayne Dobbs five of De Soto died at Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Coroner Don Ragsdale attributed the death to spotted fever. Health officials note Illinois had no reported cases that year and discuss tick exposure, prevention, and symptoms. Funeral services set for Friday in Murphysboro with burial at Mardale Garden of Memory.
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Carbondale
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Jackson County
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Michele Jacknik
Jckson County Health Department
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Illinois
Larry Prior
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Murphysboro
Johnson County
Williamson-Franklin Bicounty
Rocky Mountain
Jackson County Health Department
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Mississippi River
Roy Layne
Sandra K. Clover Dobbs
Crawshaw Mortuary
Mardale Garden of Memory
Weather outlook and new leadership in regional sports
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and 60s temperatures. Thursday will be cloudier with likely storms and mid 70s highs. Friday to Sunday stay very warm with more thunderstorms and highs in the 80s and 90s. DeWayne Kelly is named Murphysboro Red Devils basketball coach and David Price becomes Missouri Valley Conference commissioner. Card mentions Casey as a powerhouse softball program.
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Dewayne Kelly
Murphysboro Red Devils
David Price
Missouri Valley Conference
Sheriff laments raids as salary scales push staff away
The Union County sheriff complains that neighboring agencies are luring his personnel with better pay. He cites a low county salary schedule as the root cause, warning of ongoing losses that weaken county law enforcement capabilities.
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Union County
Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart, Dies at 86
Mary Pickford, a legendary film star widely known as Americas Sweetheart, has died at age 86. The obituary notes her pioneering later life and influence on early cinema, marking the end of an era for silent film icons and Hollywoods founding generation.
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