Nitze says missile talks with Soviet a cordial start
U S negotiator Paul H Nitze described the first meeting with Soviet counterpart Yuli Kvitsinsky as cordial and businesslike in Geneva. Both sides agreed to keep details secret, with 75 reporters present as negotiations begin amid Western European protests of NATO missile deployments and calls for a new East West détente.
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Switzerland
U.S
Paul H. Nitze
Europe
Nitze
Yuli A. Kvitsinsky
U.S. Arms Control Agency
Kvitsinsky
Helmut Schmidt
United States
Tass
Western
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
London
Paris
Bonn
Amsterdam
Corriera Della Sera
John Paul II
St. Peter’s Square
Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev
Southern Illinois ready for winter road battles
Southern Illinois highway departments plan for an average winter with 100 snowplow units in District 9. New diesel trucks join 90 gas powered plow trucks as salt and cinders stockpiles hold steady. Officials say overtime funds are limited and aim to manage costs unless conditions worsen.
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Southern Illinois Highway Departments
Hake
District 9
Southern
Illinois
Supreme Court Justices Question Nixon Suit Over Payoff
Five Supreme Court justices pressed why they should hear a case involving former President Nixon and Air Force whistle blower A. Ernest Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald seeks damages over his 1968 firing for reporting cost concerns, after a $142,000 settlement. a ruling could affect Nixon immunity and lawsuits against aides.
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Supreme Court
Nixon
Washington
William J. Brennan
Brennan
Herbert J. Miller Jr
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Congress
Fitzgerald
Sandra Day O’connor
John E. Nolan Jr
Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Elliot L. Richardson
Bryce N. Harlow
Alexander T. Butterfield
Air Force
Weather outlook showers and storms with windy warmth
National Weather Service forecast shows tonight with showers and thunderstorms and a 90 percent precipitation chance, windy and warmer with a low near 50. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy and windy then turns cooler with a high in the 50s and possible showers. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and colder with a low in the 30s and highs in the lower or middle 40s.
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National Weather Service
Santa Visits Carbondale Mall Draws Local Kids
Mutual admiration marks a Santa Claus appearance at University Mall Carbondale drawing about 500 children from infants to college players. Kids present candy canes show gifts for reindeer and snowflakes while asking for Rubik’s cubes Dukes of Hazzard watches and Tippy Toes dolls. Santa calls love the meaning of Christmas and says the job is wonderful though not year round.
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Dave DeWitte
Illinoia
Daddy
Mommy
Santa
Jolly Man In Red
Illinois
Carbondale
University Mall
Tots
Lewis & Clark College
Godfrey, Ill
Court denies CIPS appeal of coal order
A U S appeals court upholds an injunction requiring Central Illinois Public Service Co to accept 1.7 million tons of Consol coal annually from the Hillsboro mine to supply the Coffeen power plant. The panel denied CIPS’s appeal of the order issued by Judge J Waldo Ackerman after CIPS canceled the contract over alleged coal quality.
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Springfield
U.S
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Hillsboro
Consolidation Coal Co
CIPS
Sam Poe
J. Waldo Ackerman
Consol
Ackerman
Coal Company
Carbondale man dies after five story fall
Lewis Kent Otterson 28 died after apparently falling from his fifth floor Carbondale Towers apartment at 820 W. Mill St. found near the building at 11:06 p.m. Saturday. Police ruled foul play out. no suicide note or struggle found. Funeral services set for Huffman Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include his parents and three sisters.
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Carbondale Towers
W. Mill St
Lewis Kent Otterson
House of Glass
W. Freeman St
Otterson
Memorial Hospital
Huffman
Oakland Cemetery
Evansville
Ind
Lewis Lincoln
Luella Kendall Otterson
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Lynn
Gail
Denise
San Francisco
Calif
Lucile Kendall
Rochester
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