PLO Involved in Middle East Peace Talks
The piece argues the United States must engage the Palestine Liberation Organization in peace negotiations. Carter and Ford urged dialogue after Sadat’s funeral, suggesting Reagan’s policy lags. It stresses the PLO’s central role, loyalty among Palestinians, and the need to include it for a lasting settlement and regional stability.
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United States
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mideast
State Department
PLO
Carter
Ford
Sadat
Ras
AWACS
Perot
Reagan
Israel
Hosni Mubarak
Democrats face aging ticket crisis in Iowa and Illinois
Democrats across Iowa and Illinois resort to veteran figures Harold Hughes Dan Walker or Adlai Stevenson to challenge Republican incumbents Ray Thompson. The party struggles with younger leadership and a clear ideological stance while national prospects hinge on aging frontrunners like Mondale and Kennedy.
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Iowa
Illinois
Huck Finn
Tom Sawyer
Ular
Harold Hughes
Hation Ministry
Robert Ray
Dan Walker
Adlai Stevenson
James Thompson
Allorney
Tom Miller
Ilinois
Mondate
Ted Kennedy
Hughes
Stevenson
Walker
Iowa official warns Reagan cuts hit working poor hard
Michael Reagen of Iowa's Social Services warns that federal budget cuts threaten the working poor, risking loss of ADC and food stamps. He contrasts Iowa's demographic with New York, cites fewer welfare abuses, and cites Stockman's shift to define "dependent poor" as the elderly, disabled, and mothers of dependent households. He fears double or triple losses and social stress during the transition.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Des Moines
Michael Reagen
Iowa
New York State
Reagan
New York
Ronald Reagan
Rock Bottom
Owa
Social Services
Reagen
David Stockman
Washington
Stockman
Pres
Harlem
South Side
Chicago
Candid candidates at Murphysboro event for Unit 186 board
A full house attended a candidates night sponsored by Murphysboro Junior Woman's Club featuring 10 of 11 candidates for the local school board. The event offered insight into personalities and underscored debates over binding arbitration in contracts with teachers.
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Murphysboro Junior Woman’s Club
Unit 186
Board of Education
Maysboro 186
Sadat death strains Mideast policy
Hedrick Smith reports on how President Sadat's assassination unsettles U.S. strategy in the Middle East. The piece notes Egypt’s shift from Soviet to American alignment, the $3.5 billion arms package, Ras Banas upgrades, and Mubarak's uncertain leadership as Washington seeks a rapid Sinai peace force and restraint from Israel while Cairo regains balance.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Iran
Sadat
Realpolitik
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sukarno
Indonesia
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Kremlin
State Department
U.S
Middle East
Arab World
North Africa
Carter
Afghanistan
America
Persian Gulf
Ras Banas
Red Sea
Reagan
Moscow
Hosni Mubarak
United States
Mubarak
Alexander Haig
Sinai Peninsula
Cairo
Abortion rights debated by Southern Illinois editor
A reader writes arguing abortion is a personal choice and should be legal and safe under hardship cases. The letter endorses a woman's right to choose, opposes equating abortion with murder, and cites rape, incest, illness, and immaturity as circumstances for legal abortion while urging compassionate law.
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Southern Illinoisan
Van
Grea
Nixon and Ford Comment on AWACS Sale to Saudis
Former President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford speak on the proposed AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia. Nixon cites opposition from Israel and parts of the American Jewish community as a barrier, while critics accuse the Reagan era of failing to sway Senate opposition. Joe Howell Herrin.
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Southern Illinois An
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
AWACS
Nixon
Menachem Begin
Israel
Ford
Leon Jaworski
Reagan
Senate
Oval Office
Joe Howell
Herrin
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