Moscow upgrades PLO office to official diplomatic status
The Soviet Union announced the Moscow Office of the Palestine Liberation Organization will gain official diplomatic status. Tass reported Brezhnev told Yasser Arafat the USSR will always be on the side of the Palestinians, condemning U S plans with Israel and the rapid deployment forces in the Middle East.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Tass
Yasser Arafat
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Arafat
United States
Israel
U.S
Middle East
Bomb hits Antwerp synagogue during Jewish holiday
A van packed with explosives exploded near a synagogue in Antwerp’s diamond district on Shemini Atzereth day, killing three and injuring 92. The blast hurled the vehicle, wrecked a building, and shattered windows as police evacuated the area. Immediate identification of victims was pending.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Diamond
Brussels
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Shemini Atzereth
Diamond District
Million Sign Petition Calls for Watt Removal
Environmental groups in Washington presented more than one million petition signatures to Congress urging the removal of Interior Secretary James Watt. They pledged a broad grass roots effort next year to oppose the administration’s environmental policies. Joseph Fontaine of the Sierra Club and Rafe Pomerance of Friends of the Earth led the campaign, while Douglas Baldwin defended it as a press and fundraising effort.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
James Watt
Watt
Joseph Fontaine
The
Sierra Club
Capitol Steps
House
Thomas P.o’neill Jr
Alan Cranston
California
Senate
Rafe Pomerance
Friends of the Earth
Douglas Baldwin
Illinois High Court upholds Wilsonville toxic cleanup order
The Illinois Supreme Court refused Earthline Corp.’s request to reconsider the May ruling ordering closure of the Wilsonville hazardous waste site and removal of contaminated soil. The decision confirms a 1977 battle with 700 residents and the state attorney general, with SCA Services facing further appeals.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Wilsonville
Illinois
Earthline Corp
State Attorney General’s Office
Earthline
Don Ramsell
Tyrone C. Fahner
Henry L. Mason III
SCA Services Inc
Neis
U.S. Supreme Court
Texaco to drop gasohol sales in most stations
Texaco Inc the nations largest gasohol dealer said it would stop selling gasohol at most of its service stations due to flagging interest and high costs The move affects 14 states in the Northeast and a phased withdrawal in the Midwest where a higher octane unleaded gasoline using grain alcohol as an octane booster will be introduced later this year In Illinois Indiana and 17 other states the mix will be phased out as Texaco reforms its product line
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Chicago
Texaco Inc
Texaco
Illinois
Indiana
James L. Dunlap
Midwest
Northeast
Dunlap
Salem hospital chairman resigns amid dispute and strike threat
Salem Township Hospital board chairman George Rakerd quits after a dispute that prompted more than 50 nurses and staff to threaten strike. Rakerd, on the board since 1975, cited time away from his business and life and urged trustees to appoint a replacement, while supporting Administrator Harvey Acton amid calls for his removal.
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Salem
Ome
Salem Township Hospital
George Rakerd
Rakerd
Harvey Acton
Acton
FBI clears BCMW social agency in Centralia audit
BCMW executive director Jim Wells announced FBI findings after an audit of the Bond Clinton Washington and Marion county agency. He said the FBI found poor bookkeeping practices but no criminal activity and that the investigation has ended.
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Bond
Clinton
Washington
Marion
FBI
Wells
Daily Journal publication details and rates
Publication offices listed in Carbondale and Herrin with daily edition notes. Rates shown for carrier and mail delivery across multiple counties, including 1 year 75.00 85.00, 6 months 40.00 45.00, 3 months 23.00, and 1 month 7.75, plus contact numbers and mailing address for Illinois and surrounding regions.
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N. Ilinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Illinois
Succones Daily Journal Journal
Murphysboro
Mysboro
Herie
Marion
Classisaa Roth
Por Rig
Seat Ae
Spetuata Sili
Reagan studies excise tax hikes and budget plan
The Reagan administration studies higher cigarette and alcohol taxes, limits on health premium exemptions, and elimination of credit card interest deductions to hit a balanced budget target by 1984. Treasury sees potential revenue gains beyond nine billion in 1982 and seventeen billion by 1984 while Congress weighs cuts and revenue, with Regan noting no stance yet. House and Senate debate farm supports and tobacco policies amid pressure on dairy price rollbacks and subsidy programs.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Donald Regan
Federal
Senate
House
FAA limits general aviation flights amid new control rules
The FAA restricts general aviation to 75 percent of normal under air traffic control and requires reservations up to 16 hours ahead. Pilots must call Cape Girardeau flight service to file a plan and reserve slots, with Southern Illinois University Carbondale as the largest regional user facing first come, first served limits.
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Jim Santori
Iindia
Federal Aviation Administration
Robert Lang
Southern Illinois
Cape Girardeau, Mo
FAA
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lang
SIUC Chief Pilot Discusses Flight Plan Changes
SIUC chief pilot Terry Wendling says good weather avoids issues but FAA may allow more than one flight per hour. West Hale Aviation manager Terry Hale calls the plan helpful though early filing of plans may cause headaches. Previously charters had priority and training flights were canceled. The new allotments give all flights equal consideration.
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SIUC
Terry Wendling
FAA
Terry Hale
West Hale Aviation
Southern Illinois Airport
Hale
Iowa prisoners' privileges suspended after hostage incident
At Fort Madison Iowa the court ordered one hour of outdoor exercise per week was halted after inmates seized six guards with improvised weapons in the prison yard. A guard was head wound and stitches were needed. Prison officials face a lockdown and safety concerns rise.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowa State Penitentiary
Hal Farrier
State Division of Adult Corrections
Farrier
U.S
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