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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1978

Page

7

Faces of deceased rock icons reshape careers in Atlanta

Erin Rhyne and four others underwent plastic surgery to resemble Elvis Presley and other late stars, funded by promoter Danny O Day. The group debuted a tour aimed at reviving rock nostalgia, with delays from technical issues and light early attendance. O Day reported nearly a million dollars spent, with ongoing work on Mona Caywood Moore to emulate Janis Joplin.

Atlanta Erin Rhyne Jesse Bolt Elvis Presley Bolt Ms. Rhyne Elvis Presley Danny O’day United States Europe Showtime O’day Duke O’connell Jim Morrison The Doors Marc Hazebrouck Jim Croce Mona Caywood Moore Janis Joplin O'Day David Bowie Bob Marc Hanebrouck

Mexico eyes world lead with 200 billion barrel oil claim

President Jose Lopez Portillo announced in the annual state of the union address that Mexico may hold about 200 billion barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, potentially surpassing Saudi Arabia as the globe’s largest known reserves. He cited offshore zones along the Gulf of Mexico and hints of cross-Mierra Madre oil pools, noting PEMEX’s historically conservative reserve estimates.

Mexico City Mexico Saudi Arabia Jose Lopez Portillo Dress Lopez Portillo Our Republic Lopez Protillo

Brandt Claims Detente Enemies Orchestrating Spy Scandal

Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt told SDP officials that opponents of detente in West Germany and possibly the United States are smearing the party to undermine support before Bavarian and Hesse elections. He urged U.S. action as a staged campaign tied to a Romanian defector’s CIA briefing. The scandal concerns spies within the SDP during Brandt’s era and involves the governing coalition led by Helmut Schmidt.

Bonn West Germany Willy Brandt United States Social Democratic Party Brandt SDP Bavaria Hesse Germany U.S CIA Social Democrats Helmut Schmidt

First East German cosmonaut to return from Salyut 6

Sigmund Jaehn and his Soviet commander Valery Bykovsky are due to land in eastern Russia after a week aboard the Salyut 6 space lab. They launched on Soyuz 31 on August 26 to join Kovalenok and Ivanchenkov, who have remained aboard the station since June 16, with the Russians set to stay while the two Germans return on Soyuz 29.

Moscow East Germany Sigmund Jaehn Earth Tass Jaehn Valery Bykovsky Russia Salyut 6 Laboratory Vladimir Kovalenok Alexander Ivanchenkov Bykovsky

Amin angrily denies snub by Prince Charles at Kenyatta funeral

Ugandan spokesman near Nairobi says Idi Amin did not wish to shake Prince Charles hand at Jomo Kenyatta's funeral. He accuses British press of trying to undermine the dignity of the ceremony and ridicules Charles for not meeting Amin.

Amin Charles Nairobi Kenya Idi Amin Prince Charles Jomo Kenyatta Elizabeth II Kenyatta Britain Uganda

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