Pinckneyville taxi plan stalls over license rules and cash
Pinckneyville resident Jim Toler, out of work since October, asked the city council for help starting a taxi and later a charter service. Attorneys noted an outdated 1936 ordinance and required license and character checks. council offered no action and urged legal guidance before proceeding.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois An
Jim Toler
Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois
Toler
Gayl Pyatt
Snyder Disposal Service
Elkville
Survivor found after Alpine Meadows avalanche ordeal
Five days after a deadly avalanche at Alpine Meadows, 22 year old Anna Maria Conrad survived by eating snow and hiding in a 2 by 5 foot space, aided by a bench amid walls crushed by snow. Her boyfriend Frank Yatesman died earlier. rescue teams faced dangerous weather and new avalanches while locating survivors.
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Tahoe City
Calif
Anna Maria Conrad
Alpine Meadows Resort
Gene Conrad
U.S. Forest Service
University of California At Davis
Lake Tahoe Basin
San Francisco
Miss Conrad
Conrad
Frank Yatesman
Santa Cruz County
Lewis
Yatesman
Thatcher refuses to quit under fire
Britain faced political turmoil as Prime Minister Thatcher refused resignation over the Falklands crisis. Argentina warned of invoking the Rio Treaty. Britain and the United States urged negotiation while embargoing Argentine goods. Markets fell sharply on fears of a protracted confrontation.
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Associated Press
Margaret Thatcher
Falkland Islands
Argentina
Reagan
State Department
United States
Labor Party
Robert Cryer
House of Commons
Thatcher
Britain
NATO
London Stock Exchange
Defense
Francis Pym
Lord Carrington
Carrington
Foreign Office
Nicanor Costa Mendez
Organization of American States
Washington
North
South America
Canada
Dean Fischer
Costa Mendez
Oval Office
Islands
Malvinas
South Atlantic
North Sea
Brian Frow
London
Falklands
Weather Preview and Mother of the Year Contest
The National Weather Service expects freezing temperatures tonight with fair skies and mid 20s lows. Warmer conditions arrive Wednesday with a high in the lower 50s. Readers are invited to enter a Mother of the Year contest by sending a 500 word or shorter letter detailing why their mother should win. include both names, addresses, and phone numbers and mail by April 19 to the Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale.
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National Weather Service
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Ill
Chester rejects boat ramp grant amid waterfront protests
Chester voters and residents opposed a proposed Mississippi River boat ramp near Ferry Street, prompting an 8-0 council vote to drop the plan. Critics cited dangerous barge tie ups and riverfront deterioration, while Mayor Maciejski denied accusations of police orders and denied city plans to sell or lease waterfront land.
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Tony Stevens
Chester
Stanley Maciejski
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ferry Street
Southern Illinois Sand Company
Maciejski
Sand Company
Joe Akers
Chester Herald Tribune
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Avalanche Survivor
Marshall Lewis
John Kudrina
Anna Conrad
OAS
Ann Landers
Chester Council
David Wright
Corps of Engineers
Ruth Gilster
Randolph County
Ders
Michael Hogrefe
Joe Jines
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