Atlanta Murder Victim Found Strangled in Abandoned Complex
Larry Rogers, 20, identified as the 23rd victim in a pattern of slayings of young black residents in Atlanta. Autopsy by Fulton County medical examiner Robert Stivers confirmed strangulation. Rogers’ body was discovered near his home in an abandoned apartment complex, marking only the second death found inside a building. Officials from the crime lab, medical examiner, and a 90 member police task force say new clues may emerge, with fingerprint analysis under way and ongoing evidence evaluation in coming days. Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown declined to discuss details.
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Larry Howard
Public Safety
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Thompson proposes cuts in state budget
Gov. James R. Thompson ordered 200 million dollars in cuts to Illinois next year amid record welfare caseloads and dipping revenues. He spoke at the Executives' Club about trimming across human services education and local grants while freezing new equipment purchases signing new contracts for consulting services and delaying new projects in the General Revenue fund.
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Illinois
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Fans Own Major League Teams Plan by Jim Bouton
Baseball author Jim Bouton proposes that fans purchase and own major league teams, arguing cities would gain billions from franchising profits. He questions whether the idea is serious and invites readers to judge for themselves.
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Jim Bouton
Homes prices rise as rates stay high prompt buyers
Despite elevated mortgage rates, home prices have climbed from a few years ago and lenders advise purchasing now. Even if rates ease later, monthly payments would remain higher than if the buyer acted today.
Future of CHPSI in doubt amid Reagan budget cuts
CHPSI began under a federal health planning mandate with a decade of progress. If Reagan's proposed cuts pass, CHPSI funding could be reduced or the agency eliminated, raising questions about whether its goals were met and what lies ahead for intergovernmental health planning in Southern Illinois.
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Comprehensive Health Planning
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinoisan Rates for Mail and Carrier Delivery
Rates for delivery by carrier Sunday through Friday are 5.75 per month with motor route at 6.00 per month. Mail subscriptions in 18 counties outside circulation and Illinois are 65.00 yearly, 75.00 1 year elsewhere, 35.00 six months, 21.00 three months, 7.50 monthly. Net mailed ame carrier service available. Office contacts listed for Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin Marion. Classified advertising numbers provided. Postmaster address changes to Southern Illinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
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Carbondale man restrained after alleged home invasion shoot threat
Carbondale police and Jackson County deputies in rain gear surrounded James Brooks, 48, as he was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, intimidation and home invasion. He allegedly forced entry into his estranged wife’s trailer at Edgewood Trailer Court on Charles Road and pointed a gun at her and three others. A bystander restrained Brooks before deputies arrived. he remained in Jackson County jail awaiting formal charges.
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Jackson County
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Edgewood Trailer Court
Charles Road
Brooks
Reagan may go home Saturday
President Reagan nearing a rapid recovery from a chest wound plans to leave the hospital and return to the White House on Saturday or Sunday. An aide announced the move after an examination is scheduled for Saturday morning by Dr. Dennis O’Leary of Washington University Hospital.
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George Washington University Hospital
Ford Rebuffs Chrysler Merger Proposal
Ford Motor Co. rejected a possible Chrysler merger after a Ford board meeting led by Philip Caldwell. The decision, unanimous, followed two record losses in 1980 for Chrysler at 1.71 billion and Ford at 1.55 billion, with continued losses forecast for early 1981 and Ford Credit reporting a 470 million pre tax loss in the quarter.
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Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Ford
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Chrysler
Caldwell
Ford Motor Credit Co
Vienna High School rehires most staff. two not kept
Vienna High School Board will not retain custodian Jack Hastings and bus driver Mary Evans, while all other non certified district personnel are kept. The board granted maternity leave to PE teacher Janice Huckleberry, hired temporary fill by Cindy Kuro, and received a state recognition recommendation for the district. A JAMP budget of 55,378.92 was approved, plus safety strobe lights on eight buses.
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Vienna High School
Jack Hastings
Mary Evans
Janice Huckleberry
Cindy Kuro
Simpson
Illinois State Board of Education
Lawrence Kinkade
Johnson Alexander- Massac-Pulaski Special Education Cooperative
JAMP
Vienna
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Tunnel Hill
Puritan Churchill Company
Gith
Harrisburg
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SIU Educational Service Center
Kiwanis Group
Kiwanis Club
Frank Murock
Wpsd-Tv
Paducah
SIU medical school dean says institution is healthy
SIU School of Medicine is healthy and optimistic at its 10th anniversary, says Dean Richard May. He notes the school is community based with a unique curriculum guide and residency sites in Quincy Decatur Belleville Carbondale, while highlighting continuing medical education and a recent surge of 500 new doctors settling in southern Illinois.
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SIU Medical School
Mary Ann McNulty
Southern
SIU
University of Illinois
Rockford
Peoria
May
Quincy
Decaturelleville
Carbondale
School board studies buses in Carterville
Carterville Unit 5 School Board reviews bus system reforms. Recommendations urge bidding for a bus contract, higher extracurricular ride fees, coach drivers for out of town games, and consolidation of kindergarten routes. Layover pay, and a shift to morning or afternoon routes for kindergartners are proposed.
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Southern Illinoisan Seven
Carterville Unit 5
Tne Cage
Transportation Committee
Carterville High School
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