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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1981
Page
2
Tina, daughter of Carbondale Mayor Hans Fischer and Carla Fischer, is linked to activities at the National Guard Armory in Carbondale.
Early today, 12 people including eleven Union County residents and a Murphysboro man were arrested in a coordinated operation by Union County sheriff’s deputies and regional agencies on drug charges. About 22 purchases of marijuana, amphetamines, and LSD totaling roughly $2,000 were alleged by undercover agents over six months. A 1939 Ford coupe was seized.
Frank Makara of Jericho New York lost his Supreme Court appeal over a 1.95 surcharge on a 5.05 gas purchase from a BP station during a 1979 shortage. The high court declined to comment refusing to intervene in the dispute over a state order preventing topping off to avoid shorting customers.
An early morning vehicle fire between Herring and Johnston City destroyed a van parked along the Herring Johnston City road. The cause is linked to an internal gas leak. The van’s owner remains unidentified.
The Los Angeles school board moves to end mandatory desegregation busing for about 23,000 students as the U S Supreme Court's final ruling on the NAACP appeal is delayed until midweek. Some 7,300 students will exit the program immediately while others may finish the current school year under voluntary busing. The 18 year legal fight began in 1978 with a judge ordering busing in grades four through eight to integrate the nation’s second largest district.
The Supreme Court denied an emergency request by Missouri officials to block a desegregation plan affecting St. Louis public schools and possibly suburban districts. Judge Meredith ordered 7,500 of 63,000 students bused for racial balance. Missouri to pay half of 22 million dollars. The plan preserves 30,000 students in all black schools while urging a voluntary pupil exchange for 1980 81 to ease segregation. AT&T telpak discount service discontinued.
Marion's annual spring clean up begins today and runs through next week. Residents must place all waste in bags, closed boxes, or tied bundles with no loose material. Materials go curbside by district on scheduled days including Southeast East Market areas, Northeast North Market areas, Northwest West Main areas, and Southwest West Main South Market areas with specific dates.
Ronald Bauer, 31, is jailed in Jackson County after allegedly threatening his estranged wife and her friend with a sawed off shotgun at Mobile Ranch trailer. Police found a dismantled 12 gauge shotgun during a search after a 10 38 p m call from Georgia Baiter.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for American Telephone & Telegraph Co to raise charges for its largest customers by about $120 million annually. Justices refused to second-guess the Federal Communications Commission in its action.
The Supreme Court upholds a Kentucky appeals ruling stripping LuAnn Stevenson of custody of her six year old daughter Shannon. The court also rejects arguments to curb federal authority on mandatory busing and rules that mentally retarded individuals lack a general right to the least restrictive setting in a Pennsylvania case.
Gary Stone heard the crash near his home in Herrin Johnstown City area at 12 20 a m and pulled Harold Tennison 22 of Herrin free from the burning car. Tennison was taken to Herrin Hospital in stable condition with head injuries as firefighters battled the blaze. The Camaro reportedly traveled 156 feet on the shoulder before striking a mailbox, an embankment and an embankment before stopping after a 180 degree spin.
Coal Properties Corp and Spring Garden Coal Association extend their option on 14 000 acres of coal reserves in southern Jefferson County for three more months via an automatic clause. Zeigler Coal Co subsidiary Zeigler owns 10 000 acres in Franklin County nearby. Houston Natural Gas controls both firms and owns a Mississippi River coal terminal at Cora. The study will cover thickness sulfur content and energy content of the Illinois No 5 and 6 seams.
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