Good Evening Turn Clocks Ahead DST Begins Sunday
Washington AP reports Robert I. Ross oversees time zones as the government expert on daylight saving time. At 2 a.m. Sunday clocks jump one hour in 48 states except Arizona Hawaii and much of Indiana. Ross says the change is confusing and prepared with decals for staff phones to remind callers clocks move ahead not back.
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Washington
Robert I. Ross
Arizona
Hawaii
Indiana
Ross
Transportation Department
Weather forecast for upcoming weekend and week
The National Weather Service predicts fair conditions tonight with a low in the mid to upper 40s. Saturday will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid 70s. Sunday brings a chance of showers, then partly cloudy on Monday and Tuesday with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s and highs in the upper 60s to low 70s.
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National Weather Service
Get America laughing again contest invites jokes across ages
The Southern Illinoisan invites readers to submit jokes or drawings to win cash prizes. Four age categories are 1-10, 11-14, 15-17, and 18 plus. Send entries with name address and category to Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901. Postmark by May 29.
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America
Will Rogers
Mark Twain
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Reagan Lifts Grain Embargo Against the Soviet Union
President Reagan announced the lifting of the grain embargo after consulting advisers and allies. He defended the move as weighing options and argued the embargo harmed farmers while not significantly constraining the Soviet Union. Haig warned Moscow’s proxy wars threaten world peace and reaffirmed U.S. opposition to Afghanistan occupation.
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Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
White House
Larry Speakes
Bargo
Carter
Afghanistan
U.S
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Poland
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Haig
Moscow
British firm eyes option on Illinois coal reserves
James Tennant Ltd of London seeks an option on about 28 000 to 36 000 acres in Hamilton County Illinois for roughly 40 million dollars to form Flannigan Coal Holdings if exercised. The deal involves Flannigan and McLeansboro Coal Associations and would give Tennant access to Illinois No 6 and No 5 seams with blocks north of Flannigan Township. Ballots are being mailed for association members with votes set for May 13 and 14 in the Hamilton County courthouse.
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Evan M. Davis
Hamilton County
Stinson
Tennant
British National Coal Board
Peter B. Reece
Hill-Samuel Merchant Bank of London
Flannigan Township
Flannigan Coal Holdings
Flannigan Coal Association
McLeansboro Coal Association
Illinois
James Tennant
Arbor Day tree planting underway in Southern Illinois schools
Smokey the gardener joins Washington School Murphysboro students as Smokey shovels the first dirt for an Arbor Day tree. Schools statewide plant trees. Carbondale park district offers a 10 a.m. Arbor Day workshop at Attucks Park for kindergarten to third graders and their parents.
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Washington School
Murphysboro
Smokey Bear
Ilinois
Carbondale
Park
Attucks Park
Kina Oe
Two Indiana Girls Orphaned After I-57 Crash Kills Parents
Two Indiana girls, Eva Marie five and Leslie four, were left orphaned when a two car crash on Interstate 57 in Union County early today killed Richard Machuca 29 and Katherine Machuca 36 of Hobart Indiana. Police say a car driven by William L Hoy 22 of Goreville struck the Machuca vehicle causing it to leave the road and overturn near Lick Creek Hill. Hoy, who was not seriously injured, was treated at Union County Hospital. Investigators continue the inquiry as the parents bodies were taken to Kuiper Funeral Home.
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Indiana
Union County
Darryl Rendleman
Richard Machuca
Katherine
Hobart
Ind
Eva Marie
Leslie
Union County Hospital
Anna
Muchuca
Lick Creek Hill
William L. Hoy
Goreville
Rendleman
Machuca
Marion
Hoy
Kuiper Funeral Home
Highland
Nursing homes to offer choices predicted by SIU speakers
Leo Robinson and four other panelists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Human Resources ’81 Conference discussed future aging care. Hospitals may extend care at nursing homes, while new laws boost training for aides and patient rights, yet federal funding cuts threaten services.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Leo Robinson
Styrest Nursing Home Board
Robinson
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ron Bittle
Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
William Irvine
Illinois Department of Public Health
Jeff Plesko
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy
Jackie Ziemer
Southern Manor Nursing Home
Ziemer
Southern Manor
Irvine
Illinois Department of Public Aid
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Ann Landers
and Haig
United States
Joe Jines
Smokey the Gardener
Plesko
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