Coal guards clash as Raleigh County miners face buckshot
Deputies escorted Philpott Coal Corp guards from Beckley after Striking miners were sprayed with buckshot and pellets during a Thursday night stoppage. Raleigh County Sheriff Claude England said as many as 30 shots were fired at pickets. Company officials agreed to suspend operations for the strike duration. More than 40 state troopers and deputies arrived to separate the protesters. No injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Coal Company
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Claude England
Philpott Coal Corp
Beckley
W.va
Philpott
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
England
Small firms seek talks in coal mine dispute
Tony Kuwa of the Illinois United Mine Workers says several small coal firms have approached the union about independent negotiations amid stalled talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Pickets outside the Philpott firm prompted a police stand and a later agreement to remove five guards while keeping three.
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Associated Press
Illinois United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Tony Kuawa
Pinckneyville
Texas and Missouri Storms Claim Three Lives
Severe spring storms caused three deaths in Texas and Missouri with tornadoes and high winds. In Texas two auto crashes near Houston and San Antonio killed two, a small plane crash near Houston killed another, and a Beaumont tornado touched Magnolia Gardens. Missouri tornadoes leveled a bank in De Soto killing a bank official, a Malden resident died of a heart attack after a tornado, and a 10 year old girl died from injuries in South Prairie after Wednesday’s twister.
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Associated Press
Texas
Missouri
Houston
San Antonio
South Prairie
DeSoto
Malden
Magnolia Gardens
Beaumont
Department of Public Safety
Sealy
James Farias
Great Train Robber Biggs Freed to Live in Brazil
Ronald Biggs the British Great Train Robber exited Rio de Janeiro airport a free man with government backing to reside in Brazil He arrived from Belem aboard a chartered jet and reunited with his 6 year old son Michael Brazilian law protects him from deportation due to his child's status His provisional liberty status was restored by Brazilian authorities
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ronald Biggs
Rio
Biggs
Belem
Amazon River
Barbados
Britain
Michael
Switzerland
Identical twins separated at birth lead similar lives
Identical twins who were separated soon after birth discovered each other in adulthood and shared strikingly similar life histories, suggesting that both halves of one person can form a whole in unique ways.
Inventor Abused by Backers Over Dura-Plex Plans
Inventor Tom Church recounts broken promises of full financial backing for R and D of plastic-panel houses under the Dura-Plex Corporation. He says supporters hyped the venture but failed to deliver real funds, shifting focus from substance to empty show.
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Dura-Plex Corporation
Tom Church
Survival group urges Louisville readers to prep for collapse
The Christian Patriots Defense League, a Louisville based ultra conservative public safety group, claims the nation is nearing total collapse and teaches survival techniques from food storage to safety tactics as a moving target.
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Christian Patriots Defense League
Louisville
Nation
Southern Illinoisan contact and circulation details
The notice lists publication offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with contact numbers, subscription rates for local and outside areas, mailing options, and post office box for address changes. It notes the paper's lineage from earlier local papers and provides classified advertising numbers.
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Southern Ilinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Telinois
Marion
Not a suspect authority discounts psycho path claim in child murders
Atlanta officials said the woman identified by civil rights leader Roy Innis as a suspect has been located and interviewed and is not a suspect. Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown noted police found the claimed information unreliable after investigation. He also said CORE and Innis face no current observer surveillance and explained the need for police inquiry before any arrests.
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Atlanta
Roy Innis
Congress of Racial Equality
Innis
Brown
Fulton County
Lewis Slaton
Simonds Bids Lowest on I 24 Tourist Center Project
E T Simonds Construction of Carbondale is the apparent low bidder for the first phase of a new Southern Illinois Port of Entry tourist information center at the I 24 U S 45 interchange east of Metropolis. The project, estimated at 720137 dollars, covers grading paving drainage creek work noise barriers and fencing with a 165 day schedule. The next phase will be a building estimated at 700000 dollars including a rest area and lobby information area.
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E.T. Simonds Construction
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Simonds
U.S. 45
Metropolis
Springfield
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ted Jennings
Idot District 9
IDOT
Jennings
Eagles raise two eaglets at Crab Orchard refuge
Two bald eagles have produced two eaglets at a secluded nest in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Wayne Adams notes positive identification by observers and reports the pair have nesting success for a second year in a row. Adams says he is about sure the same pair bred last year but cannot confirm since the birds were not banded.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Wayne Adams
Adams
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Ed Philpott
UMW
Union
District 29
Hatfield
Belfry Coal No. 2
FBI
Miami Herald
Knight- Ridder News Service
Hollywood
Fla
Miami
the Herald
E.T. Simonds
United Methodist Church
15Th & Pine Murphysboro
Money Market Mutual Funds
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Carbondale Savings and Loan
Carbondale Savings
FSLIC
Nte
West Main ST
Fedoral Savings
Teurance Corp
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