Israeli jets down Syrian helicopter in Lebanon
Israeli warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter gunship in central Lebanon, killing four Syrian troops. Tel Aviv confirmed the strike but gave few details as fighting continued between Syrian forces and Lebanese Christian militiamen.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
East Lebanon
Rayak
Sannine Mountain Range
Chtoura
Sannine Range
Syria
Israel
Galilee Panhandle
Thousands of miners rally for renewed negotiations in Pittsburgh
Evan M. Davis reports thousands of United Mine Workers members plan a rally at Consolidation Coal Co. headquarters in Pittsburgh at noon Thursday to press for renewed talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. No talks are scheduled as about 160,000 miners enter the 33rd day of a national strike.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
United Mine Workers
Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
B.R
Bobby” Brown
BCOA
Missing U S priest in San Salvador prompts search
American priest Roy Bourgeois 42, of Lutcher Louisiana, vanished after leaving his hotel to buy medicine in San Salvador. Embassy reports he arrived to interpret for a CBS Chicago crew. Security forces check hospitals and pharmacies as authorities note unrelated past Maryknoll ties and a separate wave of blasts in the city.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
U.S
Roy Bourgeois
Lutcher
CBS
Chicago
Bourgeois
Maryknoll Order
Maryknoll
Bolivia
Commerce Building
Red Cross
Belfasts Irelands tensions rise amid hunger striker danger
Irish tensions mount as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands nears death at Maze Prison amid feared sectarian warfare. Provisional violence includes the killing of an Ulster Defence Regiment militiaman and a warning from Reverend Ian Paisley that Sands death could trigger all-out conflict. Pope John Paul II dispatches envoy John Magee to assess humanitarian aspects while British authorities brace for protests.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bobby Sands
Ian Paisley
Irish Republican Army
Sands
Maze
John Paul II
Foreign Office
London
John Magee
Ulster Defense Regiment
Castlewellan
Southern Illinoisan Publication Offices and Circulation Info
This notice lists the Southern Illinoisan offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion, plus mailing addresses and subscription rates. It notes delivery by carrier or motor route and mail options for 1 year 6 months and 3 months, with postmaster address for changes.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Cousin Fred founder Lowell V. O Neal dies
Lowell V. O Neal of Carbondale died at 4 43 p m Monday April 27 1981 in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale He was president of the Cousin Fred s and Lowells discount store chains in Illinois and a principal in the Best 7 Inn project in Carbondale A former Champaign resident he had lived in Carbondale for years Funeral arrangements are handled by Renner Wikoff Chapel in Urbana
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Lowell V. O’neal
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
O’neal
Fred’s
Lowells
Illinois
Champaign
Urbana
Salem Sportline factory closes. 90 jobs lost
Salem loses 90 jobs and about $1 million annual payroll as the Home maker Sportline factory shuts. Ero Industries of Chicago tentatively agrees to buy the equipment and trade name, planning to move the plant to Hazlehurst Georgia and not transfer current employees.
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Salem
Sportline
Tatively
Hazlehurst
Perry County rejects leash law decision stalls proposal
Perry County Board chairman Tom Moss said the board will not enact a leash law at this time despite complaints about stray dogs outside municipalities. In other action, an agreement with Gene Davis Enterprises ends a dispute over gob pile coal truck hauling near the Old Majestic mine east of Du Quoin, limiting trucks on two roads after 7 p.m. and on Sundays, with a toll of 10 cents per ton paid to local governments to fund road work and oversight by residents.
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Brown
Tony Kujawa
District 12
Illinois
UMW International Executive Board
John Banovic
Eldon Callen
Washington
District 5
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Belleville
Illinois Public Aid Department
Charles Hoffman
St. Clair County
Hoffman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Brad Berker
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County Board
Tom Moss
Moss
Jerry Woolsey
Woolsey
Delmar Stephens
Roy Smith
du Quoin
Gene Davis Enterprises of
Benton
Illinois 14
Herschel Siefert
Darrell George
Davis
Smith
Carbondale panel weighs grade school shift plan
Carbondale Elementary School’s long range planning committee discussed moving sixth graders to Lincoln Junior High School next year to fit 150 expected enrollments. Principal John Phillippe says eight classrooms would be needed though five could be created by wall removal and room consolidation. Officials warn about crowding if enrollments rise and note teacher reassignment concerns. The panel meets again at 6:45 a.m. Thursday.
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Jean Ness
Carbondale Elementary School
Lincoln Junior High School
John Phillippe
Phillippe
Parrish
Harold Bardo
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Deborah
Milton Wharton
St. Louis
Dan Pittman
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Paisley
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IRA
Fred
Salem Sportline
Ero Industries of
Wuniversal
She Carpet Specialist
Lees
Berven
Philadelphia
Bigelow
Cabin Craft
Alexander, Smith, Milliken
N. Lil
Jerry
Perry County
Aristo-Kraft
Brammer
Custom Craft
EXCEL
Birkholz Supply Display
South Division
Carterville
Gene
Bill Crawshaw
Walnut Murphysboro
Truk
S. Illinois Ave
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