Reagan approves neutron warheads stockpiling in U S
President Reagan approved production and stockpiling of neutron warheads for Lance missiles and an eight inch howitzer shell. Warheads will be kept in the United States with no deployment outside U S territory. State Department notes the decision is internal to the U S government and no outside deployment planned at this time. Confirmation came from deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes in Santa Barbara. Allies in Western Europe have generally opposed deployment.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
United States
State Department
U.S
Santa Barbara
Calif
Larry Speakes
Western Europe
Carter
Europe
NATO
National Security Council
Pentagon
Energy Department
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
John Tower
Texas
Senate Armed Services Committee
Miss Southern Illinois Jale Jeffers Crowned at Marion Pageant
Miss Southern Illinois Jale Jeffers of Mount Carmel won the ninth annual pageant at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center, earning eligibility to compete in Miss Illinois. Rosie Wingerter and Tracy Little were named first and second runners-up, from Chester and Metropolis respectively.
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Jale Jeffers
Bryant Jeffers
Mount Carmel
Southern Illinois
Marion Cultural and Civic Center
Jeffers
Speenaathies Aeronautics
Rosie Wingerter
Shaw urges SIUC grads to stay in touch with themselves
Summer graduates at Southern Illinois University Carbondale received a speech from Chancellor Kenneth Shaw emphasizing that self fulfillment is not the sole aim of a college degree. He urged graduates to think, learn, and act for others, accepting failures as growth steps and continuing education beyond commencement.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Kenneth Shaw
SIU
Shaw
Partly Sunny Warm Weather Forecast
Partly sunny and warm today with highs in the low to mid 80s. Tonight will be fair with lows in the low to mid 60s. Monday also partly sunny and warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
Thompson orders probe into trauma helicopter incident
Governor James R. Thompson ordered an investigation after a state helicopter failed to divert to transfer a seriously ill patient from Carbondale to St. Louis. Records show the craft carried two German businessmen and a state official amid a nationwide air controller strike, while trauma missions were deprioritized.
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Mike Bri
Springfield
James R. Thompson
Department of Transportation
Aeronautics Division
Cials
George Maroney
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
St. Louis
Chicago
Illinois
Thomas L. Wimberly
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Wimberly
Robert L. Donahue
Carbondale Trauma Center
Pri
Thompson
Aeronautics
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Souther
Jerry Lover
Siu-C
SIU C Summer Grads
United Fund
Siu-Carbondale
Albert Somit
Marianne Webb Bateman
Siu-C School of Music
Ann Landers
St. Louis University Hospital
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