Miss Illinois winner recalls grueling pageant training
Shanna Jean McNeill, who held Miss Illinois before the Miss America pageant, describes two weeks of intense training, pressure from NBC filming, and strain on health and family contact. She denies deep seated emotional problems, plans to pursue an MBA, and hints at pursuing Miss America again despite the ordeal.
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Jean Ness
Shanna Jean McNeill
Carterville
Miss McNeill
Richard Horwitz
Aurora
Richard Schiller
Schiller
NBC
Illinois
Wheaton
Joyce McNeill
Cartervile
Washington, D.C
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Inventories Rise Sharply Across Sectors in June
The Commerce Department reported a 1.3 percent stock rise in June, with manufacturing up 1.5 percent and retail inventories up 1.2 percent. Since May, total inventories climbed to 406.7 billion while overall sales slipped 1.1 percent, signaling potential recession pressures.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Jeffrey Green
Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates
Philadelphia
Israel protest over Young PLO meeting in July
Israel issued an official protest over a July meeting between U N Ambassador Andrew Young and PLO observer Zehdi Labib Terzi. The Foreign Ministry summoned the U S Charge d Affaires Richard Viets to deliver a note asserting the talk violated U S commitments and addressed next Security Council steps on the Palestinian issue. The State Department called the encounter accidental.
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Israel
U.N
Andrew Young
Palestine Liberation Organization
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Richard Viets
Young
Zehdi Labib Terzi
PLO
United Nations
Terzi
Kuwait
Security Council
United States
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
State Department
Bumper grain crops unlikely to cut consumer prices
The Agriculture Department warns bumper harvests in corn soybeans rice and peanuts may not lower prices due to strong foreign demand. Farm prices are expected to stay high while consumption costs rise as inflation and energy costs bite.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Carter
Alfred Kahn
White House
Robert O. Aders
The
Food Marketing Institute
Ades
Aders
Institute
Council On
Fairfield war hero sent to mental center
Kenneth Kays, a Vietnam veteran and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, was ordered confined to the Chester Mental Health Center until able to stand trial on auto theft and marijuana possession charges. The 29 year old appeared with his parents and attorney as Judge Robert Whitmer ordered treatment progress before trial.
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Fairfield
Kenneth Kays
Kays
Vietnam
Robert Whitmer
Wayne County
Chester
Robert Hawkins
Neal Laws Jr
John
Whitmer
Weather outlook cools with showers possible tonight
Mostly cloudy and cooler weather tonight with showers likely according to the National Weather Service. Lows will be in the mid- or upper 50s. Becoming partly sunny Wednesday and cooler, highs in the mid- or upper 70s. Cool Thursday through Saturday with a chance of showers Saturday, highs 75 to 85, lows 55 to 65.
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National Weather Service
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