Relief urged as area towers face closure and layoffs
The FAA plans to train a new controller to share duties at Southern Illinois Airport as eight PATCO members remain out and 30 replacement applications arrive. Closures loom for Paducah and Cape Girardeau towers while Ozark Air Lines announces 200 layoffs, with testing for new controllers to occur around mid September.
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Reagan
Southern Illinois Airport
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Missouri
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Chicago
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Reagan US Navy clash with Libya over Gulf of Sidra
The Reagan administration said U S forces acted to defend international waters after Libyan jets attacked a patrol. Haig Weinberger and Carlucci defended war games off Libyan coast to press rights at sea. Libyan leader Khadafy denounced the attack as aggression while allies urged oil cuts and U S reprisal.
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Maine
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California
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D-La
John Tower
R-Texas
Senate Armed Services Committee
First Baptist Carterville serves rice gruel to illustrate hunger
Kenneth C. Dilbeck and others at First Baptist Church Carterville held a World Hunger Emphasis meal to raise $777 for Baptist foreign missions on Oct. 11. About 90 people ate Helen Fleming’s rice and gruel while a flag at the head of the table underscored the gap between blessed Americans and hungry families abroad.
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Southern
Dilbeck
Carterville
Baptists
Philippines
Hong Kong
Jane Rednour
Meal of Rice Only Feeds 96 as Community Feels Guilt
Mrs Rednour explains fears of low turnout for a rice focused supper. Seventeen participants registered last Sunday and many have not eaten since breakfast. Seven attendees ate a minimal meal costing about seven dollars, highlighting a plea for charity and a message of global hunger.
Meat and Charity Echo On Global Hunger Debate
Mrs. Rednour argues excess in America and argues 21 acres of grain used for beef could feed many more. She cites a 6.75 donation to feed 96 abroad and contrasts steak eating with world hunger, recalling wartime outrage at dramatic atrocities to highlight quiet deaths from hunger.
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Weather forecast for tonight through Monday
The National Weather Service calls for a fair night with a low in the low to mid 60s. Friday will be mostly sunny with continued warmth and highs in the low or mid 80s. Saturday through Monday bring fair skies, with overnight lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s and daytime highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
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