Atomic veterans sue to obtain names of exposure group
A group of atomic veterans filed suit to obtain the names of tens of thousands who participated in atmospheric nuclear tests from 1945 to 1963. The case highlights lost Army records and secrecy that hinder veterans and widows seeking medical help and government compensation. Wanda Kelly, whose husband Orville died after cancer, leads the effort through the National Association of Atomic Veterans.
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Atomic Veterans
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Nevada
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Wanda Kelly
National Association of Atomic Veterans
Burlington
Iowa
Japan Islands
Kelly
Cording
Mrs. Kelly
Higher school lunch costs push families to scrimp
In Pine Plains New York families face higher school lunch prices due to federal budget cuts. Fewer qualify for free or reduced meals and many students bring sandwiches. The Rolfs Arsenaults and Badores describe trimming meals, meals costs rising from 10 to 40 or 70 cents, layoffs, and tightened budgets as they cope with daily needs.
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New York Times
Pine Plains
N.Y
Seymour Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
New York City
Dutchess County
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rolf
Arsenaults
Margaret Arsenault
Joseph
Rhinebeck
Arsenault
Badores
Two Centralia men killed as wheel comes off car
Two Centralia men died in a rain soaked crash on Illinois 161 west of Centralia when a wheel detached from their car, causing a loss of control and a near head on collision with a truck. John Wayne Sligar, 56, died on arrival at Stree Hospital and Donald Schaef fer, 41, died hours later at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. The truck driver David Pauluhn of Overland, Missouri, was uninjured.
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Centralia
Illinois 161
Clinton County
Louis Loepker
John Wayne Sligar
Steee Hospital
Donald Schaef
Fer
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mount Vernon
David Pauluhn
Overland
Pauluhn
Southern Illinoisan Publisher Details and Rates
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin and Marion with mailing addresses. Subscription rates shown for carrier motor route and mail in various terms. Postmaster address and classified ad lines included.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
16Th
Herrin
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Riod
Agate
Marion
Namcon
Ill
International Harvester extends layoff to January 18
International Harvester will extend the winter shutdown at two plants in Rock Island and East Moline by two weeks, closing December 14 and reopening January 18. About 4,000 workers are affected, split between the Rock Island Farmall plant and the East Moline facility, due to weak demand from high interest rates and low grain prices.
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Rock Island
International Harvester Co
East Moline
Harvester
Bob Eggleson
Farmall
Eggleson
Chicago
United States
Canada
African and Czech writers to receive Common Wealth Awards
Nadine Gordimer and Milan Kundera will be honored Tuesday with the second annual Common Wealth Award for distinguished service in literature. Each receives $11,000 and a commemorative sculpture for achievements in the arts. The ceremony will be held at the New York Public Library before an invited audience. Gordimer, a Johannesburg author of 16 novels, has faced bans at home for apartheid kritisch themes. Kundera, once a Czech professor, left Czechoslovakia after 1968 and now writes in Paris, later gaining French citizenship.
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New York Times
Common Wealth
Nadine Gordimer
Milan Kundera
Paris
Ralph Hayes
Coca-Cola Co
New York Public Library
Gordimer
Johannesburg
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
Kundera
Czechoslovakia
France
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U.S
Washington
New Jersey
Thomas H. Kean
James Florio
Kean
Rolfs
Carl and
Betsy Rolf
Ceylon
Dianne Badore
Badore
Centralia, Ill
International Harvester
Ortadie Eidya
Home Entertainment Center
Cacet
Curtis Mathes
Curtis Mathes Home Entertainment Center
Eee Pyral Carbondale
Westmore Plaza
Wal-Mart
Trio Martin
Griggsville, IL
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