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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1981
Page
2
Warner lives at Route 1 Anna and works for High Line Construction Co of West Frankfort.
On the first day of filings in Districts 1 2 and 3 Democratic incumbents Kenneth Cockrum Lesser and Don Minor Jerry Rowland from Christopher in District 1 Democrat Ronald Head and Marion Bowman in District 2 while Republicans Robert Burnett Dennis Stewart file in District 2 Incumbents Albert Chiaventone Herman Sinks John Tedeschi and James McPhail from West Frankfort file in District 3 All Democratic filings include West Frankfort residents Gerald Hawkins of Du Quoin seeks Democratic nomination for Perry County Board seats Dan M Dons and others file for county posts Sheriff County Clerk Treasurer and a sheriff nomination contest forms in Union County Democrats Elmer Kelley and Ron Garner file for sheriff. Larry Tripp a Republican plans another term County Clerk Fred Blaylock and Treasurer Mickey Kelley also file Democrats pursue Johnson County Republican petitions as well.
Six candidates filed nominating petitions by mid morning for two county commissioner spots, four incumbents all Republicans including Max Casey Henry Bullock and Hayward Street. Randolph County filed five incumbents for new terms including Ernsting Smith Currat Bernasek and Maybell. No Democratic filings in Johnson County. Three Democrats sought a resident judgeship in St Clair County in the 20th Circuit: Goldenhirs ch Mays Wharton. One Massac County resident judgeship in 1st Circuit had no filings. Judicial retention elections to follow next November.
President Reagan said Americans should not believe Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy’s denial of sending an assassination team. He cited evidence and left open possible US action against Libya while saying no decisions had been made on oil boycotts or other steps.
Heavily armed Puerto Rican nationalists hijacked three Venezuelan airliners with about 310 people aboard and forced the pilots to fly from Caracas to Barranquilla Colombia. Two planes landed at 7 a.m. EST with about 230 aboard. the third arrived at 7:50 a.m. with around 80 aboard.
The notice lists delivery options and rates for Southern Illinoisan and its partner papers, including carrier and motor route prices, mail options, and 8 county rates. It provides office phone numbers for Carbondale Herrin and Marion and a post office address for subscriptions.
A nor'easter named Blizzard swept the East Coast with up to two feet of snow, killing eight and stranding thousands from Massachusetts to Rhode Island. Power outages hit tens of thousands as airports and schools closed and Nantucket stranded tourists. Several Weather Service records fell as more than 100 inches were logged at Logan, with dozens of weather related deaths across the region.
The justices agreed to decide if minority workers alleging illegal hiring and promotion discrimination can sue as a class action. The Falcon case targets General Telephone Co. of the Southwest's Irving Texas plant, with Falcon a Mexican American claiming national origin bias. The Court also addressed Mobil Oil price controls and other actions in a busy session.
Murray Utah AP says Julie Ann Nishi 25 of Kemmerer Wyoming drove a ski club bus that lost brakes on a steep mountain road near Murray Sunday. She pumped the brakes earlier, downshifted, and rubbed the bus against a canyon wall in a fatal crash that killed two students and injured two others among 38 onboard.
President Reagan pinned medals on astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly for the space shuttle Columbia second test flight. He praised their tremendous job in meeting major mission objectives despite a fuel cell fault shortening the flight from five to two days.
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