Jefferson sheriff among 13 arrested in football betting raid
A 22 month probe led to the arrest of Jefferson County Sheriff Robert Pitchford and 12 others after a raid on Mount Vernon taverns and other locations. Charged with conspiracy gambling official misconduct and obstructing justice, Pitchford bonded out and awaits disposition as hearings begin.
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Associated Press
Jefferson County
Robert Pitchford
Charles Spruell
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Southern Illinois
Mount Vernon
Pitchford
Roger Irvin
Spruell
Demeanor
Robert Shuff
Irvin
Shuff
Sesser
McLeansboro
Emmerson McDonald
Merritt Eugene Philp
Philp
Marshall Lee Wilson
Sarah E. Jones
Kimberly J. Flota
George Edward Palmer
Dennis Roy Spurlock
Vernon J. Maddox
John Dean Draper
David W. Keen
Robert DeBaum
John Michael Setzekorn
Setzekorn
St. Louis
Sheriff’s Office
Kung Fu Demonstration Teaches Self Defense at SIU
Southern Illinois University Carbondale student Steven Fristoe and his parents attend a Kung Fu demonstration at the Emma C Hayes Center in Carbondale. The event previews self defense classes Fristoe will teach for youths aged 6 to 19.
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Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Steven Fristoeer
Emma C
Pipeline funding OK'd called consumer rip off
The House approved a $43 billion Alaska natural gas pipeline financing plan by 233 to 173, shifting some risk to gas customers in more than 40 states. Supporters call it essential to tap Alaska reserves. opponents warn it could saddle consumers with billions. The measure now goes to the White House for signing.
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Washington
House
Alaska
White House
Reagan
Interior and Energy Committees
United States
Richard Ottinger
D-N.y
Patricia Schroeder
D-Coro
Exxon
Ed Bethune
R-Ark
Tion
Tom Corcoran
R-Il
Corcoran
Weather forecast: colder tonight with breezy NW winds
National Weather Service forecast calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with diminishing northwesterly winds to 5 to 10 mph and a low in the teens or lower 20s. Thursday will be partly sunny with a high in the mid 30s, and Friday through Sunday partly cloudy with highs in the 40s and nightly lows 28 to 35.
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National Weather Service
Reagan lifts three year ban on striking controllers
President Reagan ends the three year federal employment ban on about 11 500 air traffic controllers who walked off Aug 3 but says they will not return to FAA control towers. Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis cites safety risk and intra‑work friction if they resume FAA duties. The move follows Reagan's earlier discussions with labor leaders and Lewis's return from Japan.
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Washington
Reagan
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Lewis
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Japan
Gaskill children stay together with Dongola couple
The Circuit Court in Anna granted custody of four younger Gaskill children to Larry and Karen George of Dongola, allowing the siblings aged 8 to 18 to remain a unit on the 24 acre Union County farm after the deaths of their parents. Abby Gaskill, 18, chose not to seek custody.
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Dongola
Gaskill
D.D. Bigler
Larry
Karen George
Georges
Karen
Abby Gaskill
Abby
Enos Gaskill
Mississippi
Acre
Union County
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Canada
Anna
George
Eric
Murphysboro offers 60 000 jail site to county
Murphysboro council voted 7 to 2 to offer the parking lot across from city hall to the county for 60 000 toward a proposed county jail costing about 5.1 million. Confusion over vote requirements followed as discussions on commitment versus sale continued and a committee referral was discussed.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
Appleton
Kennedy
William Ryan
Patrick McCann
Ryan
McCann
Don Morgan
Tom Jones
Wal-Mart OKs Carbondale store plans
Wal-Mart final approval for a new Carbondale East Side shopping center clears the way for construction as early as spring, with an 80,000 square foot Wal-Mart and a Hardee’s on two acres. The 33.78 acre site, east of Vic Koenig Chevrolet, was rezoned to planned business. Wal-Mart and Hardee’s could open mid 1982, with about 100 staff at Wal-Mart and 15 to 30 at Hardee’s.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Wal- Mart Corp
Carbondale
Larry Havens
Jacob
Gladys Bendieman
Wal-Mart
Havens
Hardee’s
Hardee
Wal-Mart’s
Vic Koenig
West Main Street
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Lesserman
Oerry
Jerry Lower
Ok’d
Senate
Ted Stevens
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System
San Francisco
U.S.A
Chicago
Ann Landers
Robert Fenwick
Mark Kennedy
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