Libyan jet freed as Syrian troops quell Beirut hijack
In Beirut early today three Lebanese hijackers surrendered to Syrian peacekeepers and freed 35 hostages and a Libyan Boeing 727 after a 52 hour, 7500 mile ordeal. The jet, hijacked over Italy, flew to Damascus then Beirut, with 27 passengers and eight crew freed. The hijackers praised Allah Akbar and waved victory as they exited.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Italy
Damascus
Allah Akbar
Gasoline Spill From Amoco Pipeline Into Des Plaines River
About 25 000 gallons of gasoline spilled into the Des Plaines River south of Joliet from an Amoco Oil pipeline. Coast Guard and responders say 15 000 gallons cleaned, 10 000 more still in water. Cleanup by Petro Chem Service and Elwood Fire District, with Amoco covering costs. Pipeline shut off. cause under investigation. EPA to inspect.
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Des Plaines River
Stan Christman
Coast Guard
Marine Safety Office
Joliet
Christman
Petro Chem Service, Inc
Lemont
Elwood
Chuck Mason
Des Plaines
Whiting
Ind
Dubuque
Iowa
Mason
Amoco
Petro-Chem
Drug Overdose Ruled in De Soto Man’s Death
Jackson County coroner preliminarily rules Richard W. Ilbery a 26 year old De Soto man died from a drug overdose. He was found unconscious at home Sunday and died after transport to Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Toxicology results will take two to three weeks before inquest scheduling.
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de Soto
Jackson
Richard W. Ilbery
Jackson County
Don Ragsdale
Ilbery
Memorial Hospital
Bondale
Ragsdale
Old law school buildings to become dorms at SIU Carbondale
SIU Carbondale gains approval to convert two 1960 era law school buildings into dormitories using 300000 from the SIU Income Fund. The project targets law and medical students and awaits governor funds before work begins, with completion planned for next fall.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU Board of Trustees
SIU Income Fund
James Thompson
SIUC
Harold J Brady 85 father of James Brady dies in Centralia
Harold James Brady 85 longtime Jacksonville native and Burlington Northern clerk died at St. Marys Hospital in Centralia after a stroke. He retired in 1970 and had lived in Centralia since 1915. He and Dorothy Davidson married in 1933 in Vincennes. Funeral plans are incomplete. His wife, hospitalized with illness, and his son James Brady were among the survivors along with two sisters a brother and two grandchildren.
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Associated Press
Harold James Brady
White House
James Brady
St. Mary's Hospital
Centralia
Brady
Jacksonville
Burlington Northern Railroad
Dorothy Davidson
Vincennes
Ind
Washington, D.C
Reagan
Washington
Corporations seek more grads with higher pay in 1982 report
The Endicott Report from Northwestern University finds major firms will hire more college graduates than ever in 1982 and pay higher salaries. Chemistry bachelor degrees rise over 30 percent and engineering over 21 percent with starting salaries up 9.2 percent. Bachelor’s engineers average 25,428 a year, up 11.4 percent. master's engineers start at 28,188, up 10 percent. nontechnical MBAs average 25,788, up 13.4 percent.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
Endicott
Frank
Northwestern
Southern Illinoisan Publisher and pricing details
The notice lists publication offices in Carbondale Herrin and Marion, subscription rates by carrier motor route and mail, and post office address for subscription requests. Classified ad numbers are provided and postmaster address is Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
N. 16Th
Herrin
Ill
Illinois
Southern Iindian
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Drunk driver sentenced to a year in jail in Seattle case
Horace A. Bliner, 43, received a one year jail term after pleading guilty to negligent homicide in the June 24 death of Eugene Deardorf, 40, and third degree assault in the injury of Gene Arras, 55. The judge cited a flagrant crime and received over 100 letters from victims’ families. Bliner also bans probation for three years and restitution for funeral and medical costs.
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Seattle
Horace Alfred Bliner
Eugene A. Deardorf
Decatur
Gene Arras
Florissant
King County Superior Court
Horton Smith
Bliner
Smith
Deardorf and
Arras
Illinois Power Co
Seattle-Tacoma
Eliner
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