Ice coats Southern Illinois as first winter day begins
Rain turned to ice across Southern Illinois on the first day of winter. State Police reported numerous minor accidents but no major crashes. Roads were slushy yet hazardous northward, with icy surfaces and salt crews spreading sand. Weather officials forecast a warming trend with a chance of more rain or snow tonight into Tuesday.
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Illinois
Greg Dyer
National Weather Service
St. Louis
Dyer
Southern Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Union
Johnson
Randolph
Perry County
State Highway Department
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Chester
Polish leaders threaten church under martial law
Martial law in Poland triggers clashes as priests report beatings and arrests in Wroclaw and Gdansk. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is moved after detainment while Romuald Spasowski seeks asylum in Washington. Tass retracts a mine disaster claim as relief convoys and a church plea for calm emerge amid restricted reporting.
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Associated Press
Poland
Communist Party
Wroclaw
Gdansk
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Warsaw
United States
Romuald Spasowski
Washington
Walesa
Tass Today
Radio Moscow
Foreign Broadcast
Katowice
Ziemovit
Tass
London
Gdynia
Sopot
Foreign Ministry
Jozef Glemp
Carbondale convention center displacing many stores
City and developers ready to proceed with a parking garage and hotel convention center after obtaining a $2 million federal grant. Business owners face low relocation offers and long silence from the city, with fears of losing long held properties and customers.
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Carbondale Convention Center
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
West Walnut Street
Arthur E. Farmer
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Farmer
Bashir Mughal
Mughal
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