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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1981
Page
8
A vintage ad invites readers to choose three advance magazine articles for free. It lists options including They Stole My Baby and Heroin New Wonder Drug, plus a Betty Friedan essay Farewell to Superwoman. Readers are urged to mail a coupon within seven days.
Two explosions at Lauhoff Grain Co in downtown Danville Illinois left 16 workers injured and two men in critical condition. The blast damaged nearby storefronts and shattered windows, with hexane used in corn oil extraction cited as a possible factor while the cause remained under investigation.
Toxic wastes from a court closed Wilsonville Illinois landfill have leaked into a monitoring network far faster than predicted. Tests show solvents nearly nine feet from the trench, with 42 months mirroring nine feet travel rather than the 500 to 900 years claimed by scientists. EPA and SCA officials plan new wells as court actions pursue cleanup.
Two teenage girls convicted of armed robbery in the fatal shooting of a computer salesman were each sentenced to 11 years. Cook County Circuit Judge John W Crilly called the case an American tragedy. Defense lawyers said they will appeal the sentences. The girls were convicted of armed robbery and conspiracy in the slaying of Anthony Hopfner, an IBM salesman, and were found innocent of murder and armed violence.
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