Defector urges harsh treatment for Polish junta
Former Polish ambassador Zdzislaw Rurarz urged the United States and allies to cut off trade with Poland and the Soviet Union. Reagan officials outlined three Soviet retaliation measures including blocking gas pipeline equipment, halting high tech exports, and suspending port and airport rights. Rurarz spoke to a European security commission while reports from Poland described ongoing strikes, arrests, and factory closures as martial law persists.
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Economic indicators fall again but at slower pace
The Index of Leading Economic Indicators declined 0.3 percent in November, the fourth straight drop but slower than prior months. Analysts expect the economy to shrink less in Q1 1982 and start genuine recovery by mid year, as six of ten indicators fell led by a drop in business liquid assets.
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Commerce Department
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Carbondale mayor questions cheaper weed cutting plan
Carbondale Mayor Hans Fischer challenged city staff to prove they can cut weed control costs more efficiently than CMAD. An informal council meeting debated the administration’s plan to bid out the 1982 weed season while CMAD warned of higher costs under the new per acre formula, with no action taken.
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Evan M. Davis
Sammye Aikman
Neil Dillard
Archie Jones
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Fischer
Helen Westberg
Ratter
Eee
CMAC
Clark Vineyard
Robert Hisgen
Vineyard
Carroll Fry
Aikman
IDOT to resurfacing Illinois 14 34 through Benton
IDOT will fund resurfacing on Illinois 14 from Interstate 57 to the Public Square and Illinois 34 from the Public Square to city limits in Benton. Estimated cost is 235000 dollars with completion in about 65 working days. Work likely after IDOT fiscal year ends June 30, 1982. contract to be awarded then. Streets remain open with minor inconveniences expected. City Council approved the project contingent on city attorney approval. Mayor Leland Brown welcomed the move.
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IDOT
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Carbondale
Illinois 14
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Illinois
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Benton
Ron Giacone
Detective jogging officer kills motorist in interstate gunbattle
East St. Louis detective Ronald Matthews, 9-year veteran, exchanged shots with a driver, Henry Thompson, on Interstate 64. Thompson died after trying to run the officer down as a woman passenger hid in the car. The passenger was arrested. Matthews was unharmed. The woman said Thompson attempted to rob and sexually assault her.
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Ronald Matthews
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Roberts pleads innocent to federal tax charges
Thomas C. Roberts 46 of Marion pleaded innocent in Benton Federal Court to four counts of failing to file quarterly income tax returns for periods ending December 1977 through September 1978. A pretrial conference was scheduled for January 7 and a jury trial for January 25, with bond set at 10 000 and security at 2 500.
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Marion
Benton
Roberts
Internal Revenue Service
Williamson County
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Ding
Kenneth Meyers
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