Missing Eastern jet over Andes. Ambassadors wife feared aboard
U S and Bolivian planes comb the snow covered Andes for Eastern Airlines Flight 980 missing after last contact minutes before 7 48 p m arrival in La Paz Bolivia authorities reported at least seven Americans among the 33 aboard Fog and high altitude hampered the search as crews examined the Bacon region near Cochabamba state Five or six Bolivian air force planes joined the hunt while officials considered hijacking unlikely and no trace of the Boeing 727 was found.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.S
Andes
Eastern Airlines
Royce Fichte
Fichte
Bob Hunter
Miami
Richard McGraw
Eastern
Asuncion
Paraguay
Rene Osorio
el Alto
First baby born in seven-county Southern Illinois region
Austin Sparks arrived at 1 12 a.m. on January 1 weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He becomes the first baby among 11 Southern Illinois hospitals in a seven-county area, while his parents and sister Brooke celebrate.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Austin Sparks
Southern Illinois
Austin
Rick Sparks
Sparks
Carterville
Kimberly
Arlene Bazar
Brooke
Sparkses
Reagan aide William Clark plans to resign interior secretary
William P. Clark told President Reagan he will leave as interior secretary in two to three months to return to his California ranch. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Clark felt his tasks were complete and wanted to go home, abandoning a confrontational approach for a conciliatory one. Clark’s exit comes as the Interior Department finalizes its five year plan for offshore oil lease sales due by February and as other Cabinet members reassess their roles.
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Washington
Reagan
William P. Clark
California
White House
Clark
Palm Springs
Calif
Marlin Fitzwater
James Watt
Interior Department
Fitzwater
The
Washington Post
Watt
Congress
Energy
Donald Hodel
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Dick Cheney
R-Wyo
Manuel Lujan Jr
R-N.m
Interior
Ann Dore McLaughlin
T.H. Bell
Rose Queen and princesses arrive in jeans before Pasadena Tournament of Roses
Five hours before the parade, Rose Queen Kristina Kaye Smith and six princesses reached the Tournament House in casual jeans and shirts. In the Queen and Princesses Room, three hairdressers and two Hollywood makeup artists worked as blow dryers hummed against gold walls and mini-chandeliers. Princess Suzanne Walter, 19, a Pasadena City College student, complained she looked awful and asked for more cover for her acne.
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Pasadena
Calif
Kristina Kaye Smith
Suzanne Walter
Pasadena City College
Colorado
New Year's Eve DUI arrests mark region's late surge
On New Year's Eve into New Year’s morning, Williamson County deputies logged four DUI arrests. State police across District 13 reported 15 DUI arrests over the four days, with Jackson County, Carbondale, SIU, Vienna, Franklin, and West City also reporting multiple DUI incidents. One Williamson County crash involving a Johnston City woman injured another driver. Scott Coleman, 23, Herrin, totaled a car and posted a .19 BAC. Coleman was charged with DUI and failure to yield. he bonded out.
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Pete Rosenberg
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Dan McCluskey
McClusky
Illinois 13
Jackson County
Johnston City
District 13
Carbondale
SIU
Vienna
Franklin County
West City
Herrin-Johnston City
Interstate
Scott Coleman
Herrin
Coleman
Herrin, Energy
Illinois State Police
Kimberly Grigsby
Goreville
Penny J. Woods
Carterville
Tom King
Two holiday highway deaths in Southern Illinois
Two holiday fatalities marked the period in State Police District 13 of Southern Illinois. David W. Caldwell, 20, a U.S. Navy serviceman from Onawa, Iowa, died in a one vehicle crash on Illinois 3 in western Jackson County while Nina Camp, 78, of Mount Vernon, died after being struck by a pickup while crossing at Illinois 37 and Prairie Street. The district logged 74 deaths for the year, a 19 percent drop from 1983, with Caldwell killed en route to his Naval Air Station in Atlanta and Camp dying at Good Samaritan Hospital after the collision with Carol A. Tweedy, 27, of Pocahontas, Ark. No tickets were issued.
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Illinois
David W. Caldwell
U.S. Navy
Iowa
Jackson County
Nina Camp
Mount Vernon
Caldwell
Onawa
Naval Air Station
Atlanta
Illinois 3
Illinois 151
Matusky Creek
Mount Vernon City
Camp
Illinois 37
Prairie Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Americans split on school prayer in AP poll
A Media General AP poll of 1 476 adults finds about six in ten favor a constitutional amendment to allow organized prayer in public schools, while less than half attend church regularly. Most believers say God exists with certainty, while abortion amendment opposition sits around one half.
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New York
Media General-Associated Press
Media General
God
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