First 1982 area baby to Christopher couple
Jason Brandon Daugherty, 9 pounds 7 ounces, born at 9:34 a.m. Friday at Union Hospital West Frankfort, is Southern Illinois first baby of 1982. His parents Mary and Lawrence Daugherty of Christopher say he is their third son. Melissa Mitroka, born at 9:45 a.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital Carbondale, would have claimed the honor had he arrived later.
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Christopher
Bonnie Marx
Jason Brandon Daugherty
Southern Illinois
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Jason
Melissa Mitroka
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Melissa
Charles
Cynthia Mitroka
Royalton
Mary
Lawrence Daugherty
Daugherty
John
Ryan
Royal Brass and Hose Co
Benton
West Virginia
Shir Gerlach
Sparta
Herrin Hospital
Dwayne
Debra Jackson
Reagan staff shakeup seen by James Gerstenzang
The White House signals a shakeup in national security staff as Richard V. Allen may step down while on leave during an internal probe. President Reagan met with Haig Clark and Deaver at his Palm Springs base amid foreign policy work and a planned Schmidt meeting.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Palm Springs
Calif
Reagan
Allen
White House
Washington
Edwin Meese III
Helmut Schmidt
California
George Bush
Meese
Bush
Administration
Special
Larry Speakes
Alexander M. Haig Jr
William P. Clark
Haig
Michael K. Deaver
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
National Security Council
Clark
Richard V. Allen
Speakes
Ghana restructures after coup as Rawlings suspends parliament
In Abidjan and Accra the new PNDC led by Jerry Rawlings dismissed Parliament and the constitution, banned political parties, and pledged democratic restructuring. He denounced corruption, warned against external and internal enemies, and imposed a nationwide curfew with exemptions for essential workers. Communications and borders were cut as security measures followed the coup, the fifth in Ghana since independence.
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Susan Linnee
Associated Press
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Air Force
Jerry G. Rawlings
Accra
Hilla Limann
Radio Accra
Benton high school board to meet on new contract
Benton Consolidated High School District 103 Board of Education will meet at 1 p.m. today to consider a contract proposal from the teachers union and avert a strike set for Monday morning. Superintendent Albert Gulley expressed hope for a settlement and reopening Monday. the district would close if teachers do not report.
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Benton Consolidated High School District 103 Board of Education
Albert Gulley
Benton Education Association
Ed Miller
BEA
David Hurley
Gurley
Uncertain Weather With Showers And Snow Flurries
Weather today likely with showers and thunderstorms, high in the upper 50s to low 60s. Showers may transition to snow flurries tonight as winds turn southerly at 12 to 22 mph. After midnight temperatures fall to the mid 20s with an 80 percent rain chance.
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National Weather Service
Pickup gridiron duel on West Cherry Street in Carbondale
In Carbondale local pickup football heatedly contested on West Cherry Street as a backdrop to national college title and pro playoff routs. The scene shows Chuck Allen Rick Tri bold Howard Granat Shannon Dally Tony Fanning Don Cash and Logan Goodan posing, with notes guiding readers to Page 9 for Clemson No. 1, and Page 11 for AFL bowls. Southern Illinoisan photo by Jerry Lower.
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West Cherry Street
Carbondale
Chuck Allen
Rick Triebold
Howard Granat
Shannon Dally
Tony Fanning
Don Cash
Logan Goodan
Clemson
San Diego
Dallas
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Jerry Lover
Jeff
Mary Daugherty
Schmidt
James Reston
Rawlings
Limann
People’s National Party
Provisional National Defense Council
Rawlins
PNDC
Defense Ministry
Ann Landers
Rts
Southern Illinoisan
Jerry Lower
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