Train derailment in Thermal involves radioactive americium shipment
A mile long freight train carrying radioactive americium derailed near Thermal California injuring five people all Mexican nationals. Officials said no significant radiation risk despite initial reports of uranium. Investigators noted 14 of 55 cars derailed with one crew member injured and emergency crews deployed.
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Thermal
Calif
Kim Wong
California Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Wong
Southern
Tony Adams
Southern Pacific
Riverside
Fire Division
Bruce Cowie
Franklin ambulance seeks Benton housing in cold weather
Benton Mayor Leland Brown will ask the city council to provide temporary housing for the Franklin County Emergency Medical Service’s Benton ambulance to keep it indoors during cold weather. The service plans to fund improvements to a pole barn near Franklin Hospital, while efforts launch to raise the money. A chamber committee will study fundraising options, as the hospital previously agreed to use the garage if improvements are covered. The chamber also announced a spaghetti dinner January 15 and a wrestling event January 29 with tickets available at the chamber office or local merchants.
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Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinoisan
Benton
Leland Brown
Franklin County Emergency Medical Service
Benton Ambulance
Brown
Benton Chamber of Commerce
West City Village Board
Franklin Hospital
Bailey Williams
Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Rice
Richard Morton
Chamber
Benton High School
City Hall
Flowers
Dave
High overtime costs may justify expanded Christopher police staff
Christopher Illinois overtime costs prompt talk of expanding the police force. Alderman Phil Steinmetz says the four person department could hire another officer, noting overtime already funds a fifth officer. Police Chief Randy Appino cites traffic and activity on Illinois 14 and 148 as the key busy factors.
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Christopher
Phil Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Randy Appino
Appino
Illinois 14
Illinois 148
Three Franklin County burglary suspects arrested
Three area burglary suspects were arrested in Franklin County for break ins over the past three months in West Frankfort and Thompsonville. Larry Sandler 21 of West Frankfort and Thompsonville Johnny Andrews 17 of rural West Frankfort and a juvenile were taken into custody December 29 by sheriff deputies and West Frankfort police. Sgt John Moore said eight to ten homes and businesses were burglarized. The juvenile was released to parents. one man remains in Benton jail and another was released on bond with more arrests pending.
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West Frankfort
Thompsonville
Larry Sandler
Johnny Andrews
Franklin County
John Moore
Moore
Benton
Southern Illinoisan subscription rates and offices
The Southern Illinoisan lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery, noting 18 county outside area pricing and in state options. Office contacts for Carbondale Herrin and Marion are provided along with classified ad numbers and post office box.
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Southern Illinoisan
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Southern Iinoisan
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Illinois
Marion
III
Suspect arrested in Brink's heist linked to BLA ties
Philadelphia police captured Anthony LaBorde, tied to a Brink's truck robbery last October that left two officers and a security guard dead. He is also wanted for a New York City officer murder and April ambush, with FBI linking him to the Black Liberation Army and a 1979 Kesimard escape. Arrest followed a road encounter ending with a weapon bag and a head injury for the suspect.
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Philadelphia
Anthony LaBorde
New York City
William Demski
Demski
LaBorde
FBI
Black Liberation Army
Joanne Kesimard
BLA
New Jersey
Sault
Rockland County
N.Y
Kenneth Gribetz
Brink
Marilyn Jean Buck
Nyack
Nanuet
Katherine Boudin
David Gilbert
Judith Clark
Samuel Brown
The
Weather Underground
Nathaniel Burns
Queens
John Scarangello
Richard Rainey
Joseph Ortiz
Washington, D.C
Temple University Hospital
Ortiz
UAW Leaders Meet to Discuss Contracts
UAW bargaining councils weigh reopening talks with Ford GM and AMC amid pressure to curb labor costs as U.S. auto sales slump. Executive Board lifted ban on reopening, rooms reserved near Ford HQ in Dearborn, with job security pledges demanded.
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Chicago
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Douglas Fraser
Dearborn
Mich
U.S
American Motors Corp
Sniper Gets 30 Year Sentence in Metro-East Attacks
Roy Wright, 23, of East St. Louis, was sentenced to 30 years for his role in a series of tire-shooting sniping incidents on Metro-East highways. He helped terrorize a Granite City couple on Interstate 64 near Washington Park last August 1, one of six attacks involving three suspects.
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Belleville
East St. Louis
Roy Wright
Granite City
Shirley Voegeie
Interstate 64
Washington Park
Wright
Student sues American Express over lost travelers’ checks
Pontiac College student James A. Strock of Illinois State University sues American Express in Circuit Court for $50,000 claiming libel and breach of contract after an London refund denial. He says a London office clerk labeled him a liar and kept his passport during a January 1980 trip through Ireland Norway and England where $280 in checks went missing.
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Pontiac
Britain
American Express
James A. Strock
Illinois State University
Ireland
Norway
England
London
Strock
John Doe
ComEd Seeks Up To $800 Million Rate Increase
Commonwealth Edison Co, the state's largest electric utility, plans to seek a rate hike of as much as 800 million dollars, reports said today, potentially boosting consumer bills by up to 20 percent. The filing could be the largest ever with the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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Chicago
Ap) Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Polish primate blasts martial law in public sermon
Archbishop Jozef Glemp condemned coercion and urged restraint as martial law pressed Poland into silence. He criticized forced Solidarity resignations, prison conditions, and social division, calling for nonviolence while authorities reported thousands detained and troops massed around Warsaw.
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Associated Press
Poland
Warsaw
Jozef Glemp
Solidarity Labor Federation
St. John’s Cathedral
Carolina Stefan Wyszinski
Boguslaw Stachura
Ned
Radio Warsaw
Solidarity
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