Inland president optimistic about Mine No. 2 comeback
Inland Steel president Robert Darnall toured Inland Coal Co. facilities in Southern Illinois and laid out a plan to cut costs by 20 percent corporate wide over three years while exploring selling coal commercially. He forecast possible hiring at Mine No. 2 near McLeansboro if sales targets materialize and emphasized productivity and advanced mining tech to lift output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Inland Steel Coal Co
McLeansboro
Inland Steel Corp
Robert Darnall
Southern Illinois
Inland
Darnall
Lesser
Longwall Mining
Illinois
Old Ben Coal Co
Franklin County
Miracle comeback: Chicago boy survives near drowning
Jimmy Tontlewicz, pulled from Lake Michigan in 1984, has made remarkable progress a year after the water death scare. He attends kindergarten, swims, and undergoes speech therapy while his parents face separation and financial strain amid ongoing medical bills.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jimmy Tontlewicz
Jimmy
Kathy
Lake Michigan
Terrence
America
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
Kenneth Ditkowsky
Ditkowksy
Crowley
Children’s Memorial
A Home of Their Own Home for the mentally ill in West Frankfort
In West Frankfort a two story house houses six unrelated residents aged 19 to 45 diagnosed as chronically mentally ill. The Midway Group Home of Franklin and Williamson Counties has spent a year dispelling fears from neighbors as it operates like a family unit with breakfast chores dinner and leisure activities.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Midway Group
Mental Health Services of
Franklin and Williamson Counties Inc
One Man Prepares to Leave Group Home for Independence
Lonnie Dahner, 22, of Southern Illinois, is set to move into a single apartment after nine months at Midway Group Home. He has a full time job and supportive friends, saying he is ready to budget, cook, and manage on his own. Independence ahead, he expects no fears in living alone.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisa
Lonnie Dahner
Lonnie
Midway
Jackson to press appeal for kidnapped priest in Lebanon
Rev. Jesse Jackson met with 16 members of Father Lawrence Martin Jenco’s Joliet family in Chicago to discuss freeing the priest and three other Americans and a Saudi diplomat held hostage in Lebanon. Jackson said he will pursue a moral appeal and explore religious and political channels while the family urged action.
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Chicago
Illinois
Lebanon
Jesse Jackson
Beirut
Jackson
Lawrence Martin Jenco
Jenco
Joliet
Operation Push
Jack
John Jenco
Martin
Catholic Relief Services Office
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Hoax suspected in Kuwait Gulf airplane crash report
Officials at Kuwait airport tower said a distress signal from a "crashing jetliner" in the Persian Gulf was likely a hoax. Early reports named Lufthansa and suggested 135 deaths, but traffic supervisor Ali Ustaz doubted the crash occurred and Lufthansa reported no missing planes.
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Manama
Bahrain
Kuwait Airport
Persian Gulf
Kuwaiti
West Germany
Lufthansa
Gulf
Kuwait
Ali Ustaz
Associated Press
Ustaz
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George Ranney
Jane Crowley
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Joe Jines
David Moore
Bruce Williams
Todd Reed
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