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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1982
Page
2
Seven inmates at the U S Penitentiary at Marion attempted an escape at 9 45 p m Wednesday and were apprehended in the outside yard within 60 minutes. Prison spokesman Dean Leech said details on how they escaped were not released and the case is under investigation. Marion houses about 350 inmates.
The Justice Department backed a speedy Supreme Court review of an ERA challenge but warned expedited action may not be advisable. It appealed a Idaho judge’s ruling that Congress lacked power to extend the 1979 ratification deadline and upheld state rescissions, while suggesting the Court could dispose of the Callister ruling without further argument.
Poland's regime says it is considering treating private farmers like state farm workers to boost food output. A bomb in a Warsaw telephone booth caused slight damage with no injuries in the capital, the first violence since martial law began. Agriculture Minister Jerzy Wotetecki outlined proposals to trade meat and grain for fertilizer coal equipment and other goods, aiming to ease farmers complaints. Private farmers provide about 80 percent of Poland's food and have long alleged discrimination in development funds, fueling Rural Solidarity.
Public notice style column lists publication offices in Carbondale Herrin and Marion with contact numbers and carrier and mail subscription rates for various areas. Includes pricing and delivery details, post office box address, and classified advertising numbers.
Snow buried the Northeast as the country faced severe winter storms across the South and East. The death toll reached 177 six days into the freezing weather, with 80 killed in the Air Florida crash in Washington. Rescue efforts faced delays from snow and icy conditions, power outages affected nearly a million, and shelters opened across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
The Marion Housing Authority named the new seven story 100 unit complex on North Market Street Homer Butler Apartments after the late Marion newspaperman and leader. Occupancy is expected by early February with or without earthquake insurance and air conditioners amid cost overruns from a lengthy construction delay.
Mild weather returns to Illinois but snow soon returns with flurries through Friday. Readings may reach into the upper 20s to 30s while a new frigid wall arrives Saturday night. By Sunday morning northern Illinois could see 15 to 25 below zero with southern counties at 5 to 15 below. Death toll from the cold rises to 26 since last weekend.
Alabama imported 100 utility workers from Florida to restore electricity to 750000 people and thousands lit candles or stayed with friends as service slowly returns. Snow grounded flights and paralyzed traffic from New York City to Texas, with 26 states reporting weather deaths and hundreds stranded on I 35 in Texas.
Prosecutors finish case against 10 men charged in the August riot at Kerr-McGee Coal construction site near Galatia. Two defendants see charges dropped. jurors already acquitted Ronny Ego last week. Demonstrators tore fences and damaged equipment, with state police and National Guard dispersing the crowd.
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