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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1982
Page
1
The 1981 inflation rate rose 8.9 percent, the smallest gain in four years, with December up 0.4 percent. Declines in mortgage rates accompanied slight housing price upticks, while food and transportation costs slowed from 1980 levels. Medical care costs rose sharply, and the unadjusted CPI reached 281.5 in December.
Two miners perished after a roof collapse deep inside an eastern Kentucky coal mine near Phelps. The incident followed a wave of prior deaths in Kentucky mines, fueling calls for stronger federal safety oversight and criticizing Reagan era mine safety staffing cuts.
Benton Mayor Leland Brown urged Franklin County mayors to press the county board in March to form a countywide police system. A dispatch center concept could cut costs, though space and staffing issues at the sheriff and dispatch center pose hurdles. Officials envision zone officers, a county board governed merit system, and per capita funding, with most current officers kept employed.
Jean Ness reports a sixth grade talented education class in Carbon Dale where student agencies competed to win toothpaste pizza bubble gum skateboards and electric cars. The exercise teaches group cooperation responsibility and life skills as students handle balance sheets and decisions while an income tax unit looms.
Police Chief Roy Pinkston resigns effective January 29 after alderman Carroll Kelly accused him of spending too much time at the fire station and failing to file monthly reports. Pinkston denies the charges and says the move could help the department. The city will hire a new patrolman while council meets February 1. a successor has not been named.
National Weather Service forecast shows rain ending tonight and a colder morning ahead. Temperatures fall to the upper 30s with mostly cloudy and windy conditions. Saturday brings continued cold with falling temperatures, then partly cloudy and cold Sunday and Monday. A warmer Tuesday brings a chance of rain, highs in the 20s to 40s and lows around 10 to 20s.
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