Subzero crash injures 129 on South Shore Line trains
Federal investigators probe a head on collision of two South Shore Line commuter trains in Gary Indiana during evening rush hour. The wreck injured 129 people, none critically, as crews freed passengers and hospitals treated victims. The eastbound Chicago to Michigan City train and the westbound Gary to Chicago train derailed. Weather conditions and damaged overhead lines were cited as contributing factors.
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Gary
Ind
United States
Richard Bunton
Chicago
Bunton
Bobby Joiner
Richard Hatcher
Hatcher
Patricia Shadwick
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Board
Ira Furman
Methodist Hospital
Chuck Green
Methodist
Green
Pam Roth
St. Mary Medical Center
Mike Adler
St. Catherine Hospital
Rosemary Moore
Michigan City
Chi
Abortion Ruling Anniversary Sparks Protests Across U S
On the twelfth anniversary of the Supreme Court abortion decision activists on both sides staged events from Cleveland State University potluck music and letters to lawmakers to a Kansas prayer breakfast and a Washington March for Life. Vigil, pickets, and counter protests aimed to avoid violence as authorities reported related bombings and security measures.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
Cleveland
Cleveland State University
Greater Cleveland
Masonic Temple
Religious Coalition For Abortion Rights
Kansas
Kansans For Life
Statehouse
Washington
White House
Supreme Court
Texas
Daredevil Karel Soucek dies from fall at Astrodome
Canadian daredevil Karel Soucek was killed Sunday after plunging 180 feet from the Houston Astrodome during a stunt in a barrel and missing a water tank. Soucek had previously performed a barrel ride over Niagara Falls in July 1984, ending with reporters when he was battered and bleeding.
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Karel Soucek
Houston Astrodome
Soucek
Niagara
Horseshoe Falls
Court Won't Revive Milwaukee Pollution Suit
The U S Supreme Court refused to revive a suit accusing Milwaukee of polluting Lake Michigan. The decision supports the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission after years of legal effort, though it carries mixed implications for residents affected by cross state pollution.
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Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
USS. Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Carl Sinderbrand
Supreme Court
Midwest
Illinois
Michigan
Chicago
Wisconsin
O-2
Sinderbrand
Commission
Goddard junior high principal fatally shot amid school shooting
In Goddard Kansas a 14 year old student James Alan Kearbey opened fire at Goddard Junior High killing principal James McGee and wounding three others Dawn Swearingen Donald Harris and Daniel Williams. Police recovered a M 1 rifle and a .357 pistol on the gunman. The boy, a classmate and a student at the school, faces juvenile court proceedings with potential confinement until age 21.
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Goddard, Kan
America
James Alan Kearbey
Goddard Junior High School
Kearbey
Alan
James McGee
Dawn Swearingen
Donald Harris
Daniel Williams
Wichita
Swearingen
Harris
Williams
Stock optimism masks Florida citrus damage risk in cold snap
The 1985 economic outlook lifted stock averages to record highs while northern Florida citrus growers faced extensive crop damage from a hard freeze. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner warned of widespread harm to citrus and vegetables as orange juice futures surged on the New York Cotton Exchange, with prices rising the maximum five cents per pound.
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Florida
United States
Florida Agriculture
Doyle Conner
New York Cotton Exchange
Louisiana Democrat Rep Gillis Long Dies at 61
Rep Gillis Long, long time Louisiana Democrat and former head of the House Democratic Caucus, died Sunday night at age sixty one from an apparent heart attack at his Washington home. President Reagan paid tribute to Long in his inaugural address.
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Rep
Gillis Long
Louisiana
House
Reagan
Washington
Long
Illinois Vietnam Memorial Drive Seeks Designs
Decatur based Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund launches a design competition to honor 2910 Illinoisans who died in Vietnam or are missing in action. Mike Ferguson, 35, leads the drive from Decatur and notes the form of the monument is undecided.
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Decatur
Vietnam
Mike Ferguson
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Ferguson
Illinois
Young Oak Parkster Eyes Village Presidency Campaign
Ean Barnard a 13 year old Oak Park resident says he gathered more than enough signatures on election petitions to run for village president in the April 2 race though he did not file due to not delaying the election. He made the remark after the filing deadline passed on Monday night.
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Oak Park
Ean Barnard
Chicago
Tax proposals threaten SIU charitable giving
SIU Foundation president Stan McAnally warns three potential federal tax reform plans could devastate charitable gifts to higher education. A Chronicle of Higher Education analysis predicts a 27 percent drop if deductions are limited and tuition benefits taxed. McAnally notes SIU Carbondale would be hit hard, as smaller gifts may continue but large gifts could diminish dramatically.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Congress
Stan McAnally
Southern Illinois University Foundation
SIU
McAnally
Treasury Department
The
Chronicle of Higher Education
Siu-Carbondale
SIUC
Siu-C
Centers to aid farmers in financial distress opened
Two Illinois centers will start March 1 in Benton and Macomb to help financially strapped farmers decide whether to continue farming and plan actions. Call via 800 number for adviser guidance, with confidential sessions and optional face-to-face meetings. If continuing, aid includes cash flow and budgeting planning. if quitting, help finding other work plus family counseling.
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Norm Heikens
Southern Illinoisan
University of Illinois
Benton
Macomb
Peter Bloome
Cooperative Extension Service
Bloome
Mayors to Review By-law A At Southern Illinois Meeting
The Southern Illinois Mayors Association will meet in Chester to discuss a by-law amendment to restore mayors only membership. The event opens at 1 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall with tours of Randolph County Courthouse and the Pierre Menard home. Banquet talks by Stuart Symington Jr. and Steve Sargent are planned.
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Southern Illinois Mayors Association
Chester
Knights of Columbus
Chester-area
KC Hall
St. Mary’s Church School
Stanley Maciejski
Randolph County
Pierre Menard
Kaskaskia State Park
Maciejski
Stuart Symington Jr
Missouri
Steve Sargent
Illinois Municipal League
Buncombe murder trial begins with jury selection
The trial of Mary Batson a 36 year old Dongola woman accused of murdering Brenda Denson in Buncombe last October at a Johnson County Bee Hive Tavern parking lot began with jury selection Monday Eight jurors were impaneled and selection was to resume Tuesday Authorities say Batson drove into Denson following an argument over a cigarette lighter Batson fled the lot and was arrested shortly after near Cypress after her car left the road.
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Mary Batson
Dongola
Brenda Denson
Buncombe
Johnson County
Kenneth Yandell
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Colo
New York Times
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Sacred Congregation For Religious and Secular Institutes
Sallie Ann Watkins
Sisters For Christian Community
Rome
Daredevil
Sunderbrand
U.S
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Wire Services
Rep. Long
Foundation
the Chronicle
SIU Foundation
Aristokraft
Brammer-Decora
Excel Decora
Birkholz Supply Display Warehouse
South Division
Carterville
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