Ozark files petition to drop Williamson County service
Ozark Air Lines moves to end service at Williamson County Airport by April 24 citing unprofitable routes and the end of federal subsidy. Airline cites 1981 subsidy ceiling of 940,730 and 345 passengers in December versus 2,288 in Springfield. Air Illinois and Britt Airlines express interest, contingent on Ozark slot negotiations at St Louis. Don Morrison to brief media at 1 p.m. news conference.
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Jim Santori
Southern Illinoisan
Ozark Air Lines
Williamson County
Ozark
Chuck Ehlert
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ehlert
Springfield
Air Illinois
Carbondale
Britt Airlines
Danville
Terre Haute
Ind
Roger Street
Britt
Street
St. Louis
Don Morrison
Apples Hold Ground as Peaches Die in Deep Freeze
A southern Illinois frost paralyzed peach crops while apple trees endured, with growers like Jim West of the Fruit Growers Exchange noting apples survive very cold snaps depending on wind chill. Dormant peach buds perish below five to ten degrees below zero, and some areas plummeted to eighteen below, leaving orchards reliant on apples.
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Eckert Orchards
Jim West
Cobden
Illinois
Reagan plans bold transfer of programs to states
President Reagan outlined a plan to move about 47 billion dollars of federal programs to state and local governments starting October 1983, funding schedules through excise taxes and windfall profits on oil. Officials split on feasibility and impact while critics warn of rising deficits and uneven state burdens.
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Washington
Reagan
Association of Independent Television Stations
State of the Union
White House
Larry Speakes
Congress
Speakes
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
New Jersey
Thomas Kean
TB skin tests given to SIUC students staff after exposure
About 700 SIUC students and professors who were in contact with a student with active tuberculosis are receiving skin tests. Roughly 220 tested in Kellogg Hall dorms. 400 to 500 more from classes and 50 with close contact will be tested. Officials warn TB spreads in confined air and confirm several active and ambulatory cases in the county.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Kellogg Hall
Thompson Point
Lawrence Frisch
SIUC
Health Service
Frisch
Jackson County Health Department
Siegfried Wolff
Jackson County
Wolff
Illinois
I1uc
Mary Ann Kohring
Jackson County Tuberculosis Board
Weather forecast shows cool to mild, with chances of rain
The National Weather Service issues a forecast for the next days. Tonight will be cloudy with a 30 percent rain chance and NW winds 8 to 15 mph, low in the upper 30s. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies, cooler temperatures, and a risk of rain with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Friday turns cold with lows 15 to 25 and highs in the low 30s to low 40s. Saturday and Sunday look fair and warmer, with highs in the 40s and overnight lows mainly in the 20s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois coal output falls after strike year
Illinois coal production dropped by more than 10 million tons from 1980 to 1981. The Department of Mines and Minerals reports 1981 output at 52,412,740 tons, with 1980 at 62,542,417 tons. Final 1981 figures await the annual report later this year. The decline followed the United Mine Workers contract strike that halted most production for 22 months beginning last spring.
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Illinois
Department of Mines and Minerals
United Mine Workers
Reagan plan may push poor to richer states
U S Representative Paul Simon warned that President Reagan’s new federalism could drive poor residents from states with weak welfare systems to wealthier ones like Illinois. He cautioned that Mississippi and similar states could not fund welfare while richer states cover costs, and urged ongoing federal help for the old sick and poor. He also criticized the budget and deficit projections and noted the need to address high interest rates.
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Evan M. Davis
Mississippi
Illinois
David Carle
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Westinghouse
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