Haig condemns Soviet role at Chicago Solidarity Day rally
Secretary of State Haig told a Chicago Solidarity Day rally that Soviet actions cast a long shadow over East West relations. AFL-CIO leaders and Polish American groups organized the event with 8,000 of 15,000 seats filled at the International Amphitheatre. Speakers urged opposition to martial law in Poland while messages from world leaders aired in a later television program Let Poland Be Poland.
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New York Times
Poland
Alexander M. Haig
Chicago
Haig
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
International Amphitheatre
James R. Thompson
Jane Byrne
Illinois
Charles Percy
Alan Dixon
Robert Gibson
Presi
Reagan
United States
Europe
Japan
New York
Dallas
West Germany
London
Brussels
Tokyo
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Francois Mitterrand
France
Helmut Schmidt
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Rain Snow Mix Snarls Southern Illinois Travel
Rain drenched the region then snow covered parts of Southern Illinois delaying travel. Four inches fell in Sparta by 9 30 p m and Red Bud recorded four inches as counties faced slick roads and high water. ICG tracks flooded Makanda while many roads closed or under water. The forecast calls for clearing flurries by today with near freezing temperatures tonight.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Sparta
Red Bud
Randolph
Washington
National Weather Service
Mildred Mignone
Marion
Illinois 13
Harrisburg
Illinois
Illinois 148
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Della Street
Benton
Peanut Hill
Union County
Clear Creek
Perry County
Pyatt Blacktop
Captain Mine Road
Perry County Sheriff’s
Williams case recalls bride who drowned on honeymoon
The trial of Wayne Williams in Atlanta hears possible links to 26 other murder victims. Legal scholars say prior crimes may influence jurors, as judges allow historical pattern evidence citing an English case about a drowned bride on her honeymoon.
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Williams
Bride
Timothy Harper
Associated Press
Wayne Williams
Atlanta
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Clarence Cooper
Olin Lays Off 43 More in Orchill Area
The Olin Corporation cut 43 additional workers in its Orchill Area unit due to the end of one contract and slower delivery on another, bringing total recent layoffs to 103. Manager Dick Owen says further layoffs aren’t expected this year, with hopes to reinstate about half in late spring or early summer as shifts resume on a government contract.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Olin Corporation
Orchill Area
Owen
Olin
Herrin
Indicted IDES workers suspended without pay pending discharge
Three Illinois Department of Administrative Services employees were indicted by a Jackson County grand jury on theft bribery and perjury charges. They were suspended without pay and may be fired, with possible Civil Service Commission review and back pay options. Named are Joseph Garella Ernest L Allen Paul Escue plus others indicted include Harry Wiggs and James Leroy Earl.
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Illinois Department of Administrative Services
Jackson County
Department of Administrative Services
Civil Service Commission
Department
Ernest L. Allen
Ninth St
Murphysboro
Administrative Services Department
Paul Escue
Route 1
Makanda
Carbondale
Harry J. Wiggs
N. 16Th St
Carbondale Auto Supply
James Leroy Earl
N. Fair, Marion
Illinois Department of Transportation
Oregon paper says S I U C man indicted
Eugene Register Guard reports Arthur S. Gloster SIUC Office of Computer Affairs director charged by a federal grand jury in Portland with mail and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud an insurance company of about 26000. Gloster, 43, formerly SIU Eugene computing director, now lives in Carbondale. Maximum penalty 25 years and 5000 fine.
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Eugene
Ore
SIUC
Albert Somit
Gloster
Rome
U.S. Atty
Tom Coffin
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