Southern Illinois mobilizes 8 towns for Saturn site pitch
Eight Southern Illinois communities led by chambers of commerce unite a joint GM proposal detailing 12 potential Saturn plant sites. The effort aims to attract investment and adjust to bureaucratic hurdles, with hopes of attracting other manufacturers. If Saturn fails, a regional brochure will promote the area, with State Sen. Glenn Poshard and local leaders credited for progress and continued work to create well paying jobs.
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Glenn Poshard
Carterville
One Church One Child movement shines in Marion family tale
The Rev George Clements Chicago urged black churches to adopt a child each and cut Chicago area una dopted black children from 700 to 35. In Marion Alfred and Ella Mae Allen foster and adopt across 13 years, now awaiting two more. DCFS places up to 1000 special needs adoptions yearly and oversees overseas adoptions. private arrangements handle healthy white infant adoptions.
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George Clements
Chicago
Tom Teague
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Marion
Alfred
Ella Mae Allen
Allens
Rev
Clements
Allens O. Marion
West Frankfort elects a full planning commission
Mayor Orville Nolen fills eight new slots to bring three city department heads onto the 18 member planning commission. The move aims to secure cooperation on long term city needs including a new water line while balancing potential conflicts of interest with the police chief fire chief and street superintendent serving on the panel. The piece urges focus on future planning and respectful council engagement.
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Orville Nolen
Nolen
Planning Commission
Jamaica crisis sinks U S Caribbean program
The Jamaica riots have left at least seven dead and undermined Washington's Caribbean plan. The article reviews Jamaica's political shift from Manley to Seaga, IMF pressure, debt, inflation, and unemployment, noting U S backing and tourism gains, but highlighting severe shortages, devaluation, and a retreat from socialist policies.
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Percy Hintzen
Pacific News Service
Jamaica
U.S
Caribbean
Reagan
Edward Seaga
Michael Manley
Seaga
United States
United Staes
Manley
Jamba
Vietnam seeks Western aid while weighing Cambodia pullback
In Hanoi diplomats and aid officials say Vietnam needs Western assistance and wants better U S relations but remains locked on Cambodia. They note internal security fears and distrust shape Hanoi's stance while Perez de Cuellar visits, signaling possible shifts.
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Barbara Crossette
New York Times
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Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Javier Perez de Cuellar
United States
Cambodia
Washington
Perez de Cuellar
Indochina
Letters Baby's first teeth need cleaning
Editor, Southern Illinois an. The letter rebuts an ad titled Helping Your Child on page 32, arguing it falsely claims no brushing is needed until age 25 to 33 months. It urges early dental care from five months, detailing how primary teeth prevent space loss, aid chewing and speech, and prevent crowding. Dr. S. Michael Vancil signs with Carbondale.
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Public Servants Refer Seat Belts and Abortion Rulings
In January 1985 the state legislature required seat belt use for front seat passengers hoping to save hundreds of lives annually. Twelve years earlier in January 1973 the U S Supreme Court legalized abortion of a human fetus, and the author asserts this has enabled 1.5 million deaths annually.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Flight from flabby arms will amaze future archaeologists
Russell Baker muses on American obsessions with fat through catalog folklore. He notes McGraw-Hill marketing in May for The Firm Upper Arms Book and Bug Busters, imagining absurd sieges of flies with Vaseline walls and steel wool battalions while quipping on gendered body image and taxes.
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New York Times
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McGraw-Hill
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