Truck spills popcorn after 51 and 51 crash
A semi-trailer tipped over spilling a load of popcorn this morning at the intersection of new U.S. 51 and Old 51 south of Carbondale. Driver Richard Donnell of Fair Dealing Co. was treated and released at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. The owner Missouri Cargo arranged to transfer remaining popcorn to another unit following a probable mechanical failure.
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Richard
Donnell
Fair Dealing Co
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
New U.S. 51
Old 51
Missouri Cargo
Slasher kills six men in Manhattan two days apart
Police report a series of brutal throat slashing attacks in Manhattan, with six men injured and two killed. Victims include Ray Miley 25 from Brooklyn and Michael Fiorentino 40 found at Sara Roosevelt Park. Suspect a hospitalized va grant questioned after being found with a bloody razor.
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New York
Manhattan
Thomas Fahey
Macy’s Department Store
Sara Roosevelt Park
Bowery
Brooklyn
Ray Miley
Miley
Fahey
Bellevue Hospital
Michael Fiorentino
CIPS to contest order to resume Consol coal supply
CIPS announced plans to appeal a federal judge’s order directing the utility to resume buying coal from Consol’s Hillsboro mine in Montgomery County. Attorney David Rosso said an expedited appeal would be sought and that the record does not support the injunction. Ackerman set 1.7 million tons per year and Consol must post a 145 million dollar bond.
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Springfield
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
U.S. District Court
Ackerman
CIPS
Hillsboro
Consol
Social Security trustees warn funds near bankruptcy
Social Security Cabinet trustees say two of the three trust funds could be insolvent within a decade. Medicare hospital insurance may be broke in eight to ten years, old age and survivors fund could fail by late 1982, and disability fund remains relatively stronger but would be strained by interfund borrowing. Congress urged to pass Reagan proposals or alternatives achieving the same goals.
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Social Security
Congress
Secretaries of Labor, Treasury
Health and Human Services
Reagan
Old-Age and Survivors Trust
Freeman Spur mayor weighs quitting after pay dispute
Freeman Spur Village President Dale Howell said he has not decided to make his resignation official though he hinted at quitting after leaving a board meeting last week. He questioned his right to $50 monthly expenses in addition to a $30 salary and said he would wait for the next meeting to see what the board proposes. Howell noted village presidents typically receive the full $80 and argued three days of pay were lost on village business.
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Freeman Spur
Dale Howell
Howell
Holiday traffic death toll hits 537
At least 537 people died in traffic accidents on national highways over the Independence Day weekend, higher than last year but within the National Safety Council forecast. The Pacific coast reported 537 deaths at midnight. The council had estimated 450 to 550 fatalities for the period and 470 for a typical non-holiday weekend. Last year 461 died. the record three-day Fourth of July weekend was 638 in 1971.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Pacific Coast
Council
Classified Rates and Post Office Information
Delivery terms for Sunday through Friday at 5.75 dollars per month with motor route options. Rates for 18 county outside circulation area and Illinois shown for 1 year 65.00 or 75.00, 6 months 35.00 or 40.00, 3 months 18.00 or 21.00, 1 month 6.50 or 7.50. Not mailed where carrier service. Office phone numbers listed for Carbondale, Herrin, Arion. Classified numbers provided. Postmaster address for address changes: Southern Ilinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
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Ilinois
Carbondale
Herrin
Arion
Guardsmen greet congregation on God and Country Day
In Salem Illinois the First Baptist Church welcomed uniformed National Guardsmen at the doors, forcing entry through a side door as part of God and Country Day. About 50 youngsters later brought American flags during the service, underscoring concerns about religious freedom.
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Salem, Ill
First Baptist Church
National
David Hampton
God and Country Day
Custody dispute leads to unlawful weapon charges in Pinckneyville
Steven D. Wuhlig 20 of Bluffs Illinois faced charges of unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated assault after police say he pointed a 357 Magnum pistol at Danny Evans during a custody dispute at the Pizza Pit in Pinckneyville. The incident began around 2 p.m. near South Main Street, with Evans attempting to intervene as Wuhlig argued with his ex-wife over their 2 1/2 year old son. Wuhlig fled with the child toward Illinois 127 before being arrested near Nashville by Washington County authorities. He remains in custody. no charges against him for taking the child. Washington County authorities also charged him with unlawful use of a weapon and illegal transportation of alcohol.
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Bluffs
Ill
Pinckneyville
Steven D. Wuhlig
Danny Evans
Pizza Pit
South Main Street
Wuhlig
Sheila
Evans
Restau
Illinois 127
Nashville
Washington County
Switlik sentenced to four years in fatal knife fight case
Michael Switlik Jr of West Frankfort was sentenced to four years on a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter in the July 8 1980 stabbing death of Randall Harrum 22 and aggravated battery for injuring Rich Summers 19 both of West Frankfort The plea replaced a trial and a related charge of attempted murder was dismissed Judge Loren P Lewis ordered two four year terms to be served concurrently
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Switlik
Michael Switlik Jr
West Frankfort
Randall Harrum
Rich Simmers
Franklin County
Loren P. Lewis
Frankfort
Harrum
Summers
Riots Rock Liverpool injuring police and looting
Clouds of smoke hung over Toxteth as 185 police were injured and 70 people jailed after an eight hour riot spree. Officers fired tear gas to retake control while looters smashed windows and attacked police with missiles. Authorities cited two nights of disorder with 255 police injured in total, amid tensions following a separate Southall melee.
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Toxteth
Kenneth Hoskisson
Merseyside
Peter Wright
Southall
Mathematician Nathanson Named Dean at Rutgers Newark
Mathematics professor Melvyn G Nathanson of Southern Illinois University Carbondale will become dean of the graduate school at Rutgers University Newark. He will assume the dean position on July 13 after serving at SIUC since 1971.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Melvyn G. Nathanson
Rutgers University
Newark
N.J
Nathanson
SIUC
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