Israel intensifies attacks in Lebanon amid war claims
Israeli sources report three southern Lebanon bombardments by air and sea with land raids on guerrilla bases. The PLO claims to repulse raids while Beirut cites casualties and U.N. counts cross border fire as tensions rise. Washington weighs delaying F 16 deliveries as Begin vows continued strikes.
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Israel
Lebanon
U.S
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Beirut
United States
America
Ets
Galilee
Tyre
Sidon
Reagan
Ottawa
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Beaufort Castle
Zipora Yisad
Misgav Am
Zaharani River
Mediterranean
Nabatiyeh
U.N
Leba
Habib
Begin
Israel Television
Postal unions warn of nationwide strike at midnight
Washington AP union leaders say a nationwide mail strike will begin at midnight if the Postal Service does not concede to a three year contract for about half a million workers. They demand 5 percent yearly raises, a 2.7 percent catch up, retaining the inflation formula, a 35 hour week and an extra holiday.
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Vincent Sombrotto
National Association of Letter Carriers
Moe Bill
Duka
Postal Service
Biller
Sombrotto
Walter E. Duka
Bolger
Justice Department
The
Postal strike looming in Southern Illinois area
With a strike deadline near, the USPS plans contingency steps as the APWU and NALC prep picket lines. Carbondale Postmaster Hubert Goforth says local actions depend on scope, counting on continued box pickups or sealing boxes if needed. Union leader Robert Maurizio warns of a strike despite legal issues, with about 129 local members ready to picket after 11 p.m.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
U.S. Postal Service
Carbondale
Hubert Goforth
Goforth
Illinois
Robert Maurizio
American Postal Workers Union
APWU
Murphysboro bids farewell to Sister Mary Bede
Murphysboro grants a farewell to Sister Mary Bede who departs Aug. 10 after 13 years as administrator of St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. She helped add lay board members and the hospital auxiliary, and will be replaced by Sister Cunegunda Mueller.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Mary Bede
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
The
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
St. Andrew’s School
Sister Mary Bede
Union, Mo
Washington, Mo
Rosie
St. Louis University
St. Vincent Hospital
Taylorville
St. Andrew's
Illinois
Blood
St. Joseph’s
Chamber of Commerce
Cunegunda Mueller
Good Evening Weather Forecast Update
The National Weather Service reports variable cloudiness and warm humid conditions tonight with possible thunderstorms and a low in the low 70s. Tuesday features partly sunny skies, continued warmth, a thunderstorm chance, and a high in the lower 90s. Precipitation chances are 70 percent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday. The Illinois extended forecast shows warm temperatures Wednesday through Friday with a chance of rain Friday, highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s to low 70s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
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