Winds whip Southern Illinois with 82 mph gusts and streaming rain
A Monday storm slammed Southern Illinois with gusts up to 82 mph, damaging wide areas as counties reported strong winds and uncertain rainfall. Measurements varied from 0.2 to 0.78 inches, with officials unable to confirm precise totals due to gusty conditions.
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Karen Ramsey
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
National Weather Service
St. Louis
Gorham
Jackson County
Weather Service
Carbondale
Weather Room
Army Corps of Engineers
Bend Lake
Illinois Department of Conservation
Benton
Tal
Robert Hamilton
Radio and TV Stations Go Off Air Amid Southern Illinois Storm
A quick wind and rain storm knocked most Southern Illinois radio and TV stations off air. WCIL Carbondale and WINI Murphysboro returned within 15 minutes after emergency power and line links. WINI used a generator. WSIL Harrisburg, WDDD Herrin, and WTAO Murphysboro faced outages. Marion NWS also disrupted until power was restored.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Informaton
Wcil Radio
Carbondale
WINI
Murphysboro
WCIL
Dale Adkins
Adkins
WSNI
Wsil Television
Harrisburg
Central Illinois Public Service Inc
Herrin
Dutch Doelitzsch
Wddd Radio
WDDD
WHPI
Sara Crawford
WFRX
West Frankfort
Franklin County
WTAO
National Weather Service
Marion
Awning Takes Flight Over Hurst Home In Storm
Wilbert Barney, 67, watched a 16 foot aluminum awning detach from his mobile home at 122 S. King St during Monday’s high winds. The green and white awning flew over the trailer, through two trees and past utility lines without causing damage. It landed in a neighbor’s driveway. Barney valued the awning at 700 to 800 dollars and called it “pretty well torn up.”
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Wilbert Barney
Hurst
S. King St
Barney
Southern Illinoisan Publication Information and Rates
Public notice page lists publication offices Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and rates for delivery by carrier and mail including 18 county area. Lists office phone numbers classifieds and postmaster address for address changes.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Murphysboro
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murph
Independent
Marion
Miss Universe 1981 Crown Goes to Miss Venezuela
Irene Saez Conde of Caracas crowned Miss Universe 1981 as Miss Venezuela defeating 75 other contestants. She receives over 100000 dollars in cash and prizes and dedicates victory to God.
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New York
Irene Saez Conde
Miss Conde
Venezuela
Caracas
Thompson signs money bill for SIU 158 million
Gov James Thompson signs the 158 million appropriations bill for Southern Illinois University SIU will grant faculty and staff average 8 percent raises this year plus 2 percent in January Raises become effective with September paychecks per a memo from SIUC President Albert Lomit Chancellor Kenneth Shaw says he is pleased given state treasury pressures The funding required diverting 27 million from the state retirement system to cover the shortfall Reuters-style wording preserved here.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
James Thompson
Southern Illinois University
Siu-C
Albert Lomit
SIU
Kenneth Shaw
Illinois’ Treasury
Thompson
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
SIUC
Ethaical Project
Veterans’ Office
Du Quoin hires EPA man to run city's sewer plant
The city of Du Quoin hires Phillip Brandenburg from Arcola, an Illinois EPA troubleshooter, to operate the sewer plant as a Class 1 operator. He will begin Aug. 17, addressing three years without a full-time tester and regular effluent sampling. Additional actions include accepting bids for a police car, City Hall painting, a street tractor, and a maintenance building at the water pollution control plant.
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du Quoin
EPA
Brad Berker
Jerry Ozburn
Bill Harris
Rodely
Street Department
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
J Jon City
Illinois
Johnston City
City Clerks Office
City Hall
Bobby G. McAnelly
Polish airliner hijacked to U S base in West Berlin
A Polish LOT flight carrying 50 passengers was hijacked to Tempelhof in West Berlin. A hijacker with a weapon ordered the Antonov 24 to land, one man was taken for questioning by U S military authorities, and no injuries were reported.
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U.S
West Berlin
Larry Seals
Templhof
Berlin Wall
Polk Announces Comptroller Candidacy in Illinois Race
State Rep. Ben Polk of Moline announced his bid for the 1982 Republican nomination for Illinois comptroller. He became the first candidate, making news conferences in Moline and Springfield and planning a Chicago event later today.
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Moline
Ben Polk
Illinois
Cables dragged from Perry County drill site theft
Perry County deputies said $10,000 to $20,000 in damage resulted when cables used by Mountain Geophysical Inc. were hooked to a vehicle and dragged from an oil and gas exploration site east of Du Quoin toward Du Quoin. Most cables recovered but damaged after two to three miles of dragging.
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du Quoin
Perry County
Mountain Geophysical Inc
Denver
East Park Street
Perry
Franklin County
Tim Russell
Russell
Agca boycotts his own trial in protest
In Rome AP reports Mehmet Ali Agca refused to attend his trial for the May 13 Pope John Paul II shooting. Prosecutors sought life imprisonment, labeling him a man of hate and violence. Twenty eight witnesses testified on opening day. motive remains unclear. Defense offered no witnesses.
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Agca
Rome
Mehmet Ali Agca
John Paul II
Italy
St. Peter’s Square
Pietro D’ovidio
Vatican City
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