Midwife defends home birth amid hospital scrutiny
Margaret Maggie Jihan, a 28 year old lay midwife in Carbondale, faces backlash after a Malaysian couple’s baby died from meconium during delivery. Hospital staff urge action. authorities review possible charges. Jihan says midwifery lacks legal precedent in Illinois and seeks dialogue to reduce polarization while stressing she works only with healthy low risk pregnancies.
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Brenda Sprague
Southern Illinoisan
Margaret
Maggie’” Jihan
Carbonale
Jihan
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital of
Jackson County
John Clemons
Clemons
Illinois
Ms. Jihan
Joseph Billock
Marion
Plans to bomb federal buildings found in Baltimore raid
Documents seized in a Baltimore apartment used by radical groups reveal very detailed plans to blow up the Old Executive Office Building and up to a dozen other federal sites in the Washington area and a building at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. The raid materials also include explosives weapons and revolutionary literature suggesting ongoing efforts to overthrow the U S government. A Navy official said Pentagon lawyers will consider recalling two brothers accused of passing military secrets to the Soviet Union for possible court martial.
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New York
Baltimore
White House
Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U.S
Navy
Soviet Union
John F. Lehman Jr
Pentagon
Justice‘Department
J.B. Finkelstein
Finkelstein
John Anthony Walker Jr
Arthur James Walker
Weather Today Warm Monday Fair Details on Page Ten
Today's weather is warm with no significant precipitation. Monday is forecast to be fair with mild conditions across the region. A fuller report with temperatures and timing appears on page ten.
Leap to death averted by Pinckneyville man on roof
Officers from four agencies spent nearly eight hours Saturday night negotiating with Jim Toler, 30, who climbed the Rhodes Burford Furniture Store roof in Pinckneyville and threatened to jump. A thrown ax landed in the street amid tense standoff as police worked to bring him down safely.
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Pete Rosenberg
Southern Illinois Arr
Pinckneyville
Buiding
Jim Toler
Rhodes-Burford
Toler
Southern Illinois
Evan M. Davis
Davis
Tom Denton
Illinois Department of Criminal Investigation
Collinsville
Illinois
Rescuers Search for Storm Victims Across Three States
National Guard patrolled for looting as rescue teams with bulldozers and dogs hunted for more victims of tornadoes that killed at least 86 in Pennsylvania Ohio and Canada. Governors declared disasters. 22 counties hit. Red Cross opened 27 shelters housing about 1000 disaster victims.
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Associated Press
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Canada
New York
Ontario
New York State
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Darcey Charney
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Beav er Falls tornado leaves town in ruins and casualties
In Beaver Falls Pennsylvania a violent tornado wrecked a three by five block swath destroying about 200 homes and 35 trailers with 15 businesses. Two killed and 30 injured as debris flew through plate glass. Firefighters reported roofs blown off and cars hurled like bowling pins while National Guard units mobilized. In Ontario Canada two tornadoes killed at least 12 and wounded about 150.
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Frank Gerello
Beaver Falls
Gerello
Erie County
Nesses
Roger Seeley
Fred Kiedaisch
National Guard
Richard Comey
Pennsylvania
Ontario
Canada
Twisters
Morning adjustment for Southern Illinoisan staff
Morning publication shifts begin June 10 impacting press crew cited as most disrupted. Pressroom hours move to 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., affecting routines and personal plans while news and sports departments adapt to earlier deadlines. Boss Tony Mikrut pledges individual adjustments to ease the change.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Deon Eaton
Gary Buckles
Mike Hobbs
Buckles
Tony Mikrut
Editor Richard Carter shifts, photo staff to new 3 to 11 schedule
Days newspaper will rotate three photographers to a new 3 to 11 p.m. shift monthly while the editor Richard Carter continues breaking news duties. Pre-press workers will handle late-night pasteup and typesetting tasks as part of the timetable adjustments.
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Richard Carter
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Seth
Syeta
John Walker
Landers
Ment of Criminal Investigation
Illinois State Police
Perry County Sheriff's Department
Pinckneyville Police Department
Jim Policem
Cherrytree
Eaton
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