Unemployment rate holds nationally in May at 7.3 percent
The national civilian unemployment rate remained at 7.3 percent in May, the Labor Department reported, marking the fourth straight stagnant month. Manufacturing shed 28,000 jobs, with 163,000 manufacturing losses since January, while the service sector added 345,000 jobs, including 111,000 in health and business services. Illinois saw its rate rise to 9.6 percent in May from 9.4 percent in April.
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Washington
Labor Department
Illinois
Chicago
Carbondale schools weigh unit district talks
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 board unanimously approved an exploratory plan to negotiate with five neighboring districts to form a unit district. Leaders from CCHS 165 Unity Point Glendale Giant City and De Soto district weigh potential administrative and facility savings against local control concerns.
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Nancy Weil
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Elementary School District
Carbondale Community
Unity Point Community Consolidated
Giant City Consolidated
Glendale Community Consolidated
de Soto Consolidated
District 95
Gordon White
John Huffman
Carbondale
White
Bill Schwegman
Schwegman
CCHS
Reid Martin
Tures
Martin
Manus Goins
Goins
Carbondale squad car bursts into flames after rear collision
Calvn Stearns, the Carbondale police officer conducting a traffic stop, was treated for minor injuries after a pickup rammed the squad car on Illinois 13 near Giant City Road. David W. Bradley, 24, of Calvert City Kentucky, was arrested for driving under the influence and released on bond. The crash halted eastbound traffic for over an hour as firefighters battled the blaze and investigators sought the source of the explosion inside the 1984 squad car.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Calvin Stearns
Memorial Hospital of
Illinois 13
David W. Bradley
Calvert City
Bradley
Charles McCaughan
McCaughan
Stearns
Yuffies versus Yuppies a market split report
The Lempert Report concludes Baby Boomers born 1946 to 1965 are split into Yuppies and Yuffies. Only about 8 percent earn more than 30000 annually, while around 40 percent earn 10000 or less. The term Yuffies labels Young Urban Failures among Baby Boomers and urges advertisers to reassess market needs.
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Washington
Lempert Report
United States
Ree
U.S
Youngest astronaut Tammy Jernigan named mission specialist
Tammy Jernigan a 26 year old doctoral student in astrophysics at University of California Berkeley was chosen by NASA as a mission specialist making her the youngest astronaut in the program.
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Tammy Jernigan
University of California-Berkley
NASA
Senate OKs non-lethal Contra aid plan approved
The Republican Senate backed 38 million dollars in non-lethal aid to Nicaragua rebels over 18 months, allowing food medicine clothing and transportation support while banning guns bullets and lethal weapons. Debate centered on possible use through CIA channels and radar or helicopter operations.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Nicaragua
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
CIA
Nunn
Reagan
Congress
Senate Democrats
State Department
Paul Simon
D-Makanda
Alan Dixon
D-Ill
Pas
No prosecution for USDA official in PIK program case
Washington AP reports a top Agriculture Department official Everett Rank Jr benefited from a 1.2 million subsidy through the payment in kind program he oversaw. DOJ declined criminal charges citing equitable concerns and possible inadequate legal advice on conflicts of interest. Rank faces an ethics class and a formal letter urging future compliance.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Justice Department
Everett G. Rank Jr
Department
Gerald E. McDowell
Public Integrity
Rank
McDowell
Culture Department
Associated Press
John J. Franke Jr
USDA
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West
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Alton
Gray
Southern Illinois Democrat
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Three Mile Island
Middletown
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Philadelphia
NRC
Roland Page
Dick Thornburgh
Carbondale Schools
Ponder Consolidation
Glendale
John Williams
See
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Kent
Central America
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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