Britain moves to starve Port Stanley as Falklands siege tightens
Britain pressed Argentina to surrender the Port Stanley garrison as troops vaulted to high ground north of Stanley and ringed about 7,000 soldiers. Marine commandos outflanked defenders and British forces expanded control of northern Falkland waters and supplies while London said 7,500 troops were consolidating and patrolling forward territory. Argentina claimed its patrols routed besieging units.
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Associated Press
Britain
Port Stanley
Falklands
Stanley
Michael Nicholson
Independent Television News
East Falkland
London
Defense Ministry
Argentina
Liberian oil tanker bombed near Falklands report
The 1,075 foot Hercules, a Liberian flag supertanker, was bombed by four engine airplanes about 480 miles northwest of the Falkland Islands, Coast Guard reports. En route from St. Croix to Valdez, the vessel circled South America due to canal constraints.
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New York
Falkland Islands
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Craig Jud
St. Croix
U.S. Virgin Islands
Valdez
South America
Panama Canal
Falklands update reports standoff as fighting resumes
An Argentine communique claims anti aircraft fire repelled three British Harrier jets near Stanley and notes one plane trailing heavy smoke. It says two ships exchanged artillery Monday, but gives no damage or casualty details. Major General Jeromy Moore urged Governor Brig Gen Mario Menendez to surrender, with no reply reported.
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Stanley
Stanley Ted
Remy Moore
Islands
Mario Menendez
Perry approves auxiliary police to aid sheriff after tornado
Perry County Board creates a volunteer auxiliary police for the sheriff's department to improve traffic control after the Conant tornado. Up to 10 officers, non lethal and non arrest powers, with initial staffing of two from Du Quoin and Pinckneyville, and one from Tamaroa, Cutler, and Willisville. $1,000 allocated for equipment from revenue sharing funds.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Perry County Board
Sheriff’s Department
Conant Ma i
Jerry Ae
Conant
Rene Woolsey
Perry County Emerced Services and Disastergency
ESDA
Woolsey
County Board
Pega Board
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Tamaroa
Cutler
Willisville
Hinckley manipulated people say psychiatrist
Washington AP A court heard psychiatrist Dr Park Elliott Dietz testify that John Hinckley created a make believe girlfriend Lynn Collins to win his parents financial support not due to schizophrenia Dietz said the narcissism trait shows in Hinckley's manipulation while defense notes say the Taxi Driver fantasy influenced him and that his relationship with an actress was not delusional evidence.
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Washington
John W. Hinckley
Park Elliott Dietz
Hinckley
Angeles
Dietz
Reagan
Bickle
Jodie Bean
Miss Foster
Harvard Medical School
Severe storms and floods lash Midwest and Northeast states
Wide area storms deliver up to 11 inches in Connecticut and 8 inches in Texas Big Bend. Flooding kills and leaves missing across New England and Rhode Island while tens of thousands lose power in Kansas. Damages exceed 100 million in Connecticut with dozens of bridges and dams washed away.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
New England
St. Louis
Kansas
Ottawa
Cottonwood Falls
Illinois
Plains
Rockies
Big Bend
Jeff Davis
Brewster
Presidio
Connecticut
Essex
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
William A. O’neill
Kansas River Valley
Missouri
Kansas City International Airport
Slater
Marion Officials Seek Charles City Tornado Comeback Model
A 17 member Marion delegation visited Charles City to study its 1968 tornado recovery. Illinois officials will view slides of Charles City damage and the town's rebuilding steps used after the killer May 15 1968 tornado that killed 13 and leveled much of the city of 9800.
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Charles City
Iowa
Marion
Illinois
State Goodrich Co join on coal demonstration project
Springfield The Energy Resources Commission voted to commit 4.3 million dollars in state funds to a 21 million coal demonstration project by B F Goodrich Co. The plan funds a circulating fluidized bed boiler to produce steam for making rubber and vinyl materials at its Marshall County plant to test Illinois coal for industrial use.
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Springfield
Energy Resources Commission
B.F. Goodrich Co
Illinois
Goodrich
Marshall County
Southern Illinoisan Contact and Circulation Details
Publication offices listed in Carbondale and Herrin with street addresses, phone numbers, and postal details. Subscription rates and mailing options shown for 18 county outside area and Illinois residents, plus classified advertising numbers and postmaster address.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Williamson County
Franklin County
De Soto Tightens Penalties for Hydrant Tapping and Parking
De Soto moves to curb water theft by raising hydrant tapping fines to 25 dollars for a first offense and 100 dollars for subsequent offenses. The village also hikes illegal parking penalties from 1 to 5 dollars with a 10 dollar fine for fees paid within 48 hours. A Homecoming Parade route was approved for June 19 starting at the Bank of De Soto.
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Jean Ness
de Soto
Stanley Copeland
Bank of
Giant City cleanup bid awarded for park demolition work
A $3220 bid from Ace Excavating Service of Murphysboro was accepted Monday for demolition and cleanup at Giant City State Park. The project covers three sites including demolition of an old frame building and cleanup where two other buildings were removed.
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Ace Excavating Service
Route 4
Murphysboro
Giant City State Park
Rame
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