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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1985
Page
6
A charter bus with 71 sixth graders rear ended a stalled milk truck on a Friday trip to an amusement park. One child, Sean Purcell 11, was killed, and 30 others were reported injured as scenes were described as chaotic and frightening by students and bystanders.
U S farm land values dropped 12 percent in the year ending April 1, the Agriculture Department reports. The decline, the largest in a year since the downturn began, reflects farmers’ credit problems, low commodity prices and high interest rates, with the Corn Belt, Great Lakes and Northern Plains hardest hit.
The Agriculture Department report shows April 1 1985 per acre farmland values by region with compare contrasts to 1984. New England states lead gains amid housing demand while Iowa Nebraska and Illinois show large declines up to 29 percent. National average $697 per acre, land value declines tighten farmers finances and affect borrowing.
Greenville Pennsylvania reports that defrocked Lutheran pastor D. Douglas Roth, jailed last winter for defying orders, vows to resume ministry despite his expulsion by a regional synod. Fellow dissident Rev. John Gropp backs the militant Denominational Ministry Strategy. The Trinity Lutheran Church dispute led to a dissolved congregation.
Rev. Jesse Jackson condemned Philadelphia police for the MOVE standoff and its deadly outcome. He called for a federal investigation, decrying excessive force against blacks while urging action and accountability. Philadelphia planned home rebuild by Christmas with temporary housing for 270 homeless, at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars.
Gary Pearl, 39, with a disability benefit of 231.47 weekly, must seek employment with all-white coworkers per Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Board in Louisville. City officials vow to appeal before complying. Civil rights groups condemn the ruling as unconstitutional.
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