Murphysboro appoints Graeff as high school principal
Murphysboro Unit District 186 selects Bob Graeff, former assistant principal, as Murphysboro High School principal for 1985 86 after a two hour executive session. The 4 1 vote included one present with Barbara Hughes voting no and Arbeiter present. About 360 residents signed petitions in his favor along with 125 students.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Bob Graeff
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Unit District 186
Graeff
Ken Carr
Chuck Meadows
E.L. McLaughlin
Gary Raines
Ernest Bozarth
Barbara Hughes
Barbara Arbeiter
Bill Schwartz
Orchard Hills
Hal Killebrew
Delaine Edwards
Carr
Marcina Coching
Hijacked plane returns to Beirut after 13 hour Mediterranean flight
Hijackers seized a Jordanian jetliner in Beirut and forced a 13 hour flight over the Mediterranean before returning to Beirut and freeing five passengers. The Boeing 727 then flew again but returned after attempting to pass through Syrian air space, with over 70 aboard including two Americans. Five hostages were released including a Lebanese heart patient and his wheelchair bound relatives.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Syrian
Tunis
Larnaca
Cyprus
Palermo
Sicily
Sky Pirates
World A2 to Sports C24: Regional B7 to Landers C16 Calendar
An index page listing sections and page numbers for regional, sports, world, and calendar items. Highlights include Deaths B9, Opinions B8, Classified C26, and TV C19 with a cinegraph and comics at C15. The spectrum of coverage points to local and national briefs across B and C sections.
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Landers
Fight to Save Exotic Birds Ends in USDA Action
Elizabeth Renshaw reports Mrs. Doris Luton owner of Bird-Dee Wings and Things in Cape Girardeau Mo fought USDA efforts to cull her 900 exotic birds to curb Newcastle disease. Officials destroyed the store and home flocks after a Raleigh North Carolina parrot and a Louisville Kentucky bird tested positive, prompting a federal response and the department to kill the birds.
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Southern
Elizabeth Renshaw
Doris Luton
Vem
Mrs. Luton
Bird-Dee Wings and Things
Cape Girardeau
Newcastle
USDA
Luton
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Dioxin exposure feared for 108 workers at Monsanto plant
Court documents obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch show health tests of 108 workers at Monsanto Co. in Sauger Illinois indicated most exhibited symptoms linked to dioxin exposure. Tests conducted in October 1979 on employees at the W. G. Krummrich Plant are cited. Monsanto's attorney said the findings confirmed the workers were healthy.
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ST. Louis
Monsanto Co
Sauger
Ill
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Monsanto
W.G. Krummrich
Karen Quinlan dies in New Jersey at 31
Karen Ann Quinlan died at 7 01 p m in Morris Plains New Jersey at age 31 after a decade in a coma and a landmark right to die case. Death followed respiratory failure due to pneumonia while she remained in a chronic vegetative state. The New Jersey Supreme Court allowed removal from a respirator in 1976, a decision upheld amid public attention and legal debate.
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Morris Plains
N.J
Karen Ann Quinlan
Miss Quinlan
Morris View
James Wolf
John F. Merrigan
New Jersey Supreme Court
Julia
Banks balk at reporting large deposits in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois bank officials resist a state task force push to report suspicious bank transactions under 10,000 dollars. Don Robinson of Bank of Benton says banks should not act as police but should be good citizens. The article notes resistance among local executives to broaden reporting requirements.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Don Robinson
Bank of Benton
Robinson
Banks weigh voluntary reporting of cash transactions
AS class expresses reservations about a state task force letter urging banks to voluntarily report unusual cash transactions under 10 000 dollars. Task force says tips would aid money laundering probes that could touch drug rings. Bank officials express reluctance on reporting smaller amounts while some support compliance.
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Michael Travelstead
du Quoin
Internal Revenue Service
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Murphysboro Library
Sydney Oars
Appleton
Don Gladden
Gladden
Ing
Venita Freeman
Springfield
House
House Financial Institutions Committee
Lee Daniels
Daniels
Citicorp
Senate
Philip Rock
Illinois Bankers Association
Rock
Supreme Court
Turkey
Egypt
Louisville
Keith Hand
Washington
Department
Quinlan
Task Force
John McCutchen
Charlotte Baggett
Bank of Marion
Charles Renfro
First National Bank & Trust Co
Carbondale
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