Snipers strike 18 trucks across twelve states
Independent truckers protest spreads as snipers fire on at least 18 trucks in 12 states. Illinois Gov. James Thompson threatens National Guard if violence erupts while officials report stopped trucks and slowing diesel sales. Alabama cites a fatality as National Guard and police guard fuel routes. The strike threatens food and fuel supply lines, with major trucking and farming groups weighing deregulation ideas and calls to keep roads open.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
James Thompson
National Guard
Illinois
Mpson
Carter
Marion
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Kentucky
Minnesota
Utah
Oregon
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Getty
Bob Tessitore
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Local 8924
Providence
ITA
Independent Truckers Association
Alabama
FBI
Fob James
Robert C. Tate
Birmingham
William J. Hill
Independent Truckers
Unity Committee
Litter Getter tested on Illinois highways
A prototype oversized vacuum cleaner named the Litter Getter was tested along Illinois highways in Carbondale by IDOT District 9 and the Federal Highway Administration. The device aims to lift litter while saving labor and costs, with field tests in Illinois Pennsylvania and Ohio and a total development expense around 190000 dollars.
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Illinois
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Illinois Department of Transportation
District 9
Carbondale
Federal Highway Administration
Carl DeWitt
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Springfield
Highway Administration
DeWitt
Gerald Love
The
Federal
Love
Serbian bomb maker hijacker ends 22 hour Chicago to Ireland drama
Nikola Kavaja a 45 year old Serbian nationalist bomb maker surrendered on a Shannon Ireland bound Trans Atlantic flight after hijacking an American Airlines 707 from New York to Chicago. He released 136 passengers in Chicago and flew back to New York then to Ireland with a lawyer and three crew. No one was harmed. FBI identified Kavaja and noted he was free on bond in the United States. He faced Chicago sentencing in a 1975 Yugoslav consul home bombing.
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Shannon
Ireland
American Airlines
Chicago
New York
FBI
United States
Nikola Kavaja
Paterson
N.J
Five sailors recount piracy survival voyage in Texas coast
Five American sailors from the Nooderkroon told authorities of a pirate capture and three day drift after a shrimp boat crew lured them aboard, then forced them into a hold. They were released near the Yucatan after drifting, paddling to shore and walking toward habitation.
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Raymondville
Texas
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Colon
Panama
Tampico
Yucatan
House backs Panama canal pact amid secret session vote
President Carter appears set for a foreign policy win as the House approves a bill to implement treaties turning the Panama Canal over to Panama. The chamber rejected an amendment that would have forced Panama to pay all costs, with Illinois Republicans Crane Corcoran and Danville’s Crane voting for the bound costs. The bill would hand the canal to Panama on October 1, while a U.S. controlled commission runs it until December 31, 1999.
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Washington
Carter
House
Panama Canal
Panama
Illinois
Philip Crane
Elmhurst
Dan
Danville
Tom Corcoran
Ottawa
Anastasio Somoza
U.S
First Day of Summer Brings Heat in Southern Illinois
Frank Suhadolnik notes today marks the official start of summer with the summer solstice at 5 56 p m in Southern Illinois and a high in the low 90s. The heat pushes residents to turn on air conditioning as the season begins.
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Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Weekend Warmth Forecast and Solstice Heat Trend
A National Weather Service outlook shows highs in the upper 80s to near 90s this weekend with clear skies and cooldown nights in the 60s. Last year’s hot spell near the solstice included multiple 90s days and a peak 99, with only about a quarter inch rainfall in two weeks, while this year’s pattern suggests a hotter rest of summer if pleasant conditions persist. The article also notes ongoing science on cancer risk and references political actions on abortion clinic regulation and renter tax breaks.
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St. Louis
National Weather Service
Meadowlands seeks Hambletonian purse boost to 625 thousand
The Meadowlands Race Track aims to raise the Hambletonian trotting classic purse to 625000 dollars or more if the bid succeeds. Tim Bleyer will emphasize attitude and discipline as the new head basketball coach at Carterville High School.
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Meadowlands
Tim Bleyer
Carterville High School
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