Bus route transfer delayed by paperwork and talks
Negotiations to shift Gulf Transport Co intercity routes to West Bus Service in Carbondale stall on paperwork. Alabama firm may file abandonment petitions by June 23 with the Illinois Commerce Commission, while Murphysboro depot faces ticket sales halt and pending route details.
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Fiorina
Baseball Scoreboard Highlights From Today
Cubs edged by Scoreboard Cards 2 to 1 while Angels defeated White Sox 6 to 3. Expos topped Mets 5 to 4 in a tight trio of exhibitions.
Coffee intake linked to higher lung cancer risk study
Minneapolis researchers report drinking five or more cups daily raises lung cancer risk, with coffee and smoking effects magnifying each other. Dr Leonard Schuman of the University of Minnesota notes smoking alone boosts cancer risk tenfold, while heavy smoking plus coffee raises risk to about 40 times that of nonusers.
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Leonard Schuman
University of Minnesota
Schuman
Weather Today and Monday Heat Details
A brief weather note reports hot conditions today with highs in the 90s. Monday's outlook remains very warm across regions with continued high temperatures and heat risk.
Index Area News Highlights and Calendar Snippets
A compact note lists key sections including News B9 Business B12 13 Calendar C28 32 Class C28 32 and Sports C17 22. It references Opinion D26 Deaths B14 World A2 People C23 Gallery E33 Landers E36 Horoscope E36 Lottery A2 and other features across the newspaper.
Illinois Build Illinois proposals split area legislators
Southern Illinois lawmakers split along party lines over Build Illinois with Democrats backing a pay as you go plan funded by a used car tax and Republicans backing Gov Thorpe on revenue bonds. Key figures include Sen Glenn Poshard and Rep Charles Goforth with Dunn supporting the governor, while Phelps endorses the Democratic approach.
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Tim Landis
Springfield
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Build Illinois
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du Quoin
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Tamaroa
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Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Poshard
Illinois
Thompson
Southern
Dunn
Goforth
David Phelps
D-Eldorado
US planed rescue looms as Beirut hostage crisis widens
Beir ut n reports claim US military operation planned to free 40 American hostages held since June 14 aboard a hijacked TWA jet. Nabih Berri warns air activity could harm hostages while US Marines join Nimitz group off Beirut amid diplomatic pressure and stalled negotiations.
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Nimitz
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Reagan vows justice for slain Marines at memorial
President Reagan vowed to find the “jackals” who killed four U S Marines in El Salvador and pledged that killers will face earthly and divine judgment. He placed Purple Hearts on the coffins at Andrews Air Force Base as families and officials watched, with Shultz Weinberger and McFarlane present. The ceremony followed a deadly cafe attack in San Salvador that also killed two civilians and seven others.
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