Coroner's jury blames powers that be in infant death
Jackson County coroner's jury ruled the death of 17 month old Robert Whittington in Murphysboro was caused by abuse and neglect from his mother Dianna Whittington. The verdict followed a pathologist's final report showing death by heart failure due to prolonged abuse. Neighbors testified to long cries and a hostile home environment with alcohol. The jury criticized DCFS and the court for returning the child to the mother and urged action to empower child welfare agencies.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Robert W. Whittington
North Street
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Dianna Whittington
Graff
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Clemens
Anna
DCFS
Circuit Court
State’s Attorney’s Office
Ms. Whittington
Whittington
Paul Binker
Lewis Otterson
Mill Street
Carbondale
Don Ragsdale
William Livingston
Joann Livingston
Evidence of new Soviet long range bomber emerges
The United States cites concrete evidence from a Joint Chiefs of Staff report to Congress that the Soviet Union is developing a new long-range bomber capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The assessment, tied to satellite imagery and intelligence over several years, aligns with Reagan era defense modernization plans and calls for updated air defense and weapons systems.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Chiefs
U.S
Defense
Harold Brown
Defense Intelligence Agency
Senate Armed Services Committee
Weather outlook shows cooling trend into weekend
National Weather Service forecast calls for a clear and colder night with a low in the upper 20s. Friday will be partly sunny and colder with a high in the 30s. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cold with a low in the 20s and a high in the 30s. Sunday turns fair and warmer with lows near mid 20s and highs in the 40s. Monday warms further with lows in the 30s and highs upper 40s to mid 50s.
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National Weather Service
Akron Loses Last Large Tire Plant Amid Economic Shift
Akron, Ohio, with 250,000 residents, faces an identity crisis as General Tire & Rubber Co. plans to close its 1915-built truck tire plant, leaving the city with far fewer manufacturing jobs. Unemployment runs about 11.5 percent, the highest since the 1940s, as corporate offices and research centers replace factories in the postwar era.
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Akron, Ohio
Detroit
General Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Randoloph County mines secure 15 year coal contract
Zeigler Coal Co announces a 15 year coal supply deal from its Spartan and No 11 mines near Coulterville in Randolph County. Up to 300 000 tons annually to Interstate Power Co plants in Lansing Clinton and Dubuque Iowa. Coal moves by train to the Mississippi River Corn Coal Terminal and is barged to Iowa. This follows a 20 year agreement with Tampa Electric for up to 1 million tons yearly.
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Zeigler Coal Co
Randolph County
Interstate Power Co
Lansing
Clinton
Dubuque
Iowa
Spartan
Coulterville
Mississippi River
Zeigler
Houston Natural Gas
Port Industries, Inc
HNG
Tampa Electric Co
CCHS student saves custodian with CPR at school
Carbondale Community High School junior Craig Farris used CPR and quick action to help Willis Lindsey after a heart attack at CCHS Central. Lindsey remains in guarded condition at Memorial Hospital ICU. Farris, trained through Boy Scouts, Health Occupations class, Civil Air Patrol, and lifeguard experience, kept Lindsey conscious until EMTs arrived.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois.n
Craig Farris
Carbondale Community High School
Farris
Willis Lindsey
S. Lindsey
Cchs Central
Memorial Hospital
Emerald Lane
Lindsey
Boy Scouts
CCHS
The
Civil Air Patrol
Ashok Agarwal
Agarwal
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Joe Jines
Cchs Hall
Area legislators find little fault with state budget
Southern Illinois House members voiced few broad criticisms after Gov. Thompson outlined a new budget. Rea opposed new taxes but supported review, while Winchester urged tax relief options. McCormick backed minimal changes, and others signaled support for education and health funding tied to possible taxes.
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Southern Illinois
House
James Thompson
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
James Rea
D-Christopher
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Gener
Thompson
Rea
McCormick
Chester
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Carbondale
Richmond
Dunn
Wayne Alstat
R-Vergennes
A.L. Bowen
Harrisburg
Alstat
Economic Fiscal Commission
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John Clemons
Curt Graff
Russia
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Randolph County Mines
By Evan M. Davis
Drug Enforcement Board
Rep. C.L. McCormick
Vienna
Robert Winchester
Winchester
Bowen
Gene Johns
Marion
Kenneth Buzbee
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