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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1982
Page
1
The Southern Illinois reports Monday that the Shawnee National Forest Land Line Location Program incorrectly dated section corner markers from the first surveys to the turn of the last century. In fact surveys in Shawnee date to 1806, within decades of the rectangular survey system's 1785 authorization by Congress.
The State Department told the Senate that the Soviet Union has increased its military forces in Afghanistan to about 100,000, up from 80,000, while claiming considerably more than 3,000 enemy deaths due to chemical warfare as resistance grows stronger than expected. Walter J. Stoessel Jr. testified that the buildup began.
Pentagon officials report 3,042 deaths from 47 chemical attacks in Afghanistan between 1979 and 1981 based on defectors and refugees. They say Soviet forces faced severe difficulty and have suffered 10,000 to 15,000 casualties since invading in December 1979. The evidence is slated for submission to a UN subcommittee and ties to Geneva 1925 rules.
Mason leads a USFS line location program to define and mark the Shawnee National Forest boundaries amid a quilt of private land since 1931. Encroachments and mislocated lines prompt costly surveys, potential court cases, and dozens of pending relocations as federal budget limits push fewer miles of boundary work this year.
Rep Jim Rea sent a terse letter to Gov James Thompson objecting to the Bowen Developmental Center closure and the process. A Senate committee will meet March 25 to discuss care quality for Bowen residents moved to Anna Center and Harrisburg may convert Bowen to a prison.
Gov James R Thompson says Illinois must redefine a mental health system it deems too large and costly. He spoke in Mount Vernon amid protests over closing the city building housing five agencies including a center for 62 residents. The $14.7 billion budget aims to cut most departments while preserving welfare, children's services, and corrections.
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