26 of 27 plane wreck bodies found near Wonder Lake
AP reports 26 of 27 aboard a KC-135 tanker that exploded Friday night during a storm were recovered by search crews late Saturday. The four crew and 23 Air Force reservists were bound for Chicago from Washington. The crash occurred 50 miles northwest of Chicago near a field by Greenwood Elementary School.
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Wonder Lake
Illinois National Guard
Illinois
Air Force
Duane Swimley
McHenry County
Alvin Querhammer
Col
Phil Gunby
126Th Air Refueling Wing
928Th Tactical Air Lift
O’hare International
Gunby
William S. Dixon
Hoffman Estates
Robert Nicosia
Algonquin
Record Highs and Warmth Hit March Dates Across Area
A string of warm records marked the weekend with a peak 82 degree high beating prior March 20 highs of 75 in 1952 and 76 in 1972. Last year the date reached 45. In Carbondale Tuesday saw a record 85 eclipsing the 80 degree mark set in 1977.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Weather outlook with gradual cooling and sunshine
The National Weather Service predicts partly sunny skies and cooler today with highs in the mid to upper 50s and a low around the low 30s. Monday expects partly sunny conditions with highs 45 to 50 and continued cool air.
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National Weather Service
Trumka and Church Opponent Win Warm Local Welcome
About 150 area UMW members packed the Du Quoin Knights of Columbus Hall for a Trumka rally. He urged strong union leadership and attacked current President Sam Church over concessions to coal companies. District 12 President John Banovic drew the sharpest applause as he pursues international secretary treasurer on Trumka's slate.
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UMW
Trumka
du Quoin Knights of Columbus
Walter Mondale
Ted Kennedy
Richard Trumka
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Church
District 12
John Banovic
Banovic
Duarte Warns Journalists Traveling With Guerrillas
El Salvador Junta President Jose Napo Leon Duarte said he ordered the military to protect reporters but cannot guarantee safety if they travel with guerrilla forces. He noted four Dutch journalists were killed in a guerrilla area amid a patrol. Duarte urged caution, as he promised to questions by reporters on the firefight. The American Society of Newspaper Editors pressed for free safe newsroom access, while autopsies found no powder burns, indicating the killings occurred in a firefight.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Duarte
Camino Real
American Society of Newspaper Editors
United States
Jose Guillermo Garcia
Heart Association bike-a-thon winners named at SIU
Winners with arms raised celebrate completing a week long 230 mile bike-a-thon in Carbondale. Sharon Brown Highland Ted Powers Murphysboro Curtis Martell Bradley SIU Carbon dale students led 27 others in a Mammoth Cave Kentucky to Carbondale ride raising at least 5000 dollars for the American Heart Association.
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American Heart Association
Carbondale
Sharon Brown
Highland
Ted Powers
Murphysboro
Curtis Martell
Bradley
Ilinois University-Carbondale
Mammoth Cave
The
Heart Association
Budget cuts threaten disabled students at SIU Carbondale
Diana Penner reports that disabled students like Noreen Vollibach rely on ISSC federal grants SSI and rehab services aid to attend college. Proposed federal and state funding cuts could bar some from higher education amid rising costs for medication and assistive services.
Reagan budget cuts impact state rehabilitation services
George Covington, spokesman for the state bureau of rehabilitation services for adults, says spending for tuition and fees at colleges and vocational schools totals over 1.4 million this year. Assistance for attendant services and wheelchair repair is provided, but breakdown by student status isn’t detailed. Gov. James R. Thompson’s proposed budget next year calls for a broader agency reduction. Robert Granzeier, new director, notes clients are urged to seek federal financial aid.
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George Covington
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Covington
James R. Thompson
Robert Granzeier
Department of Rehabilitation Services
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Urbana
Richard Crome
Wilmette
Michigan
Chicago
Bob Raynesford
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Air Control Center
Aurora
Richard Carpenter
Greenwood
Air National Guard
Ann Landers
Phisge
Evan M. Davis
Washington
Jerry Lower Noreen Wallbach
Diana Penner
Southern
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
ISSC
Wollbach
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Reagan
Thompson
Congress
Illinois General Assembly
Rehabilitation Services Agency
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