SIU athletics shakeup signals leadership changes
SIU Carbondale announces top athletic officials Swinburne and Hartzog will leave their roles. Swinburne resigns as intercollegiate athletics chief while remaining VP of student affairs. Hartzog retires Aug 31 and becomes part time consultant. a special assistant will oversee athletics and report to the president, guiding Van Winkle's future and search for a new athletic director.
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Scott Monserud
Southern
Hartzog
Samit
Somit
van Winkle
Swinburne
Southern Illinois University
Illinois panel OKs jail terms for truants
A House committee approved a bill allowing judges to order truants to stay in school or face contempt of court, revoking a 1983 law that limited truancy prosecutions. The State Board of Education opposes, citing poverty and family problems, while sponsor Rep. Gordon Ropp calls it a last resort to curb truancy. The measure defines a chronic truant as missing 10 of 40 consecutive days without a valid excuse.
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Springfield
House
State Board of Education
Gordon Ropp
Bill
Israelis raid Shiite village amid Lebanon pullout ahead
Israeli soldiers stormed Qlaile, killing one man and detaining 300, as part of cross border actions in southern Lebanon. The violence followed a Thursday raid that wounded 68 and killed 30 people, including two CBS camera crew members, with a U.N. spokesman confirming detentions. Israeli newspapers said the southern Lebanon pullout would be completed in May, four months early.
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Associated Press
U.N
CBS News
Israel
Lebanon
Qlaile
Passenger lands plane after pilot dies in cockpit
In Peoria, a passenger 名 Robert Dakich, 31, took control of a single engine Cessna 210 after pilot Frederick Richard Krabbe, 52, suffered a heart attack. Ground control guided the nonpilot to a perfect landing at Greater Peoria Airport, 15 miles southwest of the field.
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Peoria
Peoria County
Frederick Richard Krabbe
Crestwood
Dean Doughty
Doughty
Greater Peoria
Robert Dakich
St. Louis
Dakich
Tech edges Illinois in NCAA tourney at East Regional
Anthony Welch of Illinois loses control under pressure from Scott Petway of Georgia Tech in a tense first half as Tech wins 61 53 to advance to the East Regional final against Georgetown following a big win over Loyola.
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Anthony Welch
Illinois
Scott Petway
Georgia Tech
Georgetown
Loyola
Shoes or utility bill becomes weighing issue at ICC meeting
At a Herin meeting Walter Price of Colp held a worn tennis shoe beside a disconnection notice to show the hardship of choosing between paying the bill and buying his son shoes. ICC Chairman Philip O Connor predicted stable CIPS rates for two years amid protests about bills, with Levin noting aid limits but efforts to ease burdens for the poor and elderly.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Philip O’connor
Walter Price
Colp
O’connor
Herrin
Southern Counties Action Movement
Price
ICC
Stanford Levin
Edwardsville
Levin
Commission
Dence
Max Aud
Aud
Jim Thompson
O’ O’connor
Robert Gustafson
Carterville
Southern Illinois
Citizens Utility Board
O’connor and
Reagan backs Middle East talks with Jordanians and Palestinians but excludes PLO
President Reagan said the United States would favor meetings with Jordanian and Palestinian delegations to promote peace but would not have PLO representation or direct U.S. involvement in Arab Israeli negotiations. He urged a forthcoming envoy visit and expressed optimism for a Soviet summit while defending hard line on South Africa and Israeli actions.
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Associated Press
New York Times
Washington
Reagan
U.S
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jimmy Carter
Camp David
Menachem Begin
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Mideast
PLO
Munity
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
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UMW
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Mr. President
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