Fighting flares an eve of elections in Salvador
On the eve of El Salvador's elections guerrillas blocked two major east west highways and attacked a truck convoy while skirmishing with army units north of Usulutan. A sniper hit a watchman at the U S Embassy gate but caused no injuries.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Usulutan
U.S
Election Commission
Jorge Bustamante
Southern Illinois Elderly Face Poverty and Hardship
Finis Lewis lives in a 15 foot trailer near Murphysboro with a $259.40 monthly Social Security income. He saves turnips, grows and cans food, and travels by river for dinner while aging in place. A Southern Illinoisan examination shows many seniors in 13 counties live near or below poverty levels, with incomes between $170 and $340 monthly and medical costs driving hardship.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Finis Lewis
Reagan
Murphysboro
Lewis
Riverside Park
United States
Southern
Illinois
Cathy Monroe
Jerry Lower
Union
Johnson Counties
Patricia L. Gunter
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Gunter
Columbia to land Monday at White Sands in forecast calm
Space shuttle Columbia set for a Monday touchdown at 1 27 p.m. CST on a White Sands Missile Range sand runway after weather forecasts eased fears of New Mexico winds. NASA officials praised the mission’s science and the ship’s performance while noting one S-band channel remained nonoperational.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range
NASA
Jack R. Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
White Sands
Glynn S. Lunney
Lustour Corp lays off 79 workers at Murphysboro plant
Lustour Corp in Murphysboro laid off 79 of its 250 workers in a slow business climate. President Donald Andersen said the layoffs, in groups, are not permanent and no plant shutdown is planned. Workers are in Murphysboro Printing and Pressmen Local 418 and will return as business permits.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Lustour Corp
Murphysboro
Lustour
Donald M. Andersen
Andersen
Lastour Corp
Lastour
Murphysboro Printing and Pressmen Local 418
Former SIU president joins Order of Lincoln
De lyte W. Morris, SIU president 1949 to 1970 and key promoter of Edwardsville campus growth, is named among four to receive the Order of Lincoln medal. Other inductees include U S Agriculture Secretary John Block, Marva Collins founder of Westside Preparatory School, and Donald Bitzer, UI electrical engineering professor. Awards will be presented May 22 at the 18th annual Lincoln Academy convocation at the Krann Performing Arts Center in Champaign Urbana.
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Springfield
Ill
Delyte W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Morris
SIU
Edwardsville
Carbondale
Galesburg
Marva Collins
Westside Preparatory School
Chicago
Donald Bitzer
University of Illinois Electrical Engineering
James R. Thompson
Lincoln Academy
Order of Lincoln
Academy
U of I’s Kran
Champaign-Urbana
Thompson
Good Morning Weather Forecast Outlook
The National Weather Service predicts sunny today and warmer with a high near 50. Tonight will be fair with a low in the 30s. Monday sees partly sunny skies and warmer conditions with a high in the lower 60s.
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National Weather Service
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