Ethiopian refugees forced from camp to famine feeding centers
More than 50 000 famine victims were ordered from the Ibnet refugee camp in Gondar to feeding centers in their home regions Tigre and Wollo. Officials warn many may die en route as relief agencies call it a death sentence and urge restoration of the camp. The evacuation began Sunday and ended Tuesday, with 58 000 of 60 000 moved per U.S. officials.
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Associated Press
New York Times
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
International Relief Agency
U.S. Agency For International Development
M. Peter McPherson
Washington
Ibnet
Gondar
Cording
Washington Post
Relief Agency
U.S
Chester Crocker
Tigre
Wollo
McPherson
State Department
United States
Israel allegedly deploys Jericho II missiles in Negev and Golan
Aerospace Daily reports Israel has placed nuclear armed Jericho II missiles on trucks with underground reload facilities in the Negev and Golan Heights. The missiles reportedly have about 700 miles range with a new guidance system and join nuclear artillery rounds and Lance missiles in its inventory.
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Washington
Israel
Negev Desert
Golan Heights
Aerospace Daily
Remainers recall draft odds and faith during Vietnam era
Cathy A. Monroe reports on students and faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in December 1969 as draft numbers were drawn. Budding anxieties, mixed feelings about the war, and paths to deferment or exemption shaped lives, from Luke Hart to Rev. David Worley, amid a national lottery that spared many from service.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Ken Hart
Saluki Hall
Hart
United Parcel Service
Hurt
Evan M. Davis
Tim Landis
Mike Chamness
Tom Woolf
Game of Chance
David Worley
Worley
First Pentecostal Church
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
United States
Man ends life after deputies leave him in West Frankfort
A 71 year old West Frankfort man, Joe Dvornik, killed himself shortly after a sheriff deputy and a funeral home operator left his remote Newell area home believing they had talked him out of the act. Dvornik had called his brother in Michigan and Parker-Reedy Funeral Home to arrange a hearse and spoke of a planned stomach operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Joe Dvornik
Ben 27
Dennis Miller
My Miller
Dvornik
Michigan
Parker-Reedy
Ray Parker Jr
Bill Wilson
Parker
Sheriff’s Office
Wilson
Holiday Inns seek Chapter 11 relief in Illinois
Salem and Mount Vernon Holiday Inns ask a federal judge to allow reorganizing under Chapter 11 to meet creditor demands amid the Southern Illinois economy. Edward Veltman says the actions are not liquidations and notes separate partnerships own each motel with Saratoga Management of New York City as manager. Court dates set for May 16 and May 17 for first creditor meetings. debtor in possession status and a future repayment plan are outlined.
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Larry Davis
Southern
East St. Louis
U.S
Southern District of Illinois
Mount Vernon
Veltman
Illinois
H.I.A. of
Salem
Pat
Greg Sullivan
Marion
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Capitol Hill
Reagan
Springfield
House
Senate
Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Energy Committee
House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
United Mine Workers
Illinois Coal Association
Jerry Hawkins
UMW
Dotson
Gary Dotson
Dixon Correctional Center
Dixon
Country Club Hills
Ann Landers
Joe Jines
Five
Quang Tri Province
Vietnam
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