Coal talks to resume Thursday in Washington DC
United Mine Workers President Sam Church said the Bituminous Coal Operators Association agreed to restart contract talks this week for about 160000 miners who walked off 39 days ago. A.R. Brown and Eldon Callen offered cautious comments as the parties prepared to meet, with seven items remaining on the table.
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Derailment near Dowell disrupts ICG freight service
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad crews and Dowell residents hired by a private contractor repaired 2,400 feet of damaged track after 47 derailed cars on a 140 car train. About $500,000 in damage. southbound track reopened around 10:30 p.m. Amtrak service affected between Centralia and Carbondale.
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Edgewood
Census: Minority Impact Grows in Carbondale City
Preliminary figures from the U S Census Bureau show Carbondale has the largest minority population in six southern Illinois counties with 6418 residents about 22 percent of the total. Other area minorities include 1110 in Murphysboro 484 in Marion and 146 in Herrin.
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Jackson County
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Weather update shows showers and storms tonight
The National Weather Service predicts showers and thunderstorms tonight with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Tuesday will be cooler with more showers and storms, highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Illinois forecast calls for showers Wednesday through Friday, with cooler conditions Thursday and Friday.
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Irish leaders plead for calm amid Sands hunger strike deaths
Belfast dispatch notes calls for calm as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands nears death on day 65 of his fast. Sands lies in a coma at Maze Prison with several fellow strikers in varying danger while political leaders urge restraint and avoid further sectarian violence.
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Devlin urges restraint if Sands dies in hunger strike
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, hobbling from an earlier assassination attempt, tells Sands supporters to refrain from violence if the British government allows Bobby Sands to die. She asserts the IRA hunger strikers should be treated as political prisoners and predicts a government concession.
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Justice Dept Tightens FOIA Policy Under Smith
Attorney General William French Smith tightens release standards for FOIA documents and rescinds the Carter era Bell policy. Agencies must favor disclosure subject to specific exemptions while reviewing the act for possible amendments to Congress.
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Sun Belt fuels fastest income gains despite high inflation
Commerce Department study shows per capita income rose faster than 93.4 percent inflation across all states over the decade, with Alaska leading at 12 406 and Mississippi at 6508. Sun Belt growth draws people and business from the Northeast, while policy questions loom over regional aid and income gaps.
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