Gunman kills 4 in Oregon bar
A man opened fire with a 9 mm pistol at The Oregon Museum bar in Salem killing four and wounding at least 20 before patrons restrained him. Lawrence W. Moore, 25, of Lyons, Ore., was arrested on first degree murder charges. One critically injured victim noted by authorities includes a 20-year-old son of the county Sheriff.
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Oregon Museum
State Capitol
Lawrence W. Moore
Lyons
Gary Kinsman
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Brent Yagle
Jenny and
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Marion County
James Heenan
Joel
Inflation Eases. Wholesale Prices Up 0.8 Percent in April
The government said April wholesale prices rose 0.8 percent, easing from March’s 1.3 percent jump, with energy costs up 1.6 percent. The 12 month wholesale inflation rate eased to 9.9 percent while the jobless rate held at 7.3 percent for a third month.
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Labor Department
Reagan
Illinois unemployment dips from March to April
Illinois unemployment fell from 9.0 percent in March to 8.5 percent in April, with 470000 jobless and a total labor force of 5539000. The decline followed a partial rebound in autos and warmer weather driving outdoor work, as Fred Randazzo noted. Michigan and Ohio rates also eased, while the national rate held at 7.3.
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Illinois
Bureau of Employment Security
Fred Randazzo
Bureau
Michigan
Ohio
Syria rejects Israeli demand to remove missiles from Lebanon
Syria states its surface to air missile batteries will stay in Lebanon as long as its forces remain in the war torn country. Israel threatens action if missiles are not removed. Damascus says air defenses are part of Syria's armed forces and will be ready for use wherever Syrian troops are deployed.
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Israel
Syrian Defense Ministry
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Soviet Union
Georgy M. Korniyenko
Rea
Gan
Philip C. Habib
Elias Sarkis
Habib
Shafik Wazzan
Hafez Assad
Zaharani River
Zahle
Morris Draper
Bekaa
Damascus-Beirut
Draper
U.S
John Gunther Dean
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Defense
Mordechai Zippori
Israel Radio
Arts funding under attack in Reagan budget proposal
Sunday editor Ben Gelman reviews recent Southern Illinoisan success stories and examines how cultural programs here might be affected if Congress approves the President's proposed budget cuts for the arts and humanities.
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Ben Gelman
Congress
Scavenger Hunt Aids Special Olympics Benefit
The Cyclesport Motorcycle Club sponsored a scavenger hunt featuring 41 items including a Gene Autry photo a rubber duck a chicken bone and a South Dakota map. Over 50 motorcyclists hunted as sunburns barley horses and excited onlookers appeared, all for the benefit of Special Olympics.
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Gene Autry
South Dakota
Cyclesport Motorcycle Club
AML approval shifts mortgage rate risk to borrowers
Ed Bean explains the Adjustable Mortgage Loan AML approved by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board allows savings and loans to periodically adjust mortgage rates. Borrowers now face potential changes in interest costs over the life of their loans, while fixed loan rates previously guaranteed stability.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Ed Bean
Honors for SI area high school top students banquet
The Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement honored top students from 30 area high schools at an honors banquet this week. The Southern Illinoisan’s Honors Edition will further honor these student leaders on Sunday.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan publication details and rates
The Southern Illinoisan lists publish offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and details on subscription rates by carrier motor route and mail for 18 counties and Illinois. It provides office and classifieds contact numbers and directs address changes to Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
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Carbondale
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S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Isan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
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Marion
Violence Surges in Northern Ireland After Sands Burial
Rioting and sniper fire flare across Ulster after Bobby Sands funeral as 20 000 mourners rally. Owen Carron vows ongoing fight for an end to British rule while police warn of IRA Provisional and INLA actions. Strabane burns as police and army clash with guerrillas near the Republic border.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Bobby Sands
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Sands
IRA
Owen Carron
Provisional
Lberation Army
Lon
Donderry
Strabane
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Republic
Rockefeller urges coal conversion for energy policy
West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller urged a national energy policy at the St. Clair County Medical Society dinner, calling for utilities and industry to convert to coal power and to develop coal into alternative energy. He cited a half million dollars daily loss due to the United Mine Workers strike and criticized public perception of coal as dirty, noting technology cut sulfur dioxide from smokestacks by 27 percent on the first day coal was used.
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Belleville
America
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Clair County Medical Society
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
London
Rockefeller
Mother guilty in child death in Quincy case
Pamela Sue Berg, 24, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the beating death of her 5 year old son in Quincy. Her boyfriend James Crain faces trial. Autopsy found 120 bruises. investigators say four hours of beating preceded death. Prosecutor Dennis Gorman called the verdict satisfactory for a murder case. Berg plans to appeal.
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Chicago
Pamela Sue Berg
Dennis Gorman
Adams
Overseas calls fall as other rates rise under FCC actions
Long distance within the United States is set to rise next week while overseas calls become cheaper. AT&T gains rate actions approved by the FCC and a Supreme Court ruling effective Thursday will raise government and large business bills 35 to 63 percent for leased private lines. WATS lines rise 16 percent on May 14. residential interstate long distance likely up 16 percent the same day.
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United States
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Supreme Court
FCC
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