Coal talks extended to Tuesday in Washington stalemate
Bargainers for striking miners and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association pressed in a three day session under harsh hotel lighting. Both sides urged continued talks as the 160,000 UMW soft coal miners walkout nears the 44 day mark with no breakthrough on union demands.
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Washington
UMW
Sam Church
B.R. Brown
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Eldon Callen
BCOA
Church
Brown
Deadly North Texas storms cause tens of millions in damage
Severe storms hit North Texas with hail up to baseball size and winds to 90 mph, killing one motorist and injuring two in Fort Worth. Damages in the millions spread across Fort Worth and surrounding Tarrant County, with tornadoes touching down near Aledo and in Bell and Hill counties. Power outages disrupted TV stations as heavy rain and flooding prompted evacuations in Dallas, Arlington, and Grand Prairie.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Texas
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Ben Meyers
County Civil Defense
Alan Moller
National Weather Service
Aledo
Bill Pounds
Bell
Hill
Lake
Burkburnett
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas
Arlington
Grand Prairie
ICG lays off 139 due to coal strike at Wamac shops
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad announces 139 layoffs at its Wamac car shops as the United Mine Workers strike halts coal shipments. About 1,000 ICG employees are out of work, with 169 furloughed and 30 more possibly laid off. Spokespersons warn layoffs may last until the strike ends and report an $8 million revenue loss in the first full month of the stoppage.
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Centralia
United Mine Workers
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Wamac
ICG
Renie Einbinder
Berry picking time arrives in Illinois fields
A Friday story notes that strawberry vines in Southern Illinois and backyard patches will soon bear fruit. It highlights when and where readers can pick their own, detailing location options and the appeal and nutrition of the berries as the season approaches.
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Illinois
Pork as a versatile bargain in family meals
A supermarket bargain, pork offers value compared with other meats and surprising versatility for planning family dinners. It suggests trying pork as a different dinner option with practical meal possibilities.
Feminist Health Center Forum Planned in Carbondale
Two members of feminist health centers will visit Carbondale Tuesday and Wednesday to present a forum on women's health. Bonnie Marx will discuss new developments in the women’s health movement childbirth alternatives self help techniques and the proposed Human Life Amendment.
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Feminist Health Centers
Carbondale
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan contact and subscription details
The notice lists offices in Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion, mail subscription rates for 18 county area, and classified ad numbers with post office box for address changes. It notes carrier and mail delivery options and Postmaster address.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Murphysboro
Sundacat
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
New Independent
Marion
Thunderbirds pilot killed in Hill AFB air show crash
At Hill Air Force Base near Ogden Utah an Air Force Thunderbird jet crashed during an air show killing the pilot Capt Nick Hauck a 1971 Air Force Academy graduate from Ohio serving at Nellis AFB and stationed with the Thunderbirds for a year The other pilot survived and witnesses reported engine trouble as the cause while the base marked its 40th anniversary
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Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Ogden
Connie Smith
Nick Hauck
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Thunderbirds
Hauck
Air Force Academy
The
Nellis
Hill
Violence flares in Belfast and Londonderry amid hunger strikes
In Belfast and Londonderry violence surged as IRA prisoners intensified hunger strikes and riots broke out. A fourth prisoner refused food at the Maze, while clashes left soldiers and police wounded, and bomb hoaxes prompted evacuations. Queen Elizabeth II ate aboard a ship off Scotland despite threats. A Protestant funeral for constable Philip Ellis underscored a tense week.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Scotland
Lenadoon
IRA
Bobby Sands
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
British Petroleum
Europe
Shetland Islands
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Associated Press
London
Shetland
Newry
Sinn Fein
Joe McDonnell
Maze
McDonnell
Sands
the Maze
Francis Hughes
Raymond McCreesh
Patrick O’hara
Hughes
Philip Ellis
Belvoir Park
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Ellis
Drumbo
SIU C student dies in Wil lamson County car crash
A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student from Park Forest was killed in a one car crash on Rocky Comfort Road near Little Grassy Road in Williamson County. The name remained withheld pending notification of parents. The coroner said the ambulance was dispatched at 7 51 p m and no other injuries were reported.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Park Forest
Rocky Comfort Road
Little Grassy Road
Williamson County
Sheriff’s Department
Jackson County
Don Ragsdale
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Ragsdale
Ethacoal funding restored to Illinois budget
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 200000 amendment to the Institute of Natural Resources budget at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to fund ethacoal pilot plant research and design. SIU Carbondale researchers say adding ethanol to high sulfur Illinois coal cuts sulfur dioxide emissions by 40 percent and can remove up to 70 percent of sulfur during coal restructuring.
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Southern Illinois University
House
Institute of Natural Resources
Siu Carbondale
Thompson
Jim Rea
Christopher
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