Pilot Dies In Crash Of Light Airplane
A single engine four passenger turbo Mooney 231 crashed in a Jackson County farm field during a thunderstorm Sunday afternoon. The unidentified pilot died and no passengers were believed aboard. The wreckage was found on the Walter Bollmann farm southwest of Campbell Hill. Civil Air Patrol and Scott AFB units assisted authorities as dispatchers traced a missing plane report from Memphis to Evansville.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Campbell Hill
Brent Moses
Illinois
Bollmann
Bollman
Michael
Memphis
Tenn
Evansville
Ind
Heavy rains aid farmers as twister touches near Johnston City
Weekend storms brought 3.26 inches of rain with a tornado touchdown northeast of Johnston City damaging a garage and a poolside structure. No injuries reported. Farmers praised the rain for soil absorption though strawberry picking was delayed.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Johnston City
Jack
Shirley Cobb
Route 1
Mitterrand victory signals end of Gaullism in France
Francois Mitterrand defeated Valery Giscard d Estaing to win the French presidency, signaling a leftward shift as he promised nationalization and public jobs. The franc slid and stocks fell amid market turmoil. U S officials urged calm and warned of new tests in Franco American relations.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
France
Mitterrand
Bank of France
Giscard d’Estaing
Raymond Barre
Barre
Jacques Chirac
Barres
America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Sen
Charles Percy
Ill
Chicago
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Percy
Mitterand
NATO
Soviet Union
Norge strikers held for blocking ICG train
Seven striking Herrin Norge plant employees were arrested for trespass when 15 to 20 strikers blocked an Illinois Central Gulf train from entering the plant shortly before noon. The train carried nine empty boxcars. the workers demanded a new contract after idling since April 9.
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Norge
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Norge
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
David Garner
Raymond Wells
Herman Jarvis
Charles Hall
Henry Wooten
John Oster
George Knoob
Illinois
Herrin
Paul Seaton
ICG
Jack Engram
Jon Nicholas
Illinois Weather Forecast Outlook This Week
The National Weather Service predicts fair and colder tonight with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Tuesday will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 60s. The extended forecast shows a chance of showers Wednesday through Thursday with highs in the 60s to low 70s and lows in the 40s to low 50s.
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Piltz
Mike Plumer
Williamson County Agriculture Extension
Plumer
National Weather Service
Illinois
Rain Helps Marion Reservoir Rebound Amid Drought
Observers say weekend rainfall likely aided Marion’s aging 60 year old reservoir, with 2.07 inches total from 7 a.m. Saturday to today. No official measurement has been taken. city officials note rain reduced lawn watering and car washing. Reservoir level remains 7.34 feet below the spillway from last week.
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Marion
City
Jack Samples
National Weather Service
Mildred Mignone
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Donald Ragsdale
David Allen
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Garner
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Ann Landers
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