Marion Council Approves Up To Seven New Liquor Licenses
Marion City Council cleared the way for a Mexican fast food site to become a 7000 square foot restaurant lounge complex. It authorized up to seven new liquor licenses plus five additional liquor and two beer licenses in existing categories. The move aims toback investor plans for a Taco Gringo complex with one Mexican and one Italian restaurant connected by a cocktail lounge, despite concerns from one commissioner about potential underage service and police impact.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Robert Butler
Bill Jordan
Jordan
Taco Gringo
Butler
Robert
Connell
E.E. Jeter
Public Safety
George A. Williams
Williams
Cobden Man Found Dead In De Soto Tavern Parking Lot
The death of 26 year old Oren J. Lamer of Cobden is treated as a homicide. His body was found in his car in JB's Tavern parking lot north of De Soto on U.S. 51 last Monday noon. An autopsy is planned to determine cause of death. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department investigates. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Ann Schottman
Enol
Southern Illinoisan
Cobden
Jackson County
Don Ragsdale
Oren J. Lamer
Jb’s Tavern
de Soto
U.S. 51
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
Lutz and Rendleman
Britain fires on vessel near Falkland Islands amid war tensions
The Associated Press reports Britain says a warship opened fire in Falkland Sound near Bold Cove West Falkland. Argentina warns ships or planes approaching the South Atlantic war zone face consequences as Thatcher convenes War Cabinet.
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Associated Press
Britain
Falkland Islands
Argentina
British Defense Ministry
Ian McDonald
London
Falkland Sound
Bold Cove
West Falkland
Falklands
McDonald
Stanley
Margaret Thatcher
South Atlantic War Zone
Weather Outlook Sees Mostly Fair Tonight Through Weekend
National Weather Service forecast calls for mostly fair conditions tonight with a low in the low 60s. Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warm with highs in the upper 80s, followed by a chance of showers Thursday and partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday with most highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
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National Weather Service
Judge questions legality of seizure law in Carbondale case
Circuit Judge Richard E. Richman questioned the constitutionality of Carbondale's eminent domain ordinances used to assemble land for a downtown hotel convention center project. A May 18 hearing will decide the city's authority amid 20 lawsuits from property owners, with HUD UDAG funding at $2.071 million cited in project documents.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Circuit Court
Jackson County
Richard E. Richman
Richman
James Zimmer
William Broom
Zimmer
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
UDAG
Carbondale Park District
Mofield
Broom
Home Rule Authority
South Africa trades soldier for Soviet spy in Geneva swap
Prime Minister P W Botha told Parliament that Johan Van der Mescht was exchanged in Geneva for a KGB Maj Alexei Mikhailovich Koslov and eight Western agents. Koslov had been active in assessing the African National Congress, which seeks to end white-minority rule.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Angola
P.W. Botha
Botha
Johan van der Mescht
Geneva
KGB
Alexei Mikhailovich Koslov
van der Mescht
Koslov
Botha Time
Africa
African National Congress
Congress
Soviet Bloc
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de Soto Tavern
Joe Jines
Ragsdale
Lamer
Canberra
Exeter
Sheffield
East Falkland
Hermes
Peter Archer
Press Association
Alkland
Iklant
Arte
Stahte
Ann Landers
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Thomas Mofield
W. Monroe St
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