Hinckley sister testifies he should have been institutionalized
In federal court Scott Hinckley testified he believed John Hinckley Jr. should have been sent to a mental institution in March 1981 after his brother quit a Lakewood newspaper job and left a note saying he needed to exorcise the devil. He recalled a family discussion at his sister’s Dallas home and a Denver visit where their father decided against hospitalization.
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Washington
Scott Hinckley
John
Reagan
Lakewood
Colo
Denver
John W. Hinckley Jr
Scott
New York
Dallas
Rne
John Hopper
Evergreen
John Hinckley
Hopper
Hinckley
Haig urges end of feuds over A arms reductions
Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr urged Congress and the nation to abandon partisan fighting and back President Reagan's new proposals for joint Soviet American reductions of nuclear weapons. He warned that many nuclear freeze proposals would undercut the Reagan plan and called for a new national consensus around a fair strategic arms agreement.
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Washington
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Congress
Reagan
Haig
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Illinois
Corn planting well along but winter wheat crop lags
Illinois farmers advance corn and soybeans amid ideal spring weather while wheat suffers from cold and standing water. Wheat yield expected at 42 bushels per acre and production 63.8 million bushels, down 31 percent from 1981. National wheat output forecast down 2 percent to 2 billion bushels. corn progress cited as the best weekly gain in years. In central Illinois growers push ahead. southern Illinois fields remain wet delaying soybean planting after recent rain.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Ilinois
Department of Agriculture
Carl Scott
Illinois Cropeing Service
Scott
Edwards County
Ross Helmy
Rescuers Seek Two Trapped After Copper Mine Collapse
In Superior Arizona rescue teams worked to reach two men trapped two thirds of a mile underground after a Magma Copper Co mine cave in 3440 feet deep. One miner died in the incident and authorities hoped to reach the two missing workers as crews shore up the debris. Names of victims were not released.
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Superior, Ariz
Pinal County
David Warren
Magma Copper Co
Warren
Southern Illinoisan publication and address details
Publication offices list in Carbondale Herrin and Marion with address lines and contact numbers. Subscription rates shown for carrier and mail options across 18 county region, including 1 year 75.00 85.00, 6 months 40.00 45.00, and 3 months 23.00. Postmaster notice directs address changes to Box 2108 Carbondale Illinois 62901.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
N. 16Th
Herrin
Ill
Sun
Souern Illinoisan
Southern Oisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Expelled U S Officials Met Dissident Pole
In Warsaw the United States confirmed two embassy staffers met a dissident scientist, denying Poland’s claim they sought to undermine the state. Science attache John W. Zerolis and cultural officer James D. Howard were declared persona non grata for taking materials from Ryszard Herczynski. The State Department accused Polish police of violating international law.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Washington
John W. Zerolis
James D. Howard
Ryszard Herczynski
State Department
Reagan to pitch budget to national business leaders
President Reagan travels to the White House to press for lower interest rates and passage of the GOP budget plan. About 100 business leaders meet over three days with Stockman and Regan, as the budget aims for 40 billion in Social Security savings and 95 billion in new taxes.
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Jodie Foster
Hinckley
Reagan
Washington Hilton
Hopper
Roger M. Adelman
Adelman
Lakewood
Colo
White House
James Brady
Secret Service
Timothy McCarthy
Washington
Thomas Delahanty
David Stockman
Treasury
Donald Regan
Senate
House
Larry Speakes
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Whic
United States
Senate panel maps 1.4 billion in military cuts
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans 1.4 billion in defense cuts to align with a Republican budget, including retiring 13 old Navy destroyers and trimming Army troop strength. Chairman John Tower said the measures were very painful as panel met with Weinberger Carlucci and Jones after nearly three hours of discussion.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Tower
R-Texas
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Frank Carlucci
David Jones
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Air Force
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Bigelow
Cabin
Alexander, Smith, Millken
Southern Illinois
S. Illinois
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