Freight Trains Collide Near Gorham Killing Conductor
A rear end collision between a Missouri Pacific freight and a Cotton Belt train in dense fog near Gorham Jackson County left conductor Marvin L. Steger 44 of Scott City dead and at least six others injured. The crash halted traffic for hours as investigators reviewed signals and track damage across the Missouri Pacific main line.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Missouri-Pacific
Gorham
Jackson County
Marvin L. Steger
Scott City
Steger
Gene Williams
Illinois 3
Don White
White
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Michael P. Massie
Salem
Missouri- Pacific
souri-Pacific
Massie
L.R. McDonald
R.E. Studkey
Caboose
David Bookhout
Jim C. Matchett
Poplar Bluff
Charles Gaston
Jim A. Schisler
R. M. Smith
Lloyd King
Cotton Belt
Tom Bryant
Chicago
Southwest
Southern Illinois
Thebes
Missouri
St. Louis
Indians Visit Life-Sentenced Peltier At Marion Prison
A group of about 250 American Indians gathered near the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion to offer prayers for Leonard Peltier who is serving a life term for the slayings of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ron Williams. Two visitors, Ernie Peters of Sisseton and John Trudell, were allowed to enter to meet with Peltier.
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Ernie Peters
Leonard Peltier
Marion Federal Prison
Charles Roberts
Associated Press
America
FBI
U.S. Penitentiary
Marion
Peltier
Kier
Jack Coler
Ron Williams
Pine Ridge
S.D
Old
George Wilkinson
Sisseton
S. D
John Trudell
Trudell
Sacramento
Calif
Washington
Americans rescued from Zaire fighting in Kolwezi
U S officials in Washington say almost all Americans in the Kolwezi area were evacuated by a truck and helicopter operation. Morrison Knudsen reports three employees missing, with 11 Americans remaining in the zone. Foreign observers speak of foreigners being hunted, while diplomats warn the rebels may exaggerate hostages.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
U.S
Washington
U S
Morrison-Knudsen
State Department
Robert Holliday
The
Kolwezi
Holliday
Idaho
Masonoi
Brussels
Henri Simonet
Weather and statewide actions on page notices
The National Weather Service forecasts fair weather tonight with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Thursday will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 70s. Friday remains fair, Saturday partly cloudy with a chance of rain Sunday with highs mainly in the 70s and lows in the 50s. The State Mine Board meets Thursday to hear charges of safety violations in Southern Illinois. Illinois House approves 7.6 million for a new School of Law building at Southern Illinois University. George Wallace ends his political career and will not run for the U.S. Senate. The Dominican army denies a takeover and halts a presidential vote tally against the incumbent.
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National Weather Service
State Mine Board
Illinois
Illinois House
School of Law
Southern Illinois University
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Arrow
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82Nd Airborne Division
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Congressional
House
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R-Ariz
Cyrus Vance
George Wallace
Alabama
U.S. Senate
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Ann Landers
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