Drivers Hurt as Norge Plant Strike Turns Violent
Three truck drivers were injured when strikers pelted departing rigs at the Herrin Norge plant with rocks and debris. Injured drivers were treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. An injunction limited picketers to four per entrance and police prepared contempt actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Herrin
Herrin Norge
Federal Mediation Service
Marion
Donald Swinford
Bruce Townsend
Good Samaritan
Leslie C. Thomas
Mount Vernon
James L. Baker
Abington
Roger Morgan
Illinois
Donald Lowery
Williamson County
Robert Howerton
Norge
Lowery
Swinford
Overrite Transportation Co
Richmond
Intermodal Transportation Service Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
Zehmer Truck Lines
Grainville, Il
Munson Transportation
Little York
Ill
Weather forecast shows showers and cooler highs ahead
The National Weather Service calls for showers and thunderstorms today with highs in the low to mid 70s and overnight lows around the upper 50s. Monday brings cooler highs in the low to mid 60s with more chances of showers. From Tuesday to Thursday expect fair but cool conditions with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Illinois
Johnston City pilgrims near pope during shooting in Rome
Area residents from Johnston City in a May pilgrimage to Lisbon Fatima Rome and Lourdes were less than 100 feet from Pope John Paul II when he was wounded in Rome. Father Ignatius Estes said the group saw the pope twice within 20 feet and heard the gunfire. The scene prompted rumors of two shooters and three motorcyclists were arrested. The group planned to continue to Paris and Lourdes, returning May 22.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City
John Paul II
Father Ignatius Estes
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Rome
Estes
Lisbon
Fatima
Lourdes
Mercier Loiselet
Anna Cascotte
June Murman
Ann Patterson
Elizabeth Koncus
Jennie Callone
Pope
Italins
John Paul
Johnston
Paris
Pope John Paul II shot. Agca questioned on conspiracy links
Italian magistrates questioned Mehmet Ali Agca about money, documents, and travel that fueled conspiracy theories. Officials warned against linking Libyan leader Khadafy to the attack, while the pope remained stable and optimistic from hospital care. Doctors said recovery would take seven to ten days, with three weeks of hospitalization expected.
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New York Times
Associated Press
Rome
Mehmet Ali Agca
Pope John Paul II
Europe
Istanbul
Turkey
Agca
Middle East
Italy
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Muammar Khadafy
Pope
St. Peter’s Square
Giovan Battista Dell‘Acqua
John Paul
Ann Odre
Buffalo
N.Y
Rose Hall
Wuerzburg
West Germany
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Townsend
Tom Horn
Park Avenue
Poplar
Poplar Street
David Garner
Shirley Calcaterra
Garner
Williamson County Circuit Court
Jon Nicholas
Lorge
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 554
Raymond Hall
Phillip Bradley
Jim Ensign
Norge Plant
Ann Landers
Jerry Lower
Gov. Thompson
SIUC
Khadafy
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