Paratroopers clash as rebels retreat with hostages in Zaire
French paratroopers pursuing rebels near Kolwezi exchange fire with a force five miles from Kolwezi, leaving two French dead. Paris says three and four soldiers died since last week. France asks Zambia and Angola to help locate European hostages. Toll on Europeans possibly 110 to 120. typhoid risk rises from rotting corpses. Belgian reports list 60 identified, 13 more bodies found. Giscard d Estaing says French troops will withdraw after locating missing and potential hostages and informing the Zaire government.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Angola
Kolwezi
French Defense Ministry
Paris
Luilu
France
Zambia
Shaba
Shasa
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Senate OK for SIU ed building and law school project
The Illinois Senate approved two Southern Illinois University construction items, $641,000 for an SIU Edwardsville physical education building and $7.85 million for a SIU Carbondale law school building, sending both to the House. Debate touched on accreditation and budget timing, with lawmakers noting the higher education board may gain oversight over the commission’s budget under an amended measure.
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Richard H. Ieen Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Senate
House
Chamber
Siu-Edwardsville
Law School
SIU
Carbondale
James R. Thompson
Sam Vadalabene
Edwardsville
Vadalabene
Senate
Kenneth Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Buzbee
John Knuppel
Virginia
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Dawn Clark Netsch
Chicago
Mary Lowder
American Bar Association
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
Board of Higher Education
Higher Education Board
Scholarship Commission
Rend officials warn of lake's dangers
Rend Lake officials warn of the lake's hazards after two fishermen drown. Kenneth Tucker, 25, of Ste Genevieve Missouri, was found about 1,000 yards from shore by Illinois State Police plane at 12 20 p.m. His companion Bruce Rose, 31, was found earlier about 400 yards from shore in the Marcum Branch area. They disappeared May 13 while fishing. a search had continued since May 14. Park Ranger Les Allert attributed bad weather and a swamped bass boat to the tragedy. Rangers often patrol the lake during rough conditions.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake
Franklin County
Illinois
Kenneth Tucker
Ste. Genevieve
Bruce Rose
Rose
Marcum Branch
Les Allert
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Benton
Missouri
Dangers of Bend Lake Boats Highlight Weather Risks
The Franklin County sheriff warns boaters to beach their craft on shore in high winds and bad weather and to wear life jackets. He notes warning sirens failed May 13 due to stormy conditions and recalls multiple past drownings at Bend Lake, including incidents in 1973 and 1974 involving teens and adults.
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Allert
Corps
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Dam
Illinois 183
Lesser
Missouri
Bend Lake
Weather and civic notes in brief scattered items
Heat and humidity persist with rain arriving Saturday as National Weather Service meteorologist Don Semancik warns of a Memorial Day weekend without sun. Illinois farmers weigh corn versus soybeans amid continuing rain. A Marion site is eyed for a $30 million golf complex per a developer. The World Series is forecast warm and humid with near 90s and a 10 percent rain chance. The St Louis Cardinals suffer a rare long losing skid not seen since 1929.
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National Weather Service
Don Semancik
Cairo
Legislators protest Marion lab closing
Southern Illinois lawmakers from both parties challenged a plan to shut the EPA Marion water testing lab set to close July 1. They questioned cost savings and public health impacts while offering the option to relocate tests to Champaign or Springfield.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Southern Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
Marion
Ralph Dunn
Ron Quoin
Michael Mauzy
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
House Appropriations Committee
EPA
Champaign
Champaign-Urbana
Dunn
Maury
Department of Public Health
Carbondale
Mauzy
William Harris
D-Marion
Surgeon amputates ironworker leg on Pittsburgh bridge
In a three hour rescue on a 126 foot Monongahela River span, surgeon Dr Ron Stewart perched on a narrow beam to amputate Ralph Winners right leg to save the bridge from collapse. Winner, 48, was conscious during the ordeal and later listed in good condition at Presbyterian Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Winner
Monongahela River
Ron Stewart
Presbyterian University Hospital
Winner
Joseph
Glenn Cannon
North Hills
Martin’s Explosive Corp
Anchorage
Alaska
Presbyterian Hospital
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la Soir
Red Cross
Kin
Snider
Lillie
Norman Rushing
de Soto
Chestnut and
Douglas Streets
Ernie Branson
Handy Mart Food Store
Downstate
Rend
Mt. Vernon
Christopher
Carroll Fry
Semancik
Omaha
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
ST. Louis Cardinals
Ann Landers
Marion Lab
Harris
Marion Laboratory
William Scott
Michael Bakalis
Department of Transportation
Thompson
Cannon
Ner
State Department of Transportation
American Bridge Division
U.S. Steel Corp
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