Security Cadets thrill Pinckneyville parade crowd
The Security Cadets, a group of 16 to 22 year old former unemployed high school dropouts now training at Camp Breckenridge in Morganfield Kentucky, performed a coordinated street routine behind Pinckneyville during the 59th Annual Mardi Gras. They rehearse each Thursday at the camp and every weekend at events across Illinois Missouri Kentucky and Indiana, with a drill team that once appeared at President Carter's inauguration in 1976.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Security
Midwest
Morganfield
Camp Breckenridge
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Indiana
Carter
Pinckneyville
Cadets At Camp Breckenridge Create Rhythm On Drill Field
Grade School drill team leaders direct about 50 Security Cadets learning marching routines at Camp Breckinridge. They combine stomping, clapping, and dance moves with a few cartwheels. Edison Reid, 22, notes rhythm matters and some trainees learn quickly while others take about a month of two hour sessions daily.
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Edward Reid
Camp Breckenridge
Reid
Brink's robbery prompts FBI rule review over security limits
The FBI will reexamine its 1976 Levi guidelines after a Brink's truck heist in a New York suburb tied to five radical leftist Weather Underground members and related groups. The probe raises whether current rules hinder early infiltration and prevention, with hearings expected next spring and ongoing debate among lawmakers and officials.
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Michael J. Sniffen Washington
FBI
Brink
Weather Underground
New York City
Black Panthers
Republic of New Africa
Black Liberation Army
Levi
Bureau
Senate
Roger Young
Activi
Young
Senate Security and Terrorism Subcommittee
Steve Allen
Subcommittee
Jeremiah Denton
Ala
Carbondale Halloween party draws thousands despite rain
Thousands of costumed revelers filled downtown Carbondale on Halloween eve defying rain threats. By 7 p.m. traffic was halted on South Illinois Avenue as celebrations continued. one man, Lawrence Foster of Quincy, was seriously injured by a train behind 315 South Illinois. Memorial Hospital reported 43 weekend injuries by 11 p.m., mostly minor aside from Foster. Police logged nine arrests Friday night as partiers dispersed after early-morning hours.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
South Illinois Avenue
College
Walnut Streets
Lawrence K. Foster
Quincy
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
S.llinois Ave
Foster
Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospi
Rions
Edward Hogan
Tye
Hogan
Wayne Wheeles
Postal hike hits again as two jumps in one year
The second 1980s rate increase takes effect with first class letters at 20 cents up from 18. Postmaster General Bolger cites revenue needs after a $126 million shortfall, amid a legal challenge to the unilateral move and ongoing dispute with the Postal Rate Commission. Other changes raise per-pound and single piece rates across second, third, and fourth class mail, with new minimums and maximums alike.
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Washington
William F. Bolger
Bolger
Postal Rate Commis
Sion
Postal Service
Bing
Rate Commission
The
Rain Likely Today With Warmer Temps Expected
The National Weather Service forecasts rain likely today and Monday with high temperatures in the low to mid 60s and nighttime lows in the low to mid 50s. Rain chances are about 90 percent today and 50 percent Monday.
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National Weather Service
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