House approves record Pentagon budget with B-1 and MX
The House backed a $197.4 billion defense bill featuring the B-1 bomber and MX missile by a 335-61 vote. Lawmakers preserved funding for both weapons despite calls to cut, while Reagan sought to link talks with the Soviets to European disarmament efforts and maintain deployment plans in 1983.
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House
Reagan
Pentagon
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Joseph P. Addabbo
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Addabbo
New York
Europe
Congress
Elliott Levitas
D-Ga
America
U.S
Robert H. Michel
Illinois
Marge Roukema
R-N.j
Defense Department
Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Republicans
U.S. Steel bids to buy Marathon Oil in $7.5 billion deal
Marathon Oil says its board accepts U S Steel offer valued at up to 7.5 billion, seeking 51 percent of Marathon stock at 125 a share. Mobil's rival bid totals 5.1 billion with 85 a share cash for up to 40 million shares.
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Marathon Oil Co
Mobil Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
Ohio Oil Company
U.S
U.S. Steel
Mobil
Marathon
Weather outlook shows rain tonight then snow flurries and cold weekend
The National Weather Service forecasts a 70 percent chance of rain tonight, then snow flurries and much colder air with northwesterly winds 15 to 30 mph. Cloudy Friday may bring 40 percent precipitation and highs in the 30s. Partly cloudy and cold Saturday through Monday with highs in the 30s to low 40s and lows in the 20s.
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National Weather Service
Christmas memories worth a $30 prize
Contest invites readers to submit a personal Christmas memory under 780 words for a chance to win a Christmas basket valued at $30. Include name, address, and phone number. No age limit. Deadline is November 27. Send entries to Christmas Memories The Southern Illinoisan P.O. Box 2108 Carbondale III 62901.
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Southern Illinoisan
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Norge workers learn fates today
Workers at the Norge Co. Herrin plant will learn who is laid off as production ends today and resumes November 30. About 250 to 350 employees face cuts across all divisions. some fear losing work or being reassigned, while others expect continued shifts. The plant closes Friday and next week, with exact layoff numbers not yet released.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Norge Co
Herrin
Fos Sadler
Doug Bailey
Norge
Morrow
Willie Lowery
Johnston City
Lowery
Mary Hensgen
Stephen Overturf
Bush
Nicholas Norge
Oral Goble
Kraig Christensen
Pat Sanders
Marion High Student Saves Child With Heimlich Maneuver
Marion High School sophomore Lisa Clark used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge gum from a choking 2-year-old while babysitting near Marion. After four abdominal thrusts and back slaps, a large wad of gum expelled and the child resumed breathing, with Lisa praised by health teacher Don Bittle and lauded as an exemplary lifesaving effort learned in class.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Heimlich
Marion High School
Lisa Clark
Lisa
Marion
Niques
Don Bittle
Bittle
Ilinois
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