Summit aims for some consensus at Cancun talks
The 22 nation North South summit opens in Cancun amid calls for Reagan to soften free market policy. Haig predicts progress and possible consensus on food and energy with industrialized nations aiding poorer states. Castaneda and Portillo express cautious optimism despite limited immediate results.
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Cancun
Mexico
U.S
Reagan
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
Jorge Castaneda
Jose Lopez Portillo
Ing
Horacio Flores de la Pena
Lopez Portillo
SIU asked to return liquor license after dry township finding
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission asked Southern Illinois University Carbondale to surrender its Student Center liquor license after evidence showed Carbondale Township voted dry in 1943. SIUC will seek more time beyond the Nov. 2 deadline while arguing local rules do not override state authority.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale
Richard Higgerson
SIUC
ILCC
Higgerson
John Corker
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Corker
Rita Farrell
Illinois grade schools face funding crisis from aid formula
South ern Illinois educators told the state board of education on Wednesday that the current state aid formula unfairly favors high schools. They warned elementary districts may lose funds and even borrow to cover costs as the formula revision lingers for years.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Illinois
State Board of Education
Mount Vernon
Donald Gill
James Smith
Belleville
Smith
Fred Knott
Woodlawn
Jefferson County
Knott
Felix Murrell
Pinckneyville
Murrell
J.D. Shields
Mount Vernon Township
Gill
P Ghice
Dr. Gill
Weekend Sky Holds Rain Then Cool Turn Tell
The National Weather Service forecasts rain ending tonight with a return to mostly cloudy skies and cooler conditions. Lows will be in the mid to upper 30s, then Friday brings variable clouds and a high in the mid to upper 40s. Sunday and Monday look cloudy with weekend lows in the 20s to 30s and Monday highs in the upper 40s to low 50s.
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National Weather Service
Goat spared from ritual killing in Illinois case
D.D. the goat, bought by Olusesan Olawaiye for a documentary, was spared after Illinois officials and the Humane Society intervened. The animal was found by Carbondale police and taken to the shelter, where officials determined humane handling was required. The student’s professor explained the project aimed to depict cultural rites, while authorities urged humane treatment and compliance with state law. Shelter staff seek a suitable home for D.D. as applications from interested adopters are reviewed.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
D.D
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Olusesan Olawaiye
Humane Society of Southern Illinois’ Shelter
Carbondale
Meadow Lane
Plover Street
Eerie D.D
Cindy Nelson
Olawaiye
Nelson
David Bramwell
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Welfare
Bromwell
Bramwell
Illinois
Loren Cocking
Cocking
Kroger
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China
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India
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Willibald Pahr
Europe
United States
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Hans Dietrich Genscher
Siu
Tion
Commission
Ann Landers
Wit’s End Bridge
Jerry Lower
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