Women protest safety at Kerr-McGee coal site in Illinois
A group of 16 placard carrying women staged a peaceful demonstration at Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. construction site in Galatia over alleged safety violations. State police photographed participants for potential court action while officials reviewed an injunction from prior violent protests.
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Associated Press
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Kerr-McGee Coal Corp
Larry Garbo
Carmi
Saline County
Jean Bishop
Harrisburg
Newton
Kerr-McGee
Bishop
Illinois
Wyoming
Kerr- McGee
Donna McFarland
Galatia
Los Angeles Quake Shook Downtown Strongest Since 1971
A 5.8 magnitude quake shook downtown Los Angeles for about 15 seconds with no immediate damage or injuries reported. Felt as far as Santa Barbara and San Diego, readings varied by institution, while officials traced the epicenter to the San Pedro Channel off Long Beach. Emergency lines jammed briefly and Amtrak halted trains between San Diego and Los Angeles for bridge inspections.
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Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Diego
National Earthquake Information Center
Golden
Colo
University of California At Berkeley
California Institute of
Pasadena
Colorado Information Center
San Pedro Channel
Long Beach
Joe Reinich
Cabrillo Beach
Amtrak
Power outage hits five towns in Central Illinois
Power loss affected 6,028 CIPS customers from 6:20 to 6:56 a.m. in Carbondale and adjacent towns De Soto Dowell Elkville and Vergennes. Crews near the Southern Illinois Airport worked to find the cause as 4,500 Carbondale customers faced outages and smaller counts elapsed in the other villages.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Carbondale
de Soto
Dowell
Elkville
Vergennes
James O’daniel
CIPS
Southern Illinois
O’daniel
Special prosecutor named to press case against Sen Johns
A special prosecutor was named in Williamson County to decide if criminal charges should be filed against Sen Gene Johns of Marion. Randy Patchett said he sought the appointment with Judge Snyder Howell and Marion lawyer John Brewster was chosen. grand jury activity was reported but not confirmed. The probe follows Johns admitting undisclosed campaign funds from 1978 and amended reports, with possible board subpoenas and questions about scope of the investigation and potential statutes to be revised.
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Mike Lawrence
Southern Illinoisan
Springfield
Williamson County
Gene Johns
Dmarion
Randy Patchett
Snyder Howell
John Brewster
Marion
Patchett
State Board of Elections
Elections Board
Johns
Attorney General
Brewster
Official Election Board
Campaign
Thompson approves ban on appointment swapping in port authority
Gov James R Thompson signs a measure to close a loophole that let Jackson County Board chair Bill Kelley switch between the county board and the Jackson Union Counties Port Authority. The bill, championed by Rep Bruce Richmond, restricts which units can appoint and requires appointees reside within the appointing jurisdiction to prevent similar Kelley style moves.
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James R. Thompson
Jackson County Board
Bill Kelley
Jackson- Union Counties
French Ambassador Delamare Ambushed and Killed in Beirut
Three gunmen ambushed and killed French Ambassador Louis Delamare in Beirut as he returned from lunch. He died at Barbir Hospital from seven gunshot wounds shortly after arrival. Delamare, 59, had served in Beirut since August 1979 at Residence des Pins amid the city’s division.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Louis Delamare
Barbir
Delamare
Sion
Des Pins
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Miller
Union Peabody
James Newton
Department of Transportation District 9
Ann Landers
Ari
Arena
Aretets
Kelly
Thompson
Srain
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