Reagan vows to aid Israel in faces peril
President Reagan assured Israeli Prime Minister Begin at a White House welcome that Israel will have U S support as they discuss a wide range of issues including military ties and Camp David peace efforts. Begin urged unity against Soviet threats while signaling no sustained opposition to AWACS sales despite Israel’s concerns.
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Reagan
Menachem Begin
Israel
Begin
White House South Lawn
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Regin
United States
Oval Office
White House
Camp David
Lebanon
SIUC faculty debates visiting professor policy limits
SIUC faculty consider extending visiting professor employment from three to five years. Wiltz, a senior in marketing, and Senator Herbert Donow led arguments about job security, research time, and teaching loads. The senate sent the proposal back to committee and adopted service policy recommendations.
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Jean Ness
Southern
Donow
Guyon
Paul Andrews
Donov
Senate
Faculty, Status and Welfare Committee
SIUC
Albert Somit
Square Root Day Noted As 99 81 On Calendar
A quirky calendar fact marks today as a square root day with date day month multiplying to the year’s last two digits. The piece notes the last such day was August 8, 1964 and the next will be January 1, 2001.
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Washington
Weather outlook fair and cool tonight with warming Thursday
The National Weather Service forecasts a fair and cool night with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Thursday will be sunny and warmer with highs in the mid 80s. The days remain mostly sunny and warm, followed by fair and cool nights Friday through Sunday, with highs in the 80s and lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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National Weather Service
West Frankfort referendum attempt on city manager plan ends
An effort to place a referendum on a city manager form of government in West Frankfort failed due to a signature submission mix up. Petitions with 400 plus names were delivered Aug 14 but were not seen by City Clerk Carolyn Martin until Aug 23, missing the Aug 17 filing deadline. Caldwell said another attempt is expected next year, after prior invalidation over signatures last year by Judge Loren Lewis.
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O.R. Walley
Southern
Carolyn Martin
Bill Krah
Caldwell
Loren Lewis
Circuit Court
FAA chief says control system rebuild looms through 1982
Airline service remains about 75 percent of normal as the FAA rebuilds the air traffic control system after the strike that sidelined nearly 12,000 controllers. J Lynn Helms testified that a gradual return to pre strike traffic levels is possible in the second year, with continued restrictions likely through most of next year.
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U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
J. Lynn Helms
Helms
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Drew Lewis
House Government Operations Subcommittee On Transportation
John L. Burton
D-Calif
Shoemake Faces Mine Violence Charge In Kerr-McGee Incident
Thomas Shoemake 55 of Herrin faces aggravated battery two mob action counts and disorderly conduct after the Kerr-McGee Coal Corp construction site attack east of Galatia August 18. He posted a $1000 bond after sheriff’s deputies arrested him Friday. Charles Stacy 48 of Shawneetown also arrested in Saline County and charged with two mob action counts and disorderly conduct. Both are among warrants issued by Saline County State’s Attorney David Hoffman to supplement earlier batches. two warrants remain unserved.
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Southern Illinoisan
United Mine Workers District 12
Thomas Shoemake
Herrin
Kerr-McGee Coal Corp
Galatia
Shoemake
Williamson County
Sheriff’s Department
Saline County
Charles Stacy
Shawneetown
Stacy
David Hoffman
Cable users to vote on channel 27 survey
Southern Illinois Cablevision will survey about 900 subscribers in seven communities to decide if they should drop one of the three St Louis network affiliates for Marion's new UHF station. West Frankfort officials push the poll to preserve Channel 27, with firm notes on FCC carriage rules and local outages.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Cablevision
Marion
St. Louis
West Frankfort
Bruce Cranston
WDDD
Robert Owens
Cranston
Federal Communications Commission
Herrin
Murphysboro
Johnston City
Carterville
Crainville
Energy
Marion-Carbondale
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