New Era Trailer Park tenants to be evicted
Tenants at New Era Trailer Park learned the park will close with 30 days to move. Owner Quentin Parrish cited sanitation, vandalism and fire problems, with the park to shut down at 5 p.m. October 22 and utilities turned off. The health department found substandard trailers and cited a sewage lagoon issue.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Billy Poe
New Era Trailer Park
Quentin Parrish
Illinois Department of Public Health
County Public Health Department
Health Department
Parrish
Poe
Quentin
Wanda Landry
First woman justice vows to be very busy very fast
Sandra Day OConnor won unanimous Senate confirmation as the first woman on the Supreme Court and will be sworn in Friday. At 51 she becomes the court’s youngest member, with Reagan hailing a historic day and OConnor declining to reveal how she will rule on any issue.
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Justice
Washington
Sandra Day O’connor
Senate
Supreme Court
Arizona
O’connor
White House
Reagan
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
Jeremiah Denton
R-Ala
Judiciary Committee
O'Connor
Gromyko seeks normal relations with United States
At the United Nations General Assembly Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged normal businesslike U S relations and offered dialogue with Washington to resolve disputes. He criticized Reagan policies, warned against arms race pressure, and accused the West of undermining Warsaw Pact unity and Poland’s socialist foundations. Haig listened as Gromyko opposed US military bases abroad.
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United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Kremlin
United States
Gromyko
NATO
Pleasant, cooler tonight with fair skies ahead
The National Weather Service forecasts a clear, cooler night with a low in the upper 40s to low 50s. Wednesday brings partly sunny conditions with a high in the low to mid 70s, followed by fair weather Thursday through Saturday. Lows will stay in the 50s and highs in the mid to upper 70s.
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National Weather Service
Marion approves water sewer rate increases and related actions
Marion City Council approved higher water and sewer bills effective Oct. 1 with water rates rising at least 12 percent and sewer 24 percent. Large water users face up to 73 percent rate boosts to promote conservation. Additional actions include demolition payment for the Dunston Building, parking and trespass signs, board appointments, and road work upgrades for safety on new building pipes and DeYoung Street restrictions tied to Illinois 13 redesign.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
J.L. Stewart Company
Metropolis
Dunston Building
South Market Street
Francis Lucille Copening
Will Thomas
Marion Senior Citizens Coun
Cil. O.P. Allen
Williamson County Cooperative Extension Service
E. Reeves St
Korte Construction Company
Industrial Park Road
DeYoung Street
North Court Street
North Fair Street
Turkish F 104 crashes near NATO exercise site
An F 104 jet of the Turkish air force crashed into a bivouac area in western Turkey during a practice dive for a NATO exercise. Initial reports cite at least 100 killed and 100 injured, with 65 bodies arriving at Istanbul hospitals. Casualties appear to be Turkish. the pilot’s fate unknown and possible ammunition blast or crash explosion being investigated.
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Ankara
Turkey
Istanbul
Haydar Saluik
1St
Country Club Road zoning hearing poised for input
The Carbondale Murphysboro dispute over zoning control for land west of Country Club Road stalls for public input. Carbondale favors keeping jurisdiction until Murphysboro is ready, while a mutually agreed sphere of influence already places the land under Murphysboro. Residents voiced opposition, citing lack of services and concerns over the Murdale Water District.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Country Club Road
Hans Fischer
Fischer
Lake
Chautauqua
Sydney Appleton
Harold Halterman
Halterman
Murdale
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Day O’connor
Barry Goldwater
William French Smith
Strom Thurmond
Alexander M. Haig Jr
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
United States of America
Ann Landers
Country Club
Appleton
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