Lead in deer livers prompts caution at Crab Orchard Refuge
Theresa Churchill reports high lead levels in 131 deer livers from Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge. Officials warn hunters to avoid livers this season while soil testing and further study proceed. No link to waterfowl lead poisoning. Average liver lead at the refuge 5.59 ppm versus 0.96 to 2.03 ppm elsewhere.
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Theresa Churchill
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Wayne Adams
Alan Woolf
Woolf
Adams
MAPCO founder defends non union coal mine stance
MAPCO Inc founder Robert Thomas said the proposed non union mine near Carmi is “just another coal mine” as reporters questioned why the company would pursue non union operation. He spoke before an energy speech in Marion and insisted the controversy is overstated while citing safety and incentives to win miners.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Ilinoisan Mapco Inc
Robert Thomas
Carmi
Southern Illinois Inc
Marion
Illinois
Thomas
MAPCO
Kentucky
Maryland
United Mine Workers
Kerr-McGee Coal Corp
Galatia
Kerr-McGee
Mors
UMW
Thoms
Carter
Esprit de Corps
Kerr- McGee
Reagan rules out delay in Social Security boosts
Washington AP reports President Reagan has ruled out proposing a delay in Social Security cost of living increases as part of a second budget-cut package. He plans a televised address Thursday night to outline cuts totaling about 16 billion with possible changes still under review.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
William Hoagland
Hoagland
Oakwood Bottoms development plan approved
Shawnee National Forest approves design for a 1 million day use area along the Great River Road near Oakwood Bottoms. Planned features include 4.4 miles of paving, a seven acre pond, a wildlife observatory, boardwalk, restrooms, parking, two picnic areas, and a Big Muddy River boat ramp, with public comment to follow and construction funding uncertain.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Oakwood- Bottoms
Turkey Bayou
Shawnee National Forest
Kenneth D. Henderson
Illinois
Great River Road
Oakwood
Greentree Reservoir
Big Muddy River
Ilinois Central Gulf
Larry Piche
Forest Service
Little Grand Canyon
Henderson
Illinois Department of Transportation
Piche
LaRue-Pine Hills
Oakwood-Greentree
Fountain Bluff
Oakwood Bottoms
Washington, D.C
Local Muppet Coloring Winners Named in Sunday Page
Evelyn Delgado 6 from Carbondale wins a Miss Piggy bath mitt, Misti Myers 8 from Percy wins a Miss Piggy bank, and Nathan Followell 9 from Murphysboro wins a Miss Piggy jig saw puzzle. Contest entries total 84 this week with three winners announced. Readers are reminded to enter by Sunday and trivia answers appear in Today section.
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Evelyn Delgado
Manuel
Teresa Delgado
Carbondale
Evelyn
Frank Oz
Dave Goelz
Brooke Shields
Mississippi
Weather forecast: cool tonight and warm weekend ahead
National Weather Service forecasts fair and cool tonight with lows in the lower 50s. Thursday will be partly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Friday through Sunday, highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s, warming to the upper 70s and mid 80s by Sunday. Low Friday in the low 50s, rising to mid 60s by Sunday.
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National Weather Service
Offiers sent home as Diablo protest dwindles
Diablo Canyon protest near San Luis Obispo winds down as 750 guardsmen and Highway Patrol officers are sent home. Arrests climb to 1,493, surpassing Seabrook a four years earlier. Abalone Alliance vows to keep the non-violent demonstration alive, with a local march planned and a small campground audience remaining at the site. Local sheriff declines to specify remaining forces.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Diablo Canyon
Seabrook
N.H
Abalone Alliance
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Alliance
San Luis Obispo County
George Whiting
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Illinois Department of Public Health
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Illinois Department of Conservation
Jerry Lover
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Fred Richmond
D-N.y
House Agriculture Subcommittee On Nutrition
Ann Landers
Diablo
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