Faith and humor empower Grand Tower teacher facing cancer
Marylee Keneipp, a 54 year old Grand Tower Elementary third grade teacher, fights intestinal cancer since 1978 with chemotherapy. She keeps teaching, walks four miles daily with her sister, finds joy in nature and stars, relies on colleagues and church prayers, and promotes a faith grounded, never giving up outlook.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Marylee Keneipp
Miss Keneipp
Grand Tower
Keneipp
Lydia Glade
Shawnee High School
Wolf Lake
Donald Taylor
Judy Goggin
Reagan admin eases 34 auto rules to aid industry
Washington AP reports the Reagan administration loosens 34 auto pollution and safety regulations to revive the industry, with EPA and NHTSA submitting plans to rescind or revise rules. The package aims to save nearly 1.4 billion for industry and 9.3 billion for consumers over five years, amid shifts away from four decades of stricter rules.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
EPA
NHTSA
House budget chief would top Reagan cuts plan
House Budget Committee chairman Rep. James R. Jones D Okla proposed larger cuts than President Reagan for 1982 saying defense spending is too high and social programs too small. His alternative restores funding for food stamps welfare education health and job programs while trimming revenues and aiming for a smaller deficit than Reagan's plan.
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Washington
House Budget Committee
Reagan
James R. Jones
D-Okla
Jones
Uest
SIU C student swallows insecticide at campus party
A 22-year-old Southern Illinois University Carbondale student named Richard D Agostino was listed in satisfactory condition after accidentally ingesting insecticide at a Saturday night party for about 400 people at a Pleasant Hill Road residence south of Carbondale. He was moved from Memorial Hospital in Carbondale to Firmin Desloge in St Louis. deputies and Carbondale police assisted. the Jackson County sheriff s department conducts the investigation.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Firmin Desloge
St. Louis
Richard D’agostino
Pleasant Hill Road
Carbondale
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
Jackson County
Memorial Hospital
Sheriff’s Department
Siu-C
Mother of the Year contest invites letters for prize
Readers are urged to write a 500 word letter naming their Mother of the Year with both names included. Entrants must mail letters to Southern Illinoisan before April 17 for a May 3 special section. weather forecast notes fair and warmer tonight through Tuesday with highs in the 70s.
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National Weather Service
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Ill
Union County taxes hit record multiplier high 2.3978
Union County receives a tentative tax multiplier of 2.3978, the highest in the county’s history, indicating non farm property is assessed at about 13.9 percent of market value to reach the state 33.33 percent target. County officials note a decade without a full reassessment, with completion expected for 1982 bills payable in 1983, while Randolph and other area counties show lower multipliers and more accurate assessments.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Union County
Randolph County
Revenue Department
Union County Supervisor of
Eugene Platt
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Johnson
State Revenue Department
Franklin County
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