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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2004
Page
1
Summary of items includes Matt Hale warned about prison clothing in court, investigation into a Mississippi Amtrak derailment, search for missing SIUC student in Jackson County, and other regional notes. Weather forecast calls for sun today, cooler Friday, with winds and typical seasonal conditions.
SIU leaders delay pay hikes for four SIUC administrators after board chair Glenn Poshard requests a pause. Chancellor Walter Wendler had proposed raises for Sue Davis, Susan Ferry, Paul Kowalczyk, and Carmen Suarez funded by campus savings.
A second medical practitioner announces closure due to rising insurance costs. The action follows another colleague’s earlier step, signaling pressure on small practices amid high premiums and regulatory costs.
Jan Bowman-Marsh, a Marion family practitioner, will close her Marsh Family Care Center after 12 years on May 14 and move to Heartland Regional Medical Center as director of the hospitalist program starting June 1. High malpractice premiums and red numbers pressured the practice, making solo work unsustainable as the region sees more doctors exit private practice.
U S Marines battled insurgents in Fallujah and called airstrikes on a mosque compound. Witnesses said dozens were killed in six hours of fighting as an anti U S uprising raged in southern cities led by a radical Shiite cleric. See Fallujah page 3A.
Charles Placher died Christmas Day at Menard Correctional Center in a strip-cell death by own action watch. Family questions how a person can freeze in an unheated cell with only a blanket while under 10 minute checks. Temperature 26 degrees outside. Guards reportedly did not enter the cell for 24 hours prior to transport to Memorial Hospital.
Authorities will not charge a young man who admitted causing thousands in damage at Trico School District in January. He has made restitution for the 39 damaged school buildings. See Trico on page 2A.
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