Benton Franklin Good Samaritan reach deal column
Column notes a Benton Franklin hospital deal with Good Samaritan, plus local items. Murphysboro Key Club to hide 10000 plastic eggs for hunt. Stocks rise as investors weigh earnings. Wal Mart suspends toy gun sales in New York after state sites. IRA stalls Northern Ireland peace deal. New Michael Jackson show airing. Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park rebirth. TODAY mostly sunny highs upper 60s north winds 5 to 10 mph tonight mostly clear lows lower 40s calm winds Saturday partly cloudy highs mid-60s.
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Wal-Mart
New York
Saddam's riches. hunt for Saddam wealth in exile
In Geneva AP reports the race to locate Saddam Hussein's hidden wealth as estimates vary from 2 to 40 billion dollars. Experts warn the true amount may remain unknown due to a worldwide network moving funds out of Iraq. Charles Forrest of Indict says money has been sent abroad to be invested or kept.
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Geneva
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Latin America
Asia
Charles Forrest
Forrest
Fire destroys Du Quoin church after blaze engulfs building
Reverend C L McKinnies vowed to hold services at an open air pavilion near the First United Pentecostal Church as flames consumed the brick and block structure south of Du Quoin on U S 51. Fire crews from Dowell Pinckneyville Tamaroa Elkville Benton De Soto Christopher and Lesser battled the blaze begun around 1 01 p m. The church built in 1976 had undergone remodeling and housed about 200 weekly attendees.
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Rwighael Dann
THE
Southern
Dave McKinnies
C.L. McKinnies
du Quoin First United Pentecostal Church
McKinnies
U.S. 51
du Quoin
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Dowell
Pinckneyville
Tamaroa
Elkville
Benton
de Soto
Christopher
Lesser
Michael Dann
du Quoin and
First United Pentecostal Church
River to River Relay Runs Through Southern Illinois
The 16th River to River Relay will start at McGee Hill near the Mississippi River at 6 15 a.m. tomorrow. Runners will pass Cobden Goreville and several smaller communities along the route as Mayapples bloom and portable toilets appear along the Eddyville Blacktop.
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Southern Illinois
Eddyville
Thfe
Southern
Miner Dies in Coal Truck Accident at Cottage Grove Mine
Adam Scott, 20, of Carrier Mills, died when a coal-hauling truck overturned at the Cottage Grove Auger mine in Gallatin County. He was found beneath the vehicle and died at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado at 7:02 p.m. Investigators cite no witnesses and note the accident follows two other regional mining deaths this month involving coal trucks.
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Gallatin County
Carrier Mills
Cottage Grove
Adam Scott
Ferrell Hospital
Eldorado
Kentucky
Carol Knowles
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Springfield
Black Beauty Coal Co
Scott
SIU trustees warn of tough times for higher ed
SIU Edwardsville trustees warned during a campus meeting that Illinois universities face major budget woes. Gov Blagojevich proposed a 112 million cut to higher education for FY2004 to close a near 5 billion deficit, with SIU's operating budget reduced by 19.3 million and 36.8 million held in reserve for possible further cuts.
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SIU Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
SIU
Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
James Walker
Southern Illinois University
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