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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 2003
Page
1
Page 1B reports Perry County Sheriff receives a 101957 COPS grant. The item notes the grant amount and locality in a brief column listing several regional notes.
Mayor Ron Williams will propose a half percent sales tax raise to 6.75 percent and a two cent per gallon gasoline tax to close a projected $250,000 budget gap. He notes he will not raise property or utility taxes and aims for about $300,000 additional revenue. The Finance and Budget Committee meets Monday to discuss the plan.
Navy rescue swimmer Jeremy Burkart of Marion aboard the USS Harry S. Truman saved the helicopter pilot after a crash while loading supplies from a private ship Spica. The operation used two SA-330 Puma helicopters performing vertical replenishment between ships. Burkart called it his first rescue after over a decade of preparation and training.
American forces entered Mosul without resistance and called for surrender from holdouts in western Iraq. Bush said Saddam Hussein’s fate remained unclear but that he was no longer in power as U S officials pledged to curb looting in Baghdad and beyond. Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, fell as a 30 000 strong Army Corps dissolved.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale could become a national coal center as provisions in a new energy policy authorize 1.8 billion dollars over nine years for advanced clean coal research. U S Rep Jerry Costello pushed revised clean coal legislation and a Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future at universities nationwide including SIUC.
Springfield Illinois. Gov Rod Blagojevich seeks to end a 3 billion special interest surplus by trimming the Illinois Grape and Wine Resources Council annual 500000 dollar appropriation. The Carbondale based council faces elimination as part of the budget balancing plan.
In Marion, 63-year-old J C Edwards joined River to River Relay as teams crowded hotels ahead of the 80 mile race from near Shelbyville to Golconda. Edwards logged over 1200 miles in the past year and aims to finish with fellow veterans and newcomers, while teams like Advil scramble for last‑minute walkers.
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