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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 2002
Page
1
The Southern launches a Mega Millionaire contest urging readers to spend toward weekly item bids and a special auction set for July 20 at University Mall. Pages 1B and 6C.
A Sweet Saluki Season, highlighting the 2001 02 SIU men s basketball team, airs tonight at 8 on WSIU 8 and WUSI 16 with game footage and interviews, followed by a coach Bruce Weber call in show. Repeats May 3 at 5 30 p m and May 19 at 12 30 p m.
Randy Blair describes a nightmare month after his wife Cassie Blair disappeared and was found dead in Lake Moses. Authorities charged John D. Smith Jr. with first degree murder, alleging strangulation and body disposal. Blair recalls the last contact and the unanswered homecoming.
Anna, a town still reeling from nearby prison job losses, learns the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center may be closed as part of 42 state properties on a hit list amid Gov. George Ryan’s $1.3 billion budget shortfall, risking hundreds of local jobs. Community members express fear and urge savings measures without shuttering facilities.
Illinois faces possible impact on 10 IDNR facilities and staff if funding falls short in the budget discussions between Gov. George Ryan and the legislature. Beall Woods, Cache River, Mermet areas, Pyramid State Park and Sahara Woods among those listed. no closures or layoffs have occurred yet as officials review cost savings and keep parks open.
Secretary of State Powell cancels a Friday midnight meeting with Yasser Arafat after a bombing in a Jerusalem marketplace kills six and wounds many. A senior official cites possible Sunday resumption, while Powell and aides urge denunciation of terrorism as Israeli and Palestinian tensions soar amid a West Bank offensive.
Carbondale city officials received a Census Bureau letter stating the 2000 population is 25,063, up from 20,681, boosting annual tax disbursements by 528000. The gain funds police and fire services, though further appeals seek to adjust for undercounts and misplacements of students.
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