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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2003
Page
1
State budget plan includes four hundred fifty million dollars in pork projects and other allocations. News notes also report Blair murder case motions in Benton and a Cambria man ordered committed for sixty years. Local items cover city council budget talk and park district board seat changes.
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The war is effectively over with Saddam Hussein’s regime toppled and key cities seized, yet critical questions remain about Saddam's whereabouts, weapons programs, Iraqi governance, UN and coalition roles, and Iraq's rebuilding. Analysts say some issues will take months or years to resolve. The shift page 2A.
Washington AP reports that Saddam Hussein’s rapid government collapse acts as a reality check for Iran and North Korea. North Korea now says multilateral talks on its nuclear program may be worthwhile, while Iran’s hardline stance persists despite shifts in regional dynamics.
Gov Blagojevich proposed cutting 21 million in regional offices of education as part of closing a 5 billion general fund deficit. The plan targets administrative costs while classroom funding remains a priority, with mixed local reactions and calls to find alternative financing.
George S. McGovern, former senator and presidential hopeful, recounts his first grasp of world hunger from 1944 Naples docking scenes. He recalls candy tossed to dock children and a tragedy as 25 kids drowned reaching fallen treats, a memory that stayed with him.
Autherine Foster, famed as the first African American to integrate the University of Alabama, will speak at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Wednesday. Foster enrolled in 1956 after a court ruling but was expelled after three days, marking a pivotal civil rights moment.
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