Cardboard regatta spills thrills at SIU Carbondale event
The Eighth Annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta at SIU Carbondale Lake drew hundreds as Dave Leeman’s 81-foot blue craft Dave’s Doughnut flopped on its first paddle. Leeman earned the Titanic Award for the most spectacular sink while promising Dave's Doughnut II next year.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Dave Leeman
Dave
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Leemon
Defa
Centralia Containers
Odin High School
Wild Bill
S.I. Canoe and
Mary Lou’s
Illinois Bearing
S.P.E
Hunter Boys
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Rick Weiss
CAK
William Johns
Lananookie
Old Town Liquors
Pickets blamed on rivals over new Murphysboro store
Tru-Bay grocery owner Dennis Dinguid alleges competitors stage informational pickets at his Murphysboro store to deter his business. Union representative Marvin Russow says volunteers from other grocers will picket weekends for a couple of weeks to show the store is nonunion, while Dinguid pushes for a union election supervised by the NLRB.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Dennis Dinguid
Tru-Bay
Walnut St
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 896
Marvin Russow
Tru- Buy
Dinguid
Tru-Buy
Don Allen
Commercial Workers Union
Retail Clerks Union
J.C. Penney’s
Penney’s
Russow
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
St. Louis
Van daling Mailboxes A Costly Nighttime Prank
Police warn that trashing mailboxes during late night joy rides is a costly offense. Perpetrators risk criminal charges, fines, and possible restitution for damaged property as investigators stress accountability and the impact on postal service.
Students win sausage recipe contest in three counties
Home economics students from Jackson, Perry and Franklin counties won a sausage recipe contest. Read about the winning entries and consider trying the recipes yourself.
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Jackson
Perry
Franklin Counties
Stretching grocery dollars with smart shopping tips
Budget minded shoppers can cut costs at the supermarket by using common sense strategies beyond coupons and specials. Practical tactics help stretch food dollars and ease checkout stress.
Southern Illinoisan contact and subscription details
Publication offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion list addresses and phone numbers. Delivery rates vary by service and area and mail subscriptions are priced by duration. Postmaster address changes are directed to Box 2108 Carbondale Illinois 62901.
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Southern Ilinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. —_ Herrin
S. Murphysboro
Souern Illinoisan
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Daily J
Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
San Francisco marks quake anniversary amid city pride
A pre-dawn 75th anniversary observance recalls the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 in downtown San Francisco. Residents, including Cora Luchetti who watched the city burn, join a countdown led by a judge as Turk Murphy’s Jazz Band plays and firemen’s sirens sound.
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San Francisco
Cora Luchetti
Turk Murphy
California Firemen’s Association
Steiner and
Clay
Rafaelo
Governor Matheson to speak at West Desert High graduation
Utah Gov. Scott Matheson tentatively agrees to address West Desert High School seniors at the desert community’s commencement. The area lies about 125 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, reachable only by helicopter or long dirt-road drives.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Scott Matheson
West Desert High School
Desert
West City shop robbed by armed man Saturday
A man armed with a small caliber handgun robbed the Lenard Tin Shop and Sporting Goods liquor store in West City Saturday evening. No shots were fired and no one was injured, according to a Franklin County Sheriff's Department spokesman. The robber, a blonde haired man in his early 20s, about 5'6\", fled on foot after obtaining approximately 150. He is still at large.
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Lenard
Sporting Goods
West City
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
Baldrige says Reagan may lift grain embargo soon
Commerce Secretary Baldrige said Reagan could lift the partial grain embargo against the Soviet Union within two weeks if the Soviets do not threaten Poland. He told CNN he was the administration’s top official to confirm a possible move, while White House spokesmen said no decision had been reached and the topic was not discussed at the latest Cabinet meeting.
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Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Reagan
Soviet Union
Poland
Baldrige
Administration
Jimmy Carter
Afghanistan
White House
Larry Speakes
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Richard Archer
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Jerry Sadowski
Dallas
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Mike Schmitt
ED Greer
Chuck Hill
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Arthur Gradwohl
Survivors Club
Universal She
Lees
Berwen
Philadelphia
Bigelow
Cabin Craft
Alexander, Smith, Milliken
Baldridge
Nnouncin Biofeedback and Chronic Pain Management Center
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Paul M. Erlandson
Anthony J. Weisenberger
M.D. Psychiatry
Yasoda Modali
Jack Gilbert
M.S
Gail Peterson
Howard W. Timm
Exchange Avenue
Vernon
California
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