The Southern Illinoisan Contact and Subscription Details
Publisher Dennis DeRossett and Editor Gary Metro lead The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale with daily publishing and mail addresses. Subscribers may call 351-5000 or 800-228-0429 for home delivery options and rates. display and classified ads are handled by Shannon Brinker and sales staff.
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Accuracy Hotline for The Southern Readers
A reader call to action urges reporting inaccuracies in The Southern. It provides contact numbers: from Jackson County call 529-5454 Ext. 5033, from elsewhere call (800) 228-0429 Ext. 5033, inviting community submissions on errors or omissions in coverage.
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Will Smith Says He Is Not Talented Only Hardworking
In a CBS 60 Minutes interview Smith, 39, argues his success comes from a superb work ethic rather than talent. He notes I Am Legend debuts December 14 and lists The Pursuit of Happyness and Ali among his credits. Hulk Hogan files for divorce, says wife can support themselves and their 17-year-old Nick. party to decide custody and seeks alimony and child support.
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Will Smith
CBS
60 Minutes
Smith
I Am Legend
Clearwater
Fla
Hulk Hogan
Nick
Hogan
Terry Bollea
Linda Bollea
Vandross Estate To Auction Over 1000 Personal Items
Luther Vandross fans can bid on more than 1000 items from the late singer's Beverly Hills and other homes, tours, and offices. The December 5 6 sale includes handwritten lyrics, crystal vases, designer footwear, and personal mementos, reflecting his star lifestyle.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Greenwich
Bracelet Lost as Boy Returns to Fairmont Mystery
Aaron Giles, now 31, recalls losing his identity bracelet about twenty years ago. A Fairmont meat cutter found the bracelet in a chicken gizzard at Olson Locker and read his name and address engraved on it. Giles believes he misplaced it at his grandfather’s barn when he was around four or five, while recalling childhood hide and seek games in the farm setting.
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Minn
Aaron Giles
Olson Locker
Mark Olson
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Bracelet Embedded in Barn Sparks Interstate Search
Giles believes his bracelet, given in September and once in a barn dismantled years ago, may be embedded in materials from a second Elmore barn about 45 miles away. The bracelet surfaced in a chicken from an Elmore farm. Olson traced Giles’ father to Arizona. Giles now lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Olson
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Today in History highlights and notable events
This December 1 list recalls Rosa Parks sparking the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, the 1824 presidential deadlock resolved by the House, the 1904 St Louis Exposition closing, and other milestones. It notes Tehran talks in 1943, Candide opening in 1956, the 1969 draft lottery, Ben-Gurion’s death in 1973, Amy Fisher’s 1992 sentence, Vicente Fox’s 2000 oath, and major global events including natural disasters and sports titles.
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Montgomery
Ala
Parks
U.S. House of Representatives
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Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
St. Louis
Gulf Refining Co
Pittsburgh
Navy
Hampton Roads
Washington
D.C
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Tehran
Leonard Bernstein
U.S
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Tel Aviv
Mineola
N.Y
Amy Fisher
Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Fisher
Vicente Fox
Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Heath High School
West Paducah
Michael Carneal
Colombia
Russia
France
Edward Latimer
Ned” Beach
U.S. Navy
Felipe Calderon
Philippines
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